Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

22 July 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:				19 Jul 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:			30,276,809	4.32%	185,112	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			25,797	0.00%	30,158,042	4.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			30,302,606	4.33%	30,343,154	4.33%
(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		3,983,710		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,386,075		5.8102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		205,322		5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		87,803		5.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,889		5.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,330		5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,150		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,649		5.8410  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,236		5.8332  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,646		5.8356  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,017		5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,899		5.8361  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,248		5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,372		5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,961		5.8303  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,860		5.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,433		5.8387  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,165		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,164		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,133		5.8370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		952		5.8323  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		919		5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		919		5.8418  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		793		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		771		5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		667		5.8378  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		645		5.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		478		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		153		5.8397  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67		5.8354  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21		5.8314  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,975,914		5.8105  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		375,192		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		250,919		5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		214,987		5.7413  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		87,156		5.8331  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,817		5.8209  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		61,311		5.8299  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,789		5.8102  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,086		5.8354  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,965		5.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,678		5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,232		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,180		5.8305  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		793		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		604		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		209		5.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		163		5.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		114		5.8379  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		5.8280  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,481	5.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,842	5.8190  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,340	5.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		756	5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		109	5.8295  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,834	5.8245  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,180	5.8305  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87,156	5.8331  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,155,398	5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		145,200	5.8143  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,150	5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,433	5.8387  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,965	5.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,330	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		460	5.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,086	5.8354  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,395,357	5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		289,712	5.8129  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		687	5.8370  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:				22 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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