6th Oct 2026 10:28
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 ENERGY 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: | 06 Oct 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 | ||||||
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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 : | €0.25 Ordinary Shares | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 1,601,019 | 1.87% | 33,772 | 0.04% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 32,600 | 0.04% | 1,435,400 | 1.68% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
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| 1,633,619 | 1.91% | 1,469,172 | 1.72% | |
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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 | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | Purchase | 39,205 | 64.4500 GBP | 64.3500 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | Sale | 40,783 | 64.4500 GBP | 64.3500 GBP | |||
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions | |||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit(Note 4) | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,600 | 64.4045 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 830 | 64.3893 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Opening Short | 13,797 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 106 | 64.4500 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 318 | 64.4032 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,311 | 64.3960 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20 | 64.3940 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 189 | 64.4126 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 32 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 64.3740 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 540 | 64.3996 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,123 | 64.3517 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 235 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 86 | 64.3500 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 64.3500 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2 | 64.4000 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,725 | 64.3570 GBP | |||
€0.25 Ordinary Shares | SWAP | Increasing Short | 702 | 64.4060 GBP | |||
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(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 |
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| paid/received per unit |
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| varying etc. | relates (Note 7) |
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(ii) Exercising | |||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |||
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | |||||||
Class of relevant security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit | ||||
(Note 7) |
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| (if applicable) (Note 4) | ||||
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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 |
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which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any |
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party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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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 |
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voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or |
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disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) Attachments | |||||||
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 06 Oct 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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