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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