Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

10 May 2023

 

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:				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				DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				09 May 2023
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			887,636	0.78%	899,787	0.79%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			817,178	0.72%	793,709	0.70%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,704,814	1.50%	1,693,496	1.49%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		33		36.5200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		68		36.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		76		36.6100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		78		36.6900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80		36.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86		36.6400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		88		36.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		92		36.5012  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		161		36.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		238		36.5287  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		273		36.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		297		36.3227  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		304		36.3825  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		384		36.4730  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		507		36.6288  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		654		36.5109  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		804		36.5146  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		925		36.7140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		992		36.5083  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,236		36.4479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,251		36.5000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,357		36.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,694		36.6218  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,844		36.5258  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,320		36.6459  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,002		36.3244  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,128		36.5284  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,129		36.6470  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,380		36.6265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,703		36.6145  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48,561		36.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48		36.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		77		36.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		78		36.6900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		80		36.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		80		36.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		140		36.6800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		140		36.6400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		168		36.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		192		36.5100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		234		36.3912  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		243		36.5552  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		247		36.6100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		254		36.5566  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		280		36.4411  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		321		36.5030  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		325		36.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		354		36.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		365		36.5974  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		387		36.5092  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		400		36.6429  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		405		36.5921  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		415		36.5875  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		451		36.5000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		458		36.5133  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		458		36.4961  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		475		36.5045  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		480		36.6315  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		533		36.7451  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		577		36.5301  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		583		36.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		721		36.5407  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		899		36.4978  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		965		36.6425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,165		36.5752  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,371		36.6906  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,590		36.5252  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,893		36.6225  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,925		36.4615  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,470		36.5845  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,194		36.6273  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,075		36.6566  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,488		36.5837  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,336		36.6600  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		25	36.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		365	36.5974  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		395	36.6350  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		635	36.6374  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,893	36.6225  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,604	36.5970  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,042	36.5532  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,120	36.5808  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2	36.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		55	36.5000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		87	36.8211  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		92	36.5012  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		102	36.5933  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		137	36.5747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		199	36.5640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		297	36.3227  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		298	36.5593  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		304	36.3825  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		399	36.3467  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		920	36.6447  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		991	36.5588  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,500	36.4369  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,872	36.5944  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,211	36.6258  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,590	36.5514  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,948	36.6278  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,002	36.3244  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,443	36.4993  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	36.5015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,655	36.6350  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,141	36.5540  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		8,394	36.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,313	36.6164  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		39,555	36.6600  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				10 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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