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:

24 Apr 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:

3,130,683

1.10%

1,662,750

0.58%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,466,086

0.52%

1,783,598

0.63%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,596,769

1.62%

3,446,348

1.21%

(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

98,491

1.1746 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

91,681

1.1740 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,383

1.1755 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,289

1.1761 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,143

1.1760 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,056

1.1785 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,425

1.1826 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,461

1.1835 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,502

1.1749 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,614

1.1759 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,724

1.1756 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,420

1.1739 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,952

1.1767 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,831

1.1784 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

888

1.1780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

833

1.1751 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

293

1.1720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

72,163

1.1740 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,669

1.1738 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,348

1.1739 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,194

1.1758 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,559

1.1755 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,848

1.1769 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,592

1.1720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,702

1.1759 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,189

1.1771 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,306

1.1816 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,830

1.1791 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,739

1.1761 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,131

1.1770 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,107

1.1751 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

437

1.1809 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

241

1.1832 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

190

1.1760 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

Decreasing Short

13,542

1.1720 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,348

1.1739 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,046

1.1740 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,789

1.1746 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,975

1.1749 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,725

1.1763 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,123

1.1773 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,830

1.1791 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

569

1.1805 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

241

1.1832 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,713

1.1740 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

691

1.1741 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,257

1.1748 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,502

1.1749 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,869

1.1755 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,724

1.1756 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,362

1.1758 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,614

1.1759 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,877

1.1760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,166

1.1762 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,283

1.1777 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,807

1.1800 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,091

1.1813 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,425

1.1826 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,461

1.1835 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,646

1.1783 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

43,404

1.1740 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 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213