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FORM 38.5(a) (EPT/RI)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISHTAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022BY A CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHRECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING INA CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | DCC plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (Note 1) | corporate broker and financial adviser to DCC plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 22 June 2026 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | N/A |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 2)
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security (Note 3) | Purchases/ sales | Totalnumber of securities | Highest price per unit paid/ received | Lowest price per unit paid/ received |
€0.25 ordinary shares | Purchase | 50,435 | 62.0037 GBP | 61.5750 GBP |
| Sale | 1,149,773 | 62.0000 GBP | 61.5792 GBP | |
| New Borrow | 1,381 | N/A | N/A |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities (Note 4) | Price perunit (Note 5) |
€0.25 ordinary shares | Equity Swap | Decrease Long | 1,239 | 61.6355 GBP |
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| 3,933 | 61.6420 GBP | |
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| 18 | 61.6500 GBP | |
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| 280 | 61.6557 GBP | |
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| 1,018 | 61.6560 GBP | |
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| 1,000 | 61.6593 GBP | |
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| 258 | 61.6643 GBP | |
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| 60 | 61.6728 GBP | |
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| 94 | 61.6796 GBP | |
| Decrease Short | 1,044 | 61.5792 GBP | |
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| 6,211 | 61.6311 GBP | |
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| 14 | 61.6368 GBP | |
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| 241 | 61.6415 GBP | |
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| 473 | 61.6417 GBP | |
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| 2,161 | 61.6426 GBP | |
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| 428 | 61.6477 GBP | |
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| 464 | 61.6482 GBP | |
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| 57 | 61.6491 GBP | |
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| 1,858 | 61.6496 GBP | |
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| 2,490 | 61.6500 GBP | |
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| 454 | 61.6518 GBP | |
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| 910 | 61.6558 GBP | |
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| 100 | 61.6994 GBP | |
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| 4,867 | 61.9628 GBP | |
| Increase Long | 2 | 61.6222 GBP | |
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| 12 | 61.6389 GBP | |
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| 3 | 61.6433 GBP | |
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| 298 | 61.6478 GBP | |
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1,096,715 | 61.6566 GBP
62.0000 GBP
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| Increase Short | 210 | 61.6228 GBP | |
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| 395 | 61.6342 GBP | |
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| 620 | 61.6509 GBP | |
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| 1,646 | 61.6537 GBP | |
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| 15 | 61.6543 GBP | |
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| 321 | 61.6643 GBP | |
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| 91 | 61.6657 GBP | |
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| 6,252 | 61.6743 GBP | |
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| 187 | 61.7022 GBP | |
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| 13 | 61.7037 GBP | |
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| 280 | 61.9006 GBP | |
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| 1 | 62.0037 GBP | |
| Opening a long position | 613 | 61.5997 GBP | |
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| 645 | 61.6502 GBP | |
| Opening a short position | 101 | 61.6019 GBP | |
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| 379 | 61.6293 GBP | |
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| 1,658 | 61.6468 GBP | |
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| 366 | 61.6519 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Number of securities to which option relates (Note 4) | Exercise price per unit | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expirydate | Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise priceper unit (Note 5) |
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion, exercise | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
None |
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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. |
None |
Date of disclosure: | 23 June 2026 |
Contact name: | Hetvi Shah |
Telephone number: | 44 2034 936359 |
Public disclosures under Rule 38 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
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NOTES ON FORM 38.5(a)
1. See the definition of "connected principal trader" in Rule 2.2 of Part A of the Rules.
2. See the definition of "dealing" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.
3. See the definition of "relevant securities" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.
4. See Rule 2.5(d) of Part A of the Rules.
5. If the economic exposure to changes in the price of securities is limited, for example, by virtue of a stop loss arrangement relating to a spread bet, full details must be given.
6. If details included in a disclosure under Rule 38 are incorrect, they should be corrected as soon as practicable in a subsequent disclosure. Such disclosure should state clearly that it corrects details disclosed previously, identify the disclosure or disclosures being corrected, and provide sufficient detail for the reader to understand the nature of the corrections. In the case of any doubt, the Panel should be consulted.
For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.
References in these notes to "the Rules" are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.
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