Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

04 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:				03 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:			7,028,493	6.17%	1,961,288	1.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,289,692	1.13%	6,927,634	6.08%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,318,185	7.30%	8,888,922	7.80%
(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		52,165		37.7863  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,671		37.8422  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		37.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,895		37.8761  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,870		37.8667  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,929		37.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		37.8447  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,622		37.8684  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		948		37.8492  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		895		37.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		558		37.9567  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		503		37.8227  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		317		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		274		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		263		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		179		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		176		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		88		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,998		37.7861  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,228		37.8276  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,929		37.8138  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,134		37.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,896		37.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,748		37.8309  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,746		37.8098  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,011		37.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		420		37.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		102		37.8400  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		449	37.7948  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,011	37.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,746	37.8098  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,896	37.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,376	37.8177  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,929	37.8138  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18,006	37.8207  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18,699	37.8352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5	37.8837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		239	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		303	37.8167  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		395	37.8230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		455	37.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		809	37.9123  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,500	37.8447  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,929	37.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,000	37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,895	37.8761  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,103	37.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23,666	37.8422  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:				04 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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