Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

19 July 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:				18 Jul 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:			3,622,313	3.18%	2,017,103	1.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,949,242	1.71%	3,513,689	3.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,571,555	4.89%	5,530,792	4.86%
(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		3,013		37.0338  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		354		37.0029  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		217		37.0116  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		210		37.0098  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		306		37.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		317		37.0401  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,044		37.0230  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		237		37.0686  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		690		36.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		115		37.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		771		37.0355  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,137		37.0550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		592		37.0534  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,000		37.0184  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		313		37.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		652		37.0618  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		118		37.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		62		37.0519  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,141		37.0206  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		738		37.0036  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		37.0158  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,079		37.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,011		37.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		130		37.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,274		37.0444  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,339		37.0275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		37.0185  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		386		37.0024  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,166		37.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,249		37.0143  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		310		37.0335  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,384		36.9979  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		37.0752  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		364		36.9942  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,848		37.0181  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		720		37.0205  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,079		37.0970  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		62	37.0519  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		129	37.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		415	37.0327  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,000	37.0184  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,607	37.0104  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,249	37.0143  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		34	37.0470  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		42	37.0462  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		62	37.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100	37.0830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		317	37.0246  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,422	37.0050  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	37.0752  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,792	37.0284  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,929	37.0339  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		10,545	37.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,645	37.0255  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	37.0158  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		50,000	37.0185  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:				19 Jul 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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