International Distributions Services plc announces results of its Tender Offer for its €500,000,000 2.375 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2024

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (EUWA).

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14 September 2023. International Distributions Services plc (the Offeror) announces today the results of its invitation to holders of its €500,000,000 2.375 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2024 (ISIN: XS1091654761) (the Notes) to tender their Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash (the Offer).

The Offer was announced on 1 September 2023 and was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 1 September 2023 (the Tender Offer Memorandum). Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

The Expiration Deadline for the Offer was 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 13 September 2023. As at the Expiration Deadline, €135,500,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes were validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer.

The Offeror announces that, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Issue Condition, it has decided to accept for purchase all Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, at a cash purchase price equal to 98.65 per cent. of the nominal amount of the relevant Notes, together with an Accrued Interest Payment.

Following the Settlement Date (and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Issue Condition), €364,500,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes will remain outstanding.

BNP Paribas (Attention: Liability Management Group; Telephone: +33 1 55 77 78 94; Email: [email protected]); NatWest Markets Plc (Attention: Liability Management; Telephone: +44 20 7678 5222; Email: [email protected]); UniCredit Bank AG (Attention: Liability Management MAC2IO; Telephone: +49 89 378 15150; Email: [email protected]) are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offer and Kroll Issuer Services Limited (Attention: David Shilson / Alessandro Zorza; Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880; Email: [email protected]; Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/ids) is acting as Tender Agent.

This announcement is released by the Offeror and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating to the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Mark Amsden, Company Secretary of the Offeror.

Offeror LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70

DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement.  The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.  Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum comes are required by each of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.