Form 8.3 -DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			7,481,960	6.57%	1,708,544	1.50%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,044,260	0.92%	7,411,673	6.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,526,220	7.49%	9,120,217	8.01%
(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		108,961		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,390		37.8631  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,954		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,818		37.8469  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,057		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,816		37.8390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		815		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		643		37.8278  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		544		37.8466  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		519		37.8507  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		456		37.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		300		37.8655  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		280		37.8290  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		279		37.8481  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		211		37.8342  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		154		37.9000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146		37.8209  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		87		37.8227  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36		37.8288  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,488		37.8529  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,205		37.8378  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		904		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		604		37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		525		37.8600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		446		37.8426  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		197		37.8563  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		158		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108		37.8362  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		108	37.8362  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		197	37.8563  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		427	37.8394  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		458	37.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,545	37.8550  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,089	37.8504  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		530	37.8656  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		544	37.8466  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		868	37.9051  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,985	37.8390  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,570	37.8368  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,818	37.8469  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,042	37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,712	37.8699  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,224	37.8535  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		108,961	37.7800  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:				15 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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