Treasury Shares

DCC PLC
16 February 2005


                                
                                 Treasury Shares


DCC plc announces that on 15 February 2005, 16,000 shares were transferred out
of the Company's holding of treasury shares pursuant to the exercise of options
under the DCC plc 1998 Employee Share Option Scheme. The subscription prices
paid for these shares ranged from €7.00 to €11.25.

DCC now has a total of 88,229,404 shares in issue, of which 7,895,798 shares 
are held in treasury.






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