Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			4,630,823	4.07%	2,129,375	1.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,112,838	1.86%	4,563,648	4.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			6,748,524	5.92%	6,693,023	5.88%
(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		1,091		38.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53		38.0247  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,637		38.0276  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,061		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		615		38.0026  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48,681		38.0053  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,950		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,522		38.0091  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		907		38.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,532		37.9997  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		38.0047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,242		38.0145  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,000		38.0171  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,745		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		797		38.0201  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		37.9989  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		260		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,773		38.0117  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		38.0190  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,618		37.9918  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		760		38.0103  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		150,000		38.0085  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,076		38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,994		38.0071  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		545,570		38.0084  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		850		38.0165  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,647		38.0127  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,143		38.0028  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		10	38.0090  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		269	38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,000	38.0171  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,009	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,500	38.0053  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		27,137	38.0127  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		34,989	38.0001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		36	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		295	38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		561	38.0230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		615	38.0026  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,242	38.0145  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,637	38.0276  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,143	38.0028  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,899	38.0257  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:				18 Aug 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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