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Barclays: Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

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Summary by 6ix AI

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd filed a takeover disclosure under Rule 38.5(b) of the Irish Takeover Rules, 2022, covering its October 16, 2026 positions and trades in DCC Energy PLC's €0.25 ordinary shares in connection with an offer. It is connected with Energy Capital Partners, LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L. P., named as parties to the offer.

Key details

  • After the dealing, its interests totalled 1,661,168 shares (1.94%): 1,621,564 (1.90%) owned or controlled and 39,604 (0.05%) through cash-settled derivatives, meaning contracts paid in cash rather than shares.
  • Its short positions, which gain value if the share price falls, totalled 1,484,274 shares (1.74%): 41,016 (0.05%) owned or controlled and 1,443,258 (1.69%) through cash-settled derivatives.
  • On October 16, 2026 it sold 17,772 shares at prices from 64.3250 GBP to 64.4045 GBP and bought 19,538 shares at prices from 64.3500 GBP to 64.4000 GBP.
  • It also made trades in swaps and contracts for difference, which are cash-settled derivatives tied to the share price, each covering from 2 to 4,666 shares at prices from 64.2950 GBP to 64.4000 GBP. These trades increased, decreased and closed short positions.
  • It reported no indemnity or dealing arrangements with any party to the offer, and no agreements on voting rights tied to options or derivatives. The disclosure is dated October 19, 2026.

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Barclays PLC
19 October 2026
 

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:

16 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

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:

1,621,564

1.90%

41,016

0.05%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

39,604

0.05%

1,443,258

1.69%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,661,168

1.94%

1,484,274

1.74%

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

Sale

17,772

                  64.4045 GBP

                  64.3250 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

Purchase

19,538

                  64.4000 GBP

                  64.3500 GBP

(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

40

64.4000 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

64.3916 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,666

64.3967 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87

64.3928 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

CFD

Closing Short

2

64.2950 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

CFD

Increasing Short

2,507

64.3538 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

555

64.3979 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2

64.3231 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

199

64.3987 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

553

64.3981 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

641

64.3853 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

77

64.4000 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48

64.3333 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

64.3392 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,924

64.3841 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

64.3500 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,980

64.3932 GBP

€0.25 ordinary shares

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,558

64.3852 GBP

(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

paid/received per unit

varying etc.

relates (Note 7)

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit

(Note 7)

(if applicable) (Note 4)

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

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:

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

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

19 Oct 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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