Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERVI

Barclays PLC
23 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:

22 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:

11,504,932

1.20%

5,283,224

0.55%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,489,089

0.26%

10,893,217

1.14%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

13,994,021

1.46%

16,176,441

1.69%

 








(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

1055142

2.8780  GBP

2.7538  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1126250

2.8780  GBP

2.7538  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

Closing Long

3,131

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

5,980

2.7929  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

6,056

2.7920  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

12,376

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

12,838

2.7876  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

15,461

2.7796  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

27,600

2.8028  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

58,437

2.7542  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

83

2.7500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

198

2.7800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

579

2.7920  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

12,610

2.8408  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

33,907

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,368

2.7780  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,640

2.7906  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,261

2.8354  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,564

2.8070  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,542

2.7922  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42,683

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

44,077

2.8244  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

259

2.8079  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,055

2.8363  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,107

2.8011  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,758

2.7999  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,101

2.8051  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,779

2.8398  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78,040

2.7797  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31

2.7818  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

585

2.8177  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,213

2.7722  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,029

2.7773  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,128

2.7740  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,671

2.8566  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

121,420

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1

2.7800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

671

2.7876  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

830

2.7765  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

852

2.8234  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,155

2.7892  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

10,739

2.7860  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

19,128

2.8034  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

23,300

2.8285  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

29,779

2.8357  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

43,452

2.7694  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

53,816

2.8364  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

1,587

2.7542  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

1,667

2.7540  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

51,041

2.7539  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

61,568

2.7538  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:

23 Apr 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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