Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			7,606,421	6.68%	2,121,482	1.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,448,620	1.27%	7,511,676	6.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,055,041	7.95%	9,633,158	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		16,519		37.8855  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,088		37.8086  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,006		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,814		37.8338  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,579		37.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,349		37.8647  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,433		37.8839  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,429		37.9025  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,348		37.8519  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		961		37.8835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		831		37.9191  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		684		37.8822  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		516		37.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		494		37.8929  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		425		37.8759  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		379		37.8546  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		350		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		335		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		307		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		275		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		269		37.9198  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		234		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		231		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		203		37.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,747		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,623		37.8647  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,501		37.8124  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,501		37.8623  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,000		37.8233  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,106		37.8798  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		787		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		515		37.8769  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		486		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		349		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		308		37.8919  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		269		37.8915  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		43	37.8651  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		335	37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,898	37.8652  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,000	37.8757  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,000	37.7971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,864	37.8845  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,682	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,501	37.8124  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,501	37.8623  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,303	37.8571  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		16,839	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6	37.8333  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100	37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		142	37.8430  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		164	37.8018  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		425	37.8759  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		516	37.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,295	37.8626  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,828	37.8592  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,273	37.8964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,349	37.8647  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,579	37.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,236	37.8255  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		11,752	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,519	37.8855  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:				24 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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