Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

05 January 2024

 

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:				04 Jan 2024
(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:			7,379,475	6.48%	623,421	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			624,390	0.55%	7,309,695	6.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,003,865	7.03%	7,933,116	6.96%
(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		44,715		38.5666  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,610		38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,500		38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,500		38.5828  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,696		38.5580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,867		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,467		38.5755  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,935		38.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,888		38.5900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		769		38.5611  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		531		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		480		38.5847  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		333		38.5665  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		308		38.5921  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		187		38.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		139		38.5605  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		38.5946  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		38.5618  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,792		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,983		38.5707  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,600		38.5773  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,092		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,902		38.5807  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,495		38.5816  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		480		38.5847  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		476		38.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		38.5561  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 Long		935	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		8,730	38.5689  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,528	38.5876  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,421	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	38.5561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,902	38.5807  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		94	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	38.5817  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,833	38.5796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,500	38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,500	38.5828  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,610	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,600	38.5773  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		228	38.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,146	38.5810  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,647	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,454	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,896	38.5719  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:				05 Jan 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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