Form 8.3 - DARKTRACE PLC

Barclays PLC

01 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:				28 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:			23,566,560	3.36%	213,911	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			47,535	0.01%	23,425,275	3.34%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			23,614,095	3.37%	23,639,186	3.38%
(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		204,814		5.7678  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		148,345		5.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		82,098		5.7774  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80,242		5.7698  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73,589		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		64,058		5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60,064		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,000		5.7684  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,000		5.7779  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		5.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,217		5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,985		5.7832  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,254		5.7714  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		5.7794  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		5.7651  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,853		5.7809  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,980		5.7668  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,100		5.7687  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,427		5.7742  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,245		5.7652  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,724		5.7827  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,292		5.7756  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,303		5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,244		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,917		5.7835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,492		5.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,414		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,122		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		865		5.7755  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		560		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		488		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		457		5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		412		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		346		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		272		5.7670  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		249		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		529,421		5.7769  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		101,323		5.7673  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,192		5.7674  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,196		5.7661  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,116		5.7737  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,383		5.7954  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,300		5.7972  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,693		5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,243		5.7662  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,241		5.7726  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,102		5.7703  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,344		5.7875  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,292		5.7951  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,183		5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,878		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,730		5.7872  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,718		5.7862  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,637		5.7742  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,481		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,244		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,808		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,667		5.7748  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,619		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,570		5.7699  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,459		5.7820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,421		5.7893  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,074		5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		825		5.7694  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		488		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		457		5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		412		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		352		5.7730  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		292		5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		5.7690  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90		5.7670  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30		5.7750  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		1,700	5.7715  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,321	5.7718  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,798	5.7925  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		31	5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,084	5.7662  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,064	5.7772  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,980	5.7668  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	5.7719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,116	5.7737  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,303	5.7742  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,139	5.7891  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,421	5.7893  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		309	5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,733	5.7643  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96,624	5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,000	5.7723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,724	5.7827  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,492	5.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		346	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,693	5.7826  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		214	5.7856  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,500	5.7665  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,700	5.7696  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,337	5.7930  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,503	5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,332	5.7708  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112,000	5.7732  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,917	5.7835  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:				01 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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