Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

03 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:				02 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:			24,184,319	3.45%	210,642	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			47,535	0.01%	24,041,230	3.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,231,854	3.46%	24,251,872	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		111,706		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98,959		5.7862  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		54,156		5.8068  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,343		5.8074  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,623		5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,188		5.7835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,622		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,692		5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,689		5.7942  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,294		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,183		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,913		5.8001  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,354		5.7981  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,022		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,607		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,410		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,282		5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,150		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,130		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,043		5.8059  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		844		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		729		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		691		5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		520		5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		497		5.7959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		483		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		483		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		477		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200		5.8033  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200,969		5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,777		5.8082  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,133		5.7923  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,820		5.7957  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,165		5.8054  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,262		5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,173		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,671		5.7961  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,664		5.7952  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,736		5.7934  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,991		5.7989  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,907		5.7968  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,861		5.8044  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,591		5.8016  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,182		5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,921		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,154		5.7912  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,372		5.7981  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,340		5.7997  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,294		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,038		5.7902  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,913		5.8006  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,789		5.8064  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,354		5.7987  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,021		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,998		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,410		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,150		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,130		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,043		5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		844		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		729		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		483		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		483		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		477		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		413		5.7948  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		5.7939  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 Short		2,188	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,343	5.8074  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	5.8039  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		770	5.8040  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19	5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,133	5.7923  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,784	5.7957  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,273	5.7981  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,833	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84,375	5.8023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,854	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,276	5.7942  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,622	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,282	5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,608	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.7939  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		497	5.7959  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		151	5.8043  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,907	5.7968  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,591	5.8016  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147,736	5.8037  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,692	5.8079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,094	5.8080  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:				03 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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