Form 8.3 - DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC Amend

FORM 8.3 Amendment to Purchase

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 relevant securities this form relates:

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:

27 Sep 2023

(f)

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

NO

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:

7,006,054

6.15%

1,861,502

1.63%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,192,851

1.05%

6,896,718

6.06%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

  TOTAL: 

8,198,905

7.20%

8,758,220

7.69%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

Purchase

100,000

38.0266Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

80,000

37.9973Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,378

37.9547Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,984

37.9865Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,779

38.0285Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,512

37.9855Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,207

37.9933Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,000

37.9439Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,000

38.0190Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,428

37.9828Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,285

37.9833Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,592

37.9800Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,771

38.0084Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

37.9789Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,308

37.9836Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,153

37.9988Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,940

38.0529Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,722

38.0157Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,655

38.0148Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,371

38.0107Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

997

37.9819Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

682

37.9600Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

572

38.0114Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

481

38.0000Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

418

38.0249Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

388

38.0103Â GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

249

37.9605Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

65,723

37.9730Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,626

37.9665Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,513

38.0685Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,705

37.9691Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,564

37.9800Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,854

38.0116Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,831

38.0324Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

594

37.9600Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

585

37.9562Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

481

38.0000Â GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43

37.9620Â GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

43

37.9620Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

167

37.9665Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

585

37.9562Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

3,218

37.9569Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

4,705

37.9691Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

9,993

37.9602Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

20,974

37.9831Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

65,723

37.9730Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

134

38.0047Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

249

37.9605Â GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

268

38.0051Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

304

37.9814Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

572

38.0113Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,940

38.0529Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,704

38.0265Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,244

37.9414Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,631

37.9828Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,000

37.9647Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,000

37.9439Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

7,500

38.0056Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

8,779

38.0285Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

11,009

37.9952Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

13,369

37.9964Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

20,691

37.9944Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

80,000

37.9973Â GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

96,296

38.0266Â GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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:

04 Oct 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213