Irish Takeover Panel - Form 38.5a - DCC Energy plc

UBS AG (EPT)

29 July 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:	UBS Investment Bank, London
(b)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	DCC Energy plc
(c)   Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (Note 1)	DCC Energy plc
(d)   Date dealing undertaken:	28 July 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	Buy	67527	63.74155        GBP	63.30000        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	Sell	203381	63.50000        GBP	63.28734        GBP

(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	CFD	Increasing a long position	14836	63.3        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	43551	63.3704591        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	155	63.3518        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8641	63.362326        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28320	63.2873400423729        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	53688	63.298677        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2857	63.40912479        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5150	63.294936        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	33789	63.305872        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	305	63.4880655737705        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1337	84.217485        USD
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	199	63.3520603015075        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	78	63.3520512820513        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14907	63.3475011739451        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	100	63.378        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1490	63.3520738255034        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	471	63.488067940552        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1256	63.3520700636943        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	525	63.4880761904762        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3117	63.4880686557587        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	870	63.37261        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	188	63.488085106383        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2962	63.4880688723835        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3516	63.4880688282139        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	93	63.378065        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7038	63.74155        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	692	63.3938828        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1505	63.3475016611296        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	221	63.3520814479638        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2415	63.3474989648033        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1321	63.3520666161998        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	900	63.38861111        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	931	63.3939807299678        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3000	63.42471667        GBP
€0.25 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	128	63.35203125        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"

(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.

Date of disclosure:	29 July 2026
Contact name:	Richard Howard
Telephone number:	[phone]

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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