Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONALDISTSVCPLC Replace

Barclays PLC

03 March 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
"Amendment - this form replaces RNS number [6867P] published at [11:46] on [23/05/2024], changes made to section [3A,B]."
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:			22-May-24
(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:				7,792,876	0.81%	5,425,017	0.57%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				3,120,844	0.33%	7,200,338	0.75%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				10,913,720	1.14%	12,625,355	1.32%
(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	556785	3.2766  GBP	3.2392  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1445577	3.2760  GBP	3.2360  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	80,423	3.2502  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	89	3.2760  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	22,986	3.2438  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3,928	3.2559  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	14,858	3.2757  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	15,835	3.2760  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	238,979	3.2759  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,724	3.2758  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	12,609	3.2760  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,168	3.2497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	27,680	3.2766  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	754	3.2496  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	160	3.2360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	117,923	3.2497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,317	3.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,995	3.2515  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,966	3.2670  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	136,575	3.2759  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,037	3.2500  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	352	3.2540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,802	3.2596  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,620	3.2706  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,606	3.2428  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,424	3.2438  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	197,471	3.2460  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	172,874	3.2466  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	27,002	3.2486  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	35,603	3.2759  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,411	3.2760  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,529	3.2488  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,217	3.2458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	65,658	3.2713  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	38,386	3.2760  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,076	3.2757  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,800	3.2418  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,700	3.2424  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	70,800	3.2453  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	103,800	3.2476  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,774	3.2489  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	30,500	3.2516  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	44,692	3.2501  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,694	3.2670  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	123,859	3.2760  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:				03 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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