Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			8,305,518	1.19%	3,183,350	0.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			580,112	0.08%	8,265,292	1.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,885,630	1.27%	11,448,642	1.63%
(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		122,726		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,698		5.8964  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,143		5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,177		5.8549  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,819		5.8785  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,574		5.8982  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,800		5.8433  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,600		5.8375  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,466		5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,789		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,330		5.8591  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,224		5.8555  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,800		5.8271  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,357		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		542		5.8664  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		485		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		297		5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		172		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		5.8690  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,765,137		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		113,198		5.8983  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,698		5.8705  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,296		5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,241		5.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,817		5.8574  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,622		5.8988  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,225		5.8593  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,005		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,898		5.8259  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,663		5.8628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,827		5.8589  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,554		5.8550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,237		5.8358  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,150		5.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,125		5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,056		5.8568  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,043		5.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,007		5.8305  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		724		5.8213  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		705		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		566		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		335		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		268		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41		5.8230  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		1	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		323	5.8548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		724	5.8213  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,150	5.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,561	5.8628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,389	5.8434  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,622	5.8988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,817	5.8574  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,680	5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		24,586	5.8701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	5.8945  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	5.8923  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		297	5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		485	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,763	5.8347  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,183	5.8566  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,466	5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,994	5.8546  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,819	5.8785  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,143	5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,316	5.9000  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:				11 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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