Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			7,427,758	6.52%	1,918,301	1.68%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,247,955	1.10%	7,330,672	6.44%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,675,713	7.62%	9,248,973	8.12%
(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		18,802		37.8958  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,013		37.9082  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,349		37.9189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,599		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,356		37.9169  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		37.9026  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,938		37.8637  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		766		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		717		37.8786  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		704		37.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		576		37.9246  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		476		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		405		37.9262  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		247		37.8972  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		221		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		112		37.9057  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		97		37.9191  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		44,501		37.8834  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,116		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,579		37.9393  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,443		37.8760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,241		37.8894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,759		37.8971  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,110		37.8994  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,997		37.8825  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,197		37.8923  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,052		37.8990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		915		37.9094  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		257		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		257		37.9037  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		242		37.8842  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		221		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		178		37.8537  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32		37.8762  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		32	37.8762  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		178	37.8537  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		977	37.8548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,759	37.8971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,241	37.8894  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,703	37.8801  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,579	37.9393  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,298	37.8866  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		34,063	37.8820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		71	37.8487  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		303	37.8750  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		405	37.9262  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		453	37.8830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		455	37.8734  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		531	37.9066  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		957	37.9251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,938	37.8637  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	37.9026  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,349	37.9189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,013	37.9082  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,492	37.8996  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:				13 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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