Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				27 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:			7,501,530	6.59%	2,836,578	2.49%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,332,437	1.17%	7,396,783	6.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,833,967	7.76%	10,233,361	8.99%
(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		25,196		37.7558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,613		37.7022  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,498		37.5187  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,942		37.7688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,469		37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,432		37.6800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		910		37.8323  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		699		37.7763  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		655		37.7102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		581		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		517		37.6862  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		495		37.8043  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		442		37.6927  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		428		37.7786  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		227		37.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		165		37.8062  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		78		37.6700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63		37.6885  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		37.7873  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		818,955		37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,800		37.6990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,894		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,434		37.7349  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,200		37.6894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,246		37.6647  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,162		37.7379  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		992		37.7501  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		381		37.6202  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		159		37.6800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		37.7858  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		108	37.7858  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		279	37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		992	37.7501  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,162	37.7379  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,383	37.7138  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,101	37.6283  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,574	37.7737  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		12,710	37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		15	37.7873  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		165	37.8062  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		227	37.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		362	37.7851  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		461	37.7206  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,385	37.7850  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,498	37.5187  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,434	37.7917  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,640	37.7418  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,816	37.7551  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:				30 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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