Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

FORM 38.5(b)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE

UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER

PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022 BY A CONNECTED

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED

INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY

STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

DCC ENERGY PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected (Note 1)

Energy Capital Partners, LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L. P.

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

23 JUL 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

2.

INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror

or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,224,750

1.43%

552,082

0.65%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

274,280

0.32%

1,047,737

1.23%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,499,030

1.75%

1,599,819

1.87%

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4)

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant Security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

61

62.9483 GBP

62.9483 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

65

62.9750 GBP

62.9750 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

90

62.9077 GBP

62.9077 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

128

62.8750 GBP

62.8750 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

167

62.9052 GBP

62.9052 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

177

62.9333 GBP

62.9333 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

187

62.8478 GBP

62.8478 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

207

62.9181 GBP

62.9181 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

228

62.8878 GBP

62.8878 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

230

62.9250 GBP

62.9250 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

281

62.9370 GBP

62.9370 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

312

62.8885 GBP

62.8885 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

351

62.9500 GBP

62.9500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

578

62.9321 GBP

62.9321 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

600

62.8582 GBP

62.8582 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

705

62.8617 GBP

62.8617 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

715

62.9026 GBP

62.9026 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

752

62.9783 GBP

62.9783 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

964

62.9368 GBP

62.9368 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,000

62.8641 GBP

62.8641 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,018

62.8847 GBP

62.8847 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,055

62.8993 GBP

62.8993 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,091

62.9087 GBP

62.9087 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,098

62.9051 GBP

62.9051 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,154

62.9523 GBP

62.9523 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,195

62.9703 GBP

62.9703 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

1,794

62.9794 GBP

62.9794 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

2,088

62.9171 GBP

62.9171 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

2,334

62.8874 GBP

62.8874 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

2,989

62.9235 GBP

62.9235 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

3,309

62.9093 GBP

62.9093 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

3,822

62.8928 GBP

62.8928 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

3,922

62.8987 GBP

62.8987 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

4,679

62.8911 GBP

62.8911 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

5,382

62.9768 GBP

62.9768 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

7,176

62.9767 GBP

62.9767 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

8,580

62.8998 GBP

62.8998 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

12,012

62.9038 GBP

62.9038 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

14,868

62.9275 GBP

62.9275 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Purchase

77,896

62.9000 GBP

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

4

62.8634 GBP

62.8634 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

28

62.8912 GBP

62.8912 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

45

62.8537 GBP

62.8537 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

59

62.8787 GBP

62.8787 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

66

62.8750 GBP

62.8750 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

112

63.0037 GBP

63.0037 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

121

62.8964 GBP

62.8964 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

121

62.9415 GBP

62.9415 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

121

62.8508 GBP

62.8508 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

123

62.9787 GBP

62.9787 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

151

62.9102 GBP

62.9102 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

184

62.9457 GBP

62.9457 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

251

62.9037 GBP

62.9037 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

267

62.8949 GBP

62.8949 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

273

62.8681 GBP

62.8681 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

289

62.9287 GBP

62.9287 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

325

62.9713 GBP

62.9713 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

356

62.8518 GBP

62.8518 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

364

62.8816 GBP

62.8816 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

381

62.9092 GBP

62.9092 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

392

62.9080 GBP

62.9080 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

449

62.9115 GBP

62.9115 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

457

62.8851 GBP

62.8851 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

470

62.9334 GBP

62.9334 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

597

62.8831 GBP

62.8831 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

599

62.8975 GBP

62.8975 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

630

62.9411 GBP

62.9411 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

637

62.9788 GBP

62.9788 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

679

62.9201 GBP

62.9201 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

757

62.9409 GBP

62.9409 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

814

62.9124 GBP

62.9124 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

991

62.8990 GBP

62.8990 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,034

62.8776 GBP

62.8776 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,047

62.9057 GBP

62.9057 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,048

62.8852 GBP

62.8852 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,174

62.8980 GBP

62.8980 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,241

62.8955 GBP

62.8955 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,274

62.8165 GBP

62.8165 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,347

62.9537 GBP

62.9537 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

1,819

62.8527 GBP

62.8527 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

2,160

62.8995 GBP

62.8995 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

2,207

62.9314 GBP

62.9314 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

2,592

62.8996 GBP

62.8996 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

9,726

62.9091 GBP

62.9091 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

10,056

62.9020 GBP

62.9020 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

15,709

62.8500 GBP

62.8500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

Sale

47,742

62.9000 GBP

62.9000 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

112

62.8949 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

39

62.9228 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,160

62.8995 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

134

62.9173 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

62.9238 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32

62.9215 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

548

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

991

62.899 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,121

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

863

62.8969 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,358

62.9031 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

449

62.9115 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

CFD

Closing Short

67

62.7943 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

CFD

Increasing Short

1,016

62.9537 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,819

62.8527 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

91

63.055 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,056

62.9044 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

6

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

62.9228 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

45

62.8816 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

165

62.8816 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Opening Long

1,000

62.8601 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Closing Long

1,597

62.9201 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,238

62.9200 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Closing Long

1,592

62.9201 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

154

62.8816 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,034

62.8776 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

610

62.9200 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

439

63.0000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,325

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

33

62.8949 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Long

122

62.8949 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

578

62.9321 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

25

62.9200 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

CFD

Closing Short

602

62.9200 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

882

62.9769 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,738

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

155

62.9106 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

68

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,295

62.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,490

62.8500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,378

62.8500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,868

62.9275 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,057

62.9379 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Increasing Short

281

62.9370 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares

SWAP

Decreasing Short

679

62.9201 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates (Note 6)

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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"

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.

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

24 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213