Barclays PLC
13 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: |
10 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 or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) (Note 2) |
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(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: |
1,078,019 |
1.26% |
611,540 |
0.72% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
330,337 |
0.39% |
924,584 |
1.08% |
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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: |
1,408,356 |
1.65% |
1,536,124 |
1.80% |
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4) |
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(a) Purchases 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 |
325,448 |
63.0500 GBP |
62.4124 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
Sale |
90,409 |
63.0023 GBP |
62.4268 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(Note 4) |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
146 |
62.856 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
189 |
62.7945 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
64 |
62.7504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
180 |
62.658 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
122 |
62.6572 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
40 |
62.6587 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
7 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
17 |
62.5 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
40 |
62.777 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,350 |
62.5322 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
171 |
62.754 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
2,476 |
62.7556 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Long |
620 |
62.8966 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
10,591 |
62.6941 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Opening Short |
2,147 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
69,262 |
62.4311 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
115,738 |
62.4312 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Short |
2,342 |
62.9951 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
26 |
63.0407 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
482 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
642 |
62.6218 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
120 |
62.7594 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Opening Short |
23 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
49 |
62.7945 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
42 |
62.856 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
1,827 |
62.7374 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
516 |
62.7374 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
122 |
62.856 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
89 |
62.5843 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
207 |
62.4504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
48 |
62.7572 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
14 |
62.45 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
982 |
62.6715 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,350 |
62.3624 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
329 |
62.6981 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Decreasing Long |
792 |
62.7518 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
157 |
62.4124 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
CFD |
Increasing Short |
183 |
62.4124 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,000 |
62.4387 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Closing Short |
23 |
62.85 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
26 |
62.5842 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
76 |
62.5843 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
667 |
62.4504 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
2,375 |
62.7701 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Long |
428 |
62.7468 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,800 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,350 |
62.6125 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,543 |
62.5425 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
2,302 |
62.4375 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
113 |
62.8092 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,411 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9,285 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
4,000 |
62.4573 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
608 |
62.505 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
8,053 |
62.7506 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
16,054 |
62.45 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Long |
10,474 |
62.4569 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
89 |
62.425 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
755 |
63.0211 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
1,071 |
62.5188 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
307 |
62.6334 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
4,313 |
62.5283 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
9 |
63.05 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
852 |
62.6136 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,015 |
62.75 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Decreasing Short |
611 |
63.0023 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
894 |
62.5329 GBP |
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€0.25OrdinaryShares |
SWAP |
Increasing Short |
6,744 |
62.5294 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 of |
Product description |
Writing, purchasing, |
Number of securities |
Exercise price |
Type |
Expiry date |
Option money |
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relevant security |
selling, |
to which option |
per unit |
paid/received per unit |
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varying etc. |
relates (Note 7) |
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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 |
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(Note 7) |
(if applicable) (Note 4) |
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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 |
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which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any |
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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 |
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voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or |
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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 8 attached? |
NO |
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Date of disclosure: |
13 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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