Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			6,998,554	6.15%	1,861,502	1.63%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,192,851	1.05%	6,896,718	6.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,191,405	7.19%	8,758,220	7.69%
(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		100,000		38.0266  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80,000		37.9973  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,378		37.9547  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,984		37.9865  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,779		38.0285  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,512		37.9855  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,207		37.9933  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		37.9439  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,428		37.9828  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,285		37.9833  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,592		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,771		38.0084  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,308		37.9836  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,153		37.9988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,940		38.0529  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,722		38.0157  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,655		38.0148  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,371		38.0107  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		997		37.9819  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		682		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		572		38.0114  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		481		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		418		38.0249  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		388		38.0103  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		249		37.9605  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		65,723		37.9730  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,626		37.9665  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,705		37.9691  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,564		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,854		38.0116  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,831		38.0324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		594		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		585		37.9562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		481		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43		37.9620  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		43	37.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		167	37.9665  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		585	37.9562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,218	37.9569  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,705	37.9691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,993	37.9602  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,974	37.9831  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		65,723	37.9730  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		134	38.0047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		249	37.9605  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		268	38.0051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		304	37.9814  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		572	38.0113  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,940	38.0529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,704	38.0265  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,244	37.9414  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,631	37.9828  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	37.9647  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	37.9439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,779	38.0285  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,009	37.9952  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,369	37.9964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,691	37.9944  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		80,000	37.9973  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		96,296	38.0266  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:				28 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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