Form 38.5A (EPT/RI)- DCC plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

16 June 2026

 

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FORM 38.5(a) (EPT/RI)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISH
TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022
BY A CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING IN
A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1.             KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Name of exempt principal trader:	J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	DCC plc
(c)   Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (Note 1)	corporate broker and financial adviser to DCC plc
(d)   Date dealing undertaken:	15 June 2026
(e)   In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.             DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 2)

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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(a)           Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security (Note 3)	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/ received	Lowest price per unit paid/ received
€0.25 ordinary shares	Purchase	115,657	61.7000 GBP	61.4000 GBP
	Sale	44,812	61.6981 GBP	61.3578 GBP
	Borrow Return	447	N/A	N/A

(b)           Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities (Note 4)	Price per unit (Note 5)
€0.25 ordinary shares	Equity Swap	Decrease Long	1,973	61.5044 GBP
			1,069	61.5128 GBP
			562	61.5132 GBP
			2	61.5153 GBP
			23	61.5365 GBP
			11	61.5460 GBP
			142	61.5493 GBP
		Decrease Short	501	61.4972 GBP
			257	61.4974 GBP
			61	61.4991 GBP
			198	61.5028 GBP
			2,043	61.5211 GBP
			926	61.5212 GBP
			240	61.5218 GBP
			24	61.5223 GBP
			7	61.5492 GBP
			100	61.5500 GBP
		Increase Long	418	61.4824 GBP
			620	61.5205 GBP
			410	61.5273 GBP
			724	61.5472 GBP
		Increase Short	5	61.4037 GBP
			125	61.4158 GBP
			27,996	61.4430 GBP
			23,327	61.4826 GBP
			11,515	61.4885 GBP
			212	61.5166 GBP
			1,255	61.5446 GBP
			3,995	61.5452 GBP
			60	61.5509 GBP
			290	61.5557 GBP
			46	61.5561 GBP
			44	61.5562 GBP
			1	61.5623 GBP
			2,689	61.5637 GBP
		Opening a long position	1,930	61.3997 GBP
			1,842	61.4451 GBP
			259	61.4482 GBP
			585	61.5500 GBP
			341	61.6982 GBP
		Opening a short position	937	61.5224 GBP
			3,735	61.5270 GBP
			285	61.5519 GBP

(c)           Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)            Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates (Note 4)	Exercise price per unit	Type  e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)           Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d)           Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion, exercise	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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3.             OTHER INFORMATION

(a)           Indemnity and other dealing 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

Date of disclosure:	16 June 2026
Contact name:	Hetvi Shah
Telephone number:	44 2034 936359

Public disclosures under Rule 38 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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NOTES ON FORM 38.5(a)

1.             See the definition of "connected principal trader" in Rule 2.2 of Part A of the Rules.

2.             See the definition of "dealing" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

3.             See the definition of "relevant securities" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

4.             See Rule 2.5(d) of Part A of the Rules.

5.             If the economic exposure to changes in the price of securities is limited, for example, by virtue of a stop loss arrangement relating to a spread bet, full details must be given.

6.             If details included in a disclosure under Rule 38 are incorrect, they should be corrected as soon as practicable in a subsequent disclosure. Such disclosure should state clearly that it corrects details disclosed previously, identify the disclosure or disclosures being corrected, and provide sufficient detail for the reader to understand the nature of the corrections. In the case of any doubt, the Panel should be consulted.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

References in these notes to "the Rules" are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.

 

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