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Acquisition of Shares under Tender Offer and TVR
DCC plc has acquired 11,605,415 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange from Davy at £51.70 per share, costing approximately £600 million, with these shares being cancelled. Following this cancellation, DCC's total number of ordinary shares with voting rights is now 85,423,097, out of a total issued share capital of 87,609,229 ordinary shares, of which 2,186,132 are held in treasury. This new figure of 85,423,097 should be used by shareholders for notification calculations under FCA rules. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n19 December 2025\n \nNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT\nAcquisition of Ordinary Shares under Tender Offer and Total Voting Rights\nFurther to the announcement of the results of the Tender Offer earlier today, DCC plc (\"DCC\" or \"the Company\") confirms that, under the terms of the Option Agreement, it has today acquired on-market on the London Stock Exchange from Davy 11,605,415 Ordinary Shares in the Company, at a price of £51.70 per Ordinary Share (the \"Strike Price\"), representing a total cost of approximately £600 million.\nThe Ordinary Shares acquired by the Company are today being cancelled. The Ordinary Shares were originally purchased by Davy pursuant to the Tender Offer at the Strike Price.\nFollowing the cancellation of 11,605,415 Ordinary Shares, and in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 85,423,097. The total issued share capital is 87,609,229 Ordinary Shares of €0.25 each, of which 2,186,132 are held as treasury shares and therefore do not carry voting rights.\nThe figure of 85,423,097 should be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they should determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of DCC under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.\nCapitalised words and expressions in this announcement shall, unless the context provides otherwise, have the same meanings as in the shareholder circular published by the Company on 17 November 2025 (the \"Circular\").\n \n \n \n \nContact information\n\n\n\n\nInvestor enquiries:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConor Murphy, Chief Financial Officer\n\n\nTel: +353 1 2799 400\n\n\n\n\nDarragh Byrne, Company Secretary\n\n\nEmail: [email protected]\n\n\n\n\nRossa White, Head of Group Investor Relations & Comms.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia enquiries:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSodali & Co (Eavan Gannon/Pete Lambie)\n\n\nTel: +44 20 7250 1446\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail: [email protected] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavy is acting as financial adviser and broker to DCC in connection with the Tender Offer. William Fry LLP is ac...