Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

02 November 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:				01 Nov 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:			7,418,030	6.51%	2,751,133	2.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,260,901	1.11%	7,325,892	6.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,678,931	7.62%	10,077,025	8.85%
(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		13,871		37.9176  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,957		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,059		37.8976  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,343		37.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,960		37.9892  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,379		37.9565  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,274		37.8479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		899		37.8907  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		694		37.8964  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		580		37.8519  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		480		37.9062  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		454		37.8663  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		357		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		357		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		304		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		288		37.9100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		275		37.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		275		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		274		37.9070  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		264		37.8844  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		260		37.9264  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		161		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		55,740		37.8510  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,225		37.9304  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,578		37.8464  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,119		37.8508  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,041		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		828		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		604		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		527		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		345		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		327		37.8294  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		275		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		261		37.8722  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12		37.9958  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		37.8160  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		10	37.8162  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12	37.9962  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16	37.9402  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		256	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		411	37.8086  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,578	37.8464  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,400	37.8410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,011	37.9384  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		55,740	37.8510  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		79	37.8968  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		213	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		250	37.9486  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		274	37.9070  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		480	37.9062  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		899	37.8907  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,622	37.9754  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,927	37.9120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	37.9677  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,745	37.9036  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,343	37.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,974	37.9210  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,845	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,009	37.9089  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:				02 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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