Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			22,958,789	3.28%	20,745,754	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			12,342	0.00%	22,811,687	3.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,971,131	3.28%	43,557,441	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		84,000		5.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57,895		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		40,399		5.9156  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,380		5.9260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,087		5.9237  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,845		5.9234  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,073		5.9252  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,385		5.9125  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,072		5.9167  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,693		5.9202  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,497		5.9248  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,315		5.9190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,310		5.9259  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,537		5.9330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,467		5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,016		5.9215  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		905		5.9303  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		598		5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		479		5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17		5.9317  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		79,692		5.9216  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		57,059		5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,121		5.9235  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,219		5.9080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,337		5.9154  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,060		5.9156  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,924		5.9366  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,278		5.9175  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,482		5.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,385		5.9125  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,479		5.9173  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,400		5.9150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,799		5.9193  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,408		5.9266  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,856		5.9170  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,623		5.9145  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,341		5.9211  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,022		5.9169  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,839		5.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,746		5.9179  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,642		5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,573		5.9204  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,403		5.9214  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,293		5.9223  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,225		5.9220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,183		5.9263  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,118		5.9151  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,016		5.9215  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		879		5.9206  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		766		5.9386  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		479		5.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		217		5.9359  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		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		2,300	5.9253  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,343	5.9209  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,576	5.9255  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,537	5.9334  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,319	5.9216  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		13,596	5.9274  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,497	5.9248  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.9279  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,751	5.9276  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,219	5.9080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,431	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,183	5.9263  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,845	5.9234  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,297	5.9237  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		382	5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,924	5.9366  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		905	5.9303  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		154	5.9322  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		175	5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,519	5.9240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,072	5.9167  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		454	5.9240  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:				16 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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