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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