Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			22,776,436	3.25%	70,808	0.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			0	0.00%	22,631,080	3.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,776,436	3.25%	22,701,888	3.24%
(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		126,184		5.9524  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67,045		5.9530  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,814		5.9621  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,094		5.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,288		5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,904		5.9528  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,849		5.9518  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,775		5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,141		5.9658  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,550		5.9633  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,192		5.9649  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,101		5.9501  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,003		5.9617  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,604		5.9497  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,527		5.9537  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,508		5.9610  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,176		5.9686  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		5.9654  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		961		5.9488  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		942		5.9626  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		828		5.9612  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		775		5.9720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		767		5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		685		5.9680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		655		5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		651		5.9660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		633		5.9640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		412		5.9580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121		5.9527  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60		5.9514  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5		5.9539  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		138,950		5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,091		5.9547  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,091		5.9565  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,809		5.9590  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,711		5.9592  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,473		5.9583  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,082		5.9528  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,192		5.9650  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,164		5.9562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		824		5.9580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		775		5.9720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		769		5.9564  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		745		5.9619  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		685		5.9680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		664		5.9511  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		651		5.9660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		599		5.9640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		490		5.9586  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		201		5.9485  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		96		5.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59		5.9510  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18		5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11		5.9540  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		12,570	5.9564  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	5.9493  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		272	5.9636  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,082	5.9632  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,207	5.9599  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,756	5.9567  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		664	5.9511  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.9619  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,545	5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,164	5.9562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,635	5.9592  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,618	5.9523  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,399	5.9544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,003	5.9617  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,814	5.9621  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,473	5.9583  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,769	5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,598	5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,342	5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,023	5.9600  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:				08 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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