Barclays PLC
14 July 2026
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FORM 38.5(b) |
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IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL |
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OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE |
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UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER |
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PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022 BY A CONNECTED |
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EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED |
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INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY |
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STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY |
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1. |
KEY INFORMATION |
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(a) |
Name of exempt principal trader: |
BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD |
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(b) |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: |
DCC PLC |
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(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. |
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(d) |
Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
13 JUL 2026 |
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(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 |
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror |
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or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) (Note 2) |
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Class of relevant security: |
€0.25OrdinaryShares |
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Interests |
Short Positions |
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Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: |
1,106,570 |
1.30% |
588,707 |
0.69% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
308,135 |
0.36% |
950,891 |
1.11% |
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
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TOTAL: |
1,414,705 |
1.66% |
1,539,598 |
1.80% |
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3. |
DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4) |
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(a) |
Purchase and sales |
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Class of relevant Security |
Purchase/sale |
Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Purchase |
113138 |
63.5595 GBP |
62.7500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
61754 |
63.5544 GBP |
62.7500 GBP |
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(b) |
Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of relevant security |
Product description |
Nature of dealing |
Number of reference securities |
Price per unit |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
90 |
63.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
426 |
63.3295 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
530 |
63.5504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
206 |
63.1041 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
135 |
63.0997 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
45 |
63.1282 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,248 |
63.3532 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,027 |
63.3519 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
21,028 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
31,345 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
33 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,654 |
63.5531 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,383 |
63.5323 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
115 |
63.2721 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
2,476 |
63.4289 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Long |
53 |
63.1103 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
311 |
63.0194 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
6,629 |
63.2154 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
2,147 |
63.5362 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
115 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
93 |
62.905 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
482 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
111 |
63.3295 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
26 |
63.2307 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
246 |
63.5372 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
72 |
63.2308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
295 |
63.4476 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
38 |
63.3004 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
31 |
63.2966 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
1,457 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
1,564 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
721 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
37 |
63.2959 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,351 |
63.3019 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
244 |
63.234 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
99 |
62.9488 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
329 |
63.0756 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
86 |
63.4476 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
264 |
63.4476 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,779 |
63.1601 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
6,378 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,420 |
63.3701 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
258 |
63.2837 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
228 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
444 |
63.2105 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
721 |
63.2105 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
567 |
63.0962 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
791 |
63.2938 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
661 |
63.1877 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Long |
385 |
62.885 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,554 |
63.5146 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
4,384 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,300 |
63.254 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
80 |
63.2475 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
676 |
63.2 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
605 |
63.1466 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
303 |
63.55 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
290 |
62.9753 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,978 |
63.2438 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,541 |
63.2272 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,148 |
63.0304 GBP |
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(c) |
Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) |
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class |
Product |
Writing, |
Number |
Exercise |
Type |
Expiry |
Option |
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(ii) |
Exercising |
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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) |
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Class of relevant security |
Nature of Dealings |
Details |
Price per unit (if applicable) |
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4. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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(a) |
Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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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: |
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NONE |
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(b) |
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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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. |
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NONE |
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(c) |
Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? |
NO |
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Date of disclosure: |
14 Jul 2026 |
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Contact name: |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
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Telephone number: |
020 3134 7213 |
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