Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SER PLC

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 relevant securities this form relates:

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

(c)

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

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

13 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:

11,932,490

1.25%

5,276,852

0.55%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,042,250

0.32%

11,134,269

1.16%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

14,974,740

1.56%

16,411,121

1.71%

(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

Sale

1493706

2.9202 GBP

2.8140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

890668

2.9200 GBP

2.8140 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

Decreasing Long

3,476

2.8144 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,231

2.8446 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,958

2.8382 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,303

2.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

94,831

2.8399 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

375,257

2.8379 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

444

2.8393 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

707

2.8399 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

966

2.8502 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,271

2.8279 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,285

2.8433 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,432

2.8160 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,500

2.8307 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,547

2.8418 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,087

2.8329 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,248

2.8499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,060

2.8560 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,364

2.8385 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,404

2.8432 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,564

2.8378 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,957

2.8375 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64,478

2.8514 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

129,858

2.8379 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250,000

2.8402 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

251,276

2.8323 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

75

2.8960 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,396

2.8476 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

375,182

2.8380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

2.8340 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

151

2.8461 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

605

2.8240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,846

2.8370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,280

2.8280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,601

2.8378 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,424

2.8380 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:

14 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213