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

RNS Number : 2134L

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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