Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

23 September 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:			22 SEP 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:				1,519,699	1.78%	33,273	0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				32,543	0.04%	1,376,621	1.61%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,552,242	1.82%	1,409,894	1.65%
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	175,386	64.3813 GBP	64.2564 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	Sale	33,818	64.4000 GBP	64.2500 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	1,335	64.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,006	64.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,243	64.3001 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,875	64.3459 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	CFD	Increasing Short	84	64.3145 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	914	64.3089 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	136	64.3386 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,761	64.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,026	64.3813 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	129	64.3292 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	997	64.3321 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,006	64.3250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,276	64.3508 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	636	64.3487 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	821	64.3030 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,536	64.3677 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	14	64.3500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	64.3250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	64.3500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	30	64.3000 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	64.3500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	572	64.3497 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	790	64.3250 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,252	64.3217 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares:	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,569	64.3444 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:				23 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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