Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			7,511,421	6.60%	2,803,259	2.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,311,213	1.15%	7,419,159	6.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,822,634	7.75%	10,222,418	8.98%
(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		23,515		37.8860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,485		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,502		37.8187  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,769		37.8893  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,816		37.9131  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,852		37.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		918		37.8679  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		839		37.8950  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		693		37.9019  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		544		37.9061  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		515		37.8658  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		440		37.8904  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		385		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		334		37.8737  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		260		37.9079  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		203		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		119		37.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,504		37.9580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,800		37.9971  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,678		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,441		37.8990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,369		37.8609  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		506		37.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		385		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		296		37.8014  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		385	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		506	37.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,441	37.8990  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,346	37.8634  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,800	37.9971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,438	37.9688  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1	38.0038  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		119	37.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		693	37.9019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,422	37.9046  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,816	37.9131  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,992	37.9932  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,098	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,502	37.8187  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		7,467	37.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,202	37.8930  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		12,710	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,494	37.8883  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:				31 Oct 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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