Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				05 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:			24,818,622	3.54%	215,335	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			46,160	0.01%	24,693,762	3.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,864,782	3.55%	24,909,097	3.56%
(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		72,787		5.8207  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		54,963		5.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		53,333		5.8204  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,707		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,303		5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,398		5.8236  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,165		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,891		5.8059  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,966		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,129		5.8069  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,327		5.8056  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,726		5.8096  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,675		5.8012  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,482		5.8045  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,429		5.8165  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,734		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,405		5.8031  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		904		5.8092  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		654		5.8024  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		523		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		452		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		387		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		356		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		236		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		187		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		131		5.8177  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		5.8203  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		83,473		5.8218  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,383		5.8032  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,170		5.8054  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,461		5.8003  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,073		5.8117  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,910		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,258		5.8055  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,908		5.8045  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,425		5.8171  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,066		5.8050  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,817		5.8022  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,700		5.8103  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,447		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,079		5.8083  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,048		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		868		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		763		5.8068  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		688		5.8183  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		651		5.8029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		543		5.8170  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		523		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		479		5.8081  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		452		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		387		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		356		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		272		5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		236		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		187		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		86		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		78		5.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18		5.8199  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		5.8037  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		5.8127  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		5.8180  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,645	5.8103  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		71	5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		783	5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		868	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,461	5.8003  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,817	5.8022  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		793	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		490	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,657	5.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,303	5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		176	5.8092  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,000	5.8174  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,572	5.8238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,675	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		272	5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,482	5.8045  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		346	5.8072  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		541	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87,168	5.8172  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		541	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,306	5.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,891	5.8059  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,459	5.8170  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,999	5.8240  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:				08 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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