Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			2,320,888	0.76%	3,757,601	1.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,238,365	1.06%	908,650	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,559,253	1.82%	4,666,251	1.53%
(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		92,981		1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,161		1.3541  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,538		1.3657  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,200		1.3453  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,184		1.3458  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,019		1.3552  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,800		1.3477  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,736		1.3452  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,094		1.3554  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,096		1.3501  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,045		1.3220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,774		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,352		1.3409  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,063		1.3279  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,801		1.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,711		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,697		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,539		1.3640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,465		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,242		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,154		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,106		1.3360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,077		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,060		1.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		853		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		844		1.3460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		833		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		801		1.3720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		780		1.3180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		610		1.3310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		529		1.3160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		431		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		272		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		261		1.3340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		163		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		116		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86		1.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		74		1.3320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17		1.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.3517  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,831		1.3616  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,267		1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,375		1.3482  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,865		1.3478  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,455		1.3585  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,683		1.3412  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,993		1.3466  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,575		1.3584  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,210		1.3542  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,577		1.3411  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,402		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,147		1.3389  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,681		1.3574  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,052		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,045		1.3220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,588		1.3527  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,711		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,539		1.3640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,391		1.3419  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,266		1.3396  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,230		1.3610  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,106		1.3360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,083		1.3375  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,077		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,065		1.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,060		1.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		919		1.3346  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		853		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		849		1.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		844		1.3460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		833		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		801		1.3720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		780		1.3180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		604		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		529		1.3160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		491		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		456		1.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		431		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		283		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		272		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		261		1.3340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		163		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		116		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74		1.3320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		1.3682  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		18,476	1.3455  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,742	1.3199  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		800	1.3209  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,922	1.3415  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,773	1.3425  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,780	1.3451  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,865	1.3478  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,937	1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,964	1.3508  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,803	1.3524  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,210	1.3542  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,055	1.3579  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,575	1.3584  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,455	1.3585  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,545	1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	1.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		416	1.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,345	1.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,063	1.3278  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,745	1.3415  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,567	1.3421  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,214	1.3497  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		474	1.3561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,248	1.3639  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,735	1.3659  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		956	1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,011	1.3199  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		473	1.3420  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,753	1.3484  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,160	1.3375  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:				27 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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