Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				03 Nov 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:			7,451,212	6.54%	6,262,302	5.50%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,228,895	1.08%	7,351,936	6.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,680,107	7.62%	13,614,238	11.95%
(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		20,265		37.8599  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,278		37.8595  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,749		37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,658		37.8266  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,488		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,114		37.8581  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,027		37.8361  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,804		37.8520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		988		37.8433  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		764		37.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		737		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		725		37.8288  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		678		37.8049  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		595		37.8217  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		591		37.8235  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		413		37.8797  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		402		37.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		378		37.9069  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		330		37.8046  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		234		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,537,691		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,600		37.8472  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,235		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,018		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,763		37.8461  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,881		37.8862  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		779		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		734		37.8468  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		527		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		316		37.8474  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		306		37.8373  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		285		37.8450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		268		37.8485  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		236		37.8444  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		151		37.8799  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7		37.8557  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		37.8200  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		1	37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7	37.8552  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		131	37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		151	37.8799  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,881	37.8862  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,522	37.8458  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,000	37.8384  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,018	37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		6,304	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,687	37.8473  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		240	37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		591	37.8235  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,217	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,948	37.8492  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,749	37.8189  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,918	37.8593  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,506	37.8574  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,072	37.8614  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,110	37.8428  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:				06 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

END