Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			2,400,811	0.78%	3,606,792	1.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,038,022	0.99%	986,054	0.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,438,833	1.78%	4,592,846	1.50%
(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		119,767		1.2920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86,742		1.2925  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		39,413		1.2918  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,061		1.2921  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,198		1.2927  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,866		1.2940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,107		1.3015  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,018		1.2970  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,134		1.2951  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,732		1.2975  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,225		1.2973  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,526		1.3040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,421		1.2980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,555		1.2962  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,525		1.3011  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,306		1.3007  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,238		1.2979  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,077		1.2860  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,250		1.3059  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,083		1.2961  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,049		1.3020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,989		1.2950  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,644		1.2910  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,554		1.3016  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		431		1.2912  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		205		1.3080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		1.2919  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		85,489		1.2947  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73,097		1.2944  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71,826		1.2920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,056		1.2960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,395		1.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,884		1.2940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,922		1.2980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,724		1.2927  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		945		1.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		1.2955  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		543	1.2840  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,391	1.2927  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65,006	1.2946  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30,056	1.2960  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,822	1.2964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,395	1.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		945	1.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,064	1.2916  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,659	1.2918  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,353	1.2920  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,061	1.2921  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33,198	1.2927  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,724	1.2931  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,246	1.2944  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,504	1.2948  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,442	1.2949  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,293	1.2964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,131	1.2976  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		483	1.2980  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		628	1.2987  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,639	1.2999  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,915	1.2936  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2	1.2950  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		28,279	1.2921  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,699	1.2956  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		977	1.2986  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:				25 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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