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:

18 Sep 2025

(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:

2,361,589

0.75%

4,619,876

1.47%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,281,716

1.36%

945,754

0.30%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,643,305

2.11%

5,565,630

1.77%

(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

44,447

1.4538 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

44,059

1.4640 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,296

1.4454 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,487

1.4395 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,471

1.4470 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,702

1.4412 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,475

1.4425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,219

1.4461 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,749

1.4517 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,141

1.4390 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,793

1.4503 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,659

1.4510 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,454

1.4360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

988

1.4452 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

944

1.4520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

363

1.4330 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

86,287

1.4624 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

48,296

1.4462 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,778

1.4434 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,005

1.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,500

1.4479 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,950

1.4593 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,741

1.4640 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,958

1.4639 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

694

1.4408 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

270

1.4465 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

3,560

1.4377 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,728

1.4443 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,490

1.4463 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

637

1.4474 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,500

1.4479 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,539

1.4590 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,388

1.4639 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,753

1.4640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

65

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

110

1.4344 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,444

1.4360 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

228

1.4361 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,338

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,120

1.4461 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,749

1.4517 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

944

1.4520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,310

1.4640 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

128

1.4499 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

27,801

1.4638 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,293

1.4403 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

276

1.4480 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,343

1.4550 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:

19 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213