Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			31,050,498	4.43%	131,886	0.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,337	0.00%	30,869,818	4.41%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			31,058,835	4.43%	31,001,704	4.43%
(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		51,307		5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,897		5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,562		5.8912  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,540		5.8970  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,387		5.8944  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,232		5.8936  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,497		5.8957  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,130		5.8951  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,639		5.8929  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,694		5.8968  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,993		5.8959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,819		5.8941  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,068		5.8907  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,593		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,554		5.8969  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		907		5.8892  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		766		5.8873  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		547		5.8850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		484		5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		319		5.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		179		5.8920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30		5.8909  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		85,567		5.8926  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,252		5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,384		5.8936  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,341		5.8968  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,522		5.8977  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,819		5.8947  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,675		5.8844  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,199		5.8942  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,100		5.8957  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,051		5.8982  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,866		5.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,770		5.8952  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,595		5.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,593		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,557		5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		967		5.8904  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		601		5.8880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		579		5.8899  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		489		5.9000  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		200	5.8879  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		876	5.8896  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		30	5.8910  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24	5.8858  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,629	5.8957  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,694	5.8968  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	5.8979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,252	5.8995  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,675	5.8844  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,689	5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,522	5.8977  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		304	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		907	5.8892  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,562	5.8912  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,614	5.8962  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,770	5.8952  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,540	5.8970  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		135	5.8909  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		601	5.8880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,076	5.8963  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,387	5.8944  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,923	5.8960  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:				31 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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