Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SVC PLC

Barclays PLC

17 July 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:			16 Jul 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:				18,405,737	1.92%	1,929,232	0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,301,394	0.14%	17,835,836	1.86%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				19,707,131	2.06%	19,765,068	2.06%
(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	690969	3.3520  GBP	3.3375  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	278479	3.3523  GBP	3.3339  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	9,102	3.3395  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	55,557	3.3519  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,222	3.3411  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,523	3.3417  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200	3.3400  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	800	3.3422  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,007	3.3352  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	90,445	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	43,533	3.3502  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	753	3.3413  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50,662	3.3517  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,046	3.3510  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	490	3.3510  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	193	3.3200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,811	3.3339  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,311	3.3408  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,231	3.3440  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,293	3.3497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	56,487	3.3392  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,249	3.3435  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	22,512	3.3441  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,127	3.3470  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	637	3.3480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,412	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,240	3.3347  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,103	3.3375  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,020	3.3411  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,545	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	155,895	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,681	3.3409  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,241	3.3412  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,633	3.3417  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	385	3.3210  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3	3.3280  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,705	3.3423  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	53,634	3.3450  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	33,516	3.3520  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:				17 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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