Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 November 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:				02 Nov 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:			7,435,697	6.53%	2,731,239	2.40%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,241,895	1.09%	7,344,287	6.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,677,592	7.62%	10,075,526	8.85%
(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		26,747		37.9459  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,125		38.0190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,775		38.0230  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,772		38.0128  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,333		38.0022  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,186		38.0043  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,741		38.0008  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		882		38.0257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		829		38.0381  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		812		38.0124  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		761		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		688		38.0108  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		673		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		646		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		523		38.0062  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		443		38.0076  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		432		38.0266  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		417		38.0117  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		324		37.9895  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		251		37.8188  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		214		37.9974  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		148		38.0383  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146		37.9825  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		78		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		64		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42		38.0014  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,530		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,443		38.0065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,406		37.9015  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		436		38.0172  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		409		38.0064  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		407		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		401		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		380		37.9964  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		321		37.8952  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		164		38.0048  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		151		38.0027  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		64		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		37.8966  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		3	37.8962  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5	37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		65	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		79	37.9354  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		321	37.8952  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,401	37.9015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,443	38.0065  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,881	38.0104  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,888	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		42	38.0014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		109	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		137	38.0075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		251	37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		306	38.0076  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		523	38.0062  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,572	38.0251  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,715	38.0051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,043	37.9626  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,313	37.9697  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,050	37.9217  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,426	38.0207  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:				03 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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