Form 8.5(EPT/NON-RI)-International Distribut Amend

Barclays PLC

03 May 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- Amendment to section 2a and  3b
Replaces form released on 10:46 25/04/2024
RNS Number :  0465M
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			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			24-Apr-24
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal			NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				11,635,047	1.21%	5,188,855	0.54%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,389,794	0.24%	10,959,109	1.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				14,024,841	1.45%	16,147,964	1.68%
TOTAL:
(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	Purchase/sale	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary	Sale	561960	2.8450  GBP	2.7799  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	759732	2.8420  GBP	2.7792  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant			reference	unit
security			securities
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	651	2.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	716	2.8262  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,370	2.8090  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,166	2.8092  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,098	2.8109  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	24,232	2.8115  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	28,012	2.8177  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	52,050	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	127,724	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	2.8219  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	284	2.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	625	2.8232  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	934	2.8215  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,178	2.8120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,793	2.8218  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,508	2.8275  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,609	2.8310  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,516	2.7964  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,300	2.8003  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,415	2.8048  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	146,063	2.7799  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,594	2.8009  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4,415	2.8196  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	138,025	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	100	2.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	400	2.8230  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	467	2.8236  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,006	2.8307  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,818	2.8068  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,884	2.8166  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,997	2.8061  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,458	2.8172  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,691	2.7845  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	94,652	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	94,916	2.7801  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing  Long	2,011	2.8164  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	13,165	2.8162  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 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:				03-May-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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