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:

17 Mar 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:

2,364,986

0.80%

4,962,511

1.68%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,641,883

1.57%

970,834

0.33%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,006,869

2.38%

5,933,345

2.01%

(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

124,965

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

96,520

1.1920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

89,940

1.1947 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

55,239

1.1871 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,362

1.1922 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,379

1.1912 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,535

1.1906 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,157

1.1869 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,874

1.1928 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,003

1.1939 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,596

1.1894 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,449

1.1854 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,428

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,143

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,575

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,469

1.1700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.1754 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

647

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

646

1.1880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,051,083

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

75,089

1.1962 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,186

1.1913 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31,732

1.1931 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,283

1.1861 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,577

1.1918 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,328

1.1788 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,691

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,504

1.1946 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,195

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,642

1.1969 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,643

1.1922 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,619

1.1992 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,575

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,969

1.1936 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,046

1.1880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

647

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

594

1.2026 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

565

1.1976 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

17,819

1.1803 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,370

1.1871 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

520

1.1887 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,186

1.1913 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,643

1.1921 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,138

1.1926 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

31,732

1.1931 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,969

1.1936 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,192

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37,481

1.1945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,504

1.1946 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,027

1.1967 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,437

1.1975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

565

1.1977 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

80

1.1979 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,758

1.1981 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,436

1.1992 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,696

1.1996 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

594

1.2026 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,195

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,000

1.1754 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,239

1.1871 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,568

1.1882 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,173

1.1886 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,151

1.1892 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,596

1.1894 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

353

1.1900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,535

1.1906 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,379

1.1912 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,874

1.1928 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,026

1.1929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,926

1.1939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,372

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

383

1.1945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

89,940

1.1947 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,428

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,156

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,750

1.1906 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

963,744

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,879

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

20,016

1.1872 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

20,036

1.1940 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:

18 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213