Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:			29 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:				1,346,899	1.58%	341,073	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				50,776	0.06%	1,155,226	1.35%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,397,675	1.64%	1,496,299	1.75%
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	145,816	63.5127 GBP	63.2500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	Sale	195,254	63.5000 GBP	63.2244 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	933	63.3080 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,449	63.3601 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,673	63.5004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	153	63.3122 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7	63.2949 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26	63.3314 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,621	63.5000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,109	63.5000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,423	63.5000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	83	63.3847 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,830	63.4898 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,147	63.3847 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,314	63.3124 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Increasing Short	34	63.3382 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Decreasing Short	9,898	63.3814 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Increasing Short	394	63.3710 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Decreasing Short	6,155	63.3814 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	789	63.2449 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,586	63.4968 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Closing Long	2,086	63.5126 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Closing Short	5,000	63.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Opening Short	43	63.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	717	63.3601 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	274	63.3080 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,012	63.3080 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	974	63.3601 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Long	44	63.2805 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,472	63.4421 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,308	63.3051 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	33	63.2243 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,006	63.4881 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	464	63.2244 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	135	63.3005 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	431	63.4421 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,596	63.4421 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Long	860	63.3865 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Long	355	63.3004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	89	63.3679 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	459	63.4249 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,732	63.3898 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	227	63.2500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	87	63.2790 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,151	63.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	672	63.2659 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,095	63.5000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	345	63.3113 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	24,463	63.2500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28,553	63.2500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,888	63.3498 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	462	63.2500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	34	63.3250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,803	63.3514 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,631	63.2733 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:				30 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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