Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			2,332,936	0.78%	4,176,420	1.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				3,823,126	1.28%	987,886	0.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			6,156,062	2.05%	5,164,306	1.71%
(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		94,763		1.2190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		94,082		1.2040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,290		1.2140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,505		1.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,200		1.2359  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,946		1.2134  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,332		1.2166  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,599		1.2220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,820		1.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,635		1.2060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,149		1.2080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		812		1.2160  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		722		1.2070  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		643		1.2180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		628		1.2020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		619		1.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		491		1.2460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		276		1.2120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		167		1.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		65		1.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62		1.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31		1.2240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		79,887		1.2154  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		77,305		1.2180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,329		1.2098  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		69,298		1.2171  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42,540		1.2040  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,553		1.2385  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,514		1.2087  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,167		1.2074  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,846		1.2304  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,795		1.2068  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,544		1.2140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,119		1.2159  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,000		1.2345  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,540		1.2069  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,820		1.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,816		1.2117  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,635		1.2060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,132		1.2049  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,924		1.2160  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,464		1.2046  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,268		1.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,180		1.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,149		1.2080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		976		1.2081  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		673		1.2214  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		628		1.2020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		628		1.2070  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		619		1.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		441		1.2078  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		423		1.2019  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		276		1.2120  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		262		1.2280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		169		1.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		94		1.2071  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31		1.2240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31		1.2220  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		134	1.1979  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,246	1.2014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,606	1.2019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,210	1.2040  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,464	1.2046  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		441	1.2078  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,372	1.2080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40,720	1.2093  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		90,444	1.2105  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,427	1.2113  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,506	1.2125  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,298	1.2171  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,012	1.2180  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,846	1.2304  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,448	1.2359  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,115	1.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,105	1.2389  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		107	1.2419  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,946	1.2134  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49,056	1.2161  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,788	1.2185  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		818	1.2192  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		832	1.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,568	1.2220  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,919	1.2417  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		362	1.2600  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		25	1.2040  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		405	1.2060  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		297	1.2124  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		243	1.2139  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		507	1.2289  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,175	1.2473  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		5,577	1.2601  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:				17 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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