Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC
23 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

 relevant securities this form relates:

DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

(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:

22 Aug 2023

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

5,082,166

4.46%

2,307,243

2.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,292,154

2.01%

5,014,464

4.40%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

7,374,320

6.48%

7,321,736

6.43%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

Sale

1,748

37.9900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

751

37.9953  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,990

37.9912  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,628

38.0106  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,876

38.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

316

38.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,637

38.0031  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

485

38.0038  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,564

37.9950  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,000

37.9973  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,979

38.0138  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,577

38.0076  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19

38.0036  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,850

37.9833  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,381

37.9956  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,064

37.9914  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,793

37.9897  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,000

38.0134  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

191,314

38.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,388

37.9953  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,447

37.9961  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,688

38.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,600

37.9982  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

155,063

38.0190  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,500

38.0165  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,000

37.9999  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,948

38.0122  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

698

37.9947  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

910

37.9948  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

2,500

38.0165  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

7,000

37.9973  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

10,687

37.9811  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

15,793

37.9855  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

19,243

37.9950  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

2,120

38.0038  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,000

38.0134  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

5,577

38.0076  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

7,000

37.9999  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

31,515

38.0142  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

155,063

38.0190  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

178,482

38.0000  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 person 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:

23 Aug 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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