Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			8,009,388	7.03%	2,576,306	2.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			864,216	0.76%	7,939,162	6.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,873,604	7.79%	10,515,468	9.23%
(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		196,514		38.4224  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,402		38.4294  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,812		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,590		38.4439  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,106		38.3980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,097		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,110		38.4543  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		353		38.4600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21		38.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6		38.4033  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		38.4450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		133,791		38.4208  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,997		38.4240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,550		38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,877		38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,416		38.4249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,559		38.4226  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,856		38.4055  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,987		38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		676		38.4259  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54		38.4173  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10		38.4136  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		16	38.4325  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,430	38.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,740	38.4518  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10	38.4140  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		54	38.4174  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,066	38.4217  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,341	38.4169  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,936	38.4088  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,771	38.4216  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,330	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54	38.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	38.4438  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	38.4038  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	38.4266  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		85	38.4225  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		277	38.4200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,135	38.4002  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,041	38.4309  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,590	38.4439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,469	38.4450  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:				21 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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