Ankündigung • May 28

EP Corporate Group, a.s. and J&T Capital Partners, A/S completed the acquisition of remaining remaining 71.96% stake in International Distributions Services plc (LSE:IDS) from a group of shareholders for £2.6 billion.

EP Corporate Group, a.s. and J&T Capital Partners, A/S submitted a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire remaining 72.4% stake in International Distributions Services plc (LSE:IDS) from a group of shareholders for £2.2 billion on April 9, 2024. EP Corporate Group, a.s. entered into agreement to acquire remaining 72.4% stake in International Distributions Services plc (LSE:IDS) from a group of shareholders for £2.6 billion on May 29, 2024. Under the terms of agreement, EP Corporate Group is paying £3.20 per share for the acquisition of International Distributions Services plc. There can be no certainty that any firm offer for IDS will be made, nor as to the terms on which any firm offer might be made. IDS shareholders are advised to take no action in relation to the Possible Offer. On April 11, 2024, The transaction was cancelled because the board concluded that the offer significantly undervalues IDS and its future prospects accordingly, the Board unanimously rejected the proposal. As of May 15, 2024, the Board of IDS confirms that it has received a revised non-binding proposal from EP Corporate Group for £3.7 pounds per IDS share comprised of: cash consideration of £3.60 per IDS share; (ii) the final dividend in respect of the Financial Year ended 31 March 2024, which is expected to be £0.02 per IDS share and which is expected to be paid in September 2024, a special dividend of £0.08 per IDS share which would be conditional upon completion of the transaction. The Proposal values the entire issued share capital of IDS at approximately £3.568 billion. EP Group has confirmed that the Proposal is not subject to any financing pre-condition. EP Group has entered into a confidentiality agreement with IDS pursuant to which EP Group and Vesa Equity have agreed to be subject to customary standstill restrictions during the course of the offer period. Accordingly, the Board has agreed to an extension of the relevant 'put up or shut up' deadline until May 29, 2024. The offer period relating to IDS which has commenced on 17 April 2024. In the event the Acquisition does not become Unconditional, there will be no Special Dividend. However, if approved by IDS Shareholders, the 2024 Final Dividend is expected to be paid on 30 September 2024 to IDS Shareholders on the register of members of IDS on 23 August 2024. The IDS Directors unanimously consider the terms of the Acquisition to be fair and reasonable and intend to recommend unanimously that IDS Shareholders should accept or procure the acceptance of the Offer. EP Corporate Group have received irrevocable undertakings in respect of their beneficial holdings totaling 183,236 IDS Shares from the shareholders. The cash consideration payable to IDS Shareholders under the terms of the Acquisition will be financed by a combination of new equity from EP, as well as fully underwritten debt facilities. The Offer will be conditional on, among other things, valid acceptances being received, Antitrust conditions received, approval from European Commission Merger Control, Regulatory conditions, UK FCA, Guernsey GFSC, EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation and Other Third Party clearances. The Acquisition is currently expected to complete during the first quarter of 2025. As of May 30, 2024, Threadneedle Investments, which holds about 5% of International Distribution Services, the parent company of Royal Mail, has spoken out against acquisition. Bidco announces that today, the Arrangers and the Interim Facility Agent agreed to the amendment and restatement of the Interim Facilities Agreement in order for each of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., Prague branch, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., London Branch, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and SMBC Bank International plc to become party to thereto and other related finance documents as underwriters, interim lenders and arrangers alongside the original Interim Lenders set out in the Offer Document, the Arrangers and the Interim Facility Agent entered into a new debt commitment letter, a new fee letter and a new syndication strategy letter which will replace the original form of such documents originally entered into on May 23, 2024 in order for each of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., Prague branch, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., London Branch, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and SMBC Bank International plc to become party to such documents as underwriters, interim lenders and arrangers (as applicable) alongside the original Interim Lenders set out in the Offer Document who were party to the Original Commitment Documents. As of December 16, 2024, the UK government has approved the transaction and the sale is also expected to be approved by the Labour government after getting the support of the workforce. As of December 19, 2024, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has approved the transaction, subject to the Parties ensuring that Royal Mail Group Ltd remains able to and continues to provide services that are in support of UK national security and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster considers that the Final Order is necessary and proportionate to mitigate the risk to national security relating to Royal Mail Group Ltd acting as a critical supplier of services provided to UK Government departments which are in support of national security. The deal is expected to be completed in early, 2025. As of December 20, 2024, Each of the other Regulatory Conditions have now been satisfied. As of January 14, 2025, the parties received merger control clearance from the European Commission and clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and therefore each of the EUMR Condition and the US FDI Condition has been satisfied. As of March 5, 2025, regulatory condition with respect of foreign direct investment in Romania remains pending. Romanian FDI Condition will be satisfied so as to facilitate the Offer becoming or being declared Unconditional in the second quarter of 2025. On April 2, 2025, IDS and Bidco announced that all of the regulatory and anti-trust Conditions in relation to the Offer were satisfied and the timetable for the Offer resumed with effect from April 2, 2025, and the offer is expected to become unconditional on April 30, 2025. Alisdair Gayne, Nicola Tennent, Aamir Khan and Philipp Gillmann of Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its Investment Bank; Ed Peel, James Robertson, Justin Anstee and Jack Williams of Merrill Lynch International; and Eduard van Wyk, Mark Sorrell and Owain Evans of Goldman Sachs International acted as financial advisor and fairness opinion provider to International Distributions Services. Richard Smith, Claire Jackson, John Papanichola, Lisa Wright, Jessica Staples, Philippa O'Malley, Chris Sharpe, Ian Johnson, Charlie McGarel-Groves, Nick Bonsall and Gareth Miles of Slaughter and May acted as legal advisor to International Distributions Services. David Higgins, Dipak Bhundia, Jiri Peterka, and Matthew Sinclair-Thomson of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and Neel Sachdev and Stefan Arnold-Soulby of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisors to EP Corporate. Dwayne Lysaght, Charles Oakes and Siddharth Gupta of J.P. Morgan SE, together with its affiliate J.P. Morgan Securities plc; Barry Weir, Ram Anand and Christopher Wren of Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Kirshlen Moodley of BNP Paribas UK and George Holst and Guilhem Donnard of acted as financial advisor to EP Corporate Group and J&T Capital Partners, A/S. Tom Mercer, Tim Rennie and Darren Phelan of Ashurst LLP acted as legal advisor to J.P. Morgan Cazeno. EP Corporate Group, a.s. and J&T Capital Partners, A/S completed the acquisition of remaining 71.96% stake in International Distributions Services plc (LSE:IDS) from a group of shareholders for £2.6 billion on May 27, 2025. As of May 28, 2025, Bidco is pleased to announce that, as at 3.00 p.m. on May 27, 2025, it had received valid acceptances under the Offer in respect of a total of 631,515,875 IDS Shares, representing approximately 90.15% of the IDS Shares to which the Offer relates. Bidco will shortly despatch formal compulsory acquisition notices under sections 979 and 980 of the Companies Act (the "Compulsory Acquisition Notices") to IDS Shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer.

Ankündigung • May 28

EP Corporate Group, a.s. and J&T Capital Partners, A/S completed the acquisition of remaining remaining 71.96% stake in International Distributions Services plc (LSE:IDS) from a group of shareholders for £2.6 billion.

Schneeflocken-Punktzahl
Bewertung	4/6
Künftiges Wachstum	3/6
Vergangene Leistung	1/6
Finanzielle Gesundheit	4/6
Dividenden	0/6

Historische Aktienkurse
Aktueller Aktienkurs	UK£3.59
52-Wochen-Hoch	UK£3.68
52-Wochen-Tief	UK£3.13
Beta	1.25
1 Monat Veränderung	-1.86%
3 Monate Veränderung	-1.70%
1 Jahr Veränderung	7.22%
3 Jahre Veränderung	19.61%
5 Jahre Veränderung	101.51%
Veränderung seit IPO	-21.05%

	IDS	GB Logistics	GB Markt
7D	0.06%	3.5%	0.2%
1Y	7.2%	16.7%	18.1%

IDS volatility
IDS Average Weekly Movement	0.6%
Logistics Industry Average Movement	4.2%
Market Average Movement	5.4%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.8%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.9%

IDS grundlegende Statistiken
Marktanteil	UK£3.44b
Gewinn(TTM)	UK£252.00m
Umsatz(TTM)	UK£13.16b

IDS Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung (TTM)
Einnahmen	UK£13.16b
Kosten der Einnahmen	UK£7.67b
Bruttogewinn	UK£5.49b
Sonstige Ausgaben	UK£5.24b
Gewinn	UK£252.00m

Gewinn per Aktie (EPS)	0.26
Bruttomarge	41.72%
Nettogewinnspanne	1.91%
Schulden/Eigenkapital-Verhältnis	35.0%

Daten	Zuletzt aktualisiert (UTC-Zeit)
Unternehmensanalyse	2025/05/28 14:31
Aktienkurs zum Tagesende	2025/05/28 00:00
Gewinne	2024/09/29
Jährliche Einnahmen	2024/03/31

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Verwaltung	10 Jahre	Das Führungsteam Direktorium	SEC-Formular 10-K SEC-Formular DEF 14A
Wichtige Entwicklungen	10 Jahre	Ankündigungen des Unternehmens	SEC-Formular 8-K

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