| 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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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 14 Aug 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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| 22,954,204 | 3.28% | 20,739,175 | 2.96% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 4,323 | 0.00% | 22,810,378 | 3.26% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 22,958,527 | 3.28% | 43,549,553 | 6.22% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 162,000 | 5.9102 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 67,471 | 5.9302 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 57,594 | 5.9103 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 36,544 | 5.9232 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 29,879 | 5.9157 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,798 | 5.9097 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,721 | 5.9100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,839 | 5.9108 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 554 | 5.9180 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 95 | 5.9160 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 144,544 | 5.9100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 73,639 | 5.9245 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 10,567 | 5.9178 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,671 | 5.9103 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,242 | 5.9115 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,318 | 5.9275 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,236 | 5.9111 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,345 | 5.9107 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,112 | 5.9268 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,884 | 5.9150 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2,733 | 5.9276 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,860 | 5.9337 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,738 | 5.9203 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,587 | 5.9221 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,415 | 5.9113 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,275 | 5.9261 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,007 | 5.9101 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 973 | 5.9220 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 947 | 5.9088 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 581 | 5.9180 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 66 | 5.9260 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,378 | 5.9214 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 947 | 5.9088 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,839 | 5.9108 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 69 | 5.9139 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 2,757 | 5.9109 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,908 | 5.9100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,671 | 5.9103 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,738 | 5.9203 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,188 | 5.9100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,544 | 5.9232 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 7,242 | 5.9115 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 95 | 5.9160 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 198 | 5.9173 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,817 | 5.9100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,958 | 5.9100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,879 | 5.9157 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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| (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: | 15 Aug 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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