Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			7,669,161	6.73%	2,001,764	1.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,340,927	1.18%	7,585,059	6.66%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,010,088	7.91%	9,586,823	8.42%
(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		107,949		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49,406		37.6130  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,153		37.7457  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,891		37.7475  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,585		37.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,221		37.7788  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,817		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,034		37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,575		37.7843  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,102		37.7076  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,557		37.7665  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,391		37.7865  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,302		37.7697  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,068		37.6923  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,297		37.7091  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,062		37.6891  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		37.7651  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,870		37.7100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,258		37.7790  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,119		37.7650  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		888		37.6005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		694		37.8157  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		560		37.7255  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		400		37.7500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		376		37.7200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		368		37.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		341		37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		305		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		257		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		186		37.7531  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		133		37.6438  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		116		37.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73,279		37.7597  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		52,877		37.6043  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,477		37.5647  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,433		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,364		37.5851  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,839		37.4757  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,301		37.5737  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,838		37.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,739		37.5759  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,668		37.7853  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,479		37.3727  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,269		37.4637  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,154		37.6387  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,019		37.7436  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		631		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		498		37.7868  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		376		37.7200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		368		37.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		331		37.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		324		37.8061  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		286		37.7625  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		257		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		255		37.6058  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		116		37.6200  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		324	37.8061  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,019	37.7436  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,312	37.7625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,668	37.7853  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,925	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,000	37.2238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,364	37.5851  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,850	37.7967  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,883	37.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,490	37.3976  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,689	37.7305  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1	37.6037  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		116	37.6200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		133	37.6438  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		214	37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		257	37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		888	37.6005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,302	37.7697  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,606	37.7893  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,438	37.7233  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.6030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,943	37.7884  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,034	37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,991	37.7209  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,308	37.8016  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,221	37.7788  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		17,317	37.6000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		107,865	37.8000  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:				25 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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