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

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

"Amendment - this form replaces RNS number [2357R] published at [11:21] on [05/06/2024], changes made to section [3A and B]."

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:

04 Jun 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:

10,398,421

1.09%

3,856,044

0.40%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,534,391

0.16%

10,070,559

1.05%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

11,932,812

1.25%

13,926,603

1.45%

(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

1629915

3.3551 GBP

3.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

394064

3.3540 GBP

3.3477 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

20

3.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59

3.3507 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

78,409

3.3530 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,533

3.3503 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63,239

3.3512 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80

3.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

241

3.3506 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,900

3.3497 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

22,162

3.3513 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,241

3.3522 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,090

3.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,094

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,069

3.3517 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,617

3.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,485

3.3475 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66

3.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,000

3.3496 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,352

3.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,220

3.3499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

233

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

212,150

3.3507 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,086

3.3508 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,628

3.3530 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54,845

3.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,000

3.3541 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

958

3.3475 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,775

3.3484 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

148

3.3487 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

256

3.3539 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,734

3.3512 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

702

3.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,914

3.3530 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,875

3.3550 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,837

3.3565 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,675

3.3511 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

68

3.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

567

3.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,140

3.3501 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,999

3.3513 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,274

3.3478 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,792

3.3485 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

175,000

3.3496 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,042

3.3505 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

329,456

3.3506 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,341

3.3519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

236,696

3.3540 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