Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 4754B
Barclays PLC
22 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:

21 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:

23,248,743

3.32%

20,757,581

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

26,113

0.00%

23,096,112

3.30%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

23,274,856

3.32%

43,853,693

6.26%

(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

20,765

5.8383  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,119

5.8426  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,604

5.8368  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,267

5.8377  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,140

5.8449  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,600

5.8417  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,176

5.8371  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,076

5.8468  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,898

5.8493  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,592

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,765

5.8389  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

778

5.8460  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

498

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

432

5.8670  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

262

5.8700  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16

5.8374  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

5.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,906

5.8385  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,102

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,451

5.8399  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,146

5.8431  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,221

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,826

5.8470  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,143

5.8432  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,387

5.8613  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,112

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

591

5.8350  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

517

5.8383  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

482

5.8510  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

2,390

5.8493  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

976

5.8396  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,717

5.8428  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,501

5.8408  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

773

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,124

5.8444  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,284

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,203

5.8396  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,146

5.8432  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,387

5.8613  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,902

5.8384  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,140

5.8450  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,898

5.8493  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,826

5.8470  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,765

5.8389  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

5.8479  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

5.8382  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

591

5.8350  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,641

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,131

5.8385  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,600

5.8417  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:

22 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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