Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - International Replacement

Barclays PLC

06 December 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment to 2a and 3b Replaces form Released at 02/12/2024 09:58 RNS Number : 4088O
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 DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			29 Nov 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:				27,509,047	2.87%	823,319	0.09%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				643,413	0.07%	26,440,783	2.75%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				28,152,460	2.94%	27,264,102	2.84%
(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	221279	3.5717  GBP	3.5620  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	120496	3.5700  GBP	3.5640  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 Short	3,017	3.5640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,568	3.5644  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,226	3.5645  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	202	3.5658  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,326	3.5663  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	399	3.5664  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,030	3.5666  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	59,737	3.5677  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	473	3.5678  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,721	3.5680  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	336	3.5697  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	491	3.5620  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	909	3.5653  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,850	3.5658  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	302	3.5671  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,097	3.5679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,678	3.5680  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,102	3.5700  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	160,411	3.5717  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	265	3.5660  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	29	3.5679  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:				06 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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