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.

[8] In 2012, DCC spent around €100 million acquiring LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) distribution businesses in the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden and Norway.

[14] In March 2016, the company agreed to acquire Alimentation Couche Tard's commercial and aviation fuels business in Denmark for €40 million.

[16] In April 2017, DCC announced it had agreed to sell its Environmental division to Exponent, a private equity firm, for £219 million.

[19] In 2018, DCC Healthcare completed its first acquisition in the US Health and Beauty sector: Elite One Source Nutritional Services.

[21] In 2019 DCC purchased the retail fuel operations of Tesco Ireland,[22] with these being converted to automated stations under "Certa" branding.

Various acquisitions were made in services and renewable energy – Protech, Sys EnR, PVO and Freedom Heat Pumps.