Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

22 July 2026

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:			21 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:				1,120,774	1.31%	569,847	0.67%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				290,104	0.34%	963,871	1.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				1,410,878	1.65%	1,533,718	1.80%
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	90,420	62.9044 GBP	62.1616 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	Sale	94,520	62.9000 GBP	62.4492 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	Decreasing Long	7,552	62.4713 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	35	62.8225 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	8	62.6198 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	540	62.6174 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,544	62.6495 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	226	62.4675 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	120	62.4629 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,078	62.311 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	54	62.495 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	62.4492 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	53	62.7641 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,327	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,487	62.7849 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Long	15	62.55 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	147	62.6557 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	893	62.555 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Short	379	62.583 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Long	902	62.6774 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	239	62.5817 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Increasing Short	7,817	62.5977 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Opening Short	908	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	1,650	62.1616 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	219	62.6409 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	526	62.6198 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Opening Short	1	62.6198 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,232	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	159	62.6174 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10	62.8225 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12	62.8225 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	224	62.6174 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Long	1,993	62.6278 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,772	62.6279 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,648	62.9044 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	143	62.4616 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	893	62.9004 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	80	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	57	62.9007 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,562	62.8909 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,456	62.9031 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	281	62.6863 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	CFD	Decreasing Long	833	62.9018 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Closing Short	1,650	62.5936 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	42	62.4616 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	116	62.4616 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	700	62.4805 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	17	62.6 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,855	62.9 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,562	62.8924 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,258	62.5 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	93	62.6717 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	20	62.475 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	891	62.4792 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	28	62.461 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	50	62.644 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	221	62.45 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,319	62.5 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	92	62.525 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	404	62.507 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,509	62.4585 GBP
€0.25OrdinaryShares	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,611	62.446 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:				22 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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