Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

04 July 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:				03 Jul 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:			24,172,446	3.45%	209,709	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			46,160	0.01%	24,077,027	3.44%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,218,606	3.46%	24,286,736	3.47%
(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		127,378		5.8364  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,585		5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35,763		5.8431  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,500		5.8353  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,151		5.8434  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,131		5.8463  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,107		5.8326  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,105		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,535		5.8386  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,129		5.8294  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,015		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,688		5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,511		5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,406		5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,268		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,157		5.8273  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,426		5.8425  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,338		5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		746		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		560		5.8610  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		541		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		518		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		463		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		205		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		121,658		5.8361  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,495		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,928		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,034		5.8372  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,899		5.8391  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,486		5.8385  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,900		5.8299  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,181		5.8405  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,668		5.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,582		5.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,369		5.8272  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,511		5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,219		5.8369  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,658		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,465		5.8469  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,383		5.8364  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,338		5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,226		5.8406  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		958		5.8462  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		900		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		837		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		746		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		541		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		518		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		499		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		479		5.8423  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		463		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		226		5.8374  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		102	5.8121  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,450	5.8291  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95	5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,556	5.8384  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,668	5.8291  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,136	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,383	5.8364  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226	5.8374  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,437	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,167	5.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,406	5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,426	5.8425  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,763	5.8431  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,496	5.8372  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		391	5.8386  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		541	5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		499	5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102,662	5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,639	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,151	5.8434  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:				04 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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