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

Barclays PLC

10 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:			07 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:				11,254,283	1.17%	3,513,770	0.37%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,210,639	0.13%	10,973,433	1.15%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				12,464,922	1.30%	14,487,203	1.51%
(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	1178732	3.3500  GBP	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1528478	3.3490  GBP	3.3380  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	60	3.3413  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	277	3.3479  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,199	3.3481  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,643	3.3458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,639	3.3430  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	87,333	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	106,571	3.3447  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	173	3.3442  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	267	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,140	3.3454  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,336	3.3441  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,954	3.3455  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,070	3.3380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,959	3.3428  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,673	3.3440  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	4,163	3.3452  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,449	3.3459  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	15,896	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,619	3.3436  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,051	3.3446  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,191,589	3.3480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,864	3.3399  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	240	3.3413  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	362	3.3420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,620	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,184	3.3463  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,204	3.3426  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	4,607	3.3424  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	8,673	3.3433  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,666	3.3442  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,341	3.3418  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,196	3.3443  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,442	3.3433  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	35,026	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,112	3.3432  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	52,089	3.3446  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	104,551	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	111,754	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	183,211	3.3437  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	96,259	3.3440  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:				10 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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