Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

11 March 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:				10 Mar 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:			2,182,452	0.73%	3,681,156	1.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,233,269	1.08%	939,048	0.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,415,721	1.81%	4,620,204	1.54%
(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		125,922		1.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86,900		1.3149  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,200		1.3268  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,161		1.3112  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,990		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,326		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,303		1.3067  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,138		1.3060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,103		1.3198  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,308		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,473		1.3102  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,368		1.3275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,282		1.3040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,258		1.3020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,109		1.3293  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,621		1.3116  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,475		1.3093  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,421		1.3140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,315		1.3279  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,116		1.3220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		881		1.3273  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		648		1.3104  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		427		1.3196  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		395		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		353		1.3080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90		1.3160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42		1.3299  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19		1.3100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		164,138		1.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98,912		1.3168  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		83,343		1.3244  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,569		1.3250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,498		1.3216  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,205		1.3277  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,265		1.3205  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,946		1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,901		1.3210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,661		1.3180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,915		1.3207  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,651		1.3243  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,853		1.3229  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,047		1.3273  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,308		1.3260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,227		1.3199  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,600		1.3226  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,015		1.3178  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,651		1.3060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,643		1.3050  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,243		1.3100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,197		1.3270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,143		1.3040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		813		1.3300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		480		1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		418		1.3320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		404		1.3257  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		353		1.3080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		256		1.3020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		116		1.3220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		99		1.3140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90		1.3160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		1.3312  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		78,434	1.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,265	1.3205  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,901	1.3209  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		904	1.3214  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,375	1.3228  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,853	1.3229  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,651	1.3243  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,966	1.3247  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,418	1.3251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,550	1.3259  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,205	1.3277  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,333	1.3280  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	1.3020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,487	1.3060  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,528	1.3079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,473	1.3102  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		648	1.3104  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,906	1.3114  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43	1.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,815	1.3121  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,379	1.3130  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,364	1.3140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		160	1.3187  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		427	1.3196  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,858	1.3198  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,253	1.3240  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3	1.3166  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,006	1.3184  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:				11 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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