Form_38_5_b_20260708_DCC_PLC1

Barclays PLC

09 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:			08 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:				771,705	0.90%	652,090	0.76%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				374,114	0.44%	625,403	0.73%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,145,819	1.34%	1,277,493	1.50%
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	1	61.9981 GBP	61.9981 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	1	61.8438 GBP	61.8438 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	2	61.9438 GBP	61.9438 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	3	61.6938 GBP	61.6938 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	4	61.7875 GBP	61.7875 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	4	62.1237 GBP	62.1237 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	4	61.7500 GBP	61.7500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	7	61.8678 GBP	61.8678 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	10	61.8525 GBP	61.8525 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	30	61.8950 GBP	61.8950 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	30	62.0625 GBP	62.0625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	42	61.8485 GBP	61.8485 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	42	61.9000 GBP	61.9000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	66	62.0167 GBP	62.0167 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	75	61.9100 GBP	61.9100 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	80	62.0050 GBP	62.0050 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	99	61.9863 GBP	61.9863 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	122	61.8815 GBP	61.8815 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	188	62.0022 GBP	62.0022 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	202	62.2237 GBP	62.2237 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	219	61.9769 GBP	61.9769 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	223	61.9807 GBP	61.9807 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	374	62.0338 GBP	62.0338 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	583	62.0030 GBP	62.0030 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	676	61.9045 GBP	61.9045 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	784	61.9244 GBP	61.9244 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	958	61.8661 GBP	61.8661 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	1,730	61.9404 GBP	61.9404 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	3,833	61.7214 GBP	61.7214 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	5,599	61.8354 GBP	61.8354 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	27,522	62.0313 GBP	62.0313 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	51,825	62.0000 GBP	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	2	61.9061 GBP	61.9061 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	3	61.7000 GBP	61.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	4	61.7936 GBP	61.7936 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	4	61.7518 GBP	61.7518 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	4	61.9250 GBP	61.9250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	7	61.8740 GBP	61.8740 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	7	61.7714 GBP	61.7714 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	7	61.9744 GBP	61.9744 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	8	61.9450 GBP	61.9450 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	12	61.7625 GBP	61.7625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	20	61.8500 GBP	61.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	20	61.7650 GBP	61.7650 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	23	62.1952 GBP	62.1952 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	28	61.7500 GBP	61.7500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	32	61.9125 GBP	61.9125 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	32	61.8000 GBP	61.8000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	39	62.1989 GBP	62.1989 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	45	61.9583 GBP	61.9583 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	64	61.9679 GBP	61.9679 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	105	61.8750 GBP	61.8750 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	105	61.9628 GBP	61.9628 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	110	62.0600 GBP	62.0600 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	128	62.0824 GBP	62.0824 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	137	62.2250 GBP	62.2250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	157	61.9471 GBP	61.9471 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	198	62.0008 GBP	62.0008 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	266	61.8908 GBP	61.8908 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	336	61.9625 GBP	61.9625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	395	61.9843 GBP	61.9843 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	425	61.9545 GBP	61.9545 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	500	62.0250 GBP	62.0250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	667	61.9518 GBP	61.9518 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	1,121	62.0040 GBP	62.0040 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	1,239	61.9750 GBP	61.9750 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	1,354	61.7706 GBP	61.7706 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	1,395	61.9782 GBP	61.9782 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	1,494	61.9876 GBP	61.9876 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	2,278	61.9036 GBP	61.9036 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	2,986	61.9587 GBP	61.9587 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	3,603	61.9749 GBP	61.9749 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	5,016	62.0265 GBP	62.0265 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	5,227	61.9420 GBP	61.9420 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	13,192	61.8414 GBP	61.8414 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	20,000	62.2375 GBP	62.2375 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	25,352	61.9479 GBP	61.9479 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	40,000	61.7032 GBP	61.7032 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	100,000	61.9447 GBP	61.9447 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	104,456	62.0000 GBP	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	181,685	61.9500 GBP	61.9500 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	Opening Short	117	61.9807 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	6	61.9866 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	27,522	62.0313 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	247	61.9359 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	157	61.9393 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	53	61.9648 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	3,603	61.9749 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	2,986	61.9587 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	51,819	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	57	61.9333 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	7,822	61.9489 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	3,911	62.0216 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	181,432	61.9500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	81	62.1951 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	372	62.1224 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	39	61.8846 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	173	62.0477 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	3,796	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	958	61.8661 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	20,000	62.2375 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	225	61.9968 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	2,278	61.9036 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	8	61.945 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	82	61.9875 USD
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	34	61.9807 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	682	61.9875 USD
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	392	61.9876 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	72	61.9807 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	1,102	61.9876 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	80,000	61.9447 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	20,000	61.9447 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	187	62.0338 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	39	62.199 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	18	62.2000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	22	62.1000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	122	61.8815 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Long	372	61.9499 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	656	61.9499 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Long	173	61.8927 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	438	61.8927 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	7	61.9742 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	53	62.0338 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	134	62.0338 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	23	62.1953 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	39	62.0392 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	219	62.0392 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	545	61.9869 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	3,833	61.7214 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	40	61.9000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	157	61.9471 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,081	61.9750 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	259	61.9422 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	56	61.9422 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	676	61.9045 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	3,703	62.0000GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	93	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	667	61.9518 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	40,000	61.7032 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	583	62.0030 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	25,352	61.9478 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,464	61.7923 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6	62.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	285	61.9861 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	251	61.9500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,319	61.8354 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	4,280	61.8354 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	4,280	61.8414 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	8,912	61.8414 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:				09 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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