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Form 38.5a (EPT/RI) - DCC Energy plc

· Issued by DCC PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, corporate broker and financial adviser to DCC Energy plc, filed a dealing disclosure on October 12, 2026 under Irish Takeover Panel rules. It covers trades it made in DCC Energy plc €0.25 ordinary shares on October 9, 2026 while acting for clients as an exempt principal trader, a trading firm connected to DCC Energy plc under the takeover rules.

Key details

  • It bought 93,104 shares at prices per share from 64.2500 to 64.4552 pounds sterling (GBP) and sold 86,657 shares at prices per share from 64.2471 to 64.4000 GBP.
  • It also made a new borrowing of 34 shares.
  • It made multiple equity swap dealings, which are cash-settled contracts that track the share price. They reduced and increased both long positions, which gain when the share price rises, and short positions, which gain when it falls. They included decreasing a short position by 36,021 shares at 64.2500 GBP.
  • It reported no indemnity or other dealing arrangements with any party to the offer. It also reported no agreements on voting rights or future share purchases or sales linked to the derivatives on the form.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

On 6ix: 6ix.com/news/form-385a-eptri-dcc-energy-plc-11

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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 Energy 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 Energy plc

(d)   Date dealing undertaken:

09 October 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

93,104

64.4552 GBP

64.2500 GBP

Sale


86,657


64.4000 GBP


64.2471 GBP

New Borrow


34


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

3,066

64.2548 GBP
 


Decrease Short


3


64.2433 GBP

97

64.2471 GBP

36,021

64.2500 GBP

4,700

64.2510 GBP

1,397

64.2532 GBP

894

64.2636 GBP

26

64.2935 GBP

24

64.2981 GBP

6

64.3215 GBP

9,546

64.3481 GBP

201

64.3577 GBP
 


Increase Long


4


64.3425 GBP
 


Increase Short


4,285


64.2500 GBP

18,112

64.2620 GBP

354

64.2728 GBP

601

64.2950 GBP

1,110

64.3092 GBP

3,000

64.3161 GBP

17,909

64.3165 GBP

6,457

64.3253 GBP

1,695

64.3277 GBP

34

64.4065 GBP

25

64.4519 GBP

232

64.4548 GBP

2,424

64.4552 GBP
 


Opening a long position


4


64.2500 GBP
 


Opening a short position


4


64.3260 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:

12 October 2026

Contact name:

Natasha Mondon

Telephone number:

01202 325175

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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