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:

18 Dec 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:

2,175,221

0.69%

4,383,121

1.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,892,367

1.24%

770,369

0.24%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,067,588

1.93%

5,153,490

1.64%

(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

150,550

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,111

1.4391 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,446

1.4353 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,475

1.4319 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,006

1.4324 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,520

1.4351 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,023

1.4333 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,599

1.4314 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,038

1.4368 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,828

1.4350 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,759

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,279

1.4320 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,163

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

981

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

824

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

796

1.4310 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

469

1.4280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

384

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

347

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

254

1.4425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

221

1.4379 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39

1.4360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24

1.4340 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12

1.4120 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

606,313

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

124,312

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,238

1.4419 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,882

1.4409 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,001

1.4333 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,989

1.4368 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,828

1.4370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,427

1.4414 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,046

1.4320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,391

1.4365 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,955

1.4314 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,715

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,703

1.4337 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,485

1.4323 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

958

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

568

1.4202 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

347

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

335

1.4347 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

294

1.4319 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

223

1.4360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

106

1.4280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24

1.4340 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12

1.4120 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

568

1.4202 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

606,313

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,445

1.4328 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,258

1.4348 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,760

1.4353 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

984

1.4354 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,288

1.4355 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,989

1.4368 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,828

1.4370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,335

1.4415 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,255

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,759

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

194

1.4266 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

375

1.4273 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,072

1.4281 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

259

1.4282 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,684

1.4291 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

944

1.4298 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,707

1.4312 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,599

1.4314 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,141

1.4318 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,006

1.4324 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,235

1.4350 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,446

1.4353 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,719

1.4369 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,564

1.4419 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

103,751

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

380

1.4259 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,814

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

51,532

1.4385 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,190

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

38

1.4421 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:

19 Dec 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213