Form 38.5A (EPT/RI)-DCC Energy plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 July 2026

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FORM 38.5(a) (EPT/RI)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISH
TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022
BY A CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING IN
A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	DCC Energy plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (Note 1)	corporate broker and financial adviser to DCC plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	17 July 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 2)

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security (Note 3)	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/ received	Lowest price per unit paid/ received
€0.25 ordinary shares	Purchase	375,207	63.0000 GBP	62.7500 GBP
	Sale	186,318	62.9500 GBP	62.7500 GBP
	Borrow Return	4,905	N/A	N/A

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities (Note 4)	Price per unit (Note 5)
€0.25 ordinary shares	Equity Swap	Decrease Long	1,116	62.8594 GBP
			6	62.8703 GBP
			2,262	62.8710 GBP
			59	62.8711 GBP
			5	62.8713 GBP
			1,878	62.8873 GBP
		Decrease Short	214	62.7924 GBP
			68	62.7994 GBP
			8,905	62.8000 GBP
			64	62.8071 GBP
			8	62.8191 GBP
			5	62.8249 GBP
			9,529	62.8266 GBP
			15	62.8305 GBP
			4,006	62.8363 GBP
			196	62.8437 GBP
			26	62.8439 GBP
			2,307	62.8472 GBP
			311	62.8491 GBP
			38	62.8500 GBP
			2	62.8847 GBP
		Increase Long	4	62.7925 GBP
			2,822	62.8514 GBP
		Increase Short	118,614	62.8000 GBP
			1,700	62.8291 GBP
			25,000	62.8314 GBP
			1,483	62.8462 GBP
			123	62.8509 GBP
			2,810	62.8516 GBP
			4,713	62.8520 GBP
			3,580	62.8527 GBP
			33	62.8564 GBP
			906	62.8630 GBP
			17	62.8632 GBP
			9,040	62.8677 GBP
			692	62.8750 GBP
			21,981	62.8928 GBP
			76	62.9004 GBP
			20,000	62.9315 GBP
		Opening a long position	171	62.7997 GBP
			32	62.8481 GBP
			7,676	62.8500 GBP
			354	62.8791 GBP
		Opening a short position	2	62.7600 GBP
			4	62.8009 GBP
			88	62.8017 GBP
			104	62.8222 GBP
			337	62.8307 GBP
			7,038	62.8471 GBP
			412	62.8949 GBP
			218	62.9019 GBP

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates (Note 4)	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion, exercise	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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

Date of disclosure:	20 July 2026
Contact name:	Hetvi Shah
Telephone number:	44 2034 936359

Public disclosures under Rule 38 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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NOTES ON FORM 38.5(a)

1. See the definition of "connected principal trader" in Rule 2.2 of Part A of the Rules.

2. See the definition of "dealing" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

3. See the definition of "relevant securities" in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.

4. See Rule 2.5(d) of Part A of the Rules.

5. If the economic exposure to changes in the price of securities is limited, for example, by virtue of a stop loss arrangement relating to a spread bet, full details must be given.

6. If details included in a disclosure under Rule 38 are incorrect, they should be corrected as soon as practicable in a subsequent disclosure. Such disclosure should state clearly that it corrects details disclosed previously, identify the disclosure or disclosures being corrected, and provide sufficient detail for the reader to understand the nature of the corrections. In the case of any doubt, the Panel should be consulted.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

References in these notes to "the Rules" are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.

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