Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

24 September 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:			23 Sep 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:				22,725,105	3.24%	114,927	0.02%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				95,048	0.01%	22,387,777	3.20%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,820,153	3.26%	22,502,704	3.21%
(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	61,468	5.7948  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	58,810	5.7848  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8046  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.7858  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	35,281	5.7946  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	29,520	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	28,017	5.7717  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	26,017	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8114  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8086  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.7868  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	16,653	5.8062  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,695	5.7715  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	13,422	5.7942  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,711	5.8068  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,226	5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,889	5.7853  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,182	5.8082  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,130	5.8066  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,120	5.7999  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,906	5.7759  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,421	5.7731  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,289	5.7841  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,215	5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,048	5.7871  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	437	5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	170	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	118,824	5.7844  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	65,151	5.7832  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	36,188	5.7733  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	26,465	5.7874  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,334	5.8071  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,585	5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,328	5.7908  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,161	5.7897  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,155	5.8028  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,557	5.7906  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,889	5.7853  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,506	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,227	5.7819  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,487	5.7846  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	437	5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	293	5.8012  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	270	5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	187	5.8103  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2	5.7880  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	67,176	5.7841  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,465	5.7874  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,137	5.7943  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,506	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	293	5.8013  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,087	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,159	5.7727  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,421	5.7731  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,281	5.7946  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	61,468	5.7948  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	136,818	5.8011  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	170	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58,635	5.8023  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,215	5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	45,700	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	25,641	5.8068  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	187	5.8103  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:				24 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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