Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc Amend

Barclays PLC

02 January 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to Sale
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:			Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose  relevant securities this form relates:			DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS 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:			28 Dec 2023
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
2.	POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:				8,034,340	7.05%	806,862	0.71%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				799,498	0.70%	7,964,565	6.99%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				8,833,838	7.76%	8,771,427	7.70%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and  other executive 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
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Purchase	18,564	38.5775  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,586	38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,248	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,454	38.5717  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	8,127	38.5780  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,664	38.5723  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,753	38.5662  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	811	38.5200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	499	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	466	38.5540  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	459	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	156	38.5700  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	75	38.5593  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	17	38.5811  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	38.5850  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	160,000	38.5214  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	50,000	38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	8,626	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,795	38.5414  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,109	38.5579  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,137	38.5567  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,000	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	935	38.5469  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	414	38.5516  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	156	38.5700  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,698	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,600	38.5714  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	414	38.5516  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,014	38.5787  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,795	38.5414  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,167	38.5493  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50,000	38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	160,000	38.5214  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	38.5838  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17	38.5809  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	459	38.5638  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	466	38.5540  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,289	38.5228  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,728	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,454	38.5717  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,248	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,477	38.5796  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	11,586	38.5677  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  applicable)
4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which  any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				02 Jan 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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