Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				26 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:			30,946,063	4.42%	181,964	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			12,022	0.00%	30,764,326	4.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			30,958,085	4.42%	30,946,290	4.42%
(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		149,051		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,486		5.8872  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		89,187		5.8806  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,544		5.8797  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,621		5.8826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,128		5.8822  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,215		5.8853  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,382		5.8813  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,068		5.8840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,399		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,256		5.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,581		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,064		5.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		630		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24		5.8830  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		137,211		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		113,576		5.8810  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,519		5.8891  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,550		5.8804  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,262		5.8826  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,912		5.8880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,643		5.8840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,992		5.8853  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,251		5.8788  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,243		5.8884  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,708		5.8813  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,658		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,758		5.8860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,645		5.8796  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,581		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,108		5.8849  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		910		5.8819  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		737		5.8821  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		259	5.8816  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,051	5.8842  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,685	5.8813  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,650	5.8818  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,251	5.8788  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,064	5.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	5.8859  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,476	5.8840  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,645	5.8796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,913	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,550	5.8804  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,202	5.8799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,725	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,621	5.8826  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,215	5.8853  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,256	5.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		910	5.8819  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,382	5.8813  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	5.8826  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,890	5.8804  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		232	5.8880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,196	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,128	5.8822  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:				29 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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