Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONALDI SVC PLC Replace

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

This form is an amendment for RNS number 2959Q published at 11:31 on 29/05/2024, changes made to section 2A and 3A

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 DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

28 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:

8,655,649

0.90%

6,298,555

0.66%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,888,775

0.41%

8,111,834

0.85%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

12,544,424

1.33%

14,410,389

1.50%

(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

1685921

3.2700 GBP

3.1869 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2470537

3.2700 GBP

3.1916 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

Increasing Long

170,020

3.2346 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

156,526

3.2119 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

67,878

3.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

150

3.2199 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,762

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

685

3.2321 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,386

3.2356 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

135

3.2397 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,387

3.2119 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

200

3.2122 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,574

3.2378 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,656

3.2118 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

306

3.2500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,415

3.2117 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,985

3.2145 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,320

3.2361 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83,144

3.2163 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,501

3.2478 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210

3.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,696

3.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,571

3.2158 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,919

3.2210 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

702

3.2459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

716

3.2480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,671

3.2603 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

77

3.2720 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

651

3.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,602

3.2058 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86,989

3.2119 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,287

3.2141 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,198

3.2243 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54,882

3.2301 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,288

3.1876 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,433

3.2362 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,476

3.2379 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65

3.2244 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,523

3.2280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

552

3.2424 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,556

3.1941 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

159,469

3.2424 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,774

3.2065 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,832

3.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,282

3.2435 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:

28 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213