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:

19 Aug 2025

(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:

2,350,603

0.75%

5,143,558

1.63%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,729,123

1.50%

937,799

0.30%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,079,726

2.25%

6,081,357

1.93%

(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

117,137

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59,423

1.4262 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,211

1.4399 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,000

1.4160 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,356

1.4238 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,000

1.4180 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,998

1.4294 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,667

1.4230 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,952

1.4259 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,196

1.4263 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,073

1.4231 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,408

1.4334 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,676

1.4287 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,599

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,355

1.4200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,111

1.4219 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,001

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

790

1.4220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

661

1.4297 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

77,492

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

54,286

1.4215 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36,049

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,000

1.4167 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,136

1.4203 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,758

1.4247 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,276

1.4220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

939

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

849

1.4270 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

780

1.4320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

652

1.4301 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

140

1.4200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

75

1.4160 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32

1.4161 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

4,389

1.4262 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,092

1.4178 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

457

1.4199 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,819

1.4204 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,572

1.4216 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

245

1.4233 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

185

1.4337 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,686

1.4395 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,830

1.4399 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,022

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

794

1.4198 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,491

1.4211 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,667

1.4230 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,663

1.4256 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,952

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,739

1.4262 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,196

1.4263 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,530

1.4276 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,034

1.4397 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

61,216

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

39

1.4200 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

32,746

1.4398 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,004

1.4237 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 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213