Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

26 March 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:				24 Mar 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:			2,469,333	0.84%	3,379,721	1.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,174,089	1.07%	1,174,458	0.40%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,643,422	1.91%	4,554,179	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		304,035		1.1380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		178,986		1.1540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		39,219		1.1464  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,831		1.1524  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,403		1.1532  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,384		1.1592  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,513		1.1519  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,833		1.1526  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,494		1.1525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,893		1.1560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,819		1.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,992		1.1580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,926		1.1434  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,893		1.1596  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,408		1.1620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,386		1.1640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		896		1.1520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		847		1.1420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		593		1.1480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		569		1.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		540		1.1660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		286		1.1460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		269		1.1680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		220		1.1440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		144,599		1.1540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,342		1.1583  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,343		1.1567  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,605		1.1682  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,321		1.1700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,139		1.1594  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,446		1.1602  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,136		1.1560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,063		1.1600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,005		1.1527  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,370		1.1580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,108		1.1559  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,950		1.1450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,555		1.1520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,408		1.1620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,386		1.1640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,371		1.1360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,142		1.1597  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,136		1.1480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		847		1.1420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		574		1.1543  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		571		1.1380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		569		1.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		545		1.1660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		286		1.1460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		269		1.1680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		220		1.1440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		124		1.1578  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		1,371	1.1360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,950	1.1450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,786	1.1540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		574	1.1543  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,336	1.1558  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.1559  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,348	1.1563  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,343	1.1567  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		124	1.1578  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		847	1.1582  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,431	1.1585  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		575	1.1593  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		110	1.1599  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,321	1.1700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,148	1.1829  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		303,464	1.1380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,926	1.1434  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,538	1.1448  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,567	1.1469  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,972	1.1481  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,513	1.1519  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,831	1.1524  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,610	1.1535  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,239	1.1540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,051	1.1547  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		114	1.1560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		366	1.1580  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,384	1.1591  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11	1.1660  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,435	1.1561  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,592	1.1586  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		484	1.1500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,833	1.1526  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		75,252	1.1547  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,085	1.1560  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:				26 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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