Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			2,092,152	0.68%	3,604,216	1.17%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,811,820	0.91%	908,199	0.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,903,972	1.59%	4,512,415	1.47%
(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		102,829		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		65,295		1.3563  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,344		1.3518  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,512		1.3464  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,047		1.3402  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,258		1.3429  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,795		1.3502  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,239		1.3496  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,325		1.3408  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,679		1.3428  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,544		1.3447  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,133		1.3420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,909		1.3451  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,589		1.3436  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,332		1.3480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,100		1.3525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,503		1.3556  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,802		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,288		1.3422  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,130		1.3442  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,100		1.3399  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,089		1.3499  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,928		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,256		1.3360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,122		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,105		1.3558  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,913		1.3320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,746		1.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,685		1.3520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,630		1.3330  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		964		1.3340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		484		1.3612  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		320		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		261		1.3270  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		254		1.3390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		219		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16		1.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91,275		1.3414  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,100		1.3440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,660		1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,817		1.3406  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,556		1.3466  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,793		1.3589  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,175		1.3578  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,719		1.3456  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,259		1.3419  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,181		1.3473  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,150		1.3610  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,896		1.3524  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,361		1.3439  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,152		1.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,401		1.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,347		1.3486  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,988		1.3469  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,910		1.3380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,891		1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,034		1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		995		1.3320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		964		1.3340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		854		1.3420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		763		1.3565  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		555		1.3360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		505		1.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		261		1.3270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		254		1.3390  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		219		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16		1.3620  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		6,915	1.3403  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,902	1.3410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,801	1.3439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,988	1.3469  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		894	1.3540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,152	1.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,175	1.3578  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,793	1.3589  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,327	1.3608  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		312	1.3610  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165	1.3180  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,224	1.3386  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		384	1.3400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		842	1.3405  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,325	1.3408  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,258	1.3429  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,291	1.3446  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,544	1.3447  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,074	1.3449  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,909	1.3450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,026	1.3465  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,021	1.3482  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,262	1.3495  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,239	1.3496  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,321	1.3518  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,045	1.3522  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,873	1.3534  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60,384	1.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,629	1.3583  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,299	1.3447  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		14,342	1.3458  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,659	1.3181  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:				18 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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