Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:			24 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:				1,300,455	1.52%	536,115	0.63%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				259,747	0.30%	1,124,878	1.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,560,202	1.83%	1,660,993	1.94%
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	190,866	62.7909 GBP	63.1000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	105,340	63.0533 GBP	62.8157 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	405	62.8435 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63	62.8663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,601	62.8317 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	151	62.9214 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	76	62.9252 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28	62.9146 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,009	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	968	62.8507 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	59,354	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	444	63.0016 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	697	62.8531 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	2,773	62.8531 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	147	62.9377 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Long	671	62.8763 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	413	62.8763 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	314	63.0010 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	4,444	62.8725 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,048	62.8625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,439	62.9081 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,199	62.8594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	7	63.0000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,100	62.8625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	980	62.8625 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20	62.8663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	925	62.8594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,736	62.8594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	118	62.8435 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	428	62.8594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	448	62.8435 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35	62.8663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	790	62.8756 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	364	62.9073 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,992	62.9072 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,952	62.9073 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	85	62.9072 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	88	62.8626 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	262	62.9663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	2	62.8495 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	35	62.8509 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	620	62.9522 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	2,773	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	369	62.8715 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	224	62.8518 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	77	62.9663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	293	62.9663 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,255	63.0004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	6	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	2,310	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	49	62.9540 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,589	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	404	62.9326 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,811	62.9500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	92	62.8652 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,300	62.8493 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,482	62.8500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,346	62.9500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,361	62.8157 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,822	62.9916 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:				27 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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