Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			8,669,260	1.24%	3,078,611	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			471,067	0.07%	8,625,137	1.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,140,327	1.31%	11,703,748	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		123,969		5.8462  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		72,897		5.8819  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,293		5.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,560		5.8542  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,683		5.8796  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,698		5.8676  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,991		5.8669  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,684		5.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,163		5.8693  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,720		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,487		5.8795  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,700		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,884		5.8591  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,846		5.8451  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,693		5.8635  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,607		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,484		5.8798  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,142		5.8435  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		977		5.8723  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		964		5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		611		5.8641  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		570		5.8590  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		555		5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		527		5.8920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		504		5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		493		5.8930  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		275		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		136		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47		5.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37		5.8423  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		81,526		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,700		5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,046		5.8605  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,821		5.8546  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,587		5.8531  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,240		5.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,652		5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,440		5.8511  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,425		5.8697  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,389		5.8602  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		883		5.8601  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		798		5.8465  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		375		5.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		301		5.8792  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		164		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		136		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63		5.8580  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 Long		1,846	5.8451  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		9,163	5.8693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		26,698	5.8676  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		62,293	5.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		25	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		34	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	5.8606  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		454	5.8744  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,205	5.8564  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,372	5.8726  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,425	5.8697  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,736	5.8586  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,509	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,821	5.8546  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,974	5.8605  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,700	5.8894  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		504	5.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		570	5.8590  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,402	5.8756  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,991	5.8669  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,683	5.8796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,570	5.8595  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113,516	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		798	5.8465  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		378	5.8630  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:				13 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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