Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

27 September 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:				26 Sep 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:			6,964,419	6.12%	1,983,233	1.74%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,314,224	1.15%	6,862,309	6.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,278,643	7.27%	8,845,542	7.77%
(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		109,144		38.0312  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		46,395		38.0114  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		38.0366  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,640		37.9977  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,094		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,758		37.9771  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,543		38.0167  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,242		37.9963  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,280		38.0176  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		977		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		805		37.9662  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		786		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		367		38.0626  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		107		38.0038  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,281		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,229		38.0245  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,427		38.0349  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,940		38.0219  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,489		38.0025  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		978		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		586		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		291		38.0383  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		280		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		38.0394  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		Long		1	37.9962  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18	38.0133  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		100	38.0394  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		435	38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		469	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,550	38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,940	38.0219  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,427	38.0349  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,560	38.0416  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		32,813	38.0120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		96,108	38.0361  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		107	38.0038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		367	38.0626  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		532	38.0113  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		586	38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		805	37.9662  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		817	37.9984  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,242	37.9963  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,618	37.9951  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,758	37.9771  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,389	38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,642	38.0051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	38.0366  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45,863	38.0114  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		109,144	38.0312  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:				27 Sep 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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