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RNS Number : 7037L Barclays PLC 23 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 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: 22 Apr 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: 11,504,932 1.20% 5,283,224 0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 2,489,089 0.26% 10,893,217 1.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
13,994,021 1.46% 16,176,441 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 1055142 2.8780 GBP 2.7538 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1126250 2.8780 GBP 2.7538 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant
reference
unit
security
securities
1p ordinary CFD Closing Long 3,131 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Long 5,980 2.7929 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Long 6,056 2.7920 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 12,376 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Long 12,838 2.7876 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 15,461 2.7796 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 27,600 2.8028 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Long 58,437 2.7542 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 83 2.7500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 198 2.7800 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 579 2.7920 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 12,610 2.8408 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 33,907 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,368 2.7780 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,640 2.7906 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,261 2.8354 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,564 2.8070 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 11,542 2.7922 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 42,683 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 44,077 2.8244 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 259 2.8079 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,055 2.8363 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,107 2.8011 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,758 2.7999 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,101 2.8051 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,779 2.8398 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 78,040 2.7797 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 31 2.7818 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 585 2.8177 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,213 2.7722 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,029 2.7773 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,128 2.7740 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,671 2.8566 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 121,420 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1 2.7800 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 671 2.7876 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 830 2.7765 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 852 2.8234 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,155 2.7892 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 10,739 2.7860 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 19,128 2.8034 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 23,300 2.8285 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 29,779 2.8357 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 43,452 2.7694 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 53,816 2.8364 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 1,587 2.7542 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 1,667 2.7540 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 51,041 2.7539 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 61,568 2.7538 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 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: 23 Apr 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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