Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

05 December 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:				04 Dec 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:			7,675,281	6.74%	987,824	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			983,168	0.86%	7,615,172	6.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,658,449	7.60%	8,602,996	7.55%
(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		65,989		38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		58,897		38.2653  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		41,333		38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,663		38.3035  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		38.2791  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,420		38.2902  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,473		38.2896  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,899		38.3180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,128		38.2977  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,600		38.2800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,430		38.3046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		260		38.2695  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		242		38.2900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		226		38.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		183		38.2700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		38.2838  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		38.2850  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,123		38.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		38,651		38.2948  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,099		38.2906  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,304		38.2952  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,247		38.3161  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,214		38.2954  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,041		38.2698  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		602		38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		533		38.2762  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		183		38.2700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		138		38.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		38.2961  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	38.2961  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		138	38.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		602	38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,490	38.2769  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,214	38.2954  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,704	38.2713  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,247	38.3161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,479	38.2945  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,304	38.2952  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13	38.2838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		141	38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,278	38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,473	38.2896  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,784	38.3015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,127	38.2998  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	38.2791  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		30,763	38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		50,000	38.2630  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:				05 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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