REG - Barclays PLC Darktrace PLC - Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

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RNS Number : 6734F  Barclays PLC  25 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                                   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:                                         24 Sep 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:                                                  22,577,889   3.22%        201,712      0.03%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                     166,142      0.02%        22,240,561   3.18%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                               0            0.00%        0            0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                   22,744,031   3.25%        22,442,273   3.20%

 TOTAL:

 
 (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  Purchase/sale           Number of                      Price per unit

 security
 securities
 1p ordinary        Purchase                175,106                        5.7640  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                45,606                         5.7662  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                34,131                         5.7705  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                32,876                         5.7633  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                23,301                         5.7647  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                19,706                         5.7634  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                19,545                         5.7677  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                13,405                         5.7646  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                8,666                          5.7639  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                8,064                          5.7638  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                7,979                          5.7631  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                7,795                          5.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                6,467                          5.7614  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                4,916                          5.7650  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                4,723                          5.7642  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                4,220                          5.7595  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                3,821                          5.7690  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                3,742                          5.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                3,660                          5.7609  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                2,555                          5.7617  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                2,008                          5.7819  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                1,785                          5.7660  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                1,560                          5.7580  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                1,516                          5.7757  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                1,258                          5.7635  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                728                            5.7623  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                76                             5.7636  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    206,840                        5.7640  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    74,289                         5.7639  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    65,151                         5.7638  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    31,101                         5.7660  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    28,360                         5.7631  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    14,845                         5.7689  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    13,907                         5.7642  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    12,046                         5.7634  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    10,853                         5.7673  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    5,784                          5.7667  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    4,277                          5.7630  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    4,108                          5.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    3,742                          5.7620  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    2,348                          5.7661  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    1,529                          5.7646  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    1,214                          5.7611  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    1,036                          5.7694  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    1,034                          5.7605  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    574                            5.7650  GBP
 1p ordinary        Sale                    114                            5.7658  GBP
 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of           Product  description    Nature of dealing              Number of               Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               28,360                  5.7631  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               12,046                  5.7634  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               105,807                 5.7640  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               11,437                  5.7660  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               1,094                   5.7674  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               190,064                 5.7689  USD
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Decreasing Short               1,036                   5.7694  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               662                     5.7584  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               27,323                  5.7617  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               1,033                   5.7634  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               76                      5.7636  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               1,094                   5.7640  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               5,867                   5.7644  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               13,405                  5.7646  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               1,420                   5.7650  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               9,674                   5.7658  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               45,606                  5.7662  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               19,545                  5.7677  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               3,821                   5.7690  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                    Increasing Short               2,008                   5.7819  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 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:                                                                               25 Sep 2024
 Contact name:                                                                                     Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                 020 3134 7213

 

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