Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 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:			7,460,569	6.55%	6,252,037	5.49%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,222,863	1.07%	7,365,310	6.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,683,432	7.62%	13,617,347	11.96%
(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		8,838		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,199		37.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,516		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,118		37.9442  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,860		37.9512  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,763		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		797		37.9325  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		721		37.9027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		703		37.9318  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		571		37.8675  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		559		37.9476  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		429		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		369		37.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		247		37.9312  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,326		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,087		37.8607  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,022		37.9022  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		890		37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		592		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		540		37.9300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		289		37.8552  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		274		37.9198  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		106		37.9362  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		106	37.9362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		276	37.8607  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		289	37.8552  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,282	37.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,566	37.9118  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,230	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		102	37.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		369	37.9270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		439	37.9224  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		559	37.9475  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		571	37.8675  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,743	37.8896  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,904	37.9529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,736	37.8951  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,321	37.8716  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,087	37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,324	37.9358  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:				07 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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