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:

14 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:

3,776,537

1.33%

4,127,618

1.45%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,957,140

1.39%

2,070,091

0.73%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,733,677

2.72%

6,197,709

2.18%

(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

141,182

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,534

1.3653 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,506

1.3632 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,437

1.3555 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,535

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,008

1.3595 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,995

1.3553 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,606

1.3535 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,603

1.3529 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,105

1.3620 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,569

1.3590 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,500

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,634

1.3580 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,538

1.3592 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,383

1.3593 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,200

1.3559 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.3465 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

799

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

798

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

669,974

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

91,903

1.3631 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,944

1.3621 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,484

1.3591 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,915

1.3639 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,647

1.3570 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,425

1.3553 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,753

1.3547 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,523

1.3579 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,045

1.3580 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,427

1.3593 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,750

1.3533 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,459

1.3535 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,216

1.3545 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,082

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,436

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,077

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,888

1.3569 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,830

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,102

1.3507 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

962

1.3521 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

319

1.3536 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.3480 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

14,924

1.3549 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,077

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,460

1.3509 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35

1.3519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,507

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,459

1.3535 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,082

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,568

1.3580 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

31,484

1.3591 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,714

1.3609 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,152

1.3619 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,421

1.3621 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,915

1.3639 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

84,047

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

96

1.3521 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,596

1.3543 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,219

1.3545 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,851

1.3546 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,680

1.3567 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

817

1.3573 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,535

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,538

1.3591 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,383

1.3593 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,008

1.3595 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,105

1.3620 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

86,017

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

41,534

1.3653 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,305

1.3573 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,991

1.3638 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

594,326

1.3639 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,211

1.3501 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,166

1.3572 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:

15 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213