Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			8,233,660	7.23%	814,474	0.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			811,871	0.71%	8,163,851	7.17%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,045,531	7.94%	8,978,325	7.88%
(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		68,508		38.6371  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,362		38.5719  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,004		38.5644  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,606		38.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,637		38.5592  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,346		38.5780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,667		38.5609  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,010		38.5828  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,860		38.5694  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,094		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,193		38.5685  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,961		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,660		38.5732  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,161		38.5568  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		914		38.5666  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		871		38.5653  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		844		38.5448  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		750		38.5548  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		182		38.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9		38.5705  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		133,601		38.5607  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,784		38.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,790		38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,357		38.5200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,483		38.5769  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,674		38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		351		38.5505  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		182		38.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		115		38.5791  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91		38.5659  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		59	38.5718  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,029	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,077	38.5638  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		318	38.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,825	38.5762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,499	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,264	38.5720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,357	38.5200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		133,601	38.5607  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	38.5705  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50	38.5716  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		395	38.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		571	38.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		844	38.5448  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,492	38.5548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,010	38.5828  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,532	38.5800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,429	38.5698  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,093	38.5695  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,266	38.5693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,262	38.5648  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,508	38.6371  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:				28 Dec 2023
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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