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

Barclays PLC

05 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:			04 Jun 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:				10,398,421	1.09%	3,856,044	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,534,391	0.16%	10,070,559	1.05%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				11,932,812	1.25%	13,926,603	1.45%
(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	1629915	3.3551  GBP	3.3460  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	394043	3.3540  GBP	3.3477  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	20	3.3420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	59	3.3507  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	702	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,875	3.3550  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,914	3.3530  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,837	3.3565  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	28,734	3.3512  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	567	3.3498  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,090	3.3520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,094	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,140	3.3501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,617	3.3540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,069	3.3517  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,675	3.3511  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,900	3.3497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,999	3.3513  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63,239	3.3512  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	78,409	3.3530  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	148	3.3487  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	256	3.3539  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	958	3.3475  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,775	3.3484  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	66	3.3480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	80	3.3420  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	233	3.3500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	241	3.3506  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,341	3.3519  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,533	3.3503  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,042	3.3505  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,086	3.3508  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,352	3.3498  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,274	3.3478  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,792	3.3485  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	41,485	3.3475  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	43,628	3.3530  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	75,000	3.3541  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	81,220	3.3499  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	212,150	3.3507  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	250,000	3.3496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	291,541	3.3540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	329,456	3.3506  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	16,241	3.3522  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	22,162	3.3513  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	68	3.3480  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:				05 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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