Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC
24 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:

23 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:

22,725,105

3.24%

114,927

0.02%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

95,048

0.01%

22,387,777

3.20%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

22,820,153

3.26%

22,502,704

3.21%

(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

61,468

5.7948  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

58,810

5.7848  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,606

5.8046  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,606

5.8130  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,606

5.7858  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,281

5.7946  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,520

5.7720  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,017

5.7717  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,017

5.8080  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,545

5.8114  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,545

5.8086  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,545

5.7868  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,653

5.8062  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,695

5.7715  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,422

5.7942  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,711

5.8068  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,226

5.8075  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,889

5.7853  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,182

5.8082  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,130

5.8066  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,120

5.7999  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,906

5.7759  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,421

5.7731  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,289

5.7841  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,215

5.8035  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,048

5.7871  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

437

5.7820  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

170

5.8020  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

118,824

5.7844  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

65,151

5.7832  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36,188

5.7733  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,465

5.7874  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,334

5.8071  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,585

5.8065  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,328

5.7908  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,161

5.7897  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,155

5.8028  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,557

5.7906  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,889

5.7853  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,506

5.7979  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,227

5.7819  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,487

5.7846  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

437

5.7820  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

293

5.8012  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

270

5.7920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

187

5.8103  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

5.7880  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

67,176

5.7841  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,465

5.7874  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,137

5.7943  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,506

5.7979  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

293

5.8013  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,087

5.7720  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,159

5.7727  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,421

5.7731  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,281

5.7946  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

61,468

5.7948  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

136,818

5.8011  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

170

5.8020  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58,635

5.8023  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,215

5.8035  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,700

5.8080  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

25,641

5.8068  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

187

5.8103  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:

24 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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