Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUT SVC 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 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:

26 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:

20,780,592

2.17%

2,509,262

0.26%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,898,845

0.20%

20,179,288

2.11%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

22,679,437

2.37%

22,688,550

2.37%

(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

933813

3.4766 GBP

3.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

393979

3.4739 GBP

3.4400 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

6,856

3.4554 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,426

3.4492 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,252

3.4532 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,910

3.4560 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

188

3.4481 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

400

3.4482 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

33,074

3.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,151

3.4563 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

54

3.4564 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,637

3.4452 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,842

3.4558 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

723

3.4444 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

3.4540 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,528

3.4561 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

3.4450 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

802

3.4518 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,314

3.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,043

3.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,403

3.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

164

3.4700 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,285

3.4725 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

345

3.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,470

3.4508 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

77,493

3.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,384

3.4560 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,956

3.4577 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,136

3.4580 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,324

3.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

321

3.4739 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

182

3.4480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

707

3.4500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,662

3.4502 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,148

3.4518 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,028

3.4552 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,257

3.4452 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,924

3.4492 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,027

3.4558 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,318

3.4343 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,549

3.4437 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,000

3.4476 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,003

3.4528 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,150

3.4560 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,355

3.4561 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:

29 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213