Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

23 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:			20 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:				22,479,451	3.21%	87,307	0.01%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				69,798	0.01%	22,115,907	3.16%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,549,249	3.22%	22,203,214	3.17%
(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	220,835	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	97,076	5.7944  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	67,338	5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	67,137	5.8078  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	51,311	5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8351  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8049  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	32,869	5.8197  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	20,998	5.8018  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	20,862	5.7978  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8042  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8374  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,411	5.8194  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	8,645	5.7995  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,644	5.7915  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,626	5.8007  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,652	5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,082	5.7987  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,594	5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,575	5.7992  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,254	5.8033  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,120	5.7908  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,902	5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,422	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,036	5.7779  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	918	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	409,258	5.8171  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	107,700	5.8194  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	96,893	5.7894  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	23,467	5.7901  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	15,965	5.7950  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	15,109	5.8188  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,680	5.7944  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,584	5.7905  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,240	5.7933  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,114	5.7749  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,741	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,534	5.7783  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,235	5.7970  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,919	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,303	5.7924  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,902	5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,080	5.7946  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	993	5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	520	5.7953  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	398	5.7727  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	106	5.8202  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	4,240	5.7933  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,080	5.7946  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,601	5.8015  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	160,564	5.8186  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,109	5.8188  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	60,699	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	101	5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	85,082	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,626	5.8007  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	91,212	5.8205  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,090	5.8208  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	54,173	5.7946  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	520	5.7953  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:				23 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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