Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			8,034,340	7.05%	802,067	0.70%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			799,498	0.70%	7,964,565	6.99%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,833,838	7.76%	8,766,632	7.70%
(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		18,564		38.5775  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,586		38.5677  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,248		38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,454		38.5717  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,127		38.5780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,664		38.5723  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,753		38.5662  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		811		38.5200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		499		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		466		38.5540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		459		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		156		38.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75		38.5593  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17		38.5811  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		38.5850  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		160,000		38.5214  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,000		38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,626		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,109		38.5579  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,137		38.5567  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		935		38.5469  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		414		38.5516  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		156		38.5700  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		2,698	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,600	38.5714  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		414	38.5516  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,014	38.5787  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,167	38.5493  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	38.5507  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		160,000	38.5214  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	38.5838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17	38.5809  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		459	38.5638  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		466	38.5540  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,289	38.5228  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,728	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,454	38.5717  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,248	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,477	38.5796  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,586	38.5677  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:				29 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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