Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

20 September 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  relevant securities this form relates:			DARKTRACE PLC
(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:			19 Sep 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				22,384,990	3.20%	91,320	0.01%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				57,075	0.01%	22,179,059	3.17%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,442,065	3.20%	22,270,379	3.18%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,077,267	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	171,955	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	73,652	5.8213  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	55,431	5.8128  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	55,025	5.8226  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	51,587	5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	35,341	5.8170  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	34,262	5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	32,180	5.8157  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	20,100	5.8230  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	16,503	5.8036  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	13,785	5.8059  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,482	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,961	5.8001  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,500	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,075	5.8115  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,988	5.7999  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,434	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,233	5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	488	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11	5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	103,307	5.8074  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	43,403	5.8152  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	28,493	5.8104  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	21,471	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,700	5.8153  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	14,828	5.8094  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,913	5.8055  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,434	5.8058  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,885	5.8126  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,255	5.8002  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,610	5.8124  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,482	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,933	5.8119  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,239	5.8051  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,088	5.8195  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	516	5.8122  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	484	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	484	5.8021  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	386	5.8040  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000	5.8023  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,521	5.8055  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,828	5.8094  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,933	5.8119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,075	5.8115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,954	5.8159  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,563	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,341	5.8170  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,500	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,652	5.8213  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	55,025	5.8226  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,100	5.8230  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	44	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	516	5.8122  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	54,884	5.8124  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				20 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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