Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SERV PL

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 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:

01 Jul 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:

16,964,671

1.77%

2,176,324

0.23%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,430,610

0.15%

16,374,395

1.71%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

18,395,281

1.92%

18,550,719

1.94%

(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

448099

3.2500 GBP

3.2160 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

196100

3.2500 GBP

3.2080 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,786

3.2328 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,888

3.2221 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,510

3.2460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,942

3.2467 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

475

3.2170 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

172

3.2180 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,674

3.2461 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

450

3.2374 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

366

3.2297 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

934

3.2439 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,251

3.2344 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

28,884

3.2460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

27,440

3.2415 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

693

3.2284 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

463

3.2100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78

3.2427 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,509

3.2441 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,436

3.2237 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,874

3.2310 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,988

3.2313 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,419

3.2430 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,853

3.2459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

637

3.2119 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,948

3.2278 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,329

3.2302 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,820

3.2434 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,981

3.2459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

151,961

3.2460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

847

3.2418 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2,245

3.2458 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,415

3.2165 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,933

3.2255 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,480

3.2347 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

32,125

3.2372 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,888

3.2387 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,320

3.2125 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

98

3.2460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,101

3.2245 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,356

3.2266 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,970

3.2460 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:

02 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213