Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

17 July 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:				16 Jul 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:			25,677,754	3.67%	193,606	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			31,148	0.00%	25,554,271	3.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,708,902	3.67%	25,747,877	3.68%
(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		107,642		5.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		65,448		5.7838  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35,846		5.7857  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,121		5.7732  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,048		5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,203		5.7744  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,334		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,763		5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,300		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		607		5.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		602		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		552		5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		302		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		346,287		5.7746  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		75,176		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,155		5.7694  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48,598		5.7708  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,928		5.7652  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,430		5.7642  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,489		5.7796  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,753		5.7667  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,479		5.7695  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,124		5.7655  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,381		5.7690  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,562		5.7620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,843		5.7654  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,923		5.7682  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,024		5.7659  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,991		5.7662  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,698		5.7679  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,538		5.7647  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,964		5.7851  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,168		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		783		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		607		5.7546  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		560		5.7570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		514		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		443		5.7686  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		178		5.7691  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		Decreasing Short		2,211	5.7662  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,534	5.7798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,799	5.7666  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		40,748	5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		39,736	5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,964	5.7851  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	5.7719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,461	5.7637  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,959	5.7642  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,124	5.7655  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,763	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,048	5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,211	5.7854  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,644	5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,923	5.7682  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		16,121	5.7732  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		371	5.7731  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,856	5.7691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,203	5.7744  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,857	5.7860  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:				17 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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