Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 Jun 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:			8,088,416	1.15%	516,691	0.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			690,619	0.10%	8,050,790	1.15%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,779,035	1.25%	8,567,481	1.22%
(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		186,582		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		182,004		5.7982  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		101,752		5.8051  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		5.7997  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,334		5.7998  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,170		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,000		5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,817		5.7977  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,262		5.8006  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,580		5.8017  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,083		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,578		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,517		5.7918  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		651		5.8021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		559		5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		113		5.7993  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		78		5.7976  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		76		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75		5.7959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		74		5.7970  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49		5.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		85,541		5.7984  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		62,715		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,931		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,170		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,690		5.7983  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,742		5.7996  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,415		5.7986  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,506		5.7987  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,441		5.8008  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,879		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,817		5.7977  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,800		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,968		5.7971  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,423		5.8014  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,395		5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,325		5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,217		5.7981  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,031		5.7970  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,015		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		751		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		685		5.7930  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		568		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		76		5.7960  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		Decreasing Long		651	5.8021  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		676	5.8014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,087	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,817	5.8032  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,262	5.8006  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		545	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		731	5.8032  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,968	5.7971  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		20,413	5.7969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,410	5.7986  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,128	5.7984  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62,715	5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,325	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		559	5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,303	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,517	5.7889  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,427	5.8014  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,413	5.7969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,000	5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,334	5.7998  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101,752	5.8051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152,363	5.7980  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:				07 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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