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 11:34 23/04/2024
RNS Number :  7037L
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:			22-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:				11,504,932	1.20%	5,283,224	0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,489,089	0.25%	10,893,217	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				13,994,021	1.45%	16,176,441	1.68%
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	1055142	2.8780  GBP	2.7538  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1126250	2.8780  GBP	2.7538  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 Long	3,131	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	5,980	2.7929  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	6,056	2.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	12,376	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	12,838	2.7876  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	15,461	2.7796  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	27,600	2.8028  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	58,437	2.7542  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	83	2.7500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	198	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	579	2.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	12,610	2.8408  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	33,907	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,368	2.7780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,640	2.7906  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,261	2.8354  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,564	2.8070  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,542	2.7922  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	42,683	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	44,077	2.8244  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	259	2.8079  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,055	2.8363  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,107	2.8011  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,758	2.7999  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,101	2.8051  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,779	2.8398  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78,040	2.7797  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31	2.7818  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	585	2.8177  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,213	2.7722  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,029	2.7773  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,128	2.7740  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,671	2.8566  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	121,420	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1	2.7800  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	671	2.7876  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	830	2.7765  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	852	2.8234  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,155	2.7892  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	10,739	2.7860  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	19,128	2.8034  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	23,300	2.8285  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	29,779	2.8357  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	43,452	2.7694  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	53,816	2.8364  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	1,587	2.7542  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	1,667	2.7540  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	51,041	2.7539  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	61,568	2.7538  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	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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