REG - Barclays PLC Intnl.Distrbtn.Svcs. - Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERV

International Distributions ServicesAnnouncement

22/04/2024 12:00

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RNS Number : 5348L  Barclays PLC  22 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:                                               19 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:                                                                   11,494,687    1.20%         5,344,087     0.56%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                      2,532,702     0.26%         10,876,405    1.13%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                                0             0.00%         0             0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                                    14,027,389    1.46%         16,220,492    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                       666488                         2.7346  GBP                2.6840  GBP
 1p ordinary                   Purchase                   982943                         2.7620  GBP                2.7024  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                       Decreasing Long                4,437                      2.6926  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Decreasing Long                14,018                     2.7220  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Long                23,676                     2.7132  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Long                26,305                     2.7288  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Decreasing Long                332,362                    2.7219  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               318                        2.7128  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               360                        2.7120  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,530                      2.7193  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               2,436                      2.7346  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               2,558                      2.7195  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               21,626                     2.7252  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               48,422                     2.7189  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               48,955                     2.7067  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               49,748                     2.7220  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               78,417                     2.7155  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Decreasing Short               80,014                     2.7164  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                1,330                      2.7057  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                3,084                      2.7256  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                4,101                      2.7099  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                10,127                     2.7109  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                13,520                     2.7204  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                14,018                     2.7220  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                29,531                     2.6839  GBP
 1p ordinary                   CFD                        Increasing Long                54,059                     2.7219  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               541                        2.7020  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               578                        2.7100  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,345                      2.7143  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,997                      2.7104  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,184                      2.7347  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,903                      2.7240  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               11,214                     2.7390  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               12,962                     2.7236  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               14,758                     2.7203  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               58,727                     2.7305  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               62,863                     2.7155  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               73,981                     2.7321  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Increasing Short               115,752                    2.7220  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Opening Long                   108                        2.7283  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Opening Long                   286                        2.7600  GBP
 1p ordinary                   SWAP                       Opening Long                   415                        2.7080  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  security   Product description        Exercising/ exercised against  Number of  securities      Exercise price per  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:                                                                                                22 Apr 2024
 Contact name:                                                                                                      Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                                  020 3134 7213

 

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