Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			7,481,217	6.57%	1,714,953	1.51%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,051,153	0.92%	7,410,682	6.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,532,370	7.49%	9,125,635	8.01%
(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		20,182		37.8802  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,324		37.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,235		37.8335  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,831		37.8473  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,795		37.8286  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,862		37.8021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,724		37.8215  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,539		37.8378  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,510		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,169		37.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		769		37.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		757		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		721		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		490		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		462		37.7922  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		452		37.8062  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		437		37.8308  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		417		37.8435  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		284		37.8576  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		168		37.8919  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		134		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		65		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,743		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,157		37.8447  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,145		37.8147  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,062		37.8384  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,053		37.8406  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,987		37.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,255		37.8072  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,106		37.8615  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		978		37.7933  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		839		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		423		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		279		37.8302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		234		37.8352  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		204		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14		37.7957  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		234	37.8352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,106	37.8615  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,544	37.8226  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,110	37.8224  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,062	37.8384  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,600	37.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,157	37.8447  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,743	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		452	37.8062  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		621	37.7842  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,539	37.8378  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,000	37.8773  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,837	37.8230  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,235	37.8335  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,381	37.9395  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,062	37.8887  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,324	37.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,276	37.8633  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:				16 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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