Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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  relevant securities this form relates:			DARKTRACE PLC
(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:			16 Aug 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				22,973,807	3.28%	20,746,359	2.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				14,200	0.00%	22,828,096	3.26%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,988,007	3.28%	43,574,455	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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Purchase	858,518	5.8917  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	116,032	5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	65,881	5.9026  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	37,772	5.9181  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	32,901	5.9089  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	23,064	5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,111	5.9012  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,668	5.9028  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,107	5.9002  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	10,030	5.9017  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,990	5.9038  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,490	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,115	5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,216	5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,178	5.8920  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,848	5.8902  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,655	5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,558	5.9040  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	669	5.9042  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	570	5.8998  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	570	5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	493	5.8991  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	418	5.8960  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	205	5.8980  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14	5.8894  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,004,213	5.8920  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	49,769	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	44,001	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	36,000	5.9150  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	15,759	5.9007  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,857	5.8923  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,848	5.8942  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,573	5.9200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,461	5.9155  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,312	5.9195  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,449	5.9140  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,216	5.9141  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,898	5.9011  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,655	5.9180  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,240	5.9073  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	905	5.9142  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	714	5.9126  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	687	5.9066  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	570	5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	441	5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	383	5.9149  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	259	5.9144  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	205	5.8980  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	200	5.9030  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	45	5.9040  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,799	5.9011  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	9,756	5.9016  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,706	5.8978  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	43,859	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	38,288	5.9022  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,668	5.9028  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	83	5.9060  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,324	5.9034  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,268	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,857	5.8923  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,795	5.9011  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,156	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,543	5.9057  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,669	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,855	5.9029  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	32,901	5.9089  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	57	5.9100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,848	5.8942  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,990	5.9038  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	66	5.9019  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,668	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,030	5.9017  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,125	5.9020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	36,000	5.9240  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				19 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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