REG - Barclays PLC NCC Group PLC - Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC
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RNS Number : 5729U Barclays PLC 26 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: 25 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: 2,308,245 0.76% 3,700,690 1.21%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
3,176,285 1.04% 915,617 0.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 5,484,530 1.80% 4,616,307 1.51%
(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 132,323 1.3038 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 21,785 1.3046 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,784 1.3177 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,283 1.3171 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,787 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,097 1.3030 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,540 1.3039 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,802 1.3157 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,647 1.3050 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,007 1.3045 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,701 1.3040 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,358 1.3000 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,215 1.2880 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 978 1.2960 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 852 1.2900 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 830 1.3144 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 777 1.3100 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 697 1.3060 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 688 1.2980 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 602 1.2920 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 510 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 507 1.2940 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 506 1.3120 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 468 1.3080 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 439 1.3020 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 278 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 200 1.3059 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 170 1.3140 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 67 1.3220 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 127,230 1.3017 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 65,871 1.2960 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 41,353 1.3012 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 35,098 1.3073 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 33,801 1.3119 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 31,679 1.3135 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 19,675 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,791 1.3179 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,176 1.2912 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,498 1.3185 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,219 1.3132 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,804 1.3031 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,721 1.3136 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,896 1.3177 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,740 1.3060 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,462 1.3000 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,118 1.3175 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,841 1.2980 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,835 1.3040 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,409 1.3174 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,235 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,215 1.2880 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,110 1.3140 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 852 1.2900 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 848 1.3150 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 777 1.3100 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 602 1.2920 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 507 1.2940 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 506 1.3120 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 440 1.3080 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 439 1.3020 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 278 1.3160 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 269 1.3034 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 67 1.3220 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 171 1.2900 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 1.2919 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 65,571 1.2960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,577 1.2994 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 32,106 1.2998 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,898 1.3017 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 269 1.3034 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,246 1.3064 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 24,725 1.3093 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 33,801 1.3119 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 31,679 1.3135 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,721 1.3136 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 848 1.3150 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,896 1.3177 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,685 1.3178 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,842 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,023 1.3200 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16,776 1.3019 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,858 1.3067 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,481 1.3084 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,124 1.3086 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 530 1.3098 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,063 1.3180 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 15,176 1.2980 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 10,044 1.3025 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 9,735 1.3071 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,629 1.3014 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,853 1.3190 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: 26 Feb 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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