REG - Barclays PLC Intnl.Distrbtn.Svcs. - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS

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03/05/2024 12:00

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RNS Number : 2135N  Barclays PLC  03 May 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                                         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:                                               02 May 2024
 (e)                In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                    NO

 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:                                                        12,534,835    1.31%         5,138,229     0.54%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                           3,010,966     0.31%         11,862,698    1.24%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                     0             0.00%         0             0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                         15,545,801    1.62%         17,000,927    1.77%

 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                       180964                         2.7579  GBP                2.7100  GBP
 1p ordinary        Purchase                   202870                         2.7540  GBP                2.6885  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                   1,291                      2.7161  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Closing Long                   1,382                      2.7120  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Long                4,612                      2.7241  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Long                4,822                      2.7119  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Long                9,778                      2.7120  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               28                         2.7260  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               109                        2.7100  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               387                        2.7119  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               388                        2.7580  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               851                        2.7193  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,570                      2.7120  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,718                      2.7192  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               8,568                      2.7171  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Increasing Long                1,921                      2.7117  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Increasing Long                4,822                      2.7119  GBP
 1p ordinary        CFD                        Increasing Long                24,534                     2.7120  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               86                         2.7480  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               375                        2.6900  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               400                        2.7275  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               833                        2.7100  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,669                      2.6909  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,211                      2.7131  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,371                      2.7280  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               3,077                      2.6937  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,275                      2.7007  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               6,762                      2.7001  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               10,700                     2.7146  GBP
 1p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               13,740                     2.7120  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 2024
 Contact name:                                                                                           Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                       020 3134 7213

 

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