Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

20 December 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:				19 Dec 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:			7,997,414	7.02%	2,602,584	2.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			890,348	0.78%	7,927,053	6.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,887,762	7.80%	10,529,637	9.24%
(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		258,347		38.4638  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,868		38.4755  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		38.4810  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,264		38.4813  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,109		38.4878  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,418		38.4886  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,909		38.4380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,340		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,147		38.4812  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		318		38.4800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		110		38.5000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16		38.4732  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		81,319		38.4492  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		45,760		38.4659  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,962		38.4759  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,399		38.4792  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,784		38.4670  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,208		38.4788  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,385		38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,092		38.4800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,833		38.4680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,657		38.4715  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,405		38.4604  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,017		38.4797  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,448		38.4456  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,500		38.4584  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,074		38.4631  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,910		38.5000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,316		38.4894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,040		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		500		38.4700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50		38.4616  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30		38.4360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8		38.4811  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		Decreasing Long		1,618	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,224	38.4869  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	38.4361  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		50	38.4616  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,110	38.4594  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,848	38.4441  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,744	38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,210	38.4969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	38.4724  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	38.4738  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	38.5038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		310	38.4800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,788	38.4410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,500	38.4672  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,219	38.4812  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,270	38.4901  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 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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