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

Barclays PLC

17 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:			16 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:				9,489,260	0.99%	5,376,738	0.56%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,254,527	0.34%	8,806,795	0.92%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				12,743,787	1.33%	14,183,533	1.48%
(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	1030683	3.2200  GBP	3.1600  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1211736	3.3500  GBP	3.1600  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,000	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,198	3.2028  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	26,821	3.1947  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	94,679	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	107,261	3.2196  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	130	3.2059  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	270	3.2060  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	764	3.2065  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,673	3.2072  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,700	3.1959  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,745	3.2025  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,130	3.1999  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,616	3.2143  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,400	3.2120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,491	3.1993  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	24,777	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	25,429	3.2013  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28,834	3.2049  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	32,508	3.2027  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40,149	3.1883  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	66,069	3.2038  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	82,935	3.2044  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	145,981	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3,498	3.2104  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	5,857	3.1935  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	8,371	3.2198  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	9,898	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	3.1780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	970	3.2033  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,398	3.2107  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,455	3.2100  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,078	3.1940  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,466	3.2092  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,270	3.2082  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,807	3.2004  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,062	3.2057  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,300	3.2121  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72,137	3.2105  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	100,305	3.2048  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	120,593	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	138,844	3.2053  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	3,743	3.2169  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	3,855	3.2067  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	67,860	3.2091  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	12,072	3.2095  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:				17 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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