Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 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:			7,654,861	6.72%	976,562	0.86%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			971,763	0.85%	7,592,510	6.67%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			8,626,624	7.57%	8,569,072	7.52%
(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		22,109		38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,961		38.3486  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,635		38.3302  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,209		38.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,010		38.3479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,344		38.3177  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		621		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		227		38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		186		38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		124		38.3203  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		119		38.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		111		38.3100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63		38.3241  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15		38.3453  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,800		38.3599  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,115		38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,706		38.3214  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,905		38.3188  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,607		38.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,577		38.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		462		38.3285  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		450		38.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		392		38.3060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		119		38.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		114		38.3600  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		2,173	38.3282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,980	38.3257  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,815	38.3098  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8	38.3438  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15	38.3451  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		62	38.3238  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		220	38.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,263	38.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,344	38.3177  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,536	38.3431  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,629	38.3302  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,596	38.3500  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:				07 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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