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:

21 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:

23,248,743

3.32%

20,757,581

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

26,113

0.00%

23,096,112

3.30%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

23,274,856

3.32%

43,853,693

6.26%

(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

20,765

5.8383 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,119

5.8426 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,604

5.8368 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,267

5.8377 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,140

5.8449 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,600

5.8417 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,176

5.8371 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,076

5.8468 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,898

5.8493 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,592

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,765

5.8389 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

778

5.8460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

498

5.8400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

432

5.8670 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

262

5.8700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56

5.8360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16

5.8374 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

5.8620 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,906

5.8385 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,102

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,451

5.8399 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,146

5.8431 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,221

5.8400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,826

5.8470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,143

5.8432 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,387

5.8613 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,112

5.8360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

591

5.8350 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

517

5.8383 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

482

5.8510 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

2,390

5.8493 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

976

5.8396 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,717

5.8428 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,501

5.8408 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

773

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,124

5.8444 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,284

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,203

5.8396 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,146

5.8432 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,387

5.8613 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,902

5.8384 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,140

5.8450 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,898

5.8493 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,826

5.8470 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,765

5.8389 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

5.8479 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

5.8382 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

591

5.8350 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,641

5.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,131

5.8385 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,600

5.8417 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:

22 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213