Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

20 October 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:				19 Oct 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:			7,636,032	6.70%	2,106,610	1.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,433,913	1.26%	7,541,229	6.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,069,945	7.96%	9,647,839	8.47%
(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		15,624		37.9128  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,674		37.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		37.8515  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		37.9189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,918		37.8983  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,117		37.9173  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,768		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,101		37.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		865		37.8877  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		823		37.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		758		37.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		738		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		686		37.8879  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		483		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		459		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		443		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		363		37.8999  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		228		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		224		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80		37.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,008		37.8564  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,500		37.8443  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,742		37.8417  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,289		37.8737  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,950		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,838		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,285		37.8839  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,258		37.8998  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		744		37.8774  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		631		37.8709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		483		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		428		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		367		37.8941  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		354		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		304		37.9068  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		240		37.8918  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		185		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103		37.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63		37.8511  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16		37.8000  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		23	37.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		63	37.8511  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		104	37.8448  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		136	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		168	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		631	37.8709  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,140	37.8359  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,768	37.8392  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,207	37.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,065	37.8695  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		22,019	37.8627  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		161	37.9030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,447	37.8844  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,547	37.9382  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,621	37.9026  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,624	37.9128  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,000	37.8852  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:				20 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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