Form 38.5 B DCC PLC

Barclays PLC

20 July 2026

 

FORM 38.5(b)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE
UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER
PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022 BY A CONNECTED
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY
STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
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:			DCC PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected (Note 1)			Energy Capital Partners, LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L. P.
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			17 JUL 2026
(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.	INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror
	or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) (Note 2)
Class of relevant security:				€0.25OrdinaryShares
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				1,102,243	1.29%	579,545	0.68%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				297,065	0.35%	942,443	1.10%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,399,308	1.64%	1,521,988	1.78%
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4)
(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
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	327,860	62.9250 GBP	62.7729 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	236,511	62.9217 GBP	62.7500 GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	100	62.8456 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	86	62.7729 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	247	62.8452 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11	62.8504 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	89	62.8112 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	24	62.7949 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13	62.7949 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	445	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	88	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	43,785	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	35,373	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18	62.7750 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	14	62.9000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,504	62.8714 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	800	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	171	62.8119 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,938	62.8538 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,502	62.7500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	4,446	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	340	62.7924 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	75	62.8452 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	25	62.7729 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	49	62.7729 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	158	62.8452 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	2,214	62.8427 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,337	62.8427 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	62	62.8491 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	202	62.7995 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	196	62.8147 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	179	62.8826 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	800	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	1,375	62.8471 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	242	62.8000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	18	62.8491 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	48	62.8491 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,607	62.8365 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	321	62.8535 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	800	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,122	62.7954 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,987	62.8712 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	100	62.8753 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	133	62.8753 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	43	62.8581 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,470	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	108	62.8398 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,654	62.8000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,050	62.8957 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,796	62.8485 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,000	62.8425 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,763	62.8632 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,619	62.8294 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	76,960	62.8000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,598	62.8540 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	57	62.8166 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	66,804	62.8532 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	639	62.8288 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 (Note 6)	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: 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
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				20 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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