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Form 8.3 - INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC

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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Qube Research & Technologies Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	International Distribution Services plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	14-06-2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	N/A

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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 Share
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,663,690	1.11	0	0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	10,663,690	1.11	0	0

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	0

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (GBp)
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	940	324.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1017	325.50
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1119	324.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1462	329.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1489	329.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1506	329.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1553	326.90
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1813	328.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1960	327.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1966	326.30
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2455	330.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2487	325.10
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3138	330.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3166	329.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3310	330.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3374	330.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3464	328.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4017	327.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4363	325.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4463	327.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4523	327.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4988	325.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	5700	326.10
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	5897	327.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	6397	329.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	7146	328.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	8306	325.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	11040	324.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	12884	325.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	13857	326.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	14968	328.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	14968	328.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	15298	326.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	17961	326.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	31886	326.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	33860	325.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	increasing a long position	136492	326.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	221	330.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	285	327.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	363	327.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	438	325.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	487	325.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	487	325.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	492	328.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	590	327.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	702	328.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	812	324.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	834	329.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	959	324.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1027	324.20
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1400	327.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2111	325.00
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2350	326.60
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2975	326.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	3639	329.40
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	6093	326.80
1p Ordinary Share	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	36327	326.00

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit (GBp)

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	17-06-2024
Contact name:	Stuart Brown
Telephone number:	00442070722969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240617232808/en/

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