Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRI SERV PLC

Barclays PLC
16 May 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this form relates:

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

15 May 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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:

9,414,684

0.98%

5,483,206

0.57%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,252,743

0.34%

8,622,977

0.90%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,667,427

1.32%

14,106,183

1.47%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

1p ordinary

Sale

5117997

3.2920  GBP

2.7360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2113882

3.2820  GBP

2.7420  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

Closing Long

100

2.8019  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

119

3.1764  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,144

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

4,478

3.1514  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

10,053

2.9947  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

74,574

3.1483  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

354,148

2.7845  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

969,246

3.2671  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,026,740

3.2578  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

109

2.7500  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,335

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,300

3.2133  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,416

3.2086  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

6,166

3.2066  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,713

3.0223  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

117

3.1477  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

140

2.7839  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

291

2.7839  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

537

2.7360  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

838

2.9069  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,598

2.8705  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,939

2.9491  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,297

2.9079  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,283

3.1952  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,962

2.9494  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,565

3.1824  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,523

3.0901  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,756

3.3500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,920

2.8574  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,761

3.2202  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48,418

3.1682  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71,623

3.1846  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75,071

3.1748  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84,964

3.1479  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

219,664

3.1692  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

373,087

3.1994  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

430,119

3.1771  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

198

3.2697  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,652

3.2529  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,668

2.7921  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,127

3.2376  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

157,137

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

481

3.2400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,092

2.7814  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,272

3.1461  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,567

2.9485  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,839

3.1625  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,437

3.0802  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,579

3.1516  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48,941

3.0910  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

112,010

3.2097  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

278,702

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

327,831

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1

3.1500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

159,469

3.1976  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

75,290

3.1637  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 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 exempt principal trader 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:

16 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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