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:

04 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:

17,158,376

1.79%

2,166,234

0.23%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,373,351

0.14%

16,532,775

1.73%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

18,531,727

1.93%

18,699,009

1.95%

(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

239634

3.2960 GBP

3.2660 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

180073

3.2960 GBP

3.2600 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

5,011

3.2905 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,863

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,839

3.2772 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,471

3.2733 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,165

3.2771 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

777

3.2785 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

3.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

18,801

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

9,117

3.2714 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,005

3.2766 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,504

3.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

148

3.2640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

165

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,839

3.2761 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,548

3.2779 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

3.3000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,427

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

735

3.2822 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,115

3.2824 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,551

3.2900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,345

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,684

3.2662 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

92

3.2664 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,779

3.2679 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,417

3.2759 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

836

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,107

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,437

3.2787 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,794

3.2902 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,906

3.2917 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,545

3.2956 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,933

3.2733 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,347

3.2759 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,552

3.2771 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,286

3.2762 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,961

3.2693 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

220

3.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,145

3.2760 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:

05 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213