Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERVI

RNS Number : 7037L

Barclays PLC

23 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:			22 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:				11,504,932	1.20%	5,283,224	0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,489,089	0.26%	10,893,217	1.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				13,994,021	1.46%	16,176,441	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	1055142	2.8780 GBP	2.7538 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1126250	2.8780 GBP	2.7538 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 Long	3,131	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	5,980	2.7929 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	6,056	2.7920 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	12,376	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	12,838	2.7876 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	15,461	2.7796 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	27,600	2.8028 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Long	58,437	2.7542 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	83	2.7500 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	198	2.7800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	579	2.7920 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	12,610	2.8408 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	33,907	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,368	2.7780 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,640	2.7906 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,261	2.8354 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,564	2.8070 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,542	2.7922 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	42,683	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	44,077	2.8244 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	259	2.8079 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,055	2.8363 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,107	2.8011 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,758	2.7999 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,101	2.8051 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,779	2.8398 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78,040	2.7797 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31	2.7818 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	585	2.8177 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,213	2.7722 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,029	2.7773 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,128	2.7740 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,671	2.8566 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	121,420	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1	2.7800 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	671	2.7876 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	830	2.7765 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	852	2.8234 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,155	2.7892 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	10,739	2.7860 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	19,128	2.8034 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	23,300	2.8285 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	29,779	2.8357 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	43,452	2.7694 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	53,816	2.8364 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	1,587	2.7542 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	1,667	2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	51,041	2.7539 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	61,568	2.7538 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:				23 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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