| 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 Nov 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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| 2,382,661 | 0.76% | 3,792,579 | 1.20% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 3,400,141 | 1.08% | 762,735 | 0.24% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,782,802 | 1.84% | 4,555,314 | 1.45% |
| (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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| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 254,044 | 1.5000 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 49,666 | 1.4924 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 39,758 | 1.4981 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,845 | 1.4976 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,253 | 1.4953 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,329 | 1.4961 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,794 | 1.4980 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,524 | 1.4967 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,878 | 1.4917 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,030 | 1.4888 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,937 | 1.5020 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,832 | 1.4977 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,727 | 1.4906 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,789 | 1.4936 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,462 | 1.4937 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,439 | 1.4760 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,225 | 1.4864 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,084 | 1.4922 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 505 | 1.4950 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 486 | 1.4907 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 41 | 1.4800 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 1.4900 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 101,898 | 1.4990 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 95,336 | 1.5000 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 26,482 | 1.4933 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 17,600 | 1.4954 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 10,246 | 1.5001 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,400 | 1.4939 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,511 | 1.4951 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,830 | 1.4923 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,644 | 1.4957 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,799 | 1.4998 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,294 | 1.4760 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 189 | 1.4940 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 41 | 1.4800 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 25 | 1.4896 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 | Increasing Long | 2,959 | 1.4879 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 189 | 1.4940 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,511 | 1.4951 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,644 | 1.4957 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,871 | 1.4969 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 663 | 1.4978 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,225 | 1.4982 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,800 | 1.5000 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 200 | 1.5019 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 52 | 1.4770 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 65 | 1.4776 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,841 | 1.4884 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,268 | 1.4898 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,373 | 1.4900 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,228 | 1.4903 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,878 | 1.4917 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 37,025 | 1.4932 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,253 | 1.4953 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 19,329 | 1.4961 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,524 | 1.4967 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,845 | 1.4976 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,832 | 1.4977 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 64,226 | 1.5000 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,937 | 1.5020 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 136 | 1.4838 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 24,347 | 1.4998 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 3,108 | 1.4919 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 18,204 | 1.5000 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: | 25 Nov 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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