Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			1,986,034	0.63%	3,389,506	1.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,661,097	0.85%	812,038	0.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,647,131	1.48%	4,201,544	1.34%
(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		81,495		1.3288  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		58,436		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,535		1.3329  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,842		1.3344  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,744		1.3394  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,885		1.3406  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,606		1.3453  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,177		1.3383  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,755		1.3336  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,520		1.3396  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,931		1.3397  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,020		1.3243  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,962		1.3331  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,943		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,720		1.3371  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,106		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		751		1.3420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		675		1.3382  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		470		1.3316  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		351		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		328		1.3277  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		231		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71,899		1.3406  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71,058		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,866		1.3291  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,211		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,552		1.3408  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,908		1.3311  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,208		1.3441  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,102		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,684		1.3364  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,368		1.3268  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,945		1.3404  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,087		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,962		1.3386  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,198		1.3324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,948		1.3461  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,669		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,499		1.3369  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,071		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		556		1.3427  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		1.3480  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		5,698	1.3372  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,180	1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,738	1.3290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,230	1.3297  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,386	1.3298  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,604	1.3405  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,634	1.3410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		556	1.3427  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,295	1.3431  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,102	1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,208	1.3441  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.3519  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		274	1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54,573	1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		48,374	1.3281  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,065	1.3282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		470	1.3316  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,962	1.3331  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,755	1.3336  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,842	1.3344  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,744	1.3394  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,106	1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		121	1.3441  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,606	1.3453  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		994	1.3482  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,875	1.3488  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		410	1.3499  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:				06 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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