Irish Takeover Panel Form 38.5B_DCC_PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				10 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)
(Note 2)
Class of relevant security :			€0.25OrdinaryShares
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:			1,078,019	1.26%	611,540	0.72%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:			330,337	0.39%	924,584	1.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		1,408,356	1.65%	1,536,124	1.80%
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
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Purchase	325,448	63.0500 GBP		62.4124 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	90,409	63.0023 GBP		62.4268 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit(Note 4)
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	146	62.856 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	189	62.7945 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	64	62.7504 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	180	62.658 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	122	62.6572 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40	62.6587 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	17	62.5 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	40	62.777 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,350	62.5322 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	171	62.754 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	2,476	62.7556 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	620	62.8966 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	10,591	62.6941 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	2,147	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	69,262	62.4311 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	115,738	62.4312 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	2,342	62.9951 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26	63.0407 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	482	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	642	62.6218 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	120	62.7594 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	23	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	49	62.7945 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	42	62.856 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	1,827	62.7374 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	516	62.7374 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	122	62.856 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	89	62.5843 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	207	62.4504 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	48	62.7572 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	14	62.45 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	982	62.6715 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,350	62.3624 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	329	62.6981 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	792	62.7518 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	157	62.4124 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	183	62.4124 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,000	62.4387 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	23	62.85 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26	62.5842 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	76	62.5843 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	667	62.4504 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,375	62.7701 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	428	62.7468 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,800	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,350	62.6125 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,543	62.5425 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,302	62.4375 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	113	62.8092 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,411	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,285	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,000	62.4573 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	608	62.505 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,053	62.7506 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,054	62.45 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,474	62.4569 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	89	62.425 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	755	63.0211 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,071	62.5188 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	307	62.6334 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,313	62.5283 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	9	63.05 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	852	62.6136 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,015	62.75 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	611	63.0023 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	894	62.5329 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,744	62.5294 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:				13 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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