Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:				31 May 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:			6,476,482	0.92%	581,801	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			744,493	0.11%	6,450,522	0.92%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,220,975	1.03%	7,032,323	1.00%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		547,184		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		414,724		5.8794  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		152,911		5.8750  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		151,008		5.8684  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		5.8798  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,191		5.8784  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,700		5.8770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		5.8749  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,178		5.8757  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,678		5.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,804		5.8545  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,134		5.8521  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,157		5.8801  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,561		5.8754  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,962		5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,393		5.8688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,860		5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,643		5.8548  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,522		5.8635  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,470		5.8786  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,245		5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		5.8785  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		552		5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		401		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		392		5.8766  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		351		5.8850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		252		5.8758  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		117		5.8768  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		459,835		5.8799  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		244,482		5.8797  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		144,632		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,099		5.8530  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,678		5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,597		5.8802  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,729		5.8759  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,980		5.8748  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,283		5.8775  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,820		5.8636  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,860		5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,824		5.8683  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,424		5.8774  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,273		5.8688  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		785		5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		241		5.8778  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		77		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		44		5.8804  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23		5.8766  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		241	5.8779  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		106	5.8765  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,561	5.8754  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		221	5.8702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	5.8793  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		689	5.8723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,424	5.8774  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,820	5.8636  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,678	5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,466	5.8788  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,930	5.8792  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,921	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,729	5.8759  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		269	5.8730  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,450	5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,962	5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,149	5.8643  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,678	5.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,178	5.8757  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	5.8798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	5.8798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		212,620	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		16,000	5.8785  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		20,000	5.8701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		37,911	5.8594  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		44,700	5.8744  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		44,700	5.8775  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		70,300	5.8837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		77,000	5.8555  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		77,500	5.8826  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 exempt principal trader 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:				03 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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