Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

13 May 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:				10 May 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:			4,199,697	0.60%	1,327,577	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,220,144	0.17%	4,074,359	0.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,419,841	0.77%	5,401,936	0.77%
(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		1,017,823		5.9897  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		153,122		5.9860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,295		5.9604  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,697		5.9835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,434		5.9919  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,671		5.9642  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,610		5.9716  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,976		5.9654  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,593		5.9528  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,656		5.9659  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,494		5.9843  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,945		5.9765  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,088		5.9917  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,454		5.9748  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,407		5.9593  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,215		5.9571  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,971		5.9720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,384		5.9567  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,293		5.9622  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,100		5.9723  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,995		5.9545  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,915		5.9597  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,822		5.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,743		5.9558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,400		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,378		5.9430  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,329		5.9643  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,318		5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		924		5.9702  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		631		5.9714  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		623		5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		469		5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		462		5.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		117		5.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86		5.9426  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35		5.9443  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21		5.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.9480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		5.9870  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9		5.9885  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		252,329		5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		245,479		5.9775  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		153,601		5.9860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,312		5.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,293		5.9891  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,472		5.9614  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,956		5.9925  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,593		5.9528  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,030		5.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,773		5.9747  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,491		5.9701  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,652		5.9825  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,492		5.9626  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,109		5.9673  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,840		5.9679  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,823		5.9526  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,574		5.9827  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,921		5.9630  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,115		5.9635  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,015		5.9583  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,729		5.9511  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,400		5.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,278		5.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,049		5.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,020		5.9612  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		530		5.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		503		5.9570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		469		5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		462		5.9521  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		462		5.9520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200		5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		78		5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21		5.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8		5.9885  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		7,063	5.9747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		38,230	5.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		46,306	5.9890  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,715	5.9835  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		17,030	5.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		516	5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	5.9621  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102	5.9460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		207	5.9459  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		437	5.9635  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,049	5.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,313	5.9625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,115	5.9635  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	5.9494  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		252,329	5.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	5.9621  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83	5.9815  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	5.9807  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		209	5.9777  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		746	5.9719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		924	5.9702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,656	5.9659  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,976	5.9654  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35,708	5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		73,982	5.9631  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		438,676	5.9919  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		458,859	5.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,560	5.9665  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		24,916	5.9786  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:				13 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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