Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

05 August 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:				02 Aug 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:			24,129,582	3.44%	94,434	0.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,337	0.00%	23,955,734	3.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,137,919	3.45%	24,050,168	3.43%
(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		57,614		5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		54,514		5.9371  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,715		5.9374  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,140		5.9492  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,683		5.9338  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,985		5.9313  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,931		5.9440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,400		5.9535  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,274		5.9430  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,245		5.9524  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,024		5.9408  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,617		5.9405  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,865		5.9252  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,414		5.9482  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,211		5.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,200		5.9368  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,195		5.9480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		531		5.9110  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		510		5.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		510		5.9258  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		412		5.9357  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		97		5.9470  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,571,162		5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161,319		5.9309  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108,567		5.9382  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		62,473		5.9335  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,037		5.9303  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,067		5.9283  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,069		5.9349  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,900		5.9485  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,382		5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,274		5.9436  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,630		5.9476  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,865		5.9258  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,826		5.9440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,432		5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,271		5.9525  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,128		5.9580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		570		5.9260  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		197	5.9116  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,069	5.9336  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,446	5.9410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		606	5.9128  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,460	5.9375  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		277	5.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	5.9318  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		13,714	5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,597	5.9232  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,562	5.9371  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.9139  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		578	5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		161,319	5.9309  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,962	5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,630	5.9476  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,910	5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		153	5.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,140	5.9492  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,245	5.9524  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,037	5.9303  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		412	5.9357  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		234	5.9369  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,985	5.9313  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,067	5.9283  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,120	5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,571,162	5.9540  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:				05 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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