Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT Amend

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Purchase

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 relevant securities this form relates:

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

29 May 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

8,413,490

0.88%

6,326,717

0.66%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,829,443

0.40%

7,818,031

0.82%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

12,242,933

1.18%

14,144,748

1.38%

(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 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

1p ordinary

Purchase

3109939

3.3500 GBP

3.3016 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3380249

3.3616 GBP

3.3019 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

184

3.3817 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

401

3.3199 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

1,046

3.3488 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

15,835

3.3467 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

21,700

3.3342 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

27,208

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

40,865

3.3301 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

43,960

3.3550 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

79,517

3.3394 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

370

3.3163 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,666

3.3237 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2,179

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

15,000

3.3016 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

31,562

3.3077 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

74,185

3.3186 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

174,521

3.3243 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,110

3.3262 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,702

3.3214 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

109,901

3.3407 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

943

3.3390 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,035

3.3131 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,170

3.3383 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,253

3.3402 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,330

3.3454 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,927

3.3390 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,116

3.3131 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,171

3.3448 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,881

3.3423 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78,330

3.3336 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210,686

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

230,277

3.3278 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,436

3.3039 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,600

3.3070 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,131

3.3371 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

97,208

3.3017 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

171,605

3.3019 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,228

3.3198 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,044

3.3265 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,714

3.3295 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,000

3.3016 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

85,550

3.3187 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,525

3.3388 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

7,398

3.3251 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

84,454

3.3597 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

132,132

3.3377 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

132,614

3.3390 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

273,612

3.3452 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

677,125

3.3242 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

12,805

3.3406 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

12,805

3.3486 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

21,700

3.3557 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

27,800

3.3339 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

140,821

3.3338 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

170,096

3.3392 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

216,387

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

950,000

3.3121 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 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

26 Jun 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213