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REG - Barclays PLC NCC Group PLC - Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC Replacement

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RNS Number : 3521M  Barclays PLC  19 December 2025

 FORM 8.3
 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8035L Published at 13:25 on
 16/12/2025, changes made to section 2A
 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:                                                     15 Dec 2025
 (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:                                                      2,376,412          0.75%            4,057,392       1.28%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          3,609,694          1.15%            765,520         0.24%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  5,986,106          1.90%            4,822,912       1.52%
 (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                              166,854                             1.3798  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              128,081                             1.3900  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              50,328                              1.3790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              23,362                              1.3898  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,818                              1.3887  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,757                              1.3880  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              17,232                              1.3716  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              15,226                              1.3832  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              13,445                              1.3767  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              7,810                               1.3672  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              6,613                               1.3920  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              6,557                               1.3860  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,536                               1.3765  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              4,228                               1.3620  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              3,493                               1.3940  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,732                               1.3960  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,545                               1.3930  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              2,246                               1.3782  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,747                               1.3890  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,644                               1.3830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              1,021                               1.3850  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              411                                 1.3917  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              375                                 1.3870  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              341                                 1.3910  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  97,865                              1.3900  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  76,161                              1.3894  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  32,182                              1.3801  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  23,616                              1.3757  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  19,870                              1.3880  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  18,422                              1.3796  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,984                              1.3824  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  12,219                              1.3806  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,613                               1.3920  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  6,557                               1.3860  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  5,500                               1.3940  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  4,473                               1.3744  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,359                               1.3763  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,255                               1.3679  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,732                               1.3960  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  2,545                               1.3930  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,887                               1.3748  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,747                               1.3890  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,644                               1.3830  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,021                               1.3850  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  940                                 1.3789  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  930                                 1.3779  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  375                                 1.3870  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  341                                 1.3910  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  76                                  1.3740  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  52                                  1.3680  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                     1,696           1.3725  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     930             1.3779  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     39,932          1.3782  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     18,422          1.3796  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     8,814           1.3818  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     27,280          1.3824  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     6,477           1.3895  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     15,082          1.3899  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     17,232          1.3716  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     5,536           1.3765  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     13,445          1.3767  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     234             1.3770  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     23,691          1.3779  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     2,246           1.3782  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     19,257          1.3786  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     50,328          1.3790  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     123,906         1.3803  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     14,019          1.3836  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     100             1.3860  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     48,896          1.3900  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Long                     1,227           1.3778  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Long                     1,887           1.3880  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     3,248           1.3900  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:                                                                      19 Dec 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

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:

15 Dec 2025

(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:

 

 

2,376,412

0.75%

4,057,392

1.28%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,609,694

1.15%

765,520

0.24%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

5,986,106

1.90%

4,822,912

1.52%

(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

166,854

1.3798  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

128,081

1.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,328

1.3790  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,362

1.3898  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,818

1.3887  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,757

1.3880  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,232

1.3716  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,226

1.3832  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,445

1.3767  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,810

1.3672  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,613

1.3920  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,557

1.3860  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,536

1.3765  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,228

1.3620  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,493

1.3940  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,732

1.3960  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,545

1.3930  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,246

1.3782  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,747

1.3890  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,644

1.3830  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,021

1.3850  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

411

1.3917  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

375

1.3870  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

341

1.3910  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

97,865

1.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

76,161

1.3894  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32,182

1.3801  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,616

1.3757  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,870

1.3880  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,422

1.3796  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,984

1.3824  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,219

1.3806  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,613

1.3920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,557

1.3860  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,500

1.3940  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,473

1.3744  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,359

1.3763  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,255

1.3679  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,732

1.3960  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,545

1.3930  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,887

1.3748  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,747

1.3890  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,644

1.3830  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,021

1.3850  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

940

1.3789  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

930

1.3779  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

375

1.3870  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

341

1.3910  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

76

1.3740  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52

1.3680  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

1,696

1.3725  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

930

1.3779  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

39,932

1.3782  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,422

1.3796  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,814

1.3818  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,280

1.3824  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,477

1.3895  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,082

1.3899  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,232

1.3716  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,536

1.3765  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,445

1.3767  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

234

1.3770  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,691

1.3779  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,246

1.3782  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,257

1.3786  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,328

1.3790  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

123,906

1.3803  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,019

1.3836  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

100

1.3860  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

48,896

1.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,227

1.3778  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,887

1.3880  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,248

1.3900  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:

19 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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