Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			7,492,876	6.58%	2,729,729	2.40%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,232,218	1.08%	7,389,646	6.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,725,094	7.66%	10,119,375	8.89%
(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		3,537,787		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,530		37.8395  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,636		37.8857  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,662		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,294		37.8332  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,251		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		911		37.9009  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		538		37.9037  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		455		37.9177  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		104		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		85		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,126		37.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,279		37.7951  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,243		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,440		37.8093  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,450		37.8558  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,083		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,059		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		870		37.8610  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		404		37.8867  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		304		37.8909  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161		37.8791  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		143		37.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		101		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71		37.8994  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		7	37.8471  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		143	37.8175  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		870	37.8610  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,260	37.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,450	37.8558  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,540	37.8108  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,951	37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,153	37.8664  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,273	37.7771  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,140	37.8789  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,700	37.8584  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		96	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		340	37.7950  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		417	37.7899  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		586	37.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,177	37.8949  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,251	37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,294	37.8332  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,188	37.8557  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,636	37.8857  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,464	37.8345  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,019	37.8425  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:				08 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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