Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

12 December 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:				11 Dec 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:			7,515,462	6.60%	973,460	0.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			949,995	0.83%	7,440,548	6.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,465,457	7.43%	8,414,008	7.39%
(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		65,000		38.3491  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,568		38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,269		38.3498  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,330		38.3543  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,190		38.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,569		38.3411  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,417		38.3702  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,848		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,818		38.3592  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,173		38.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		491		38.3426  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		125		38.3626  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		67		38.3466  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		187,766		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,662		38.3574  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,197		38.3408  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,460		38.3360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,453		38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,051		38.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,547		38.3336  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		950		38.3356  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		287		38.3600  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		Closing Short		178,357	38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8	38.3550  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,575	38.3417  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		149	38.3539  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		167	38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		188	38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		950	38.3356  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,547	38.3336  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,035	38.3390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,225	38.3257  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,653	38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	38.3638  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	38.3633  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		213	38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,175	38.3430  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,329	38.3543  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,273	38.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,656	38.3541  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65,000	38.3491  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		26,197	38.3408  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:				12 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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