Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			7,534,729	6.62%	993,726	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			971,564	0.85%	7,459,548	6.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,506,293	7.47%	8,453,274	7.42%
(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		24,574		38.4237  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,046		38.4380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,744		38.4130  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,709		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,100		38.4391  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,664		38.3994  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,648		38.4083  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,379		38.3993  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,080		38.4271  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		608		38.4027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		606		38.3932  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		593		38.4079  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		591		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		482		38.4300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		445		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		443		38.3913  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		248		38.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		231		38.4302  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		222		38.3989  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		84		38.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		61		38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		38.4066  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,021		38.3783  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,829		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,420		38.4398  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,001		38.3969  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,951		38.3654  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,551		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,081		38.4008  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		943		38.3736  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		879		38.4017  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		525		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		459		38.4036  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		371		38.4040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		348		38.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		253		38.3936  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		120		38.3990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		38.3888  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		84		38.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		83		38.4300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		67		38.3889  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63		38.4069  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		62		38.3900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		61		38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39		38.3611  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22		38.4363  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		Decreasing Long		2,153	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,273	38.4221  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22	38.4361  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		168	38.4351  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		253	38.3936  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		943	38.3736  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,207	38.4148  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,571	38.4049  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,860	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,283	38.3861  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,829	38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	38.4065  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		152	38.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		301	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,787	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,832	38.4122  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,068	38.4267  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,771	38.4069  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:				14 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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