Barclays PLC
17 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: |
16 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: |
鈧�.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: |
1,061,494 |
1.24% |
627,670 |
0.73% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
344,790 |
0.40% |
904,944 |
1.06% |
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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: |
1,406,284 |
1.65% |
1,532,614 |
1.79% |
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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 |
182523 |
63.7500 GBP |
62.8250 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
407,835 |
63.7500 GBP |
62.8500 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 |
Opening Long |
5,598 |
62.9344 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
93 |
63.3918 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
27,049 |
63.5391 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
115 |
63.2718 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
41 |
63.3083 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
6,601 |
62.8788 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
23 |
63.1188 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
306 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
38 |
63.2326 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
44,528 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
43,785 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,569 |
62.8561 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
4,697 |
62.8468 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
11,156 |
63.1306 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
489 |
62.9873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Long |
486 |
63.7127 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
542 |
63.7269 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
3,049 |
63.5317 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
1,744 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
74 |
63.146 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Long |
514 |
63.146 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
196 |
63.0402 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
132 |
62.8593 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,695 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
28 |
63.3918 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
19 |
62.8594 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
72 |
63.3918 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
3,336 |
63.1308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
410 |
63.1308 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
16,402 |
62.8456 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
122 |
62.8873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
42,822 |
63.4686 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
9,527 |
63.4686 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
864 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
77 |
63.2188 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
237 |
63.2381 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
670 |
62.9855 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
900 |
62.9855 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
669 |
63.2829 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
514 |
63.537 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
131 |
63.537 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
35 |
62.8873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
87 |
62.8873 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
75 |
63.29 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
676 |
63.5667 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
1,613 |
63.0016 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
491 |
63.6464 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
336 |
62.95 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Short |
1,744 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
709 |
63.4719 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
116 |
62.825 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
7,621 |
62.8649 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
100 |
62.8422 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9,144 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
597 |
63.1377 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
5,431 |
63.3497 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,451 |
63.5257 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,379 |
62.8692 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
2,958 |
62.8942 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,315 |
62.8833 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
70 |
63.6164 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
35,723 |
63.5655 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
108 |
63.3083 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
11,425 |
63.0693 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
37,212 |
63.4511 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: |
17 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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