DCC PLCLSE: DCC

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, disclosed under the Irish Takeover Rules that on October 12, 2026 it dealt in DCC Energy plc €0.25 ordinary shares as an exempt principal trader, a trading firm acting in a client-serving capacity.

Key details

  • Purchases: 379,975 shares, at a highest price of 64.3552 GBP and a lowest of 64.3000 GBP per share.
  • Sales: 34,630 shares, at a highest price of 64.3500 GBP and a lowest of 64.2919 GBP per share.
  • It also traded equity swaps, contracts settled in cash that track the share price, linked to the shares. These trades decreased and increased both long and short positions, and opened a long position and a short position of 113 shares each.
  • It reported no indemnity, option or other dealing arrangements with any party to the offer or anyone acting in concert with one. It also reported no agreements on voting rights or future buying or selling linked to the swaps. The disclosure is dated October 13, 2026.

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-12

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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:

12 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

379,975

64.3552 GBP

64.3000 GBP

Sale


34,630


64.3500 GBP


64.2919 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 shares

Equity Swap

Decrease Long

37,576

64.3500 GBP

1,495

64.3548 GBP


Decrease Short


9,717


64.2919 GBP

1,127

64.2981 GBP

583

64.3281 GBP

354

64.3288 GBP

1

64.3400 GBP

38

64.3437 GBP

900

64.3454 GBP

451

64.3455 GBP

3

64.3465 GBP

405

64.3471 GBP

2,146

64.3500 GBP


Increase Long


4


64.2925 GBP


Increase Short


37,186


64.3000 GBP

768

64.3019 GBP

59,000

64.3032 GBP

93,641

64.3193 GBP

2,740

64.3363 GBP

985

64.3444 GBP

9,002

64.3450 GBP

30,209

64.3461 GBP

82,122

64.3500 GBP

427

64.3519 GBP

3,137

64.3536 GBP

396

64.3548 GBP

1,631

64.3552 GBP

1

64.3564 GBP

567

64.3626 GBP

166

64.3689 GBP

22

64.3691 GBP


Opening a long position


113


64.3500 GBP


Opening a short position


113


64.3048 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:

13 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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