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:

12 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:

2,075,302

0.67%

3,837,402

1.24%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,979,939

0.96%

900,848

0.29%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,055,241

1.64%

4,738,250

1.53%

(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

72,227

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,983

1.3290 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,499

1.3493 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,310

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,571

1.3484 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,105

1.3522 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,034

1.3339 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,054

1.3391 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,709

1.3471 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,263

1.3453 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,193

1.3418 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,050

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

332

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

284

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

159

1.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

159

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

131

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

116

1.3257 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

61

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

72,599

1.3415 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,867

1.3377 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,255

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,803

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,644

1.3409 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,672

1.3458 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,254

1.3265 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,012

1.3438 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,302

1.3315 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,213

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,095

1.3404 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,051

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

304

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

301

1.3317 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

284

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

264

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

159

1.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

159

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

159

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34

1.3400 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

179

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,254

1.3265 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,742

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,435

1.3354 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,240

1.3391 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,095

1.3404 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

51,864

1.3424 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

456

1.3433 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,012

1.3438 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,225

1.3453 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,574

1.3474 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

229

1.3486 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,404

1.3487 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

200

1.3519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,990

1.3238 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49,618

1.3260 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,197

1.3261 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,072

1.3301 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,034

1.3339 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

599

1.3416 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,084

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,886

1.3454 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,454

1.3458 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,913

1.3459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

873

1.3468 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,951

1.3484 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,499

1.3493 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

671

1.3508 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,440

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,672

1.3458 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,703

1.3461 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:

13 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213