FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2616G published at 11:51 on 25/04/2025 changes made to section and 2A

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:

24 Apr 2025

(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:

4,307,503

0.45%

2,750,733

0.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

2,182,706

0.23%

3,893,075

0.41%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

6,490,209

0.68%

6,643,808

0.69%

(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

285721

3.6620  GBP

3.6580  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

524296

3.6620  GBP

3.6579  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 Short

1,371

3.6579  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

91,597

3.6580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,208

3.6584  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96,171

3.6586  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52,783

3.6588  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71,849

3.6599  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,172

3.6600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,083

3.6610  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

166

3.6617  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,606

3.6580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

90

3.6600  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,104

3.6610  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

112,754

3.6611  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,764

3.6612  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,076

3.6620  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,369

3.6604  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:

01 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213