Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			22,954,204	3.28%	20,739,175	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,323	0.00%	22,810,378	3.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,958,527	3.28%	43,549,553	6.22%
(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		162,000		5.9102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67,471		5.9302  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57,594		5.9103  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,544		5.9232  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,879		5.9157  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,798		5.9097  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,721		5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,839		5.9108  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		554		5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95		5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		144,544		5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73,639		5.9245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,567		5.9178  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,671		5.9103  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,242		5.9115  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,318		5.9275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,236		5.9111  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,345		5.9107  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,112		5.9268  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,884		5.9150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,733		5.9276  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,860		5.9337  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,738		5.9203  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,587		5.9221  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,415		5.9113  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,275		5.9261  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,007		5.9101  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		973		5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		947		5.9088  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		581		5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66		5.9260  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		5,378	5.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		947	5.9088  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,839	5.9108  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	5.9139  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,757	5.9109  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,908	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,671	5.9103  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,738	5.9203  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,188	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,544	5.9232  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,242	5.9115  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		198	5.9173  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,817	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,958	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,879	5.9157  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:				15 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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