Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERV PL

Barclays PLC

29 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 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:			28 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:				8,815,118	0.92%	6,298,555	0.66%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,888,775	0.41%	8,111,834	0.85%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				12,703,893	1.33%	14,410,389	1.50%
(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	1685921	3.2700  GBP	3.1869  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2469443	3.2700  GBP	3.1916  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	200	3.2122  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	8,387	3.2119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,288	3.1876  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	65	3.2244  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	210	3.2600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	552	3.2424  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,320	3.2361  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,523	3.2280  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,433	3.2362  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,501	3.2478  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,985	3.2145  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,476	3.2379  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	25,415	3.2117  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,574	3.2378  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	83,144	3.2163  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	135	3.2397  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	150	3.2199  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	651	3.1959  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	685	3.2321  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,602	3.2058  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,762	3.2200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,198	3.2243  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,656	3.2118  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,287	3.2141  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	17,386	3.2356  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	54,882	3.2301  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	67,878	3.2120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	86,989	3.2119  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	156,526	3.2119  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	170,020	3.2346  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	77	3.2720  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	306	3.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	702	3.2459  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	716	3.2480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,671	3.2603  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,282	3.2435  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,556	3.1941  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,774	3.2065  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,571	3.2158  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,696	3.2120  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,919	3.2210  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,832	3.2120  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:				29 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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