Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

Societe Generale SA
04 January 2024
 

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:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor, and beneficiaries must be named.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

(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:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

03/01/2024

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

NO

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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:

6,810,891

5.98

43,305

0.04

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

5,084,675

4.46

(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

       TOTAL:

6,810,891

5.98

5,127,980

4.50

 

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

113

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,582

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,582

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,582

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,597

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,740

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,742

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

5

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

44

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

44

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

44

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

89

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

89

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

89

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

89

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

119

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

124

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

145

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

198

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

205

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

220

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

220

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

236

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

236

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

306

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

308

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

343

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

366

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

411

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

475

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

489

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

534

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

554

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

784

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

879

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

913

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

923

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

951

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,009

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,122

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,186

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,479

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,737

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,791

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,841

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,258

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

41

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

42

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

42

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

44

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

46

38.58

1p ordinary

Purchase

47

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

47

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

47

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

51

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

54

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

87

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

142

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

213

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

260

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

393

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

404

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

623

38.6

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,224

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

145

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

220

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

65

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

440

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

47

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

220

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

9

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

10

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

17

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

17

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

17

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

31

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

33

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

44

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

48

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

49

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

65

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

74

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

77

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

88

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

100

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

129

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

146

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

192

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

224

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

313

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

373

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

433

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

446

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

527

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

861

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

1,000

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

1,888

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

1,900

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

84

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

104

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

207

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

58

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

68

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

87

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

224

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

246

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

350

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

715

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

55

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

460

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

113

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

152

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

152

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

175

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

306

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

1,574

38.58

1p ordinary

Sale

6,732

38.56

1p ordinary

Sale

7,258

38.6

1p ordinary

Sale

29

38.56

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

04/01/2024


Contact name:

Paul Jenkins


Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6969


 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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