Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

12 February 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				NCC GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				11 Feb 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,080,845	0.67%	3,859,923	1.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,008,779	0.97%	895,691	0.29%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,089,624	1.64%	4,755,614	1.54%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		54,998		1.3498  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,457		1.3450  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,245		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,741		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,225		1.3539  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,522		1.3463  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,256		1.3548  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,714		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,684		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,178		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,749		1.3565  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,542		1.3460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,501		1.3575  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,308		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,228		1.3530  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,139		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,085		1.3586  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,086		1.3515  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		669		1.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		569		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		388		1.3420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		315		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		92,482		1.3494  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63,103		1.3541  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,182		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48,998		1.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,169		1.3403  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,965		1.3516  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,344		1.3519  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,061		1.3547  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,450		1.3579  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,300		1.3511  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,714		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,684		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,797		1.3570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,308		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,273		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,200		1.3425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,003		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,779		1.3445  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,386		1.3557  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,139		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,598		1.3491  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,589		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		810		1.3460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		669		1.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		315		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		235		1.3420  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		380	1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,779	1.3445  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,816	1.3491  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,157	1.3493  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,145	1.3495  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,020	1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,300	1.3511  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,965	1.3516  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,344	1.3519  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		48,998	1.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,061	1.3547  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,386	1.3557  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,364	1.3559  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,757	1.3561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,450	1.3579  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		364	1.3596  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,625	1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		975	1.3448  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,732	1.3460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,522	1.3463  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,175	1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,198	1.3490  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,226	1.3498  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,237	1.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,478	1.3526  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,054	1.3533  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,921	1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,639	1.3543  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,735	1.3548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		597	1.3589  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		29,578	1.3534  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,472	1.3536  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				12 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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