Irish Form 38.5 B DCC PLC

Barclays PLC

14 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 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:			13 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:				1,106,570	1.30%	588,707	0.69%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				308,135	0.36%	950,891	1.11%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,414,705	1.66%	1,539,598	1.80%
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	113138	63.5595 GBP	62.7500 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	61754	63.5544 GBP	62.7500 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	90	63.2308 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	426	63.3295 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	530	63.5504 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	206	63.1041 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	135	63.0997 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	45	63.1282 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,248	63.3532 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,027	63.3519 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	21,028	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	31,345	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	33	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,654	63.5531 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,383	63.5323 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	115	63.2721 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	2,476	63.4289 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	53	63.1103 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	311	63.0194 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	6,629	63.2154 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	2,147	63.5362 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	115	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	93	62.905 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	482	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	111	63.3295 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26	63.2307 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	246	63.5372 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	72	63.2308 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	295	63.4476 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	38	63.3004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31	63.2966 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	1,457	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	1,564	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	721	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37	63.2959 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,351	63.3019 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	244	63.234 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	99	62.9488 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	329	63.0756 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	86	63.4476 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	264	63.4476 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,779	63.1601 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,378	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,420	63.3701 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	258	63.2837 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	228	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Short	444	63.2105 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Long	721	63.2105 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	567	63.0962 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	791	63.2938 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	661	63.1877 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	385	62.885 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,554	63.5146 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,384	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,300	63.254 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	80	63.2475 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	676	63.2 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	605	63.1466 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	303	63.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	290	62.9753 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,978	63.2438 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,541	63.2272 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,148	63.0304 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:				14 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

END