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

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

"Amendment - this form replaces RNS number [5326S] published at [11:20] on [14/06/2024], 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:

13 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:

13,753,340

1.44%

4,764,346

0.50%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,417,274

0.25%

13,498,642

1.41%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

16,170,614

1.69%

18,262,988

1.91%

(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

1770911

3.3219 GBP

3.2715 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1675868

3.3200 GBP

3.2510 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

58,974

3.2959 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

185,755

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,432

3.3160 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,890

3.3163 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,351

3.3174 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

244,728

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1

3.3000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,368

3.3102 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,404

3.3054 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,286

3.2957 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,914

3.3108 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,330

3.3087 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

122,817

3.2975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

470,000

3.2992 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

60,354

3.3183 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,208

3.2975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,950

3.2898 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,865

3.2921 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,467

3.2931 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

636

3.3025 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,981

3.2850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,897

3.2902 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73,909

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,649

3.2990 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

188,200

3.2997 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,942

3.3025 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

774

3.3160 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

963

3.3219 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,289

3.3006 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,365

3.3029 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,757

3.3094 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,044

3.3096 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,157

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,919

3.2993 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

645

3.3020 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,165

3.3049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,857

3.3063 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,427

3.3038 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,320

3.3054 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

88

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,189

3.2989 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

537

3.3036 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

180

3.3038 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

37,800

3.2572 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

104,700

3.2726 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,500

3.2743 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,000

3.2748 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,700

3.2849 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

57,550

3.2977 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,745

3.2959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,083

3.3019 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,822

3.2848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,989

3.2878 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,386

3.2958 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,036

3.2960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,094

3.2962 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

407,986

3.3005 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:

31-Mar-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213