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RNS Number : 6614C JPMorgan Securities Plc 30 April 2026
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AMENDMENT
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: J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this DCC plc
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is corporate broker and financial adviser to DCC plc
connected: (Note 1)
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 29 April 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal N/A
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"
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
Borrow Return
Class of Purchases/ Total Highest Lowest
relevant sales
number of price per price per
security securities unit paid/ unit paid/
(Note 3) received received
€0.25 ordinary shares Purchase 195,661 62.5500 GBP 55.6000 GBP
Sale 205,588 62.4500 GBP 46.5000 GBP
300,000 NA NA
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description e.g. opening/closing reference
unit (Note 5)
security e.g. CFD a long/short position, securities
increasing/reducing a (Note 4)
long/short position
€0.25 ordinary shares Equity SWAP Decrease Long 4,238 56.3963 GBP
2,689 56.5363 GBP
1 56.5517 GBP
6,995 56.6191 GBP
29 56.6571 GBP
63 58.8012 GBP
36 58.8027 GBP
7,764 59.0333 GBP
1 59.3027 GBP
28 59.3079 GBP
973 59.4308 GBP
14 59.8860 GBP
143 59.9296 GBP
2,328 60.4640 GBP
2,132 60.4789 GBP
2,967 60.5272 GBP
4,007 60.9305 GBP
7,587 60.9481 GBP
20,063 61.1866 GBP
11,278 61.2461 GBP
18,962 61.3556 GBP
783 79.3392 GBP
Decrease Short 752 56.3718 GBP
2,964 56.7110 GBP
2,586 56.7420 GBP
194 56.7951 GBP
76 57.1045 GBP
60 57.1046 GBP
1,679 58.0138 GBP
273 58.7004 GBP
53 58.7941 GBP
1,115 58.7979 GBP
6,927 58.9205 GBP
3,072 58.9526 GBP
2,944 58.9602 GBP
88 59.0121 GBP
155 59.0731 GBP
867 59.0984 GBP
352 59.1234 GBP
9,058 59.4181 GBP
1,689 59.6232 GBP
11,225 59.6613 GBP
620 59.7452 GBP
20,238 60.1657 GBP
1,187 61.4313 GBP
Increase Long 2 56.7483 GBP
226 56.7741 GBP
463 56.8781 GBP
498 57.0834 GBP
63 57.9855 GBP
230 58.1524 GBP
60 58.3167 GBP
233 58.5778 GBP
17 58.7974 GBP
1,330 58.8000 GBP
6,265 58.9590 GBP
9,975 59.0903 GBP
8,708 59.3840 GBP
3,678 59.4761 GBP
66 59.4762 GBP
18,591 59.6498 GBP
1,101 60.0095 GBP
Increase Short 19 57.2600 GBP
495 58.1391 GBP
2,177 58.7216 GBP
1 58.8000 GBP
425 59.2439 GBP
3,430 59.4159 GBP
7,749 59.5000 GBP
523 59.5267 GBP
243 59.5505 GBP
120 60.2903 GBP
22 61.5019 GBP
Opening a long position 459 58.8000 GBP
Opening a short position 425 58.8009 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, of price per e.g.
date money
security e.g. call option selling, securities unit American, paid/
varying etc. to which European received
option etc. per unit
relates
(Note 4)
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product Exercising/ Number of Exercise price
relevant description exercised securities
per unit
security e.g. call option against (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of
new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of Details Price per unit
dealing (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, (Note 5)
conversion,
exercise
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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: 30 April 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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