Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			7,492,302	6.58%	2,006,969	1.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,332,208	1.17%	7,398,306	6.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,824,510	7.75%	9,405,275	8.26%
(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		35,662		37.9467  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		37.9689  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,841		37.9596  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,417		37.9643  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,907		37.9532  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,567		37.9828  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,820		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,580		37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,538		37.9811  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,050		37.9690  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,991		37.9724  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,801		37.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,788		37.9825  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,775		37.9874  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,273		37.9982  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,216		37.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,181		37.9530  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		843		37.9609  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		724		37.9911  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		558		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		507		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		454		37.9585  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		331		37.9857  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		260		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		234		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		139		37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,977		37.9491  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,661		37.9555  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,384		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,482		37.9524  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,614		37.9446  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,371		37.9368  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,356		37.9362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,795		37.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,008		37.9394  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		739		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		725		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		551		37.9548  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		244		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		234		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		166		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		37.9353  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		3	37.9352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		171	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		570	37.9487  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,008	37.9394  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,437	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,356	37.9362  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,087	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,370	37.9511  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,258	37.9566  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		139	37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		163	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,180	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,524	37.9947  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,991	37.9724  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,538	37.9811  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,983	37.9810  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,738	37.9581  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,042	37.9806  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,000	37.9689  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:				17 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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