Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

08 January 2024

 

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:				05 Jan 2024
(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:			7,378,429	6.48%	630,862	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			631,329	0.55%	7,309,054	6.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,009,758	7.03%	7,939,916	6.97%
(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		6,941		38.5780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,719		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,411		38.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		38.5772  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,857		38.5797  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		726		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10		38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3		38.5866  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		38.5950  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,329		38.5799  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,388		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,041		38.5798  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,556		38.5793  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,591		38.5658  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		109		38.5900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		38.5811  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34		38.5952  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		Closing Short		224	38.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		560	38.5795  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,092	38.5963  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		388	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	38.5951  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,607	38.5793  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	38.5938  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	38.5871  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	38.6050  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		685	38.5628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,985	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,896	38.5752  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 Jan 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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