Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

01 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:				31 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:			31,037,137	4.43%	114,963	0.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			8,337	0.00%	30,851,946	4.40%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			31,045,474	4.43%	30,966,909	4.42%
(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		164,340		5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86,049		5.9074  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,244		5.9047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,005		5.9120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,523		5.9155  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,479		5.9057  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,304		5.9087  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,702		5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,240		5.9063  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,214		5.9117  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,051		5.9031  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,956		5.9135  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,480		5.9178  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,285		5.9168  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,197		5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		983		5.9070  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		529		5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		403		5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		89		5.9069  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56		5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161,702		5.9065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		75,974		5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,091		5.9089  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,135		5.9183  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,509		5.9087  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,762		5.9143  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,523		5.9163  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,497		5.9199  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,971		5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,870		5.9023  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,324		5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,214		5.9114  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,906		5.9122  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,798		5.9121  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,573		5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,489		5.9133  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,160		5.9181  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		770		5.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		671		5.9167  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		529		5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		403		5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		403		5.9141  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		221		5.9050  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72		5.9120  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		400	5.9139  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,923	5.9056  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,822	5.9106  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		89	5.9069  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,525	5.9154  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		22	5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,258	5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,009	5.9141  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		991	5.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	5.9066  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.9159  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,543	5.9078  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,630	5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,091	5.9090  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,214	5.9114  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,244	5.9047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,501	5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,956	5.9135  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		86	5.9163  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,523	5.9155  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		278	5.9144  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,692	5.9175  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,870	5.9023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,905	5.9038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,956	5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,933	5.9120  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:				01 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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