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

Barclays PLC

21 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 DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			20 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:				8,974,531	0.94%	5,541,779	0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,154,264	0.33%	8,291,259	0.87%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				12,128,795	1.27%	13,833,038	1.44%
(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	Sale	784677	3.2361  GBP	3.2141  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	515540	3.2360  GBP	3.2140  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	2	3.2350  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	49,814	3.2359  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	62,073	3.2360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	220	3.2357  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	326	3.2300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	582	3.2253  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	692	3.2093  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,327	3.2246  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,272	3.2242  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,653	3.2230  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,533	3.2212  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,642	3.2314  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,773	3.2249  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,496	3.2323  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,993	3.2321  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18,527	3.2272  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,549	3.2234  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,151	3.2263  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	46,590	3.2254  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	49,415	3.2359  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	73,339	3.2360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	137,909	3.2227  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	548	3.2359  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,231	3.2277  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3,531	3.2275  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,087	3.2332  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	16,147	3.2327  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	87	3.2280  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200	3.2220  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	305	3.2020  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	534	3.2260  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	746	3.2157  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,623	3.2141  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,166	3.2360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,258	3.2215  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,170	3.2218  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,552	3.2206  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,755	3.2184  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	31	3.2300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	10,176	3.2278  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:				21 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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