Director/PDMR Shareholding

Darktrace PLC

12 July 2023

 

12 July 2023

Darktrace plc

("Darktrace")

Vesting of Awards, Director Dealings and Total Voting Rights

Darktrace announces the vesting of awards granted under its Darktrace plc 2021 Award Incentive Plan ("AIP") to certain Darktrace employees. The awards will be satisfied by the transfer of 364,301 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in Darktrace by The Darktrace Employee Benefit Trust.

PDMR Transactions

In connection with the vesting of the awards, Darktrace announces that it has been notified of the following PDMR transactions.

Name	Current holding of Ordinary Shares	No. of Ordinary Shares acquired  pursuant to vesting of awards	Number of Ordinary Shares sold to cover tax liabilities and other applicable charges	New holding of shares
Jack Stockdale, Chief Technology Officer	4,247,250	50,000	23,583	4,273,667
Nicole Eagan, Chief Strategy Officer, AI Officer	12,589,568	44,825	10,954	12,623,439

The awards were made at nil cost, subject to performance conditions, which have been assessed by the Darktrace Remuneration Committee and determined to be satisfied in full. 

Contact:

Luk Janssens - Head of Investor Relations, Darktrace

[e-mail]

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
Name	Jack Stockdale
Reason for the notification
Position / status	Chief Technology Officer
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	Shares Dark / GB00BNYK8G86
Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of ordinary shares pursuant to vesting of awards
Currency	GBP - British Pound
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 0.0 50,000   Aggregated 0.0 50,000
Date of the transaction	7 July 2023
Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
Name	Jack Stockdale
Reason for the notification
Position / status	Chief Technology Officer
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	Shares Dark / GB00BNYK8G86
Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to cover tax liabilities and other applicable charges in connection with the vesting of awards and acquisition of ordinary shares
Currency	GBP - British Pound
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 2.86 23,583   Aggregated 2.86 23,583
Date of the transaction	7 July 2023
Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
Name	Nicole Eagan
Reason for the notification
Position / status	Chief Strategy Officer, AI Officer
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	Shares Dark / GB00BNYK8G86
Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of ordinary shares pursuant to vesting of awards
Currency	GBP - British Pound
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 0.0 44,825   Aggregated 0.0 44,825
Date of the transaction	7 July 2023
Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
Name	Nicole Eagan
Reason for the notification
Position / status	Chief Strategy Officer, AI Officer
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	Shares Dark / GB00BNYK8G86
Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to cover tax liabilities and other applicable charges in connection with the vesting of awards and acquisition of ordinary shares
Currency	GBP - British Pound
Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £2.86 10,954   Aggregated £2.86 10,954
Date of the transaction	7 July 2023
Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

 

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