Form 8.3 - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc

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:

29 Jun 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:

1,732,775

1.52%

1,383,352

1.21%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

1,285,707

1.13%

1,599,994

1.40%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,018,482

2.65%

2,983,346

2.62%

(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

125

36.6600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,827

36.6906 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

281

36.7100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,695

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,103

36.7200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,034

36.7734 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

141

36.7300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

162

36.7899 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,769

36.6629 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

139

36.8100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,613

36.6920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

113

36.6993 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

159

36.6200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,954

36.6672 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

538

36.7954 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,406

36.6856 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,335

36.6801 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,447

36.6100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,196

36.7000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

129

36.6200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

212

36.6686 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

697

36.7215 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

309

36.6600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

146

36.6400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

208

36.6971 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,352

36.7183 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

339

36.6817 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,462

36.7429 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

152

36.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

146

36.6400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,792

36.7946 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

141

36.7300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,000

36.7505 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

822

36.7200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,235

36.6765 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

961

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,754

36.6800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,469

36.6898 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

237

36.6287 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

906

36.7906 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,482

36.6855 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,067

36.8181 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

144

36.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,361

36.5873 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,561

36.7087 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29

36.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,313

36.7000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,598

36.6910 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

431

36.6800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,585

36.7127 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

258

36.6422 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,000

36.6872 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

99

36.7495 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

239

36.6348 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

144

36.8000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

474

36.6782 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

102

36.6900 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,492

36.7545 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,521

36.6886 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29

36.7500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

152

36.7800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,018

36.6777 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

92

36.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

92

36.7600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,037

36.7996 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,700

36.7966 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,262

36.7067 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

120

36.7220 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

434

36.7615 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

474

36.6782 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

855

36.7242 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

2,000

36.6872 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

2,700

36.7966 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

5,510

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

6,054

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

8,926

36.6903 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

8,995

36.7763 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

12,426

36.7427 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

19

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

33

36.7320 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

72

36.7144 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

215

36.8200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

573

36.6857 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

2,352

36.7183 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

2,361

36.5873 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,780

36.7195 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

8,279

36.6940 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:

30 Jun 2023

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213