Form 8.5(EPT/NON-RI)-International Distribut Serv

RNS Number : 8711L

Barclays PLC

24 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:			23 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:				11,543,341	1.20%	5,294,921	0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,493,625	0.26%	10,874,946	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				14,036,966	1.46%	16,169,867	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	1024441	2.8322 GBP	2.7820 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1051568	2.8361 GBP	2.7952 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	Closing Long	1	2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	185	2.7820 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	573	2.8360 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	580	2.8130 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,052	2.8102 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1,355	2.8240 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	2,182	2.8204 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	5,157	2.8031 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	13,046	2.8065 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	13,550	2.8220 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	20,516	2.8197 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	25,160	2.8225 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	26,553	2.8246 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Short	4,226	2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Closing Short	16,518	2.7962 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,564	2.8220 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,848	2.8271 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,027	2.8194 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,523	2.8280 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,296	2.8159 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	13,191	2.8191 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	400	2.8289 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	872	2.8130 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,510	2.8135 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	74,477	2.8094 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	148	2.7959 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	9,630	2.8052 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	60,860	2.8061 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	300	2.8253 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,154	2.8137 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,490	2.8157 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,292	2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,336	2.8224 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,148	2.8248 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	3,443	2.7657 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	14,172	2.8072 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	17,700	2.8167 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	18,948	2.7951 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	42,487	2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	629	2.8280 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	632	2.8260 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,051	2.8261 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,425	2.8178 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,916	2.8184 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	101,027	2.7959 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	142,195	2.7960 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:				24 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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