REG - Barclays PLC NCC Group PLC - Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC
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RNS Number : 8771T Barclays PLC 20 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: 19 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: 2,143,916 0.70% 3,550,153 1.16%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,851,193 0.93% 893,927 0.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 4,995,109 1.63% 4,444,080 1.45%
(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 80,280 1.3440 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 60,284 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 42,967 1.3243 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 28,800 1.3319 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 19,502 1.3226 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,500 1.3354 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,000 1.3466 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,591 1.3173 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,453 1.3540 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,382 1.3500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,182 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,004 1.3279 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,437 1.3300 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,404 1.3460 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,164 1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,037 1.3230 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,930 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,891 1.3524 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,534 1.3380 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,443 1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,242 1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,162 1.3530 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,038 1.3450 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 979 1.3480 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 603 1.3550 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 474 1.3240 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 473 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 274 1.3490 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 258 1.3140 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 66 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 47 1.3640 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20 1.3504 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 59,227 1.3265 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 47,474 1.3271 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 33,492 1.3393 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 18,043 1.3283 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,873 1.3243 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,965 1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,690 1.3367 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,550 1.3500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,455 1.3235 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,431 1.3300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,172 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,000 1.3199 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,767 1.3253 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,283 1.3352 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,058 1.3408 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,028 1.3457 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,972 1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,985 1.3279 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,777 1.3329 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,729 1.3236 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,428 1.3308 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,357 1.3460 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,192 1.3429 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,096 1.3206 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,930 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,930 1.3385 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,534 1.3380 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,346 1.3440 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,247 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,242 1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,162 1.3530 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,141 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,053 1.3175 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,038 1.3450 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 979 1.3480 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 740 1.3159 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 687 1.3287 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 603 1.3550 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 474 1.3240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 473 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 274 1.3490 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 258 1.3140 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20 1.3295 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 740 1.3159 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,053 1.3175 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,519 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,079 1.3205 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,096 1.3206 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,455 1.3235 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,873 1.3243 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,767 1.3253 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 18,043 1.3283 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 687 1.3287 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,776 1.3308 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,118 1.3328 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,999 1.3329 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,283 1.3352 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 24,850 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,583 1.3361 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,642 1.3487 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,213 1.3500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9 1.3640 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 7,591 1.3173 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 51,430 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,600 1.3188 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,125 1.3225 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 19,502 1.3226 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14,050 1.3243 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,004 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,337 1.3302 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,816 1.3362 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,837 1.3374 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 8,586 1.3259 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 23,400 1.3267 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 469 1.3520 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: 20 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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