Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC - Replacement

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			22,867,074	3.26%	20,737,800	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	22,722,277	3.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,867,074	3.26%	43,460,077	6.20%
(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		110,651		5.9332  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		53,238		5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,236		5.9225  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,917		5.9351  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,552		5.9217  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,277		5.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,077		5.9250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,933		5.9271  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,385		5.9317  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,149		5.9393  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,614		5.9336  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,866		5.9286  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,564		5.9357  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,549		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,362		5.9326  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,108		5.9264  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		792		5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		491		5.9163  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		468		5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		184		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		136		5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86		5.9449  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		54		5.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8		5.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,233,886		5.9497  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		323,942		5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66,434		5.9234  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,765		5.9244  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,363		5.9334  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,744		5.9351  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,338		5.9311  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,956		5.9293  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,082		5.9321  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,702		5.9302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,516		5.9315  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,455		5.9279  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,101		5.9348  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,149		5.9326  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,455		5.9381  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,511		5.9338  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		909		5.9344  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		894		5.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		731		5.9287  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		547		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		184		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161		5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54		5.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39		5.9320  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		12,233	5.9254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,826	5.9306  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		207	5.9443  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		86	5.9450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,194	5.9232  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		468	5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,833	5.9219  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,917	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,082	5.9321  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,149	5.9326  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,524	5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,981	5.9222  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,917	5.9351  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,149	5.9393  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,702	5.9302  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		111	5.9219  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,857	5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,511	5.9338  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,913	5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,933	5.9271  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:				14 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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