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

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

"Amendment - this form replaces RNS number [9355O] published at [11:39] on [17/05/2024], changes made to section [2A,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:

16-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:

9,489,260

0.99%

5,376,738

0.56%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

3,254,527

0.34%

8,829,043

0.92%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

12,743,787

1.33%

14,205,781

1.48%

(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

1211736

3.3500 GBP

3.1600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1030692

3.2200 GBP

3.1600 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

Opening Short

22,248

3.2095 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,777

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

138,844

3.2053 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,857

3.1935 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,498

3.2104 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,898

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

26,821

3.1947 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,198

3.2028 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

107,261

3.2196 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

94,679

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,000

3.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

270

3.2060 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,988

3.2082 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,371

3.2198 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,400

3.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

764

3.2065 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,491

3.1993 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,745

3.2025 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,810

3.2038 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

82,935

3.2044 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68,551

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

3.1780 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,062

3.2057 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,455

3.2100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,398

3.2107 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,149

3.1883 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,700

3.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,130

3.1999 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,429

3.2013 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,508

3.2027 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,078

3.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,807

3.2004 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

970

3.2033 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,282

3.2082 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

72,137

3.2105 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

120,593

3.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

130

3.2059 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,673

3.2072 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,855

3.2067 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

67,860

3.2091 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,743

3.2169 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,616

3.2143 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,466

3.2092 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,305

3.2048 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,300

3.2121 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,259

3.2038 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,834

3.2049 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

77,430

3.2200 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