Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC
25 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:

24 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:

 

 

7,669,161

6.73%

2,001,764

1.76%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,340,927

1.18%

7,585,059

6.66%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,010,088

7.91%

9,586,823

8.42%

(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

107,949

37.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

49,406

37.6130  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,153

37.7457  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,891

37.7475  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,585

37.6000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,221

37.7788  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,817

37.7600  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,034

37.8189  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,575

37.7843  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,102

37.7076  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,557

37.7665  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,391

37.7865  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,302

37.7697  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,068

37.6923  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,297

37.7091  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,062

37.6891  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,000

37.7651  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,870

37.7100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,258

37.7790  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,119

37.7650  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

888

37.6005  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

694

37.8157  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

560

37.7255  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

400

37.7500  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

376

37.7200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

368

37.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

341

37.7000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

305

37.8200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

257

37.8600  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

186

37.7531  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

133

37.6438  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

116

37.6200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

73,279

37.7597  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,877

37.6043  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,477

37.5647  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,433

37.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,364

37.5851  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,839

37.4757  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,301

37.5737  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,838

37.6000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,739

37.5759  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,668

37.7853  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,479

37.3727  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,269

37.4637  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,154

37.6387  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,019

37.7436  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

631

37.7600  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

498

37.7868  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

376

37.7200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

368

37.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

331

37.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

324

37.8061  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

286

37.7625  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

257

37.8600  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

255

37.6058  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

116

37.6200  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

324

37.8061  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

1,019

37.7436  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,312

37.7625  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,668

37.7853  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,925

37.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

3,000

37.2238  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

4,364

37.5851  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

5,850

37.7967  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

6,883

37.3560  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

8,490

37.3976  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

12,689

37.7305  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1

37.6037  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

116

37.6200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

133

37.6438  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

214

37.7600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

257

37.8200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

888

37.6005  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,302

37.7697  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,606

37.7893  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,438

37.7233  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

10,000

37.6030  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

10,943

37.7884  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

11,034

37.8189  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

14,991

37.7209  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

15,308

37.8016  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

16,221

37.7788  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

17,317

37.6000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

107,865

37.8000  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:

25 Oct 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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