Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			7,468,068	6.56%	1,844,483	1.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,179,952	1.04%	7,397,096	6.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,648,020	7.59%	9,241,579	8.11%
(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		21,428		37.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,279		37.8023  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,693		37.8619  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,510		37.8583  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,429		37.8543  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		907		37.8448  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		756		37.8558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		753		37.8573  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		524		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		388		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		383		37.8598  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		346		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		107		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,102		37.8620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,310		37.8176  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,560		37.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,252		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		416		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107		37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		68		37.8600  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		2,560	37.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,306	37.8227  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		18	37.8133  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		107	37.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		169	37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		323	37.8129  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		383	37.8598  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,575	37.8348  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,871	37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,601	37.8609  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,000	37.7837  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,009	37.8029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,940	37.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,693	37.8619  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,739	37.8066  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:				14 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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