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

RNS Number : 1547N

Barclays PLC

03 May 2024

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- Amendment to section 2a and 3b
Replaces form released on 11:50 26/04/2024
RNS Number : 2422M

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			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt			INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			25-Apr-24
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal			NA

	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				11,851,950	1.23%	5,147,272	0.53%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				2,351,313	0.24%	11,176,695	1.16%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				14,203,263	1.47%	16,323,967	1.69%

TOTAL:



(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	Purchase/sale	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit

security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
1p ordinary	Sale	218502	2.8182 GBP	2.7384 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	476988	2.8036 GBP	2.7400 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per

relevant			reference	unit

security			securities
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	170	2.7633 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	989	2.7588 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	2,453	2.7596 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	2,528	2.7928 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	3,375	2.8036 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	5,213	2.7689 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	6,589	2.7843 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	8,342	2.7643 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	11,674	2.7850 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	29,425	2.7529 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	48,515	2.7400 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	400	2.7372 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,346	2.7400 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15	2.7820 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	100	2.7999 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	779	2.7593 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	982	2.7822 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,021	2.7385 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,842	2.7838 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,323	2.7443 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,361	2.7662 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63,452	2.7399 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	480	2.7537 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	2,395	2.7680 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	4,319	2.8046 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	14,214	2.7400 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	300	2.7806 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,274	2.7814 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,324	2.7487 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,466	2.7755 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,805	2.7613 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,301	2.7773 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	57,689	2.7874 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	140,302	2.7400 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1	2.7600 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,279	2.7398 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option

of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money

relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/

security		varying etc	to which				received

			option				per unit

			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of	Exercise price per

security			securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if

security			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:				03-May-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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