| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | DARKTRACE PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 19 Jul 2024 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 30,276,809 | 4.32% | 185,112 | 0.03% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 25,797 | 0.00% | 30,158,042 | 4.31% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 30,302,606 | 4.33% | 30,343,154 | 4.33% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,983,710 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,386,075 | 5.8102 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 205,322 | 5.8337 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 87,803 | 5.8349 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,889 | 5.8343 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,330 | 5.8389 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,150 | 5.8330 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,649 | 5.8410 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,236 | 5.8332 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,646 | 5.8356 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,017 | 5.8368 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,899 | 5.8361 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,248 | 5.8380 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,372 | 5.8339 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,961 | 5.8303 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,860 | 5.8362 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,433 | 5.8387 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,165 | 5.8360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,164 | 5.8400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,133 | 5.8370 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 952 | 5.8323 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 919 | 5.8420 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 919 | 5.8418 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 793 | 5.8340 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 771 | 5.8399 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 667 | 5.8378 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 645 | 5.8355 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 478 | 5.8460 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 153 | 5.8397 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 67 | 5.8354 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 21 | 5.8314 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,975,914 | 5.8105 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 375,192 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 250,919 | 5.8420 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 214,987 | 5.7413 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 87,156 | 5.8331 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 74,817 | 5.8209 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 61,311 | 5.8299 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 33,789 | 5.8102 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 14,086 | 5.8354 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,965 | 5.8319 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,678 | 5.8380 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,232 | 5.8360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,180 | 5.8305 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 793 | 5.8340 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 604 | 5.8400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 209 | 5.8362 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 163 | 5.8310 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 114 | 5.8379 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 21 | 5.8320 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 5.8280 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,481 | 5.8362 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,842 | 5.8190 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,340 | 5.8290 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 756 | 5.8100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 109 | 5.8295 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33,834 | 5.8245 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,180 | 5.8305 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 87,156 | 5.8331 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,155,398 | 5.8100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 145,200 | 5.8143 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,150 | 5.8330 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,433 | 5.8387 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,965 | 5.8319 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,330 | 5.8389 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 460 | 5.8319 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,086 | 5.8354 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,395,357 | 5.8100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 289,712 | 5.8129 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 687 | 5.8370 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 22 Jul 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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