Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			11,238,077	1.60%	3,252,017	0.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			861,472	0.12%	11,142,344	1.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,099,549	1.73%	14,394,361	2.06%
(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		270,000		5.7870  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		128,772		5.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75,995		5.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,102		5.7788  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,000		5.7578  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,805		5.7631  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,165		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		5.7514  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,240		5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,775		5.7620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,767		5.7671  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,300		5.7846  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,163		5.7694  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,123		5.7522  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,936		5.7656  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,018		5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		805		5.7786  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		595		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		316		5.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		197,327		5.7615  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66,469		5.7693  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,009		5.7798  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,378		5.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,296		5.7625  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,399		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,834		5.7528  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,863		5.7583  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,624		5.7653  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,677		5.7721  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,482		5.7791  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,290		5.7576  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,123		5.7683  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,628		5.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,210		5.7679  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,194		5.7664  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,107		5.7592  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,034		5.7650  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,598		5.7719  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,428		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		603		5.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		595		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		565		5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		316		5.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		185		5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11		5.7783  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		185	5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,034	5.7650  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,290	5.7576  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,482	5.7791  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,355	5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,795	5.7608  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,378	5.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,408	5.7621  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,494	5.7614  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		197,327	5.7615  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,025	5.7622  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,123	5.7522  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,583	5.7857  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,767	5.7671  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,775	5.7625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,240	5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,000	5.7514  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,805	5.7631  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,713	5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,000	5.7578  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57,078	5.7799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,995	5.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		17,828	5.7733  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:				19 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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