Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Societe Generale SA
26 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:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Darktrace plc

(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:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

25/07/2024

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 N/A

 

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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:

24,571,939

3.51

40,547

0.01

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

1,836

0.00

3,949,174

0.56

(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

24,573,775

3.51

3,989,721

0.57

    


 

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,604

5.87288

1p ordinary

Purchase

46,251

5.8721

1p ordinary

Purchase

121,461

5.8721

1p ordinary

Purchase

329,893

5.8721

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

5.878

1p ordinary

Purchase

26

5.878

1p ordinary

Purchase

3

5.878

1p ordinary

Purchase

61

5.88

1p ordinary

Purchase

140

5.876

1p ordinary

Purchase

357

5.88

1p ordinary

Purchase

440

5.876

1p ordinary

Purchase

462

5.86

1p ordinary

Purchase

409

5.88

1p ordinary

Purchase

861

5.87

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,902

5.872

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,297

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

2

5.866

1p ordinary

Sale

605

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

35

5.876

1p ordinary

Sale

6

5.866

1p ordinary

Sale

81

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

9

5.874

1p ordinary

Sale

8

5.866

1p ordinary

Sale

1

5.868

1p ordinary

Sale

26

5.874

1p ordinary

Sale

34

5.868

1p ordinary

Sale

6

5.866

1p ordinary

Sale

122

5.858

1p ordinary

Sale

172

5.86

1p ordinary

Sale

172

5.866

1p ordinary

Sale

739

5.858

1p ordinary

Sale

861

5.858

1p ordinary

Sale

861

5.858

1p ordinary

Sale

861

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

861

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

268

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

1,507

5.872

1p ordinary

Sale

366

5.874

1p ordinary

Sale

559

5.858

1p ordinary

Sale

1,111

5.876

1p ordinary

Sale

1,903

5.856

1p ordinary

Sale

578

5.878

1p ordinary

Sale

19

5.878

1p ordinary

Sale

248

5.874

1p ordinary

Sale

283

5.874

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

 

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit USD

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

329,893

5.8721

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

121,461

5.8721

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

46,251

5.8721

Class of relevant security

 

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

5,604

5.87288187

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

33

5.8797634

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

813

5.8710429506

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

26/07/2024

Contact name:

Paul Jenkins

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6969

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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