REG - UBS AG (EPT) DCC PLC - Form 38.5a - DCC plc

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29/05/2026 12:00

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RNS Number : 2693G  UBS AG (EPT)  29 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:                                         UBS Investment Bank, London
 (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     DCC plc
 connected: (Note 1)
 (d)   Date dealing undertaken:                                                 28 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    Buy          17898        59.40000        GBP         58.89910        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    Sell         11751        59.48165        GBP         58.88822        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    CFD           Increasing a long position  958          58.9815762        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  18           59.148161        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  13           58.940538        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  12           58.898233        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  32           59.117609        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  41           58.958311        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  48           59.145361        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  92           58.898822        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  2            58.89        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  298          59.03310031        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  80           59.02879988        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  109          59.48165138        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  2266         58.8882215357458        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Increasing a long position  335          58.8911641791045        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    30           58.925        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    2648         59.13973754        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    421          58.9088361045131        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    2183         58.9088364635822        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    4675         58.9088342245989        GBP

 €0.25 ordinary    CFD           Reducing a long position    866          59.12069861        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"

 

(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:  29 May 2026
 Contact name:        Richard Howard
 Telephone number:    +44 (0)207 568 9128

 

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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