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:

30 Jan 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:

1,955,875

0.62%

3,075,842

0.98%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,421,856

0.77%

795,470

0.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,377,731

1.39%

3,871,312

1.23%

(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

155,629

1.4040 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

77,569

1.4051 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32,156

1.4124 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,100

1.4107 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,781

1.4109 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,807

1.4120 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,200

1.4086 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,215

1.4100 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,110

1.4042 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,607

1.4138 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,276

1.4160 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,991

1.4102 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,637

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,060

1.4180 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

424

1.4060 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

235

1.4200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

217

1.4080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

163

1.3960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

98,639

1.4142 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

41,966

1.4040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,663

1.4089 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,994

1.4100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,477

1.4082 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,327

1.4126 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,336

1.4098 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,905

1.4120 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,823

1.4099 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,276

1.4160 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,638

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,427

1.4101 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,259

1.4135 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,060

1.4180 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,025

1.3990 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

855

1.3940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

545

1.4044 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

424

1.4060 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

235

1.4200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

217

1.4080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

163

1.3960 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

143

1.4047 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

4,041

1.4080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,449

1.4037 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

93

1.4040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,097

1.4041 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

143

1.4047 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,134

1.4053 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,691

1.4073 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,494

1.4077 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,934

1.4100 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,735

1.4113 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,001

1.4118 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,327

1.4126 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,354

1.4136 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

959

1.4140 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,202

1.4171 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,970

1.4040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,110

1.4042 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,441

1.4064 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

136

1.4080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,991

1.4101 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,212

1.4107 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,781

1.4109 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,782

1.4120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,459

1.4122 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,561

1.4126 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,259

1.4129 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

33

1.4121 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1

1.4000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

16,053

1.4041 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:

02 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213