Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			7,537,068	6.62%	2,364,336	2.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			950,636	0.83%	7,476,891	6.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,487,704	7.45%	9,841,227	8.64%
(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		45,163		38.4504  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,233		38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,547		38.4445  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,841		38.4319  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,067		38.4338  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,195		38.4580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,193		38.4559  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		808		38.4495  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		515		38.3819  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		513		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		440		38.4352  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		415		38.4238  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		402		38.4259  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		352		38.4800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		220		38.4300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		38.4403  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		188		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,411,034		38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,946		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,730		38.4317  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,465		38.4593  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,386		38.4591  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,855		38.4156  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		838		38.4123  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		495		38.4119  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		312		38.4098  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		38.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		65		38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		38.4360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		38.4561  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		Decreasing Long		1,714	38.4282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,023	38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,246	38.4452  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	38.4566  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	38.4161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	38.4561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		312	38.4098  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		838	38.4123  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,045	38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,341	38.3969  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,359	38.4148  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,340	38.4523  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,386	38.4591  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,085	38.4303  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,946	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		55	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	38.4300  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		29	38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		415	38.4238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,072	38.4342  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,293	38.4055  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,322	38.4681  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,841	38.4319  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,209	38.4308  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,827	38.4600  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:				15 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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