Director/PDMR Shareholding

Darktrace PLC

26 September 2024

 

26 September 2024

Darktrace plc

("Darktrace")

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

On 26 April 2024, the boards of directors of Luke Bidco Limited ("Bidco") and Darktrace plc ("Darktrace") announced that they had reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a recommended all cash acquisition by Bidco of the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Darktrace (the "Acquisition").

Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition agreed by Darktrace and Bidco, an option over ordinary shares in the capital of Darktrace ("Shares") granted under the Discretionary Share Option Scheme ("DSOS") was exercised by Jack Stockdale, Chief Technology Officer and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), on 24 September 2024, being the date that the Court sanctioned the scheme of arrangement to implement the Acquisition. As a result of exercising such DSOS option, Jack Stockdale will acquire 437,500 Ordinary Shares which will be satisfied via the transfer of Shares from Darktrace's Employee Benefit Trust on 27 September 2024.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
Name	Jack Stockdale
Reason for the notification
Position / status	CTO
Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Name	Darktrace plc
LEI	213800PC5S5P9CSNFC89
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of the financial instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares Dark / GB00BNYK8G86
Nature of the transaction	Exercise of DSOS options over, and acquisition of, 437,500 Shares.
Currency	GBP - British Pound
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  Total 0.53 250000 131760.00 2.06 187500 385480.69   Aggregated 1.182 437500 517240.69
Date of the transaction	24 September 2024
Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

Contact:

Luk Janssens - Head of Investor Relations, Darktrace

[e-mail]

 

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