DCC PLCLSE: DCC

Form 38.5a - DCC Energy plc

· Issued by DCC PLC

Summary by 6ix AI

UBS Investment Bank, London, acting as a connected exempt principal trader (a trading desk dealing for clients during a takeover offer period), disclosed its October 5, 2026 dealings in DCC Energy plc €0.25 ordinary shares under Rule 38.5(a) of the Irish Takeover Panel's Takeover Rules, 2022.

Key details

  • UBS bought 12513 €0.25 ordinary shares at prices between 64.38586 GBP and 64.40855 GBP, and sold 37037 at prices between 64.25349 GBP and 64.40855 GBP.
  • Through contracts for difference (CFDs, cash-settled derivatives tracking the share price), UBS increased a long position by 612 shares at 64.36720779 GBP, 13797 at 64.4 GBP, 59 at 64.396492 GBP and 10225 at 64.25349144 GBP.
  • UBS also reduced a long CFD position by 18 shares at 64.401288 GBP and 44 shares at 64.388864 GBP.
  • The form names DCC Energy plc as the party to the offer with which UBS is connected, and is dated October 6, 2026.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

On 6ix: 6ix.com/news/form-38.5a-dcc-energy-plc-12

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FORM 38.5(a) (EPT/RI)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISH
TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022
BY A CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING IN
A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1.             KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Name of exempt principal trader:

UBS Investment Bank, London

(b)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

DCC Energy plc

(c)   Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (Note 1)

DCC Energy plc             

(d)   Date dealing undertaken:

05 October 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

Total
number of
securities

Highest
price per
unit paid/
received

Lowest
price per
unit paid/
received

€0.25 ordinary

Buy

12513

64.40855        GBP

64.38586        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

Sell

37037

64.40855        GBP

64.25349        GBP

(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 per
unit (Note 5)

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

612

64.36720779        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

13797

64.4        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

59

64.396492        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

10225

64.25349144        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

18

64.401288        GBP

€0.25 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

44

64.388864        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.

Expiry
date

Option
money
paid/
received
per unit

(ii)           Exercise

Class of
relevant
security

Product
description
e.g. call option

Exercising/
exercised
against

Number of
securities

Exercise price
per unit
 (Note 5)

(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"

(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.

Date of disclosure:

06 October 2026

Contact name:

Steven McPherson

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 1863

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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