Barclays PLC
28 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 ENERGY 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: |
27 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: |
1,359,140 |
1.59% |
463,353 |
0.54% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
187,342 |
0.22% |
1,182,203 |
1.38% |
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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: |
1,546,482 |
1.81% |
1,645,556 |
1.93% |
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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 |
345,872 |
63.7008 GBP |
63.3836 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
Sale |
222,585 |
62.8500 GBP |
63.6952 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 |
Increasing Long |
99 |
63.5529 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
264 |
63.5225 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
29,687 |
63.4926 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,375 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
94 |
63.6952 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
17,350 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,366 |
63.4772 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
122 |
63.5770 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Opening Short |
28,807 |
63.5873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
537 |
62.8500 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
349 |
63.7008 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
6,561 |
63.6259 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
229 |
63.5329 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
41,481 |
63.5524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,029 |
63.5194 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
3,477 |
63.4095 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
7,811 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
22,263 |
63.5524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
19,845 |
63.5524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
78 |
63.5225 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,648 |
63.4095 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,910 |
63.4095 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
30 |
63.5529 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1,168 |
63.4095 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
234 |
63.4095 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
110 |
63.5529 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
122 |
63.5225 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
866 |
63.3904 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
164 |
63.3904 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
3,152 |
63.5524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
1,878 |
63.5235 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
1,992 |
63.5235 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
1,862 |
63.5524 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
244 |
63.4453 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
8,967 |
63.5613 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,552 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
104 |
63.7000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
127 |
63.5519 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
13,228 |
63.5885 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
90 |
63.5981 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
72 |
63.4453 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
263 |
63.4453 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
119 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
6,399 |
63.4240 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
19,245 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
114 |
63.4808 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
884 |
63.6251 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
83 |
63.6000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
820 |
63.5576 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
61,831 |
63.5654 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
42 |
63.5035 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
145 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
40 |
63.5075 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,275 |
63.5676 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
15,759 |
63.4000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,949 |
63.6271 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,055 |
63.5429 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
86 |
63.5000 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
8,232 |
63.4935 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares: |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
25,005 |
63.5514 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: |
28 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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