Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

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 relevant securities this form relates:

DARKTRACE PLC

(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:

28 Aug 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

21,994,160

3.14%

20,751,653

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

20,054

0.00%

21,808,650

3.11%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

22,014,214

3.14%

42,560,303

6.08%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,385

5.8022 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,769

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,609

5.7975 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,597

5.7980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,600

5.7938 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,218

5.8098 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,934

5.7997 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,332

5.7979 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,421

5.8002 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

375

5.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

356

5.8120 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

309

5.8100 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

5.8029 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,951

5.7998 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,575

5.7975 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,142

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,273

5.8001 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,716

5.8017 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,731

5.7991 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,722

5.7974 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,671

5.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,606

5.7994 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,432

5.7880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,389

5.7920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

843

5.7940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

665

5.8111 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

375

5.7921 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

302

5.7960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

293

5.7953 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

131

5.8020 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

871

5.7978 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,458

5.7964 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

48

5.8029 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,032

5.7998 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,890

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,305

5.7995 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,554

5.7991 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

5.7959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,959

5.7910 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,671

5.7951 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,722

5.7974 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

814

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,332

5.7979 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,077

5.8009 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,218

5.8098 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,974

5.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,609

5.7975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

197

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

196

5.7955 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,103

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,716

5.8017 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,421

5.8002 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,097

5.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

363

5.8000 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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:

29 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213