Form8.5(EPT/NON-RI)INTERNATIONALDISTSVCPLC Replace

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

"Amendment - this form replaces RNS number [6819Q] published at [11:48] on [31/05/2024], 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:

30-May-24

(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:

8,340,480

0.87%

5,507,625

0.57%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,978,445

0.31%

7,754,972

0.81%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

11,318,925

1.18%

13,262,597

1.38%

(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

1583346

3.3500 GBP

3.3211 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

837264

3.3471 GBP

3.3238 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

79

3.3309 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

113

3.3348 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,642

3.3286 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

11,838

3.3325 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,530

3.3377 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,519

3.3395 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

54,881

3.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

89,704

3.3369 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

117,575

3.3391 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

36,228

3.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,881

3.3333 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

963

3.3471 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

3.3310 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

553

3.3356 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,127

3.3475 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68,600

3.3392 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,807

3.3366 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

556

3.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,157

3.3375 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,805

3.3424 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,300

3.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

618

3.3200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,157

3.3211 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,514

3.3344 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

66,507

3.3361 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

88,225

3.3367 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,810

3.3373 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,151

3.3377 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72,075

3.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

967

3.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,597

3.3199 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

240

3.3227 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,926

3.3243 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,838

3.3259 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,846

3.3328 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

29,528

3.3345 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

127

3.3361 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,866

3.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

33,875

3.3404 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,522

3.3333 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,176

3.3356 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

470

3.3471 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,622

3.3344 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,227

3.3372 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,071

3.3395 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,610

3.3295 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,250

3.3323 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,897

3.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,386

3.3213 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

176,177

3.3356 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,291

3.3357 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,931

3.3365 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,659

3.3376 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

115,486

3.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,248

3.3413 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:

03 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213