Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

23 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:				22 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:			7,331,506	6.44%	760,796	0.67%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			743,981	0.65%	7,268,631	6.38%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,075,487	7.09%	8,029,427	7.05%
(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		656,857		38.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,442		38.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,020		38.2037  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,448		38.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,238		38.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,142		38.2039  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,496		38.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		790		38.2050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		594		38.2201  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		384		38.1800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		261		38.2104  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		176		38.1700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		134		38.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		116		38.1900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		184,840		38.1809  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,643		38.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,684		38.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,933		38.1945  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,302		38.1834  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,091		38.1747  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		450		38.1844  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		424		38.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		250		38.1638  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		176		38.1700  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		424	38.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		450	38.1844  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,929	38.2118  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,302	38.1834  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,042	38.1771  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		184,840	38.1809  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		250	38.2134  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		251	38.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		820	38.1830  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,091	38.2079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,292	38.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,020	38.2037  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,738	38.2056  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17,376	38.2167  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:				23 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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