Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTI SERV

RNS Number : 6268M

Barclays PLC

30 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:			29 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:				12,114,287	1.26%	5,148,543	0.54%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,484,170	0.26%	11,432,726	1.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				14,598,457	1.52%	16,581,269	1.73%

(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	252390	2.7370 GBP	2.6899 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	223657	2.7340 GBP	2.6888 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	156	2.7340 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	4,573	2.7320 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6	2.6899 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	718	2.7500 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,624	2.7116 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,102	2.7112 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,394	2.7152 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,833	2.7153 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30,654	2.7069 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,797	2.7199 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	43,634	2.7319 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	198	2.7157 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	416	2.6919 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	462	2.7137 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4,509	2.7245 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	43,619	2.7320 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	146	2.6920 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	268	2.7060 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	838	2.6970 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,416	2.7207 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,574	2.6937 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,996	2.7070 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,653	2.7320 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	22,811	2.7094 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,299	2.7064 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	65,825	2.7320 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	3,053	2.7321 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:				30 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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