Form 8.3 -DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			21,584,952	3.08%	2,921,976	0.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			481,062	0.07%	21,449,032	3.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,066,014	3.15%	24,371,008	3.48%
(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		156,877		5.7731  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		97,932		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80,000		5.7790  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,000		5.7890  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,714		5.7698  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,361		5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,515		5.7717  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		5.7917  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,556		5.7728  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,583		5.7875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,385		5.7811  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,550		5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,516		5.7816  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,462		5.7683  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,204		5.7930  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,173		5.7776  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		510		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		371		5.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		296		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		264		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38		5.7777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		168,868		5.7746  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		136,816		5.7725  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,982		5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,134		5.7682  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,597		5.7828  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,569		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,433		5.7764  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,974		5.7771  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,608		5.7825  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,250		5.7841  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,639		5.7933  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,934		5.7703  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,854		5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		998		5.7779  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		938		5.7708  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		555		5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		510		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		371		5.7831  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		327		5.7904  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		205		5.7820  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 Long		10,697	5.7791  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.8860  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	5.7839  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		327	5.7904  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		595	5.7799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		938	5.7708  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,854	5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,910	5.7771  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,289	5.7806  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,570	5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,982	5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79,590	5.7762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80,422	5.7763  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		624	5.7741  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,173	5.7776  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,550	5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,385	5.7812  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,583	5.7875  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,000	5.7917  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,361	5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,000	5.7890  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,755	5.7728  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,000	5.7789  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103,760	5.7720  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:				25 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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