Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			26,404,092	3.77%	189,698	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			28,639	0.00%	26,284,668	3.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,432,731	3.77%	26,474,366	3.78%
(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		214,119		5.8244  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		117,331		5.8284  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		84,766		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		41,907		5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,332		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,186		5.8258  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,788		5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,539		5.8226  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,159		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,086		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,354		5.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,721		5.8197  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,691		5.8262  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,274		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		920		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		824		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		661		5.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		279		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		158,873		5.8241  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		128,457		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,978		5.8237  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42,826		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,619		5.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,022		5.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,381		5.8276  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,937		5.8299  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,780		5.8285  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,057		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,545		5.8234  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,032		5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,626		5.8248  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,699		5.8215  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,690		5.8286  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,395		5.8253  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,313		5.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,264		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,949		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,374		5.8250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,274		5.8222  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		100	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,974	5.8288  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		25,234	5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		24,903	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		525	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,902	5.8256  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		125,134	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		36,704	5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,733	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136	5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,699	5.8215  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		675	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,978	5.8238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,778	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,656	5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,691	5.8262  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,258	5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,167	5.8299  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		661	5.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,545	5.8234  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,788	5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		268	5.8274  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,250	5.8259  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,745	5.8231  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,800	5.8285  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,838	5.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,180	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,539	5.8226  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,383	5.8300  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:				19 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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