Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

Feb 09 2026 12:09 GMTSource: RNS

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Barclays PLC

09 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:				06 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:			2,049,890	0.65%	3,430,675	1.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,684,559	0.86%	876,646	0.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			4,734,449	1.51%	4,307,321	1.38%
(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		111,080		1.3209 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,999		1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,160		1.3225 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		822		1.3340 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,832		1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,663		1.3201 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,276		1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		22,617		1.3207 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,234		1.3347 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,554		1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,132		1.3323 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,955		1.3308 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,613		1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		867		1.3319 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		606		1.3254 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		416		1.3225 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		234		1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200		1.3300 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		175		1.3349 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		21,292	1.3199 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,638	1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		733	1.3225 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,147	1.3254 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34,075	1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.3299 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,955	1.3307 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	1.3319 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,132	1.3323 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,325	1.3336 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,234	1.3347 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		175	1.3349 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64,428	1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,524	1.3209 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,738	1.3292 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,441	1.3306 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		379	1.3323 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		822	1.3340 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,157	1.3359 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		578	1.3372 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		532	1.3273 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		58,715	1.3201 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,003	1.3343 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:				09 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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