Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				21 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:			21,460,484	3.06%	2,921,533	0.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			490,993	0.07%	21,335,301	3.05%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,951,477	3.13%	24,256,834	3.46%
(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		7,171,501		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,727,497		5.7728  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,271,148		5.7731  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		374,105		5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		325,849		5.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		206,531		5.7848  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		118,752		5.8082  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		110,777		5.8081  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86,816		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.8078  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.8142  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55,452		5.8073  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,596		5.8057  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,520		5.8054  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,986		5.8086  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.8108  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,341		5.8059  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,893		5.8039  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,967		5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,724		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,517		5.8124  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,126		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,101		5.8106  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,438		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,408		5.8143  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,384		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,751		5.8097  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,670		5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,066		5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,454		5.8269  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,035		5.8074  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,303		5.8095  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,685		5.8037  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,284		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,484		5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,925		5.7996  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,481		5.8184  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,296		5.8141  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,854		5.8175  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,574		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,257		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,085		5.8048  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,026		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,844		5.7934  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,684		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,586		5.8046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,256		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,145		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,094		5.8084  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,900		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,805		5.8072  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,622		5.8089  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,504		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,415		5.8070  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,411		5.8129  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,114		5.8170  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,081		5.8109  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,067		5.7947  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		675		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		564		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		548		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		545		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		537		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		537		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		533		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		495		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		421		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		326		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		190		5.7687  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		131		5.8110  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		94		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,655,684		5.7725  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		515,588		5.7845  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		357,399		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200,000		5.8076  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		130,942		5.8074  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		61,124		5.7724  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		52,550		5.8093  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,672		5.8068  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		44,694		5.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,600		5.8108  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42,848		5.8072  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,938		5.7763  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,055		5.8094  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,306		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,518		5.8049  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,913		5.8083  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,677		5.8051  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,651		5.7711  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,126		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,486		5.8052  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,627		5.8112  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,384		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,699		5.8081  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,284		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,779		5.8101  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,073		5.8066  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,574		5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,257		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,026		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,921		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,800		5.8124  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,684		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,585		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,145		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,798		5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,504		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,218		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,204		5.8039  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,095		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		827		5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		675		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		564		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		548		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		545		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		537		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		537		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		533		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		495		5.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		421		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		797		5.7687  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		Closing Long		466,793	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		275	5.8064  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		827	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,204	5.8039  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,651	5.7711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,026	5.7999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,055	5.8094  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		337,365	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		106,968	5.7691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		326	5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		524	5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,081	5.8109  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,320	5.7897  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,586	5.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,863	5.8067  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,173	5.8090  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,537	5.8091  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,408	5.8143  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,700	5.8895  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,200	5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,200	5.8066  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		39,801	5.7725  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	5.8094  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,000	5.8110  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		206,531	5.7848  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325,422	5.7765  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325,849	5.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		684,310	5.7738  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,407,939	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		134,648	5.8146  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,231,700	5.7734  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:				24 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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