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Encyclopedia > DCC Plc

DCC plc LSE: DCC is an Irish diversified investments group and holding company, founded by Jim Flavin in 1976. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange located in London. ...

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Products and Services

Among other interests, they own the Emo chain of filling stations. They also own the Robt Roberts coffee company, distribute the KP snack food brand (itself owned by United Biscuits), and the SerCom IT distribution and supply chain management company. Emo is an Irish filling station chain, owned by DCC. It was created in 2000 when BP Amoco purchased the Burmah filling stations (along with the rest of Castrol). ... Modern filling station A filling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility that sells fuel and lubricants for road motor vehicles – usually gasoline, diesel fuel, and liquified petroleum gas (LPG). ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... Look up KP in Wiktionary, the free dictionary KP or the variant Kp can appear as part of a word or name, as in: Kp index, a measure of the global average geomagnetic potential, as described in Aurora (astronomy). ... United Biscuits is a European food manufacturer, owned by Finalrealm, a syndicate including Cinven and Kraft. ...


Other company interests include the FloGas Butane company, the Fannin Healthcare pharmaceuticals company, 50% of the Kylemore cafe and bakery chain, and the Envirotech effulent managament firm. Butane, also called n-butane, is the unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms, CH3CH2CH2CH3. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ...


History

The company was founded by Jim Flavin in 1976 as Development Capital Corporation Limited. Originally the company focused on providing venture capital to start ups, however in the mid-1980s it changed direction and became an industrial holding company, changing its name to DCC and floating on the Irish Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange in 1994. The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is Irelands stock exchange and can trace its history to 1793. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange located in London. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...


The company has become embroiled in controversy recently over the issue of alleged insider trading in Fyffes plc, the Irish fruit importing company in which a subsidary of DCC, Lotus Green, held a stake. In 2002 Fyffes sued DCC over the sale of its stake in the company. The case was tried in the Irish High Court from December 2004 until July 2005, however as of yet judgement has not been handed down. There are two kinds of trading that are referred to as insider trading: Trading of a security of a company (, shares or options) based on material nonpublic information. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term High Court could refer to one of the following institutions: High Court of England and Wales High Court of Australia The Four Courts of Ireland The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland And the 18 High Courts of India The High Court of Andhra Pradesh The High Court... ← - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ...


See Also

The following page lists Irish companies according to their sector. ...

External Links

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DCC Plc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (343 words)
DCC Nutraceuticals is an element of DCC Healthcare, which is a wholly owned part of DCC plc.
The company was recently embroiled in a controversy over the issue of alleged insider trading in Fyffes plc, the Irish fruit importing company in which a subsidiary of DCC, Lotus Green, held a stake.
DCC was cleared of insider trading, although it was found to have been acting as a "single entity" with Lotus Green and Jim Flavin with regards to the sale of the shares.
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