Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

20 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:				17 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:			7,484,246	6.57%	1,576,158	1.38%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			884,150	0.78%	7,413,793	6.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,368,396	7.35%	8,989,951	7.89%
(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		54,145		38.1235  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,847		37.8905  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,917		38.2900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,630		38.2889  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,590		37.9458  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,853		38.2373  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,378		38.0139  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,201		38.1005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,462		37.8943  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,480		38.2296  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,419		38.1035  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,096		38.1993  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,335		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,084		37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		37.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		932		37.9132  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		831		38.2876  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		714		37.9170  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		710		38.1827  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		648		38.1607  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		618		38.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		521		38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		441		37.7788  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		407		37.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		386		38.0839  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		292		38.2800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		267		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		243		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		162		37.7162  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		138		37.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		119		37.9200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50		38.2594  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10		37.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,176		38.0473  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,038		38.2847  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,917		38.2900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,437		37.9080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,027		37.7000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,690		37.8288  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,941		38.0758  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,600		37.8494  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,253		37.8777  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,030		37.8130  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,700		38.1005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,425		37.7562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,736		37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,528		37.8369  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,260		38.2803  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,093		37.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		922		38.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		746		37.8190  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		662		37.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		568		37.7867  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		496		37.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		471		37.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		292		38.2800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		70		37.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17		37.8818  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		292	37.8876  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		471	37.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		545	38.0758  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,260	38.2803  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,736	37.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,425	37.7562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,700	38.1005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,178	37.8249  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,375	37.6967  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,005	38.2880  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		22,038	38.2847  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,534	38.0543  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		50	38.2594  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		191	38.2298  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		311	38.2299  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		384	37.8139  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,000	37.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	38.2238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,480	38.2296  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,853	38.2373  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.9001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	37.7030  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,280	38.1729  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,586	38.0637  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23,000	38.2838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		29,738	38.0636  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		42,700	38.2972  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:				20 Nov 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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