Form 8.5(EPT/NON-RI)-International Distribut Amend

Barclays PLC

03 May 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- Amendment to section 3b
Replaces form released on 11:49 19/04/2024
RNS Number :  3639L
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			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			18-Apr-24
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal			NA
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				11,478,062	1.19%	5,643,917	0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,803,493	0.29%	10,844,984	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				14,281,555	1.48%	16,488,901	1.71%
TOTAL:
(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	Purchase/sale	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary	Sale	2336235	2.8534  GBP	2.6090  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1046158	2.8241  GBP	2.6135  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant			reference	unit
security			securities
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	2,837	2.6909  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	91,413	2.7018  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	213,470	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,970	2.6704  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,104	2.7290  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	20,190	2.6965  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26,349	2.6135  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	49,800	2.6726  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	52,606	2.6696  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	812	2.7049  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,605	2.6952  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,630	2.7160  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,552	2.6964  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,629	2.6720  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,529	2.6985  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,800	2.6968  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,045	2.7288  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,700	2.7455  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,000	2.7163  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,750	2.6382  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,532	2.6784  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,918	2.6922  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	47,306	2.6885  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	58,642	2.7146  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	91,704	2.6854  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	195,346	2.6819  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	268,461	2.6998  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	548,793	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,812	2.6090  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,305	2.6784  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,826	2.6510  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	7,312	2.7003  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	8,356	2.6849  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	25,110	2.6452  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	35,737	2.6455  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	272	2.6295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,125	2.7129  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,261	2.7280  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,242	2.6816  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,236	2.7295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,826	2.6690  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,250	2.6289  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,383	2.6438  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,505	2.7286  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	49,113	2.6572  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	230,576	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	308	2.7039  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	4,768	2.6878  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	6,562	2.6894  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	13,290	2.7083  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	49,690	2.6260  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	76,468	2.6938  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	478,274	2.6259  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,024	2.7270  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,108	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	48,029	2.7232  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of	Exercise price per
security			securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if
security			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:				03-May-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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