Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

21 August 2025

 

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:				20 Aug 2025
(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:			2,358,975	0.75%	3,978,585	1.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,568,247	1.13%	930,417	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,927,222	1.88%	4,909,002	1.56%
(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		1,143,646		1.4240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66,991		1.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,862		1.4370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,375		1.4390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,029		1.4403  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,089		1.4378  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,500		1.4311  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,642		1.4355  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,026		1.4421  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,732		1.4380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		847		1.4420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		711		1.4320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		514		1.4425  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		204		1.4440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,492		1.4410  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,582		1.4352  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,052		1.4337  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,562		1.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,034		1.4275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,488		1.4340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,496		1.4376  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,560		1.4307  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,341		1.4241  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,087		1.4430  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		939		1.4380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		878		1.4440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		849		1.4420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		707		1.4401  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		404		1.4459  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		249		1.4260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		103		1.4220  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		7,182	1.4349  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,704	1.4207  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,330	1.4292  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,052	1.4337  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,582	1.4352  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		248	1.4371  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		620	1.4372  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,496	1.4376  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,296	1.4399  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,207	1.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,091	1.4418  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.4439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		404	1.4459  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,143,646	1.4240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,275	1.4316  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,972	1.4375  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,267	1.4394  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		58,632	1.4400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,026	1.4421  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,136	1.4426  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		332	1.4232  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		56	1.4300  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		26,228	1.4401  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:				21 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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