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 11:20 29/04/2024
RNS Number :  4204M
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:			26-Apr-24
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal			NA
	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:				12,095,704	1.26%	5,101,183	0.53%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,308,531	0.24%	11,412,609	1.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				14,404,235	1.50%	16,513,792	1.72%
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	344394	2.7781  GBP	2.7119  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	634237	2.7980  GBP	2.7104  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	Opening Long	5,107	2.7120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	7,387	2.7182  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	82,599	2.7119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	2.7100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	748	2.7688  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	775	2.7563  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,002	2.7476  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,507	2.7279  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,819	2.7400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,945	2.7180  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,033	2.7496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,779	2.7405  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,165	2.7487  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,104	2.7241  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	45,128	2.7119  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4,406	2.7332  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	8,326	2.7119  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	29,359	2.7120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	179	2.7507  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	999	2.7360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,805	2.7420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,633	2.7160  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,357	2.7420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,384	2.7342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,269	2.7352  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	240,294	2.7120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	6	2.7300  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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