Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			24,929,360	3.56%	210,380	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			43,807	0.01%	24,807,102	3.54%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,973,167	3.57%	25,017,482	3.57%
(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		176,451		5.8620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		110,752		5.8163  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60,000		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		54,860		5.8525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,548		5.8184  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,457		5.8204  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,630		5.8150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,199		5.8238  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,179		5.8597  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,475		5.8167  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,986		5.8287  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,628		5.8225  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,441		5.8195  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,388		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,170		5.8293  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,097		5.8156  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,096		5.8128  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,052		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,036		5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,551		5.8185  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,384		5.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,221		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,144		5.8175  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		666		5.7949  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		628		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		612		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		577		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		479		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		160,568		5.8584  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		55,029		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,971		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,340		5.8445  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,079		5.8558  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,743		5.8624  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,568		5.8169  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,193		5.8162  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,046		5.8168  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,440		5.8175  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,755		5.8186  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,993		5.8233  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,526		5.8165  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,309		5.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,052		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,650		5.8171  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		770		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		760		5.8596  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		577		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		475		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		170		5.8057  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		300	5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,799	5.8472  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		33,129	5.8634  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,353	5.8448  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		441	5.8239  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,821	5.8624  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,440	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82	5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		170	5.8057  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,755	5.8186  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		297	5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		666	5.7949  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,810	5.8116  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,548	5.8184  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,035	5.8185  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,441	5.8195  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,059	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,309	5.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,199	5.8238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		275	5.8215  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,649	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,226	5.8115  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,989	5.8179  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,457	5.8204  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,816	5.8640  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:				09 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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