Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			766,262	0.67%	576,757	0.51%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			560,256	0.49%	735,798	0.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,326,518	1.16%	1,312,555	1.15%
(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		22		31.1100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62		30.8211  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66		31.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90		30.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		119		31.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		134		30.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		135		31.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		135		31.0990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		139		30.9021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		155		31.1322  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200		31.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		229		31.0795  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		247		31.0909  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		294		31.0422  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		296		30.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		307		31.0775  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		309		31.0764  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		335		31.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		481		30.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		960		30.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,271		31.1541  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,319		30.9875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,425		30.9783  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,000		31.0987  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,723		31.8242  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,188		31.0202  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,696		32.0046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,610		31.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		40,342		31.0445  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22		31.9445  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33		30.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38		31.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66		31.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		128		31.8915  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		135		31.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		135		31.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		163		30.9748  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		175		31.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		188		30.9609  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		227		31.6503  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		251		31.9099  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		296		30.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		326		30.9651  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		474		31.8311  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		530		30.9751  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		583		31.0582  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		614		31.9752  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		648		31.0001  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		714		31.8909  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		714		30.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		721		31.8726  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		723		31.6699  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		736		31.7692  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		884		31.4347  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,118		31.9249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,208		31.9419  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,220		31.6899  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,428		31.0557  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,906		31.0184  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,403		31.8016  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,808		31.0970  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,000		31.0004  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,247		31.3262  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,277		31.3545  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,502		31.1609  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,379		31.0200  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		66	31.6600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		163	30.9749  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		500	31.4021  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		700	30.9569  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		865	31.7571  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		924	30.9758  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,105	31.0958  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,000	31.0004  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,809	30.9884  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		6,268	31.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,142	31.3648  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33	30.8933  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		62	30.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		120	31.3853  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		200	31.6031  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		347	31.3764  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,000	30.9469  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,017	31.3637  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,224	31.3636  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,334	31.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,000	31.0987  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,211	30.9560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,863	31.0284  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,328	31.0162  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,696	32.0046  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:				25 May 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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