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

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:			31 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:				7,986,361	0.83%	3,920,040	0.41%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,630,488	0.17%	7,670,452	0.80%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				9,616,849	1.00%	11,590,492	1.21%
(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	2293712	3.3700  GBP	3.3385  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1060171	3.3680  GBP	3.3360  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	Decreasing Long	118	3.3505  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	13,908	3.3585  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	47,076	3.3533  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	120,207	3.3620  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6	3.3600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	25	3.3380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	221	3.3420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	356	3.3677  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	544	3.3556  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	743	3.3637  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,120	3.3579  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,498	3.3558  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,994	3.3360  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	2,367	3.3565  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,782	3.3554  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,036	3.3603  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,204	3.3543  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,327	3.3581  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,090	3.3656  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	22,511	3.3580  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,041	3.3583  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	124	3.3560  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	351	3.3501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	784	3.3579  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	190	3.3580  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	444	3.3494  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	449	3.3590  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	472	3.3504  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	541	3.3660  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	875	3.3622  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,893	3.3634  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,056	3.3639  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,203	3.3614  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,524	3.3578  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,001	3.3553  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	18,827	3.3597  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	31,461	3.3624  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	83,279	3.3620  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	101,707	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	141,737	3.3583  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	350,647	3.3582  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	395,666	3.3619  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	13,482	3.3620  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	16,802	3.3602  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	8,600	3.3628  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:				03 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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