Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

06 October 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:				06 Oct 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)
(Note 2)
Class of relevant security :			€0.25 Ordinary Shares
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:			1,601,019	1.87%	33,772	0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:			32,600	0.04%	1,435,400	1.68%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		1,633,619	1.91%	1,469,172	1.72%
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Security	Purchase/sale	Total number  of securities	Highest price per  unit paid/received		Lowest price per  unit paid/received
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	Purchase	39,205	64.4500 GBP		64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	Sale	40,783	64.4500 GBP		64.3500 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit(Note 4)
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,600	64.4045 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	830	64.3893 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Opening Short	13,797	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	106	64.4500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	318	64.4032 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,311	64.3960 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20	64.3940 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	189	64.4126 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	32	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6	64.3740 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	540	64.3996 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,123	64.3517 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	235	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	86	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,725	64.3570 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	702	64.4060 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of	Product description	Writing, purchasing,	Number of securities	Exercise price	Type	Expiry date	Option money
relevant security		selling,	to which option	per unit			paid/received per unit
		varying etc.	relates (Note 7)
(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
(Note 7)						(if applicable) (Note 4)
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:
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 8 attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				06 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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