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Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

RNS Number : 0912R
Barclays PLC
04 June 2024
 

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR

MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Full name of discloser:

 

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short

 

 

positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

DARKTRACE PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

(d)

If an exempt fund manager connected with an

 

 

offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

 

offeror/offeree:

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

03 Jun 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

NO

 

 

 

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

 

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

1p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

6,692,490

0.96%

576,508

0.08%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

744,300

0.11%

6,669,874

0.95%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

7,436,790

1.06%

7,246,382

1.03%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant security in relation to

 

 

 

 

which subscription right exists

 

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 

 

 

 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

Purchase

100,000

5.8770  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

69,650

5.8817  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

66,756

5.8739  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

60,538

5.8743  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,717

5.8740  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,200

5.8707  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,121

5.8719  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,164

5.8716  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

967

5.8799  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

869

5.8624  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

830

5.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

610

5.8851  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

442

5.8678  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

391

5.8660  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

352

5.8700  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

196

5.8579  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

193

5.8666  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11

5.8800  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

5.8860  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

100,011

5.8742  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,510

5.8743  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,981

5.8717  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,597

5.8780  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,412

5.8749  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,293

5.8765  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,741

5.8675  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,262

5.8805  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,209

5.8678  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,495

5.8699  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,481

5.8681  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,128

5.8709  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,113

5.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,000

5.8640  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

937

5.8652  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

869

5.8630  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

301

5.8920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

300

5.8660  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

57

5.8700  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11

5.8800  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

5.8860  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,000

5.8634  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28

5.8660  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

165

5.8667  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

51

5.8705  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

434

5.8728  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

583

5.8782  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,197

5.8781  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,618

5.8740  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

610

5.8851  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,659

5.8688  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,105

5.8749  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,121

5.8719  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,470

5.8747  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,313

5.8740  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

69,650

5.8817  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

5.8770  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,984

5.8722  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

 

 

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

 

 

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

 

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

 

 

 

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 

 

the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

 

 

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

 

 

 

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 

 

any derivative is referenced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

(c)

Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

04 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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