Irish Form 38.5 B DCC ENERGY PLC

Barclays PLC

05 October 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:				02 Oct 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)
(Note 2)
Class of relevant security :			€0.25 Ordinary Shares
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:			1,602,597	1.88%	33,772	0.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:			32,600	0.04%	1,436,132	1.68%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		1,635,197	1.91%	1,469,904	1.72%


3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Security	Purchase/sale	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received		Lowest price per unit paid/received
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	Purchase	44,478	64.4250 GBP		64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	Sale	61,681	64.5000 GBP		64.3463 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit(Note 4)
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	700	64.3658 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	70	64.4990 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	22	64.3461 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8	64.5000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	544	64.3467 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,066	64.3503 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	CFD	Closing Short	759	64.3620 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,082	64.3961 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,771	64.3532 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Long	264	64.3639 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Closing Short	13,856	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,178	64.4041 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	11	64.3545 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,197	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,356	64.3515 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	565	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21	64.3619 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	68	64.3750 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	661	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	13	64.4000 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	3	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	475	64.3500 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	485	64.4242 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	394	64.3750 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,276	64.4014 GBP
€0.25 Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,989	64.3500 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of	Product description	Writing, purchasing,	Number of securities	Exercise price	Type	Expiry date	Option money
relevant security		selling,	to which option	per unit			paid/received per unit
		varying etc.	relates (Note 7)


(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
(Note 7)						(if applicable) (Note 4)


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:
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 8 attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				05 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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