Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			12,282,913	1.75%	3,307,263	0.47%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			904,302	0.13%	12,140,018	1.73%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,187,215	1.88%	15,447,281	2.21%
(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		110,249		5.7866  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,440		5.7890  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.7827  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		5.7723  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,894		5.7775  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		40,453		5.7722  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7833  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,338		5.7754  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,978		5.7814  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,008		5.7770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,487		5.7757  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,457		5.7818  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,547		5.7726  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,690		5.7782  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,557		5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,063		5.7761  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,613		5.7735  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,809		5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,010		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,958		5.7915  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,881		5.7917  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,681		5.7835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,466		5.7895  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,339		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,080		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,003		5.7806  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		540		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		251		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		168		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		92,835		5.7770  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,504		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48,852		5.7801  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		45,511		5.7743  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,784		5.7822  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,225		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,347		5.7872  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,808		5.7717  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,697		5.7927  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,502		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,973		5.7877  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,817		5.7849  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		915		5.7641  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		683		5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		672		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		563		5.7942  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		555		5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		539		5.7780  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		38	5.7580  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		371	5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,973	5.7877  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,697	5.7927  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,852	5.7801  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,784	5.7822  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,881	5.7917  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,991	5.7583  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,798	5.7866  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,556	5.7939  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,828	5.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,612	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,338	5.7754  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,894	5.7775  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71,547	5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180,453	5.7828  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:				21 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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