REG - Barclays PLC NCC Group PLC - Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC
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RNS Number : 0279U Barclays PLC 23 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: 20 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: 2,182,581 0.71% 3,510,687 1.15%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,847,382 0.93% 917,018 0.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 5,029,963 1.64% 4,427,705 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 51,907 1.3290 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 25,152 1.3348 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 24,574 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,737 1.3279 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,762 1.3311 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,870 1.3273 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,856 1.3366 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,610 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,775 1.3309 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,959 1.3306 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,477 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,931 1.3340 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,550 1.3420 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,954 1.3400 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,863 1.3300 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,540 1.3321 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,255 1.3327 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,036 1.3389 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,644 1.3282 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,517 1.3215 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,373 1.3350 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,337 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 864 1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 797 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 724 1.3380 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 680 1.3440 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 531 1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 446 1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 168 1.3240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 50,214 1.3309 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,436 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 19,432 1.3302 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,199 1.3214 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,553 1.3300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,261 1.3216 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,681 1.3340 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,572 1.3400 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,682 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,897 1.3420 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,373 1.3350 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 948 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 917 1.3301 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 864 1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 794 1.3327 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 724 1.3380 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 680 1.3440 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 658 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 610 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 558 1.3277 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 531 1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 446 1.3260 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 405 1.3199 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 168 1.3240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 155 1.3398 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 1,214 1.3194 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 405 1.3199 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,260 1.3214 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,072 1.3271 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,339 1.3278 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,292 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,185 1.3294 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 917 1.3301 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,654 1.3315 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 36,432 1.3318 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 794 1.3327 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,021 1.3329 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,345 1.3360 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,410 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,412 1.3261 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,168 1.3276 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,458 1.3277 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 26,943 1.3280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,948 1.3313 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,081 1.3320 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 999 1.3340 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 25,152 1.3348 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,160 1.3357 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,921 1.3359 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,856 1.3366 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 12,569 1.3295 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 6,042 1.3335 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 21,692 1.3281 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 7,243 1.3305 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: 23 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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