Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			3,712,151	3.26%	2,088,119	1.83%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,070,225	1.82%	3,644,951	3.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,782,376	5.08%	5,733,070	5.03%
(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		13,605		37.9864  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,944		37.9905  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		131,489		37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,874		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,332		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,000		37.9773  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,289		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,000		37.9943  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,128		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,916		37.9785  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,516		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,134		37.9789  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,326		37.9912  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		302		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		206,807		37.9991  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,277		37.9653  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,848		37.9665  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,128		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		422		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,921		37.9781  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		1	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,000	37.9773  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,916	37.9785  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,651	37.9688  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,763	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		131,489	37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		134	37.9789  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		302	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		403	38.0030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,700	37.9808  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,901	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,000	37.9943  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,843	37.9893  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:				17 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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