Form 8.3 - DCC Energy PLC

Citadel Group

20 July 2026

 

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER

RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1.             KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Full name of discloser	Citadel Group
(b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a) The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	DCC Energy PLC
(d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1)	N/A
(e)   Date position held/dealing undertaken For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	17 July 2026
(f)    In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser 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.             INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.

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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 (Note 3)	ISIN IE0002424939 €0.25 ordinary shares
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled	1,400	0.00	13,360	0.01
(2)   Cash-settled derivatives	1,640,835	1.92	43,730	0.05
(3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	1,642,235	1.92	57,090	0.06

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.

3.             DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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.

(a)           Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 5)
Common	Buy Transaction	218	62.7500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,511	62.8000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,093	62.8500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18	62.8750 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,353	62.9000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,827	62.9500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,405	62.7500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	16	62.7750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	57	62.7751 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5	62.7760 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,896	62.8000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	63	62.8251 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	55	62.8251 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,019	62.8500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,378	62.9000 GBP

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(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 6)	Price per unit (Note 5)
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	202	62.8000 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	40	62.8025 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	5,582	62.8500 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	3,158	62.8521 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	12,191	62.8815 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	17,784	62.8864 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 6)

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) (Note 3)

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

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4.             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 person 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 8 attached?

NO

Date of disclosure	20 July 2026
Contact name	Paula Santos
Telephone number	020 7645 9700

Public disclosures under Rule 8.3 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

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