Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				09 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:			22,852,842	3.26%	17,157,371	2.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	22,707,747	3.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,852,842	3.26%	39,865,118	5.69%
(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		141,219		5.9553  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,680		5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,296		5.9512  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,107		5.9354  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,066		5.9451  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,633		5.9554  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,759		5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,198		5.9398  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,352		5.9557  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,781		5.9544  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,685		5.9477  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,824		5.9413  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,552		5.9437  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,768		5.9438  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,493		5.9432  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,467		5.9409  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,168		5.9439  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,084		5.9558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		462		5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		343		5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,340,187		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91,900		5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,090		5.9548  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,149		5.9539  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,331		5.9538  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,562		5.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,146		5.9337  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,518		5.9369  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,255		5.9388  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,299		5.9411  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,543		5.9447  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,269		5.9489  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,100		5.9386  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,599		5.9326  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,471		5.9373  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,435		5.9320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,403		5.9536  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		913		5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		645		5.9302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		488		5.9530  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		478		5.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		462		5.9361  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		462		5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		5.9520  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		Opening Short		12,509	5.9522  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,491	5.9450  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		808	5.9502  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,672	5.9535  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		49,502	5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		45,658	5.9541  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,090	5.9548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,084	5.9558  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.9499  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,319	5.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		738	5.9320  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,518	5.9369  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,456	5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,552	5.9437  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,680	5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,813	5.9558  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97	5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,299	5.9411  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,685	5.9477  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138	5.9542  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,085	5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,066	5.9451  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,440	5.9560  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:				12 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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