Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT Amend

Barclays PLC
26 June 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Sale

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 DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

31 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:

7,120,815

0.74%

3,920,040

0.41%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,630,488

0.17%

7,670,452

0.80%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

8,751,303

0.91%

11,590,492

1.21%

 








(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

Purchase

2293712

3.3700  GBP

3.3385  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1925717

3.3680  GBP

3.3360  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

Decreasing Long

118

3.3505  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,908

3.3585  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

47,076

3.3533  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

120,207

3.3620  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

3.3600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

3.3380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

221

3.3420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

356

3.3677  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

544

3.3556  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

743

3.3637  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,120

3.3579  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,498

3.3558  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,994

3.3360  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,367

3.3565  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,782

3.3554  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,036

3.3603  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,204

3.3543  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,327

3.3581  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,090

3.3656  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,511

3.3580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,041

3.3583  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

865,546

3.3591  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

124

3.3560  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

351

3.3501  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

784

3.3579  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

190

3.3580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

444

3.3494  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

449

3.3590  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

472

3.3504  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

541

3.3660  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

875

3.3622  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,893

3.3634  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,056

3.3639  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,203

3.3614  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,524

3.3578  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,001

3.3553  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,827

3.3597  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

31,461

3.3624  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

83,279

3.3620  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

101,707

3.3520  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

141,737

3.3583  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

350,647

3.3582  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

395,666

3.3619  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

13,482

3.3620  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

16,802

3.3602  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

8,600

3.3628  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:

26 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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