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:

26 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:

2,495,867

0.86%

2,751,789

0.94%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,604,289

0.89%

1,163,937

0.40%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,100,156

1.75%

3,915,726

1.34%

(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

314,437

1.1500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

64,397

1.1456 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

44,864

1.1447 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,502

1.1540 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39,874

1.1498 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,472

1.1471 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

37,829

1.1480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,316

1.1472 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,618

1.1479 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,165

1.1486 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,729

1.1460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,471

1.1509 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,376

1.1520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,809

1.1492 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,519

1.1465 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,033

1.1487 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

232

1.1420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

220

1.1560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

114

1.1600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

100

1.1519 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

88

1.1400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

74

1.1440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59

1.1380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43

1.1620 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

176,566

1.1500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,052

1.1476 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,109

1.1434 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,306

1.1426 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,283

1.1474 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,096

1.1420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,144

1.1510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,044

1.1489 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,083

1.1440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

321

1.1539 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

306

1.1480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

280

1.1460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

242

1.1540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

220

1.1560 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

153

1.1478 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

114

1.1600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

88

1.1400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

70

1.1520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

59

1.1380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43

1.1620 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

1.1580 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

27,109

1.1434 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

628

1.1484 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,250

1.1495 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,442

1.1499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,394

1.1500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

321

1.1539 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,203

1.1795 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

44,864

1.1447 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49,564

1.1448 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,106

1.1466 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,333

1.1471 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

29,316

1.1472 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,618

1.1479 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,748

1.1480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,165

1.1486 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

150,983

1.1500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,035

1.1507 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,471

1.1508 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,727

1.1519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

376

1.1520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,516

1.1713 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

293

1.1399 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

13,578

1.1478 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,128

1.1495 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,950

1.1496 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

573

1.1508 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:

27 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213