Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

18 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:				15 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:			7,564,249	6.64%	2,640,037	2.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			927,330	0.81%	7,493,071	6.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,491,579	7.46%	10,133,108	8.90%
(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		41,952		38.4072  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,288		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,069		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,161		38.4001  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,009		38.3980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,873		38.4147  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,827		38.4370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,981		38.4275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,691		38.4250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,409		38.4274  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		875		38.4305  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		768		38.4318  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		756		38.4104  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		503		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		465		38.4262  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		367		38.4185  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		103		38.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56		38.4017  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51		38.4047  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		300,000		38.4800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,280		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,550		38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,260		38.4041  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,924		38.4135  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		546		38.4085  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		349		38.4069  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		168		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		152		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103		38.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103		38.4011  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22		38.3916  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8		38.3975  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		1,685	38.4114  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,578	38.4241  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,729	38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	38.4061  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	38.3961  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22	38.3916  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		103	38.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		185	38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,277	38.4036  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,733	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,341	38.4080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,479	38.4025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,550	38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,686	38.4038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	38.4038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	38.4238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51	38.4048  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91	38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		145	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		363	38.4032  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,045	38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,053	38.4104  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,851	38.4269  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,915	38.3978  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,709	38.4007  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,746	38.4279  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,978	38.4324  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,929	38.4400  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:				18 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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