Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			30,842,174	4.40%	152,447	0.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			15,707	0.00%	30,727,278	4.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			30,857,881	4.41%	30,879,725	4.41%
(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		102,345		5.8741  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,165		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		5.8714  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,932		5.8715  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,229		5.8724  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,633		5.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,943		5.8812  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,100		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,081		5.8570  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,828		5.8732  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,671		5.8783  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,454		5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,254		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,174		5.8777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,739		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,659		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		907		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		797		5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		387		5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		263		5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		168		5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		111		5.8571  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		107		5.8620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95		5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,836		5.8726  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,838		5.8722  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,740		5.8709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,245		5.8711  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,295		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,894		5.8728  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,377		5.8588  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,662		5.8782  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,724		5.8807  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,856		5.8670  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,087		5.8745  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,168		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,896		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,659		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,203		5.8710  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		885		5.8752  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		796		5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		635		5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		583		5.8730  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		263		5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		168		5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		123		5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		95		5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		5.8787  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		5.8707  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		Decreasing Short		200	5.8639  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,062	5.8763  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,630	5.8726  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	5.8667  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,271	5.8786  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,740	5.8709  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,203	5.8710  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,133	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,735	5.8718  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,929	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,000	5.8732  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,345	5.8741  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,633	5.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,856	5.8670  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	5.8621  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		635	5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,477	5.8719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,894	5.8728  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,050	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,223	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105,000	5.8732  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:				26 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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