Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				13 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:			7,455,358	6.55%	1,987,172	1.74%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,316,856	1.16%	7,364,916	6.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,772,214	7.70%	9,352,088	8.21%
(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		69,861		37.9209  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,651		37.9148  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,436		37.9601  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,988		37.9408  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,792		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,504		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,156		37.9607  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,690		37.9662  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		709		37.9647  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		605		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		413		37.9792  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		260		37.9257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		88		37.9700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73,213		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,841		37.9310  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,000		37.9225  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,555		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,029		37.9323  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,932		37.9243  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,524		37.9362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		826		37.9433  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		560		37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		400		37.9389  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		269		37.9324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		245		37.8844  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30		37.9300  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		110	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		381	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,325	37.9315  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,524	37.9362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,614	37.9319  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	37.9225  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		34,108	37.9298  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		115	37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		303	37.9433  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		452	37.9651  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		454	37.9318  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		529	37.9730  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,028	37.9600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,690	37.9662  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,568	37.9564  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,627	37.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,988	37.9408  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,651	37.9148  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:				16 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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