REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc DCC PLC - Form 38.5A (EPT/RI)-DCC plc

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RNS Number : 2509D  JPMorgan Securities Plc  06 May 2026

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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:                                         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:                                                 05 May 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

 

 

Loan 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      328,472      58.1486 GBP   56.5625 GBP
                          Sale          252,840      58.0500 GBP   56.5625 GBP

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Loan Return

                                        822,630      N/A           N/A

 

(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              2,190        57.0040 GBP

                                                                    695         57.0114 GBP

                                                                    2,161       77.6635 GBP

                                                                    73          57.0029 GBP

                                                                    41          57.0011 GBP

                                                                    76          57.0026 GBP

                                                                    2,132       57.1275 GBP

                                                                    3,549       57.2291 GBP

                                                                    153         57.1290 GBP

                                                                    650         57.1731 GBP

                                        Decrease Short              1,925       57.0258 GBP

                                                                    18,797      57.0000 GBP

                                                                    371         57.0539 GBP

                                                                    171         57.4443 GBP

                                                                    179         57.0175 GBP

                                                                    164         57.4900 GBP

                                                                    511         57.4525 GBP

                                                                    28          57.2430 GBP

                                                                    128         57.7590 GBP

                                                                    614         57.2337 GBP

                                                                    799         57.1449 GBP

                                                                    344         57.1970 GBP

                                                                    37          57.0494 GBP

                                                                    274         57.3180 GBP

                                                                    3,829       57.0279 GBP

                                                                    22          57.1408 GBP

                                                                    1,141       57.1409 GBP

                                        Increase Long               4,218       57.0437 GBP

                                                                    149         56.9974 GBP

                                                                    828         57.0625 GBP

                                                                    2,223       57.0345 GBP

                                                                    129         57.0974 GBP

                                        Increase Short              86,958      57.0000 GBP

                                                                    634         57.0009 GBP

                                                                    1,553       57.0391 GBP

                                                                    2,071       57.2762 GBP

                                                                    2,360       57.7846 GBP

                                                                    200         57.4192 GBP

                                                                    1,822       57.1282 GBP

                                                                    1,008       57.5446 GBP

                                                                    3,468       57.4807 GBP

                                        Opening a long position     2,127       57.0000 GBP

                                        Opening a short position    2,127       57.4686 GBP

                                                                    784         56.8596 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:  06 May 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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