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:

13 Mar 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:

2,271,559

0.76%

3,984,804

1.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,574,865

1.19%

939,548

0.31%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,846,424

1.95%

4,924,352

1.64%

(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

193,366

1.2660 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,758

1.2700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,064

1.2720 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,333

1.2731 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,984

1.2744 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,812

1.2770 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,605

1.2780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,601

1.2767 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,490

1.2734 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,234

1.2739 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,389

1.2702 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,185

1.2732 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,604

1.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,099

1.2740 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,879

1.2779 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,587

1.2756 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

900

1.2640 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

677

1.2790 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

540

1.2680 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

483

1.2800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

375

1.2753 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

190

1.2840 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

90

1.2820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

225,826

1.2660 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

66,550

1.2700 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

52,325

1.2681 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

49,846

1.2738 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,116

1.2731 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,358

1.2761 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,835

1.2780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,157

1.2699 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,437

1.2739 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,383

1.2682 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,043

1.2764 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,604

1.2760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,459

1.2790 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,422

1.2709 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,183

1.2713 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,099

1.2740 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,963

1.2718 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,895

1.2720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,616

1.2654 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,000

1.2749 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

900

1.2640 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

540

1.2680 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

530

1.2702 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

483

1.2800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

329

1.2770 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

190

1.2840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

90

1.2820 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

1,616

1.2654 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

141,382

1.2660 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

449

1.2684 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,157

1.2699 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

530

1.2702 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,197

1.2717 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,830

1.2723 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,408

1.2726 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33,116

1.2731 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,437

1.2739 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,948

1.2749 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,001

1.2751 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

394

1.2756 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

329

1.2770 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,658

1.2776 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,870

1.2779 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

39,736

1.2985 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

130

1.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,759

1.2660 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,748

1.2711 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

45,169

1.2720 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,314

1.2738 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

375

1.2753 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,812

1.2770 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,211

1.2791 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,000

1.2749 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,039

1.2779 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,587

1.2756 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:

16 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213