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

Barclays PLC

10 March 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3091Z published at 11:43 on 04/03/2025, changes made to section 2a and 3a
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:			03 Mar 2025
(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:				20,948,907	2.19%	3,342,951	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,534,669	0.26%	20,691,045	2.16%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				23,483,576	2.45%	24,033,996	2.51%
(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	1319372	3.6462  GBP	3.6200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2063455	3.6439  GBP	3.6200  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	6,332	3.6194  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	158,156	3.6200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,744	3.6252  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	103,637	3.6275  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,256	3.6283  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	957	3.6295  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,574	3.6297  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	309,142	3.6303  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,021	3.6311  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,743	3.6323  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,270	3.6329  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,861	3.6376  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	74,800	3.6377  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	85,787	3.6387  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	60,249	3.6393  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	3.6401  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3	3.6419  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	65,428	3.6423  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	238	3.6439  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,851	3.6200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,515	3.6206  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50	3.6220  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,748	3.6235  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	60,637	3.6362  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,881	3.6372  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,017	3.6420  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,142	3.6372  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	572,701	3.6278  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	572,312	3.6318  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,545	3.6423  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:				10 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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