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:

27 AUG 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:

1,548,500

1.81%

305,046

0.36%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

17,252

0.02%

1,338,704

1.57%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,565,752

1.83%

1,643,750

1.92%

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

41,210

63.9044 GBP

63.6054 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

Sale

16,971

63.9000 GBP

63.6250 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 Short

2,459

63.6544 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

63.7564 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65

63.6740 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

76

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,667

63.7681 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,171

63.8970 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

CFD

Decreasing Short

142

63.6478 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

CFD

Increasing Short

655

63.6538 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

64

63.6551 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

116

63.8789 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,441

63.9044 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13

63.7145 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,201

63.8800 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65

63.7346 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

641

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

543

63.7406 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

197

63.6281 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,111

63.6967 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

399

63.8979 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

187

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

99

63.6500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

138

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

172

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,039

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

379

63.9000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,368

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,829

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

430

63.7833 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:

28 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213