Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

18 August 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:			17 AUG 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:				1,205,454	1.41%	306,082	0.36%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				17,558	0.02%	996,538	1.17%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,223,012	1.43%	1,302,620	1.52%
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	60,323	63.7375 GBP	63.5872 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	Sale	93,882	63.7438 GBP	63.6000 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 Short	10,000	63.6044 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,479	63.6682 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Closing Short	35,621	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7	63.6740 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,153	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50	63.6406 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5	63.6500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	696	63.6406 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	18	63.6500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	188	63.6406 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Increasing Short	266	63.6357 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	353	63.7050 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Closing Short	8,743	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	216	63.7300 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	203	63.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	579	63.6645 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	26	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	60	63.6550 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,140	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	184	63.6750 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,899	63.6500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	31	63.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	276	63.6688 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	10	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	661	63.7000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,552	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,074	63.6000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	115	63.6530 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,388	63.6956 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:				18 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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