Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 August 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:				31 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:			2,953,065	2.59%	1,459,706	1.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,429,596	1.26%	2,866,670	2.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,382,661	3.85%	4,326,376	3.80%
(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		Sale		380		37.1437  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,320		37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,572		37.1413  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,313		37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		310		37.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,972		37.1633  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		755		37.1404  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,857		37.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		113		37.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,660		37.1395  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		744		37.1534  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,039		37.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,618		37.1102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,233		37.1381  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,095		37.1787  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		708		37.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,177		37.1427  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49		37.1418  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,044		37.1241  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		688		37.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		861		37.1459  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,124		37.1391  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		651		37.1929  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		1,000	37.1372  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,044	37.1241  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,170	37.1374  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,345	37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,660	37.1398  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		9	37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33	37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		688	37.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,616	37.1586  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,501	37.1515  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,293	37.1419  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,891	37.1424  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,276	37.1868  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	37.1029  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:				01 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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