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RNS Number : 8711L Barclays PLC 24 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: 23 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: 11,543,341 1.20% 5,294,921 0.55%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 2,493,625 0.26% 10,874,946 1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell:
14,036,966 1.46% 16,169,867 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 1024441 2.8322 GBP 2.7820 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1051568 2.8361 GBP 2.7952 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 2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 185 2.7820 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 573 2.8360 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 580 2.8130 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 1,052 2.8102 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 1,355 2.8240 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 2,182 2.8204 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 5,157 2.8031 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 13,046 2.8065 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 13,550 2.8220 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 20,516 2.8197 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 25,160 2.8225 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 26,553 2.8246 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Short 4,226 2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Closing Short 16,518 2.7962 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,564 2.8220 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,848 2.8271 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,027 2.8194 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,523 2.8280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,296 2.8159 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 13,191 2.8191 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 400 2.8289 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 872 2.8130 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,510 2.8135 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 74,477 2.8094 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 148 2.7959 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,630 2.8052 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 60,860 2.8061 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 300 2.8253 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,154 2.8137 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,490 2.8157 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,292 2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,336 2.8224 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,148 2.8248 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 3,443 2.7657 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 14,172 2.8072 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 17,700 2.8167 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 18,948 2.7951 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Long 42,487 2.7960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 629 2.8280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 632 2.8260 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 1,051 2.8261 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 1,425 2.8178 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 1,916 2.8184 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 101,027 2.7959 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 142,195 2.7960 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: 24 Apr 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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