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:

20 Aug 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:

2,358,975

0.75%

3,978,585

1.26%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,568,247

1.13%

930,417

0.30%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,927,222

1.88%

4,909,002

1.56%

(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

1,143,646

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

66,991

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

42,862

1.4370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,375

1.4390 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,029

1.4403 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,089

1.4378 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,500

1.4311 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,642

1.4355 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,026

1.4421 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,732

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

847

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

711

1.4320 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

514

1.4425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

204

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,492

1.4410 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,582

1.4352 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,052

1.4337 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,562

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,034

1.4275 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,488

1.4340 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,496

1.4376 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,560

1.4307 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,341

1.4241 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,087

1.4430 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

939

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

878

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

849

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

707

1.4401 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

404

1.4459 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

249

1.4260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

103

1.4220 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

7,182

1.4349 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,704

1.4207 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,330

1.4292 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,052

1.4337 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

26,582

1.4352 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

248

1.4371 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

620

1.4372 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,496

1.4376 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,296

1.4399 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19,207

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,091

1.4418 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

200

1.4439 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

404

1.4459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,143,646

1.4240 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,275

1.4316 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,972

1.4375 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,267

1.4394 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,632

1.4400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,026

1.4421 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,136

1.4426 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

332

1.4232 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

56

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

26,228

1.4401 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:

21 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213