Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 January 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:				21 Jan 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:			2,174,238	0.69%	2,940,001	0.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,357,914	0.75%	851,731	0.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,532,152	1.44%	3,791,732	1.20%
(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		258,264		1.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		173,794		1.3829  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,181		1.3790  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63,354		1.3792  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,267		1.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,921		1.3676  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,312		1.3678  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		1.3900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,806		1.3764  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		1.3820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,287		1.3618  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,896		1.3688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,132		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		973		1.3760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		940		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		927		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		881		1.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		560		1.3780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		505		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		495		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		329		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		263		1.3720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		176		1.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		161		1.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		131		1.3740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		101		1.3880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		96		1.3980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		77		1.3860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73		1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43		1.3799  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35		1.3920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		112,276		1.3785  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107,381		1.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,125		1.3735  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		67,829		1.3618  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,925		1.3842  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54,782		1.3821  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,769		1.3794  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,593		1.3784  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,101		1.3880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,144		1.3801  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,261		1.3666  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,177		1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,132		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,055		1.3780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		927		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		883		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		829		1.3546  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		719		1.3686  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		329		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		277		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		263		1.3720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		176		1.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161		1.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		131		1.3740  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		96		1.3980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		80		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		77		1.3860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73		1.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35		1.3920  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		3,597	1.3484  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		497	1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		148	1.3519  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,676	1.3613  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		593	1.3642  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,154	1.3652  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		894	1.3694  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,593	1.3784  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,769	1.3794  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		205	1.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,144	1.3801  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		51,037	1.3845  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		275	1.3641  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,312	1.3678  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		547	1.3688  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,267	1.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		929	1.3757  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,806	1.3764  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100,181	1.3790  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,837	1.3792  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126,981	1.3800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47,677	1.3822  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		125,188	1.3832  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1	1.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,461	1.3554  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		67,681	1.3792  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		881	1.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1	1.3800  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:				22 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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