Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRI SERV PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:			15 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:				9,414,684	0.98%	5,483,206	0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,252,743	0.34%	8,622,977	0.90%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				12,667,427	1.32%	14,106,183	1.47%
(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	Sale	5117997	3.2920  GBP	2.7360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2113882	3.2820  GBP	2.7420  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	Closing Long	100	2.8019  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	119	3.1764  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,144	3.1480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	4,478	3.1514  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	10,053	2.9947  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	74,574	3.1483  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	354,148	2.7845  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	969,246	3.2671  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,026,740	3.2578  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	109	2.7500  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,335	3.1480  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,300	3.2133  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,416	3.2086  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	6,166	3.2066  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	9,713	3.0223  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	117	3.1477  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	140	2.7839  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	291	2.7839  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	537	2.7360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	838	2.9069  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,598	2.8705  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,939	2.9491  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,297	2.9079  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,283	3.1952  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,962	2.9494  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,565	3.1824  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,523	3.0901  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,756	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,920	2.8574  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29,761	3.2202  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	48,418	3.1682  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	71,623	3.1846  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	75,071	3.1748  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	84,964	3.1479  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	219,664	3.1692  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	373,087	3.1994  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	430,119	3.1771  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	198	3.2697  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,652	3.2529  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	6,668	2.7921  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	12,127	3.2376  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	157,137	3.1480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	481	3.2400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,092	2.7814  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,272	3.1461  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,567	2.9485  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,839	3.1625  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,437	3.0802  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	43,579	3.1516  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	48,941	3.0910  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	112,010	3.2097  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	278,702	3.1480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	327,831	3.1480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1	3.1500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	159,469	3.1976  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	75,290	3.1637  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:				16 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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