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

Barclays PLC

30 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:			29 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:				7,497,944	0.78%	6,326,717	0.66%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,829,443	0.40%	6,902,485	0.72%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				11,327,387	1.18%	13,229,202	1.38%
(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	2109939	3.3500  GBP	3.3081  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3295795	3.3616  GBP	3.3019  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	Closing Long	184	3.3817  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	401	3.3199  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	1,046	3.3488  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	15,835	3.3467  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	21,700	3.3342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	27,208	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	40,865	3.3301  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	43,960	3.3550  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	79,517	3.3394  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	370	3.3163  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,666	3.3237  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	2,179	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	31,562	3.3077  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	74,185	3.3186  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	174,521	3.3243  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,110	3.3262  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	21,702	3.3214  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	109,901	3.3407  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	943	3.3390  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,035	3.3131  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,170	3.3383  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,253	3.3402  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,330	3.3454  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,927	3.3390  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,116	3.3131  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,171	3.3448  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,881	3.3423  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78,330	3.3336  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	210,686	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	230,277	3.3278  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,436	3.3039  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,600	3.3070  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	34,131	3.3371  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	97,208	3.3017  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	171,605	3.3019  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,228	3.3198  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,044	3.3265  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,714	3.3295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	85,550	3.3187  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	3,525	3.3388  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	7,398	3.3251  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	132,132	3.3377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	132,614	3.3390  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	273,612	3.3452  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	677,125	3.3242  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	12,805	3.3486  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	12,805	3.3406  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	21,700	3.3557  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	27,800	3.3339  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	140,821	3.3338  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	170,096	3.3392  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	216,387	3.3500  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:				30 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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