Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

23 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:				20 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:			7,608,559	6.68%	2,121,613	1.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,453,725	1.28%	7,519,000	6.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,062,284	7.96%	9,640,613	8.46%
(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		31,891		37.8458  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,449		37.8203  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,031		37.8714  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,670		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,834		37.8617  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,710		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,530		37.8549  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,323		37.8677  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,102		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,088		37.8426  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		977		37.8542  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		913		37.8257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		654		37.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		626		37.8207  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		436		37.8485  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		302		37.8305  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		195		37.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		191		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		145		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		44,300		37.8399  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,918		37.8498  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,895		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,377		37.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,959		37.8344  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,803		37.8285  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		923		37.8274  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		860		37.8325  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		679		37.8251  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		667		37.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		665		37.8213  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		334		37.8149  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		314		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		211		37.8091  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		195		37.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		194		37.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		165		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		37.8562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32		37.8837  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		9	37.8211  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		105	37.8548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		108	37.8562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		159	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		184	37.8465  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,519	37.8336  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		31,635	37.8418  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		145	37.8830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		154	37.8618  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		495	37.8430  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		533	37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		981	37.8665  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,275	37.8411  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,087	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,992	37.8570  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,834	37.8617  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,416	37.8784  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:				23 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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