Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			7,424,159	6.52%	1,862,652	1.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,196,849	1.05%	7,351,385	6.45%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,621,008	7.57%	9,214,037	8.09%
(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		828,959		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		40,411		37.8389  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,038		37.8898  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,664		37.8960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,279		37.8722  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,947		37.9087  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,595		37.8525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,307		37.8701  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,225		37.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,042		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		961		37.9089  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		889		37.8623  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		611		37.9181  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		592		37.8738  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		582		37.8900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		494		37.8309  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		470		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		391		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		262		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		161		37.8686  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49		37.8038  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		37.8781  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,391		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,306		37.8506  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,270		37.8171  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		384		37.8031  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		262		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		155		37.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91		37.8792  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12		37.8741  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		12	37.8745  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		91	37.8792  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		111	37.8432  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		135	37.8515  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		155	37.8208  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		262	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,270	37.8171  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,457	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		49	37.8037  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		216	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		244	37.8381  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		658	37.8251  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		961	37.9089  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,886	37.8923  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,038	37.8898  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,879	37.8369  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		10,007	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,128	37.8464  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,748	37.8966  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,073	37.8347  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:				10 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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