Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			8,542,197	1.22%	3,183,225	0.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			574,979	0.08%	8,499,929	1.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,117,176	1.30%	11,683,154	1.67%
(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		60,289		5.8769  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48,226		5.8753  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,383		5.8585  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,764		5.8617  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,154		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,847		5.8469  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,074		5.8503  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,300		5.8344  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,766		5.8549  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,644		5.8591  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,366		5.8486  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,101		5.8386  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,471		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,452		5.8768  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,105		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,062		5.8382  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,050		5.8582  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		926		5.8773  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		806		5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		543		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		473		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		250		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100		5.8896  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		68		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,386		5.8691  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,186		5.8333  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,407		5.8773  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,627		5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,728		5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,385		5.8744  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,108		5.8789  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,216		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,482		5.8456  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,718		5.8716  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,639		5.8466  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,437		5.8870  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,243		5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		800		5.8880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		471		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		411		5.8719  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		243		5.8550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		5.8900  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 Short		68	5.8439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		368	5.8718  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		411	5.8719  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		570	5.8434  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		991	5.8768  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,437	5.8870  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,961	5.8769  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,788	5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,863	5.8772  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,186	5.8334  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	5.8668  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		926	5.8773  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,303	5.8774  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,764	5.8617  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,383	5.8585  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,047	5.8625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,672	5.8780  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:				12 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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