Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERV

Barclays PLC

31 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 DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			30 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:				8,340,480	0.87%	5,507,625	0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,978,445	0.31%	7,754,972	0.81%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				11,318,925	1.18%	13,262,597	1.38%
(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	1583358	3.3500  GBP	3.3211  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	836857	3.3471  GBP	3.3238  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	556	3.3320  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,157	3.3375  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,300	3.3440  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	2,805	3.3424  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	79	3.3309  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	113	3.3348  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	127	3.3361  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,846	3.3328  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	29,528	3.3345  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	33,875	3.3404  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	34,866	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,071	3.3395  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,433	3.3471  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,530	3.3377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,622	3.3344  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,807	3.3366  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,897	3.3300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,176	3.3356  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	11,838	3.3325  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	14,642	3.3286  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	19,519	3.3395  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,227	3.3372  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	54,881	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	56,403	3.3333  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	68,600	3.3392  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	240	3.3227  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,597	3.3199  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,838	3.3259  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,926	3.3243  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	321	3.3310  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	553	3.3356  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,248	3.3413  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,659	3.3376  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,610	3.3295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,931	3.3365  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,291	3.3357  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	33,250	3.3323  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	36,228	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	51,386	3.3213  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	89,704	3.3369  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	115,486	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	117,575	3.3391  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	176,177	3.3356  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	618	3.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	967	3.3420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,127	3.3475  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	4,514	3.3344  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	7,810	3.3373  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	31,151	3.3377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	35,157	3.3211  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	66,507	3.3361  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	72,075	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	88,225	3.3367  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:				31 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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