Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			23,723,801	3.39%	88,357	0.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,337	0.00%	23,560,449	3.36%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			23,732,138	3.39%	23,648,806	3.38%
(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		187,889		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73,329		5.9243  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		39,690		5.9237  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,727		5.9222  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,491		5.9320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,200		5.9187  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,066		5.9397  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,390		5.9259  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,440		5.9376  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,109		5.9290  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,630		5.9306  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,194		5.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,770		5.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,477		5.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,457		5.9410  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,281		5.9487  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		465		5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		256		5.9340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200		5.9336  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		267,577		5.9245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		249,945		5.9307  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		69,029		5.9242  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		61,013		5.9291  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,084		5.9313  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,891		5.9320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,000		5.9314  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,795		5.9251  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,030		5.9327  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,672		5.9249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,511		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,597		5.9244  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,310		5.9208  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,909		5.9323  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,562		5.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,467		5.9183  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		944		5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		924		5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		504		5.9340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		5.9330  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		800	5.9412  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	5.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,067	5.9317  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,564	5.9390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	5.9422  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,672	5.9249  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,467	5.9183  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,611	5.9238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,896	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		249,945	5.9307  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	5.9120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,727	5.9222  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,318	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,109	5.9290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,030	5.9327  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,440	5.9376  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,382	5.9315  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,049	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,084	5.9313  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,477	5.9270  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:				06 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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