Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Societe Generale SA
23 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

20/09/2024

(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:

10,326,945

1.47

35,798

0.01

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

5,818

0.00

7,659,345

1.09

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

10,332,763

1.48

7,695,143

1.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

13

5.79

1p ordinary

Purchase

17

5.788

1p ordinary

Purchase

42

5.787

1p ordinary

Purchase

14

5.79

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

5.796

1p ordinary

Purchase

143

5.786

1p ordinary

Purchase

7

5.79

1p ordinary

Purchase

19

5.784

1p ordinary

Purchase

899

5.82

1p ordinary

Purchase

94

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

69

5.79

1p ordinary

Purchase

19

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

430

5.82

1p ordinary

Purchase

860

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,719

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

800,000

578

1p ordinary

Purchase

860

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

860

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

860

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,579

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

127

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

243

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

172

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

376

5.80019

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,263,301

5.78

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,361

5.82

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

3

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

3

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

3

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

6

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

8

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

9

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

10

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

12

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

14

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

16

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

16

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

18

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

19

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

19

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

20

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

22

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

22

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

23

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

23

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

24

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

24

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

24

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

26

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

26

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

28

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

30

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

33

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

34

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

36

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

42

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

45

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

45

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

45

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

45

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

45

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

46

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

46

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

49

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

50

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

52

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

53

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

53

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

55

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

57

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

57

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

57

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

57

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

60

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

60

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

62

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

66

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

70

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

72

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

72

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

74

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

77

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

77

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

77

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

79

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

79

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

79

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

80

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

80

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

80

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

83

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

83

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

83

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

84

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

84

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

86

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

87

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

90

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

90

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

92

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

92

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

93

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

95

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

97

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

98

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

100

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

102

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.8

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

103

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

113

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

123

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

132

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

132

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

133

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

133

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

133

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

133

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.802

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.804

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.806

1p ordinary

Purchase

137

5.808

1p ordinary

Purchase

13

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

86

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

430

5.794

1p ordinary

Purchase

503

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

32

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

48

5.798

1p ordinary

Sale

13

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

31

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

44

5.8

1p ordinary

Sale

66

5.8

1p ordinary

Sale

84

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

24

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

50

5.802

1p ordinary

Sale

62

5.8

1p ordinary

Sale

25

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

7

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

24

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

28

5.8

1p ordinary

Sale

98

5.8

1p ordinary

Sale

34

5.802

1p ordinary

Sale

33

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

477

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

14

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

28

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

18

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

69

5.798

1p ordinary

Sale

17

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

50

5.796

1p ordinary

Sale

13

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

38

5.802

1p ordinary

Sale

49

5.796

1p ordinary

Sale

70

5.802

1p ordinary

Sale

10

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

170

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

1

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

30

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

50

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

25

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

13

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

16

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

29

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

36

5.802

1p ordinary

Sale

19

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

126

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

141

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

21

5.806

1p ordinary

Sale

54

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

55

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

6,878

5.78743

1p ordinary

Sale

8,598

5.78743

1p ordinary

Sale

4

5.78

1p ordinary

Sale

13

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

21

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

56

5.78

1p ordinary

Sale

86

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

86

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

86

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

116

5.78

1p ordinary

Sale

138

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

139

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

168

5.78

1p ordinary

Sale

331

5.792

1p ordinary

Sale

344

5.79

1p ordinary

Sale

682

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

839

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

860

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

860

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,038

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

3,300

5.794

1p ordinary

Sale

3,439

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

3,439

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

3,439

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

172

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

543

5.804

1p ordinary

Sale

790

5.82

1p ordinary

Sale

108

5.7907

1p ordinary

Sale

25,793

5.792

 

 

(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

Increasing a short position

1,384

5.8102818162

1p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

2,342

5.7966666634

 

(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:

23/09/2024

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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