RNS Number : 3296G
Darktrace PLC
01 October 2024
 

1 October 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, performance-based conditional awards ("PSUs") and time-based conditional awards ("RSUs") granted over ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") under the Darktrace Award Incentive Plan (the "AIP Awards") vested in full on 24 September 2024, being the date that the Court sanctioned the scheme of arrangement to implement the Acquisition, and were satisfied via the transfer of Shares from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") on 27 September 2024. As a result, the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") had AIP Awards vest and satisfied by the transfer of Shares from the EBT to the respective PDMRs as follows:

 

·    Catherine Graham, CFO, acquired 511,438 Shares following vesting of PSUs;

·    Jack Stockdale, CTO, acquired 253,408 Shares and 20,379 Shares following the vesting of PSUs and RSUs respectively; and

·    Nicole Eagan, CSO and AI Officer, acquired 166,442 Shares and 39,925 Shares following the vesting of PSUs and RSUs respectively.

 

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

Name

Catherine Graham

Reason for the notification

Position / status

CFO

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

Acquisition of 511,438 Shares following vesting of PSUs.

Currency

GBP - British Pounds

Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)

Volume(s)

 Total


0.00

511438

0.00

  Aggregated

0.00

511438

0.00

Date of the transaction

27 September 2024

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

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

Acquisition of 253,408 Shares and 20,379 Shares following vesting of PSUs and RSUs respectively.

Currency

GBP - British Pounds

Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)

Volume(s)

 Total


0.00

273787

0.00

  Aggregated

0.00

273787

0.00

Date of the transaction

27 September 2024

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 and 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

Ordinary shares

 

 

Dark / GB00BNYK8G86

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of 166,442 Shares and 39,925 Shares upon vesting and settlement of PSUs and RSUs respectively

Currency

GBP - British Pounds

Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)

Volume(s)

 Total


0.00

206367

0.00

  Aggregated

0.00

206367

0.00

Date of the transaction

27 September 2024

Place of the transaction

Outside of a trading venue

 

 

Contact:

Luk Janssens - Head of Investor Relations, Darktrace

luk.janssens@darktrace.com

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