| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | NCC GROUP PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 24 Oct 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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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 | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,247,093 | 0.71% | 4,065,991 | 1.29% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 3,607,085 | 1.15% | 861,033 | 0.27% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,854,178 | 1.86% | 4,927,024 | 1.56% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 335,741 | 1.5460 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 137,585 | 1.5486 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 43,141 | 1.5485 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,021 | 1.5636 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,787 | 1.5587 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,862 | 1.5586 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,668 | 1.5635 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,478 | 1.5539 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,999 | 1.5580 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,186 | 1.5660 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 818 | 1.5530 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 800 | 1.5625 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 798 | 1.5640 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 732 | 1.5560 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 653 | 1.5511 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 92 | 1.5582 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 208,460 | 1.5465 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 104,803 | 1.5460 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 36,350 | 1.5700 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 16,500 | 1.5497 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,931 | 1.5490 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,100 | 1.5645 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,794 | 1.5478 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,518 | 1.5565 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,263 | 1.5666 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,148 | 1.5530 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 850 | 1.5520 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 524 | 1.5560 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 103 | 1.5580 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 22 | 1.5480 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 1.5720 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 | Decreasing Long | 4,815 | 1.5541 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 100 | 1.5519 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 829 | 1.5538 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3 | 1.5719 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 98,587 | 1.5460 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 37 | 1.5548 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 732 | 1.5560 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 971 | 1.5576 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,862 | 1.5586 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,787 | 1.5587 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,313 | 1.5602 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 800 | 1.5625 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,228 | 1.5632 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,480 | 1.5642 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 15,249 | 1.5459 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,263 | 1.5666 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 16,420 | 1.5460 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 44,782 | 1.5461 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 17,892 | 1.5574 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 92 | 1.5581 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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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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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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| 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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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 27 Oct 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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