Form 8.3 NCC GROUP PLC

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:

17 Apr 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:

2,967,100

1.04%

1,808,654

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,624,651

0.57%

1,625,188

0.57%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,591,751

1.61%

3,433,842

1.21%

(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

96,042

1.2327 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

61,392

1.2300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,512

1.2424 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,528

1.2352 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,987

1.2373 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,311

1.2302 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,897

1.2308 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,239

1.2420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,752

1.2400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,794

1.2260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,237

1.2396 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,239

1.2370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,728

1.2297 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,277

1.2304 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,732

1.2368 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,671

1.2425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,180

1.2410 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,607

1.2329 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,409

1.2289 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,861

1.2359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,458

1.2407 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,212

1.2339 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,102

1.2402 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,092

1.2322 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,939

1.2306 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,665

1.2292 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,506

1.2390 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,138

1.2340 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36

1.2388 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

54,734

1.2300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,055

1.2309 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,029

1.2417 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,353

1.2367 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,810

1.2440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,702

1.2305 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,121

1.2331 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,440

1.2400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,693

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,523

1.2390 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,731

1.2436 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,471

1.2341 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.2360 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

13,738

1.2299 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,886

1.2300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,760

1.2351 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

946

1.2364 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,693

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,021

1.2420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,810

1.2440 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

710

1.2459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,665

1.2292 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,067

1.2299 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

39,765

1.2300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

41,397

1.2327 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

47,528

1.2352 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,987

1.2373 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,470

1.2381 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,487

1.2388 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,552

1.2400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,102

1.2402 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

826

1.2421 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32,875

1.2423 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

20,167

1.2430 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

692

1.2391 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1

1.2400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

17,507

1.2313 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 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213