Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBU SERV PLC

RNS Number : 3639L

Barclays PLC

19 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:			18 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:				11,478,062	1.20%	5,643,917	0.59%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,803,493	0.29%	10,844,984	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				14,281,555	1.49%	16,488,901	1.72%

(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	2336235	2.8534 GBP	2.6090 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1046158	2.8241 GBP	2.6135 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 Short	2,837	2.6909 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Short	91,413	2.7018 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Short	213,470	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,970	2.6704 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	15,104	2.7290 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	20,190	2.6965 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26,349	2.6135 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	49,800	2.6726 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	52,606	2.6696 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	812	2.7049 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,605	2.6952 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,630	2.7160 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,552	2.6964 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,629	2.6720 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,529	2.6985 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,800	2.6968 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,045	2.7288 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34,700	2.7455 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,000	2.7163 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,750	2.6382 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,532	2.6784 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,918	2.6922 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	47,306	2.6885 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	58,642	2.7146 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	91,704	2.6854 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	195,346	2.6819 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	268,461	2.6998 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	548,793	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,812	2.6090 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,305	2.6784 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,826	2.6510 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	7,312	2.7003 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	8,356	2.6849 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	25,110	2.6452 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	35,737	2.6455 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	272	2.6295 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,125	2.7129 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,261	2.7280 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,242	2.6816 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,236	2.7295 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,826	2.6690 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,250	2.6289 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,383	2.6438 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,505	2.7286 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	49,113	2.6572 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	230,576	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	308	2.7039 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	4,768	2.6878 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	6,562	2.6894 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	13,290	2.7083 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	49,690	2.6260 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	76,468	2.6938 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	478,274	2.6259 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	5,024	2.7270 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	6,108	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	48,029	2.7232 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:				19 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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