Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			6,754,533	5.93%	1,284,160	1.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,263,194	1.11%	6,678,345	5.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,017,727	7.04%	7,962,505	6.99%
(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		175,000		38.0590  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		38.0390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,000		38.0912  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,502		38.0959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,034		38.0818  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,654		38.0486  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,303		38.1149  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,079		38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,270		38.1100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,266		38.1102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,226		38.0785  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,206		38.0777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,127		38.1131  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,056		38.1252  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		873		38.0700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		753		38.0677  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		614		38.0568  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		518		38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		242		38.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		209		38.0838  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66		38.0889  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25		38.1240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		38.1236  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		38.0938  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,646		38.0648  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,981		38.1191  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,848		38.0447  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,000		38.0573  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,964		38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,270		38.1100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,207		38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		756		38.0953  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		701		38.0752  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		692		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		614		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		611		38.0913  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		500		38.0700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		494		38.1287  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		245		38.0964  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		242		38.1400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		203		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		139		38.0570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		138		38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33		38.0560  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		33	38.0561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		71	38.1529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		139	38.0570  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,181	38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,000	38.0573  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,938	38.0843  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,156	38.0102  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,484	38.1018  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,671	38.0536  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		36	38.1238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		209	38.0838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,271	38.1769  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,771	38.0980  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,866	38.1032  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,533	38.0703  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,000	38.0912  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	38.0390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		175,000	38.0590  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:				14 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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