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

Barclays PLC

25 June 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 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:			24 Jun 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:				17,147,204	1.79%	4,797,126	0.50%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,392,142	0.25%	16,865,790	1.76%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				19,539,346	2.04%	21,662,916	2.26%
(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	834387	3.2106  GBP	3.1778  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	405081	3.2116  GBP	3.1780  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	55	3.1920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	343	3.1954  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	396	3.1825  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	734	3.1950  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	779	3.2117  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,327	3.1879  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,703	3.1951  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,786	3.1920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,085	3.2036  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,530	3.2038  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,800	3.2035  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	7,070	3.1780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,720	3.1963  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	53,742	3.1911  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200	3.1961  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,498	3.2039  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,227	3.1869  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,830	3.1940  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,257	3.1851  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,499	3.1925  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	11,125	3.1983  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	17,402	3.1807  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,000	3.1779  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,338	3.1792  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	56,000	3.1789  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	77,276	3.1780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	307,440	3.1780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	12,612	3.1780  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:				25 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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