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:

17 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:

1,205,454

1.41%

306,082

0.36%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

17,558

0.02%

996,538

1.17%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

1,223,012

1.43%

1,302,620

1.52%

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

60,323

63.7375 GBP

63.5872 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

Sale

93,882

63.7438 GBP

63.6000 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

10,000

63.6044 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,479

63.6682 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Closing Short

35,621

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

63.6740 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,153

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50

63.6406 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

63.6500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

696

63.6406 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

63.6500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

188

63.6406 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

CFD

Increasing Short

266

63.6357 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

353

63.7050 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Closing Short

8,743

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

216

63.7300 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

203

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

579

63.6645 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

26

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

63.6550 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,140

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

184

63.6750 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,899

63.6500 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

31

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

276

63.6688 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

661

63.7000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,552

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,074

63.6000 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Increasing Short

115

63.6530 GBP

€0.25OrdinaryShares:

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,388

63.6956 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:

18 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213