Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:			11,946,340	1.71%	3,274,868	0.47%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			875,518	0.13%	11,816,198	1.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,821,858	1.83%	15,091,066	2.15%
(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		556,654		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200,073		5.7878  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,575		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60,908		5.7693  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7802  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,964		5.7684  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,320		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,518		5.7768  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,026		5.7772  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,700		5.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,485		5.7886  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,169		5.7867  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,945		5.7837  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,829		5.7679  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,789		5.7850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,423		5.7809  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,391		5.7744  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,018		5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		925		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		581		5.7833  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		440		5.7810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		310		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57		5.7663  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		134,598		5.7683  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		80,567		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,534		5.7692  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,343		5.7802  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,046		5.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,080		5.7778  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,338		5.7766  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,163		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,715		5.7805  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,565		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		680		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		642		5.7832  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		524		5.7810  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		507		5.7724  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		319		5.7803  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		5.7900  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		85	5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		164	5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,255	5.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,715	5.7805  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,266	5.7776  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,338	5.7766  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,080	5.7778  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,548	5.7684  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95,211	5.7683  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,046	5.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,546	5.7886  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,634	5.7856  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,945	5.7837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,518	5.7768  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,561	5.7698  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,320	5.7925  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,828	5.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	5.7802  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	5.7878  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		477,164	5.7680  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:				20 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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