Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 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:				02 Oct 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:			6,982,776	6.13%	1,923,212	1.69%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,252,001	1.10%	6,882,275	6.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,234,777	7.23%	8,805,487	7.73%
(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		11,369		37.8366  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,701		37.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,568		37.8197  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,108		37.8434  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,604		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		37.9189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,813		37.9754  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,622		37.8573  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,350		37.8652  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,768		37.8664  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,756		37.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,700		37.8586  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,552		38.0010  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,346		37.8856  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,037		38.0015  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		739		37.9037  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		694		37.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		540		37.8154  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		415		37.9312  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		381		37.8057  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		215		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		179		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		179		37.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		154		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		148		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		144		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,109		37.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,184		37.8856  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,701		37.8695  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,408		37.8352  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,741		37.8526  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,757		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,801		37.8380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,842		37.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,816		37.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,723		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,495		37.8768  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,432		37.8392  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		154		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		126		37.8093  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		37.8366  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		154	37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,432	37.8392  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,559	37.6926  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,562	37.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,148	37.7747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,021	37.8546  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,411	37.8352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		27,514	37.8904  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		27,701	37.8695  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		31,184	37.8856  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9	37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		148	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		302	37.8768  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		392	37.8359  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		456	37.8662  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		540	37.8154  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		694	37.8428  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,346	37.8856  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,700	37.8586  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,813	37.9754  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	37.9189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,701	37.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.7966  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,900	37.8615  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:				03 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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