Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - International Dist Srv plc

Barclays PLC
24 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:

23 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:

8,644,528

0.90%

5,883,156

0.61%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,578,994

0.37%

8,052,001

0.84%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,223,522

1.28%

13,935,157

1.45%

 








(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

1741715

3.2645  GBP

3.1300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1348202

3.2500  GBP

3.1300  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

178

3.1342  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

200

3.1302  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,332

3.2359  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,102

3.2645  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,601

3.1330  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,451

3.2365  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,542

3.1496  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

29,500

3.1843  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,500

3.1386  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42,700

3.1351  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

48,500

3.2543  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59,700

3.2420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

70,500

3.1424  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

156,526

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

646

3.2423  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,456

3.2360  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,645

3.2420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,726

3.2358  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,775

3.1722  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,320

3.2073  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,508

3.2427  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,814

3.2400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,945

3.2088  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,563

3.2386  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,948

3.1530  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,865

3.1882  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,504

3.2297  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,800

3.1906  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,700

3.2129  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

57,227

3.1956  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

77,105

3.1647  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

104,387

3.2208  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

125,930

3.1479  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

174,941

3.1857  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

238,979

3.1479  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

172

3.1570  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

356

3.2166  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

391

3.2420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

724

3.2440  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,200

3.2113  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,877

3.1491  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,405

3.1649  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68,192

3.1480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

208,831

3.1663  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

536,913

3.1692  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2

3.1950  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

79,094

3.1832  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:

24 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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