Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

10 October 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:				09 Oct 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:			7,378,586	6.48%	1,907,292	1.67%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,236,471	1.09%	7,276,939	6.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,615,057	7.56%	9,184,231	8.06%
(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		43,278		37.9558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,293		37.9551  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,836		37.9239  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,914		38.0146  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,566		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,707		37.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,392		37.9313  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,037		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		928		37.9035  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		898		37.9160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		838		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		782		37.9691  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		745		37.8938  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		518		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		506		37.8958  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		394		37.9060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		350		37.9813  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		292		37.9944  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		189		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		72		37.9541  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17		37.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,818		37.9130  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,481		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,431		37.9288  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,581		37.8992  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,800		37.9351  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,457		37.9646  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,805		37.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,194		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,148		37.9190  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,618		37.8885  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		800		37.8800  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		3	37.8752  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,194	37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,805	37.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,454	37.9647  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,807	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,936	37.9233  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,000	37.9352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18,072	37.9056  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,976	37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11	38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17	37.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		72	37.9542  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		302	37.9014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		322	37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		455	37.9011  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		485	37.9630  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		489	37.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		508	38.0430  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,308	37.9958  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,707	37.8875  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,759	37.9511  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,293	37.9551  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		43,278	37.9558  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:				10 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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