Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 November 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:				31 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:			7,468,264	6.56%	2,771,198	2.43%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,275,007	1.12%	7,371,766	6.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,743,271	7.68%	10,142,964	8.91%
(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		44,282		38.0529  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,382		38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,045		38.0433  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,005		38.0012  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,036		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		601		38.0600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		252		38.0497  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		242		38.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		183		37.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		159		37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		157		38.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70		37.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,466		38.0227  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,440		38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,812		38.0579  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,933		38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,573		38.0378  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,971		38.0105  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,154		38.0365  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,045		38.0433  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,822		38.0362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,788		38.0632  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,653		38.0092  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,188		38.0400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,161		38.1000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		350		38.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		193		38.0215  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		84		38.0600  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		19	38.0373  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		193	38.0215  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		232	38.0508  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,769	38.0635  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,045	38.0433  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,725	38.0657  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,038	38.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,125	38.0130  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		9,555	38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,232	38.0969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,000	37.9969  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		159	37.9462  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		177	38.0819  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		629	38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,205	38.0451  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,956	38.0431  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,431	38.0825  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		8,248	38.0800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,159	38.0378  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		30,763	38.0513  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:				01 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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