Form 8.3 -DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

02 October 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:				29 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:			7,014,020	6.16%	1,876,778	1.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,205,307	1.06%	6,913,292	6.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,219,327	7.22%	8,790,070	7.72%
(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		37,929		37.9936  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,071		37.9166  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,620		38.0282  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,006		37.8807  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,949		38.0213  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,601		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,474		38.0582  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,144		37.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		850		37.9992  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		458		37.9859  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		302		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		264		38.0554  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		229		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		189		37.9960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		182		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		168		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		144		38.1200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8		37.9637  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,991		37.9328  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,778		37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,075		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,842		37.9013  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,978		37.9102  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		926		37.8893  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		764		37.8794  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		722		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		556		37.9286  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		393		37.9748  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		267		37.9582  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		129		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		120		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		110		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98		37.9437  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		65		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22		37.9436  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		38.0000  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		12	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		764	37.8794  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,612	37.9311  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,749	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,688	37.9179  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,842	37.9013  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,778	37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,991	37.9328  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8	37.9637  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		304	37.9440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		455	37.9048  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,144	37.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,474	38.0582  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,949	38.0213  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,006	37.8807  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,174	37.8883  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,576	37.9153  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,620	38.0282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,579	37.9439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		37,929	37.9936  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:				02 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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