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

RNS Number : 5348L

Barclays PLC

22 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:			19 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:				11,494,687	1.20%	5,344,087	0.56%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,532,702	0.26%	10,876,405	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				14,027,389	1.46%	16,220,492	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	666488	2.7346 GBP	2.6840 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	982943	2.7620 GBP	2.7024 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 Long	4,437	2.6926 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	14,018	2.7220 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	23,676	2.7132 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26,305	2.7288 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	332,362	2.7219 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	318	2.7128 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	360	2.7120 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,530	2.7193 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,436	2.7346 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,558	2.7195 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,626	2.7252 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	48,422	2.7189 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	48,955	2.7067 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	49,748	2.7220 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78,417	2.7155 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	80,014	2.7164 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	1,330	2.7057 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	3,084	2.7256 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4,101	2.7099 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	10,127	2.7109 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	13,520	2.7204 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	14,018	2.7220 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	29,531	2.6839 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	54,059	2.7219 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	541	2.7020 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	578	2.7100 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,345	2.7143 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,997	2.7104 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,184	2.7347 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,903	2.7240 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,214	2.7390 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,962	2.7236 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,758	2.7203 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58,727	2.7305 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	62,863	2.7155 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,981	2.7321 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	115,752	2.7220 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	108	2.7283 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	286	2.7600 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	415	2.7080 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:				22 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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