Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc Amend

Barclays PLC

08 January 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to Sale
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  relevant securities this form relates:			DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
(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:			02 Jan 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				7,720,247	6.78%	950,015	0.83%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				651,469	0.57%	7,649,770	6.72%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				8,371,716	7.35%	8,599,785	7.55%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1p ordinary	Purchase	84,828	38.5827  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	16,147	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	15,476	38.5792  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,695	38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,873	38.5757  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,000	38.5718  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,886	38.5580  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,070	38.5848  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,172	38.5626  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,467	38.5765  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,268	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,249	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	38.5850  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	390,000	38.5607  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	120,284	38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	100,000	38.5414  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	36,754	38.5698  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	15,160	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9,671	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,878	38.5636  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,734	38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4	38.5561  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	4,172	38.5626  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	84,828	38.5827  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	293	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	17,047	38.5828  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5	38.5561  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,847	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,518	38.5685  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,167	38.5689  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	120,284	38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	193,981	38.5607  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	296,019	38.5541  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	38.5838  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	420	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,334	38.5638  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,640	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,781	38.5750  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,000	38.5718  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	14,695	38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,147	38.5648  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				08 Jan 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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