Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Societe Generale SA

06 September 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	05/09/2024
(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:	46,909,472	6.70	43,606	0.01
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	4,628	0.00	15,255,970	2.18
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	46,914,100	6.70	15,299,576	2.18

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	12	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	82	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	4	5.83
1p ordinary	Purchase	36	5.824
1p ordinary	Purchase	47	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	17	5.846
1p ordinary	Purchase	42	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	18	5.835
1p ordinary	Purchase	13	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	35	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	86	5.846
1p ordinary	Purchase	36	5.844
1p ordinary	Purchase	50	5.842
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	14	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	4	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	85	5.846
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.83
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	14	5.833
1p ordinary	Purchase	99	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	43	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	40	5.842
1p ordinary	Purchase	60	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	49	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.826
1p ordinary	Purchase	17	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	38	5.832
1p ordinary	Purchase	36	5.832
1p ordinary	Purchase	90	5.838
1p ordinary	Purchase	6	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	8	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	127	5.838
1p ordinary	Purchase	5	5.842
1p ordinary	Purchase	13	5.832
1p ordinary	Purchase	36	5.838
1p ordinary	Purchase	4	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	7	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	19	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	13	5.84
1p ordinary	Purchase	21	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	23	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.83
1p ordinary	Purchase	13	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	205	5.838
1p ordinary	Purchase	19	5.836
1p ordinary	Purchase	18	5.844
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.826
1p ordinary	Purchase	86	5.844
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	15	5.842
1p ordinary	Purchase	19	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	5.842
1p ordinary	Purchase	12	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	11	5.83
1p ordinary	Purchase	43	5.832
1p ordinary	Purchase	36	5.846
1p ordinary	Purchase	430	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	775	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	860	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	860	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	944	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,719	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,719	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,719	5.834
1p ordinary	Purchase	56	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	123	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	329	5.828
1p ordinary	Purchase	463	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	48,632	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	859	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	24,611	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	7,156	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	75	5.836
1p ordinary	Sale	4	5.836
1p ordinary	Sale	172	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	92	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	78	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	164	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	118	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	116	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	104	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	118	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	120	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	54	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	61	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	118	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	228	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	114	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	63	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	117	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	47	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	172	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	289	5.836
1p ordinary	Sale	116	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	117	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	744	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	61	5.83
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	307	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	32	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	86	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	121	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	115	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	119	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	1,719	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	800,000	5.868
1p ordinary	Sale	2,226	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	20	5.83
1p ordinary	Sale	76	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	132	5.83
1p ordinary	Sale	216	5.83
1p ordinary	Sale	535	5.824
1p ordinary	Sale	666	5.832
1p ordinary	Sale	419	5.824
1p ordinary	Sale	963	5.83
1p ordinary	Sale	1,108	5.824
1p ordinary	Sale	1,220	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	168	5.83307
1p ordinary	Sale	1,276	5.834
1p ordinary	Sale	4,378	5.834

(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 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	82	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	5.83
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	5.824
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	47	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18	5.835
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	86	5.846
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	5.844
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	85	5.846
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.83
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	40	5.842
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	60	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	49	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	38	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	90	5.838
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	5.838
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	19	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	5.84
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	21	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	23	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.83
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	19	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18	5.844
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.826
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	19	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	5.842
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11	5.83
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	43	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	5.846
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	205	5.838
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	164	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	118	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	116	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	104	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	118	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	118	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	117	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	289	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	116	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	121	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	119	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	12	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	17	5.846
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	42	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	13	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	12	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	14	5.833
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	99	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	43	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	12	5.826
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	17	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	127	5.838
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	5	5.842
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	13	5.828
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	86	5.844
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	15	5.842
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	48632	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	24611	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7156	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	75	5.836
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	92	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	78	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	54	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	61	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	63	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	47	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	117	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	744	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	61	5.83
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	307	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	32	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	86	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	50	5.842
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	859	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	172	5.834
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	115	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	120	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	228	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	114	5.832
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	172	5.832

(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:	06/09/2024
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 [phone].

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

 

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