Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERV PL

Barclays PLC
29 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:

28 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:

8,815,118

0.92%

6,298,555

0.66%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,888,775

0.41%

8,111,834

0.85%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,703,893

1.33%

14,410,389

1.50%

 








(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

1685921

3.2700  GBP

3.1869  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2469443

3.2700  GBP

3.1916  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

200

3.2122  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,387

3.2119  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,288

3.1876  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65

3.2244  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210

3.2600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

552

3.2424  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,320

3.2361  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,523

3.2280  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,433

3.2362  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,501

3.2478  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,985

3.2145  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,476

3.2379  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,415

3.2117  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,574

3.2378  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83,144

3.2163  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

135

3.2397  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

150

3.2199  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

651

3.1959  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

685

3.2321  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,602

3.2058  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,762

3.2200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,198

3.2243  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,656

3.2118  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,287

3.2141  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,386

3.2356  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,882

3.2301  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

67,878

3.2120  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86,989

3.2119  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

156,526

3.2119  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

170,020

3.2346  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

77

3.2720  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

306

3.2500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

702

3.2459  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

716

3.2480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,671

3.2603  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,282

3.2435  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,556

3.1941  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,774

3.2065  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,571

3.2158  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,696

3.2120  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,919

3.2210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,832

3.2120  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:

29 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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