Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			6,562,749	5.76%	1,302,371	1.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,283,253	1.13%	6,482,391	5.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,846,002	6.89%	7,784,762	6.84%
(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		401,150		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		128,895		37.9977  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		68,700		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,486		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		38.0900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,394		38.0085  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,323		38.0553  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,817		38.0067  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,595		38.0047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,463		37.9840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,000		37.9728  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		37.9906  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,752		38.0865  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,600		38.1015  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,428		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,417		38.0886  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,898		38.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,415		38.0257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		592		38.1046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		437		38.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		192		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23		38.0221  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		250,000		38.0035  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,451		37.9860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,014		37.9821  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,086		38.0375  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,627		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,607		38.1447  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,592		38.0203  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,421		38.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,588		38.0038  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		999		37.9843  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		954		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		665		38.0003  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		552		38.0179  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		306		38.0137  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		245		37.9648  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		115		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		110		37.9998  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		105		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		102		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54		37.9803  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		54	37.9804  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		105	38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		110	37.9998  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		115	38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		306	38.0137  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,809	37.9762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,612	38.0335  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,226	37.9870  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,892	37.9912  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,046	38.0299  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,607	38.1447  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,991	37.9830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,894	37.9882  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23	38.0220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		592	38.1046  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		685	38.0630  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,161	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,417	38.0886  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,331	38.0390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	37.9906  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,000	37.9728  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,888	38.0765  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	38.0030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	38.0900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		400,000	38.0600  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:				13 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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