Barclays PLC
15 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: |
14 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: |
1,236,969 |
1.45% |
557,163 |
0.65% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
274,699 |
0.32% |
1,080,656 |
1.27% |
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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: |
1,511,668 |
1.77% |
1,637,819 |
1.92% |
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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 |
274,220 |
66.9500 GBP |
63.1455 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
123,581 |
66.9500 GBP |
63.1250 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 |
25 |
63.2346 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
103 |
63.3257 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
20,732 |
63.3058 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
251 |
63.3696 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
144 |
63.3661 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
40 |
63.4849 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
44 |
63.224 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
5 |
63.2047 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
38,301 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
3,225 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
1,271 |
63.1531 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
1,455 |
63.1531 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
976 |
63.1468 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
823 |
63.1468 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,350 |
62.7374 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
320 |
63.3932 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
574 |
63.2867 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
357 |
63.1519 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
445 |
63.3731 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
8,020 |
63.5244 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
965 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Closing Long |
1,106 |
63 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
30 |
63.455 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
25,500 |
63.2964 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
1,892 |
63.35 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
135 |
63.5595 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
8 |
63.25 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Long |
3,712 |
63.2186 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
3,688 |
63.2186 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
31 |
63.3257 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
7 |
63.2346 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
19 |
63.5594 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
12 |
63.2346 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1 |
63.3256 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
3,000 |
63.3985 USD |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
11 |
63.2905 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
208 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
190 |
63.2532 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
846 |
63.3634 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
1,158 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
823 |
63.7449 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
14,269 |
63.7449 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,025 |
63.0184 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
185 |
63.3883 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
133 |
63.4461 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
66 |
63.1595 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,349 |
63.565 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
3 |
63.2905 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
4 |
63.2905 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
1,444 |
63.1509 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
82 |
63.4408 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
65 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,269 |
63.1777 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
8,079 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
2,467 |
63.153 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Long |
305 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
895 |
63.2969 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
232 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
11,000 |
63.15 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9,745 |
63.4401 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
3,524 |
63.234 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
149 |
63.3642 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
24,917 |
63.4226 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
3,310 |
63.1545 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
282 |
63.8677 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
144 |
63.3645 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
5,912 |
63.3313 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
85 |
63.325 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
51 |
63.2833 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
11,901 |
63.5538 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
35,376 |
63.5092 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: |
15 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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