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RNS Number : 8137D  JPMorgan Securities Plc  11 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:                                                 08 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     45,304       57.8000 GBP   57.0000 GBP
                          Sale         56,969       57.8000 GBP   57.0000 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              817          57.5058 GBP

                                                                    135         57.4003 GBP

                                                                    7,680       57.4996 GBP

                                                                    686         57.5133 GBP

                                                                    126         57.4434 GBP

                                                                    784         57.5115 GBP

                                                                    1,083       78.3212 GBP

                                                                    1,235       57.5026 GBP

                                                                    1,268       57.5233 GBP

                                                                    104         57.2992 GBP

                                                                    4,994       57.5002 GBP

                                        Decrease Short              112         57.5310 GBP

                                                                    11,435      57.5000 GBP

                                                                    5           57.6509 GBP

                                                                    2,793       57.6005 GBP

                                                                    1,111       57.5874 GBP

                                                                    241         57.4825 GBP

                                                                    3           57.7933 GBP

                                                                    5,532       57.6606 GBP

                                                                    3,963       57.4897 GBP

                                                                    1,003       57.4759 GBP

                                                                    523         57.5044 GBP

                                                                    268         57.5049 GBP

                                                                    5,290       57.5469 GBP

                                                                    182         57.6022 GBP

                                                                    331         57.5988 GBP

                                        Increase Long               3,143       57.4861 GBP

                                                                    48          57.4442 GBP

                                                                    200         57.5004 GBP

                                        Increase Short              3,585       57.5000 GBP

                                                                    371         57.5009 GBP

                                                                    426         57.5617 GBP

                                                                    54          57.5003 GBP

                                                                    121         57.2911 GBP

                                                                    856         57.4815 GBP

                                                                    1,131       57.5298 GBP

                                        Opening a long position     4,675       57.5000 GBP

                                        Opening a short position    14          57.6080 GBP

                                                                    1,121       57.5561 GBP

                                                                    733         57.5773 GBP

                                                                    1,464       57.5133 GBP

                                                                    1,343       57.5109 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:  11 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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