Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			7,006,696	6.15%	1,879,735	1.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,211,169	1.06%	6,904,411	6.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,217,865	7.22%	8,784,146	7.71%
(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		30,187		37.9427  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,749		37.9814  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,018		37.9603  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,959		37.9959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,065		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,025		37.9469  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,520		37.9317  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,234		37.9611  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,961		37.9726  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,843		37.9404  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,649		37.9447  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,562		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,301		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,058		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		860		37.9085  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		859		37.9294  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		218		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		113		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,264		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,727		37.9675  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,882		37.9519  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,749		37.9591  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,166		37.9412  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,389		38.0045  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,336		37.9968  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,239		37.9782  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,114		37.9891  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,069		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		859		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		565		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		370		37.9898  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		336		38.0284  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		241		37.9761  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		218		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		38.0194  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		92		37.9628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48		37.9787  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		25	37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		48	37.9787  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		92	37.9628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		108	38.0194  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		221	38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,336	37.9968  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,389	38.0045  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,000	37.9382  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,355	37.9734  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,842	37.9654  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,749	37.9591  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		303	37.9539  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		454	37.9628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		805	38.0422  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,843	37.9404  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,959	37.9959  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,749	37.9814  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,925	37.9576  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:				29 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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