Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			3,331,851	2.93%	1,683,685	1.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,664,747	1.46%	3,256,826	2.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,996,598	4.39%	4,940,511	4.34%
(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		10,157		37.9781  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		41,105		37.9515  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,309		37.9179  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		455		37.9238  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67,924		37.9512  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,887		37.9097  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,000		37.9171  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,167		37.9389  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,456		37.9366  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		388		37.8940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,680		37.9762  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,363		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		359		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,000		37.9773  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,369		37.9227  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		37.9296  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		577		37.9348  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,367		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		504		37.9075  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,672		37.9749  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,780		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,826		37.9331  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,334		37.9282  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,946		37.9448  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,770		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		225		37.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		319		37.9197  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		562		37.9301  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		638		37.9211  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,652		37.8980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		335		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		212		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,119		37.8934  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,373		37.9281  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,726		37.9260  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		70	37.9414  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		807	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,095	37.9574  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,335	37.9568  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,891	37.9181  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,680	37.9762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,000	37.9171  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,562	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,521	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,928	37.9199  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,059	37.9081  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,119	37.8934  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		150	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		252	37.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		504	37.9075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		916	37.9230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,575	37.9237  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,167	37.9389  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,692	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,000	37.9296  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,742	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,057	37.9308  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		41,105	37.9515  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		42,518	37.9501  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:				11 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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