Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

11 September 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:				08 Sep 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:			6,175,757	5.42%	1,821,395	1.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,801,521	1.58%	6,092,702	5.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,977,278	7.00%	7,914,097	6.95%
(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		25,000		38.0836  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,000		38.0988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		38.0390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,345		38.1085  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,409		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,322		38.1104  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,648		38.0814  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,633		38.1119  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,817		38.1047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,682		38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,417		38.0893  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,132		38.0712  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,777		38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,052		38.0590  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,006		38.1013  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		619		38.0771  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		618		38.1197  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		477		38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		370		38.0900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10		38.0840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		239,182		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,794		38.0894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,275		38.0700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,040		38.0705  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,029		38.0709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		458		38.0726  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191		38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		123		38.0691  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		123		38.0802  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		55		38.0916  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14		38.0800  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	38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		123	38.0802  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		123	38.0692  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		271	38.0917  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		458	38.0726  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,938	38.0711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,275	38.0700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,794	38.0894  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		239,010	38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		3	38.0633  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10	38.0838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21	38.0638  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		214	38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		269	38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,052	38.0590  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,417	38.0893  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,817	38.1047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,387	38.0866  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,624	38.0841  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,969	38.1017  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,963	38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	38.0390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,000	38.0988  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	38.0836  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 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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