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:

01 May 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:

3,309,218

1.16%

2,232,384

0.79%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,020,306

0.71%

1,862,054

0.66%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,329,524

1.87%

4,094,438

1.44%

(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

58,643

1.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,973

1.2746 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,296

1.2780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,246

1.2836 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,059

1.2220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,371

1.2875 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,236

1.2820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,290

1.2920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,168

1.2886 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,018

1.2853 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,964

1.2900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,864

1.2806 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,079

1.2811 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,759

1.2874 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,595

1.2809 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,759

1.2848 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,341

1.2542 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

581

1.2932 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

455

1.2796 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

389

1.2700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

234

1.2880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

134,679

1.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,830

1.2734 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,875

1.2769 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32,632

1.2763 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

30,064

1.2771 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,000

1.2220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,522

1.2872 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,388

1.2823 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,153

1.2876 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,014

1.2865 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,014

1.2785 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,713

1.2778 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,044

1.2800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

841

1.2720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

581

1.2933 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

424

1.2487 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

358

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

118

1.2880 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

270

1.2100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

32,632

1.2763 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,064

1.2771 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,044

1.2800 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,955

1.2844 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

58,643

1.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,153

1.2876 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,781

1.2891 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

786

1.2899 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,341

1.2542 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,988

1.2680 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

425

1.2787 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

455

1.2796 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,941

1.2820 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,886

1.2830 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,985

1.2831 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,018

1.2853 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,771

1.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,371

1.2875 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

353

1.2880 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

32,713

1.2744 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,956

1.2825 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,000

1.2860 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

44

1.2759 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:

05 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213