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RNS Number : 4369D JPMorgan Securities Plc 07 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: 06 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
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 59,650 58.0500 GBP 57.5500 GBP
Sale 51,244 58.0700 GBP 57.5500 GBP
(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 940 57.9030 GBP
9,160 57.9044 GBP
8 57.9150 GBP
203 57.9058 GBP
29 57.9937 GBP
1,050 78.7001 GBP
415 57.8976 GBP
775 57.8734 GBP
8,863 57.9112 GBP
2 58.0026 GBP
Decrease Short 1,595 57.9027 GBP
541 57.9000 GBP
135 57.8913 GBP
93 57.7282 GBP
10,500 57.9500 GBP
111 57.9064 GBP
1,273 57.9210 GBP
2,524 57.9400 GBP
189 57.9496 GBP
589 57.9315 GBP
1 58.0700 GBP
3 57.9933 GBP
31 57.8884 GBP
1,178 57.9028 GBP
402 57.9085 GBP
115 57.9142 GBP
209 57.9147 GBP
Increase Long 5,355 57.9000 GBP
1,225 57.8884 GBP
181 57.8997 GBP
225 57.8974 GBP
440 57.8730 GBP
86 57.8468 GBP
Increase Short 2,854 57.9500 GBP
77 57.9558 GBP
246 57.9041 GBP
4 57.6570 GBP
332 57.9483 GBP
116 57.9878 GBP
2,185 57.9836 GBP
1,545 57.9115 GBP
953 57.8842 GBP
185 57.9073 GBP
187 58.0275 GBP
Opening a long position 9,619 57.9000 GBP
581 57.9343 GBP
136 57.8991 GBP
6 57.8000 GBP
Opening a short position 15,000 57.0374 GBP
639 58.0015 GBP
1,936 57.9336 GBP
43 58.0009 GBP
4,149 57.9129 GBP
3,962 57.9200 GBP
246 57.8990 GBP
5,000 57.9282 GBP
6 57.5500 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: 07 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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