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 Feb 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:

2,182,581

0.71%

3,510,687

1.15%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,847,382

0.93%

917,018

0.30%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,029,963

1.64%

4,427,705

1.45%

(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

51,907

1.3290 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,152

1.3348 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,574

1.3180 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,737

1.3279 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,762

1.3311 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,870

1.3273 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,856

1.3366 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,610

1.3200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,775

1.3309 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,959

1.3306 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,477

1.3280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,931

1.3340 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,550

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,954

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,863

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,540

1.3321 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,255

1.3327 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,036

1.3389 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,644

1.3282 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,517

1.3215 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,373

1.3350 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,337

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

864

1.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

797

1.3160 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

724

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

680

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

531

1.3220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

446

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

168

1.3240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

50,214

1.3309 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,436

1.3280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,432

1.3302 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,199

1.3214 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,553

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,261

1.3216 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,681

1.3340 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,572

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,682

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,897

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,373

1.3350 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

948

1.3180 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

917

1.3301 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

864

1.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

794

1.3327 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

724

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

680

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

658

1.3160 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

610

1.3200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

558

1.3277 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

531

1.3220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

446

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

405

1.3199 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

168

1.3240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

155

1.3398 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

1,214

1.3194 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

405

1.3199 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,260

1.3214 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,072

1.3271 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,339

1.3278 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,292

1.3280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,185

1.3294 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

917

1.3301 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,654

1.3315 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

36,432

1.3318 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

794

1.3327 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,021

1.3329 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,345

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,410

1.3160 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,412

1.3261 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,168

1.3276 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,458

1.3277 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,943

1.3280 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,948

1.3313 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,081

1.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

999

1.3340 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,152

1.3348 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,160

1.3357 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,921

1.3359 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,856

1.3366 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,569

1.3295 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,042

1.3335 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,692

1.3281 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,243

1.3305 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:

23 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213