Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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 ENERGY 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:			20 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:				1,132,973	1.33%	585,425	0.69%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				304,637	0.36%	975,025	1.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,437,610	1.68%	1,560,450	1.83%
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	196,952	62.8875 GBP	62.6875 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	172,102	62.7000 GBP	62.8500 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	Decreasing Long	124	62.7324 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	732	62.7699 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,000	62.8495 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	130	62.8226 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78	62.8193 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41	62.8242 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	698	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	88	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	158	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,574	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,140	62.7061 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	483	62.6968 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	183	62.8172 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	1,026	62.8449 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	700	62.7793 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	315	62.7539 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	48	62.8537 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	251	62.7536 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	2	62.7554 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,327	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	229	62.7699 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	36	62.7324 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	92	62.7324 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	309	62.7699 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,279	62.7772 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	2,310	62.7771 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	176	62.7772 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	36	62.8296 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2	62.7004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	56	62.8178 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,858	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	24	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11	62.8296 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	21	62.8296 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	117	62.8416 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,538	62.8097 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,168	62.8701 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,076	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,181	62.8012 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30,252	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	9	62.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,461	62.8078 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	947	62.8371 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	539	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,873	62.7065 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,875	62.8221 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,253	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,678	62.8186 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	38	62.8875 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	57	62.8416 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,430	62.8002 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,753	62.8042 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:				21 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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