Irish Form 38.5 B DCC PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:			14 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:				1,236,969	1.45%	557,163	0.65%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				274,699	0.32%	1,080,656	1.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,511,668	1.77%	1,637,819	1.92%
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	274,220	66.9500 GBP	63.1455 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	123,581	66.9500 GBP	63.1250 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	25	63.2346 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	103	63.3257 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,732	63.3058 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	251	63.3696 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	144	63.3661 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40	63.4849 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	44	63.224 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5	63.2047 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,301	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,225	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,271	63.1531 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	1,455	63.1531 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	976	63.1468 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	823	63.1468 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,350	62.7374 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	320	63.3932 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Long	574	63.2867 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	357	63.1519 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	445	63.3731 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	8,020	63.5244 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	965	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Closing Long	1,106	63 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	30	63.455 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	25,500	63.2964 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	1,892	63.35 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	135	63.5595 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	8	63.25 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Long	3,712	63.2186 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	3,688	63.2186 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31	63.3257 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7	63.2346 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	19	63.5594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12	63.2346 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	63.3256 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	3,000	63.3985 USD
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11	63.2905 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	208	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	190	63.2532 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	846	63.3634 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,158	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	823	63.7449 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	14,269	63.7449 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,025	63.0184 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	185	63.3883 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	133	63.4461 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	66	63.1595 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,349	63.565 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3	63.2905 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4	63.2905 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,444	63.1509 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	82	63.4408 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	65	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,269	63.1777 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,079	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,467	63.153 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	305	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	895	63.2969 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	232	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	11,000	63.15 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,745	63.4401 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,524	63.234 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	149	63.3642 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	24,917	63.4226 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,310	63.1545 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	282	63.8677 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	144	63.3645 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,912	63.3313 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	85	63.325 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	51	63.2833 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,901	63.5538 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	35,376	63.5092 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:				15 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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