Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			7,649,995	6.72%	957,692	0.84%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			953,254	0.84%	7,585,594	6.66%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,603,249	7.55%	8,543,286	7.50%
(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		21,658		38.3349  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,651		38.3281  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,241		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,274		38.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,240		38.3077  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		579		38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		338		38.3114  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		232		38.3387  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		74		38.3127  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63		38.3136  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,453		38.3203  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,908		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,709		38.3070  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,569		38.3093  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,354		38.3224  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		695		38.3029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		540		38.3200  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		730	38.3171  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		872	38.3148  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,342	38.2969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,354	38.3224  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,569	38.3093  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,453	38.3203  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		222	38.3234  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,240	38.3076  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,830	38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,358	38.3479  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,485	38.3397  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,511	38.3232  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,651	38.3281  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:				08 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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