Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			7,717,978	6.78%	2,016,907	1.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,344,132	1.18%	7,622,700	6.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,062,110	7.96%	9,639,607	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		15,495		37.6315  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,137		37.5863  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,937		37.5332  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,552		37.5046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,437		37.5448  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,351		37.6352  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,124		37.5369  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,107		37.5372  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,448		37.5625  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,303		37.6214  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,088		37.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,621		37.5805  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,258		37.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,159		37.6075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,106		37.6316  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,079		37.5490  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		991		37.6342  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		940		37.5946  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		914		37.6319  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		469		37.6011  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		442		37.6147  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		412		37.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		292		37.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200		37.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		136		37.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,937		37.5581  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,140		37.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,403		37.5343  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,355		37.5544  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,141		37.6181  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,165		37.5927  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,019		37.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		980		37.5131  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		963		37.5643  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		953		37.6331  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		729		37.5767  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		141		37.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		119		37.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		37.7162  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		108	37.7162  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		119	37.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		953	37.6331  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,500	37.5966  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,141	37.6181  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,153	37.5214  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,403	37.5343  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,945	37.5535  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,038	37.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,771	37.5762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		136	37.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		164	37.5829  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		293	37.6072  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		442	37.6148  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,159	37.6075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,621	37.5805  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,637	37.6281  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,351	37.6352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,530	37.5678  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,552	37.5046  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,392	37.6081  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.4905  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.6030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,495	37.6315  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:				26 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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