Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 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:				02 Aug 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:			3,119,084	2.74%	1,519,225	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,496,645	1.31%	3,035,598	2.67%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,615,729	4.05%	4,554,823	4.00%
(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		49,752		37.2564  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,633		37.0321  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		594		36.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,652		37.2095  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,920		37.0804  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		65,661		37.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,731		37.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57		37.2475  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		127		37.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,500		37.1814  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		132		37.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		37.0962  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,211		37.2544  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,905		37.2297  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,522		37.1383  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		334		37.3246  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		149		37.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,255		37.3844  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		37.1385  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		568		36.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		266		37.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		472		37.2241  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,500		37.2760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,025		37.2034  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		36.9385  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,026		37.2243  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,000		37.0270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,483		37.2005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,397		37.2069  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		132		37.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100		37.2188  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		625		37.2159  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,155		37.2276  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		290		37.2461  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,562		37.1789  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,299		37.1115  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		37.2900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		37.2641  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		204		37.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		204		37.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19		37.2936  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		93,174		37.2822  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		876		37.2837  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,348		37.1489  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,694		37.2177  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		37.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,380		37.2788  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,981		37.1239  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		36.9585  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100		37.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19		37.2899  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		572		37.2805  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22		37.2646  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		407		37.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10		37.2282  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		37.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,961		37.1073  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,489		37.1563  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		890		37.2771  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		819		37.1886  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		511		37.0560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,303		37.3987  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,008		37.2627  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,000		37.0222  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,717		37.1978  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,273		37.2583  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		296		37.3966  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		139		37.3662  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		568	36.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,000	36.9239  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,600	37.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,600	37.1979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,780	37.3545  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,000	37.0957  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,764	37.3839  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,780	37.0772  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,000	37.3813  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	37.1814  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	37.2813  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		27,348	37.1489  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		30,540	37.2701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,981	37.1239  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		41,502	37.2458  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		49,863	37.2609  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12	37.4133  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		290	37.2461  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		404	37.4073  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		795	37.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		948	36.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,255	37.3844  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,574	37.2072  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,425	37.2287  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,000	37.0222  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,000	37.2641  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,000	36.9584  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,000	36.9384  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	37.1385  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		31,489	37.1563  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		42,253	37.1943  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		64,249	37.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100,000	37.0962  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:				03 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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