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

Barclays PLC

04 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:			03 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:				9,178,033	0.96%	3,871,507	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,570,474	0.16%	8,870,770	0.93%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				10,748,507	1.12%	12,742,277	1.33%
(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	2989892	3.3700  GBP	3.3516  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	884162	3.3700  GBP	3.3517  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	20	3.3640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,105	3.3589  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,151	3.3655  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,314	3.3607  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	23,539	3.3587  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	58,534	3.3628  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	2	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	292	3.3565  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,124	3.3564  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,267	3.3563  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,553	3.3560  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,644	3.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,730	3.3544  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,306	3.3602  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	6,559	3.3575  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,775	3.3589  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,846	3.3569  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,211	3.3582  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,006	3.3577  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,474	3.3563  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	47,394	3.3517  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63,341	3.3608  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	111,201	3.3519  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	915	3.3655  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	30,734	3.3519  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	80	3.3640  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	610	3.3700  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,025	3.3640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,426	3.3581  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,599	3.3622  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,136	3.3630  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,950	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,822	3.3569  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,852	3.3568  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,238	3.3589  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	25,498	3.3606  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	44,445	3.3516  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	46,519	3.3624  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	52,128	3.3601  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	110,472	3.3622  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	168,341	3.3603  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	172,304	3.3564  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	250,000	3.3616  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	267,228	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	369,916	3.3567  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	800,000	3.3604  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:				04 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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