| 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: | 06 Sep 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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| 21,730,935 | 3.10% | 20,749,140 | 2.96% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 36,485 | 0.01% | 21,575,836 | 3.08% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 21,767,420 | 3.11% | 42,324,976 | 6.04% |
| (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 | 30,796 | 5.8322 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,266 | 5.8387 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,538 | 5.8321 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 20,263 | 5.8244 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,566 | 5.8337 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,794 | 5.8320 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,689 | 5.8340 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,892 | 5.8174 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,191 | 5.8302 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,737 | 5.8353 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,015 | 5.8370 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,767 | 5.8328 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,559 | 5.8332 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,341 | 5.8360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,208 | 5.8374 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 897 | 5.8343 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 850 | 5.8284 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 689 | 5.8420 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 635 | 5.8362 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 117 | 5.8140 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 95,746 | 5.8318 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 46,780 | 5.8286 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 38,970 | 5.8326 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 18,307 | 5.8288 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 15,598 | 5.8323 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 11,990 | 5.8266 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,362 | 5.8320 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,937 | 5.8270 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,023 | 5.8209 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,326 | 5.8311 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,143 | 5.8340 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 749 | 5.8360 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 548 | 5.8337 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 484 | 5.8220 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 381 | 5.8233 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 125 | 5.8206 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 | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 484 | 5.8220 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,990 | 5.8266 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,068 | 5.8275 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 46,780 | 5.8286 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,307 | 5.8288 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 132 | 5.8305 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,326 | 5.8311 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 57,098 | 5.8319 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 40,032 | 5.8320 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 160 | 5.8336 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 265 | 5.8347 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 66 | 5.8355 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 117 | 5.8140 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,085 | 5.8160 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,560 | 5.8221 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 411 | 5.8269 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,479 | 5.8320 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,800 | 5.8322 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,767 | 5.8328 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,000 | 5.8342 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,737 | 5.8353 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 610 | 5.8364 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,266 | 5.8387 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 714 | 5.8423 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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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 09 Sep 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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