Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRI SERVIC PLC

Barclays PLC

18 April 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:			17 Apr 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:				12,558,479	1.31%	5,434,257	0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,649,121	0.28%	11,993,495	1.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				15,207,600	1.59%	17,427,752	1.82%
(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	3119163	2.7600  GBP	2.1288  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1845783	2.7600  GBP	2.1348  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	Opening Long	514	2.5664  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	525	2.5679  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,547	2.5490  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,688	2.1288  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,543	2.5489  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,544	2.5937  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,544	2.5424  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	4,957	2.5809  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	20,576	2.5754  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	31,571	2.5534  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	208,179	2.5682  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	34	2.1300  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	277	2.4980  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	400	2.5669  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	424	2.6514  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	590	2.4853  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	696	2.4975  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	793	2.5632  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,099	2.5740  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,277	2.5947  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,375	2.4518  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	2,021	2.5080  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,043	2.5008  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,385	2.4495  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,403	2.6085  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,632	2.4642  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,429	2.5460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,844	2.4780  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	6,948	2.5656  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	9,600	2.5355  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	10,157	2.4756  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	11,323	2.5056  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	21,958	2.5260  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	25,750	2.6855  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	26,907	2.5648  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	35,250	2.5665  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	43,055	2.4903  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	46,329	2.5997  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	51,324	2.5043  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	53,270	2.5497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	62,561	2.4869  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	80,928	2.5126  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	94,595	2.5291  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	136,062	2.7346  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	157,620	2.5496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	165,784	2.5340  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	223,336	2.5214  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	375,135	2.5682  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	514,235	2.5248  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	666,368	2.7600  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	734,088	2.6004  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:				18 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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