July 8 - The UK Takeover Panel on Wednesday further extended

until July 15 the deadline for a consortium of KKR and

Energy Capital Partners to make a firm offer for DCC,

the Irish energy distributor said.

The extension comes over a month after the London-listed

company announced its backing to the U.S. investment firms'

sweetened £5.7 billion ($7.62 billion) proposal, when the

deadline was pushed to July 8.

* The revised proposal comprises £65.25 in cash and DCC's

proposed final dividend of 147.22 pence per share.

* DCC earlier rejected the consortium's £4.95-billion

proposal, saying it undervalued the company.

* Financial Times reported earlier this month that some of

DCC's largest shareholders, including Fidelity International,

Aviva Investors and Ninety One, opposed the revised bid, saying

the offer undervalued the company.

* DCC has been simplifying operations and sharpening focus

on its core energy business by stepping up acquisitions in

Europe's liquid gas markets and divesting non-core units such as

healthcare and technology.

($1 = 0.7485 pounds)

(Reporting by Sri Hari N S in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet

Das)