Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			7,139,016	6.27%	1,876,440	1.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,205,829	1.06%	7,039,476	6.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,344,845	7.33%	8,915,916	7.83%
(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		39,302		37.9749  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,774		37.9788  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,411		37.9688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,470		37.9844  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,092		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,915		37.9731  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,978		37.9837  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,967		37.9648  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,876		37.9913  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,748		37.9938  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,617		37.9735  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,230		37.9713  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,179		37.9865  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,075		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		38.0001  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		968		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		951		37.9929  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		673		37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		605		37.9826  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		228		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		145		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16		37.8625  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,320		37.9813  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,506		37.9519  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,395		37.9650  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		639		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		624		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		341		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		120		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		37.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		37.9950  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		37.9700  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	37.9696  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		738	37.9968  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,395	37.9650  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,882	37.9409  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16	37.8625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		605	37.9826  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		673	37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		740	37.9851  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		900	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,978	37.9837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,468	37.9724  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,301	37.9808  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,115	37.9754  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,413	37.9840  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,774	37.9788  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,405	37.9824  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		22,869	37.9710  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:				06 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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