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:

10 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:

17,353,708

1.81%

2,109,758

0.22%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,353,576

0.14%

16,666,702

1.74%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

18,707,284

1.95%

18,776,460

1.96%

(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

677387

3.3300 GBP

3.2957 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

511067

3.3240 GBP

3.2959 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

4,700

3.3098 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

67,003

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,162

3.3059 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,618

3.3060 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

67,003

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,809

3.3076 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,318

3.3134 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297

3.3123 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

644

3.3124 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

455

3.2957 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,745

3.3043 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

949

3.3096 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

175,674

3.3100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

175,674

3.3100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,117

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,798

3.3033 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,781

3.3154 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

256

3.3185 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57,862

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,733

3.3040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,000

3.3043 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,811

3.3108 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,692

3.3110 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,085

3.3117 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

3.3120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

824

3.3140 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,267

3.3210 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

157,548

3.2959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,173

3.3020 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,194

3.3066 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

168

3.3047 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,174

3.3057 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,143

3.3200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,433

3.3211 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,008

3.3076 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,525

3.3129 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,637

3.3134 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,241

3.3049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

291

3.3173 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,029

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,000

3.3037 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56,000

3.3043 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,582

3.3101 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,140

3.3105 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:

11 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213