Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				13 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:			2,271,559	0.76%	3,984,804	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,574,865	1.19%	939,548	0.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,846,424	1.95%	4,924,352	1.64%
(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		193,366		1.2660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,758		1.2700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,064		1.2720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,333		1.2731  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,984		1.2744  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,812		1.2770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,605		1.2780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,601		1.2767  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,490		1.2734  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,234		1.2739  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,389		1.2702  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,185		1.2732  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,604		1.2760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,099		1.2740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,879		1.2779  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,587		1.2756  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		900		1.2640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		677		1.2790  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		540		1.2680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		483		1.2800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		375		1.2753  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		190		1.2840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90		1.2820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		225,826		1.2660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66,550		1.2700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		52,325		1.2681  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,846		1.2738  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,116		1.2731  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,358		1.2761  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,835		1.2780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,157		1.2699  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,437		1.2739  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,383		1.2682  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,043		1.2764  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,604		1.2760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,459		1.2790  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,422		1.2709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,183		1.2713  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,099		1.2740  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,963		1.2718  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,895		1.2720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,616		1.2654  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		1.2749  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		900		1.2640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		540		1.2680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		530		1.2702  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		483		1.2800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		329		1.2770  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		190		1.2840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90		1.2820  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		1,616	1.2654  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		141,382	1.2660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		449	1.2684  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,157	1.2699  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		530	1.2702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,197	1.2717  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,830	1.2723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,408	1.2726  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,116	1.2731  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,437	1.2739  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,948	1.2749  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,001	1.2751  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		394	1.2756  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		329	1.2770  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,658	1.2776  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,870	1.2779  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,736	1.2985  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		130	1.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,759	1.2660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,748	1.2711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,169	1.2720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,314	1.2738  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		375	1.2753  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,812	1.2770  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,211	1.2791  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,000	1.2749  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,039	1.2779  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,587	1.2756  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:				16 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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