4th Feb 2026 15:32
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 |
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(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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 03 Feb 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,004,039 | 0.64% | 3,129,467 | 1.00% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,431,833 | 0.77% | 822,941 | 0.26% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,435,872 | 1.41% | 3,952,408 | 1.25% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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1p ordinary | Purchase | 145,762 | 1.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 113,398 | 1.3549 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 86,696 | 1.3707 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 41,210 | 1.3920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 24,642 | 1.3901 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,600 | 1.3850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,342 | 1.3904 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,133 | 1.4059 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,200 | 1.3985 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,500 | 1.3996 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,317 | 1.3802 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,216 | 1.3927 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,035 | 1.3706 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,925 | 1.3497 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,419 | 1.4013 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,197 | 1.3623 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 912 | 1.3758 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 586 | 1.3700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 544 | 1.3740 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 436 | 1.4060 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 249 | 1.4020 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 245 | 1.3720 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 178 | 1.4000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 110 | 1.4087 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 82 | 1.3780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 79 | 1.3860 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 71 | 1.3820 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 67 | 1.4080 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 57 | 1.3980 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 52 | 1.3620 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 22 | 1.4040 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 21 | 1.3680 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 1.4110 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 131,334 | 1.3810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 96,161 | 1.3898 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 85,571 | 1.3535 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 78,724 | 1.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 40,148 | 1.3985 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 38,372 | 1.3980 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 36,456 | 1.3882 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 28,491 | 1.3943 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,466 | 1.3916 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,043 | 1.3920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,822 | 1.3713 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,739 | 1.3726 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,048 | 1.3952 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,792 | 1.3926 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,657 | 1.4119 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,452 | 1.3864 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,249 | 1.4120 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,233 | 1.3960 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,216 | 1.3928 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,035 | 1.3707 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,571 | 1.3696 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,062 | 1.3893 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,736 | 1.4060 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,580 | 1.3760 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,477 | 1.3830 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,180 | 1.4020 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,035 | 1.3970 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,024 | 1.4000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 900 | 1.3499 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 586 | 1.3700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 544 | 1.3740 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 245 | 1.3720 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 143 | 1.3753 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 82 | 1.3780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 79 | 1.3860 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 67 | 1.4080 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 52 | 1.3620 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 22 | 1.4040 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 21 | 1.3680 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 1.3819 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 1.4110 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,301 | 1.3883 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,581 | 1.3499 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28,784 | 1.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 95,853 | 1.3771 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 1.3819 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 96,161 | 1.3898 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 23,080 | 1.3911 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,043 | 1.3920 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28,491 | 1.3943 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,449 | 1.3946 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,879 | 1.3954 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,820 | 1.4015 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,091 | 1.4040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,249 | 1.4120 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 366 | 1.4160 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 131,473 | 1.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,197 | 1.3623 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 518 | 1.3721 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,565 | 1.3760 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 179 | 1.3791 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 265 | 1.3801 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,752 | 1.3840 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,710 | 1.3856 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 24,642 | 1.3901 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 270 | 1.3970 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 913 | 1.3986 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,133 | 1.4059 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 6,138 | 1.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 143 | 1.3753 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 12,944 | 1.3911 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 35,000 | 1.3980 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 44,735 | 1.3501 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 71 | 1.3819 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 41,210 | 1.3920 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,386 | 1.4142 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 04 Feb 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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