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:

15 May 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:

3,773,203

1.33%

4,151,631

1.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,001,057

1.41%

2,043,910

0.72%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,774,260

2.73%

6,195,541

2.18%

(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

116,882

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

60,405

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36,998

1.3648 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,017

1.3499 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,780

1.3730 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,490

1.3739 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,336

1.3518 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,024

1.3626 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,756

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,438

1.3562 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,026

1.3555 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,688

1.3489 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,627

1.3509 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,322

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,300

1.3680 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

951

1.3580 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

874

1.3603 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

403

1.3572 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

110,624

1.3744 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

30,575

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,108

1.3682 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,275

1.3521 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,164

1.3608 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,006

1.3615 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,596

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,494

1.3741 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,398

1.3585 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,122

1.3561 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,170

1.3690 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,849

1.3572 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,498

1.3555 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,424

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,620

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,298

1.3551 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,872

1.3510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,856

1.3680 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,493

1.3505 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,993

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,703

1.3593 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,631

1.3728 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,823

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,723

1.3573 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,710

1.3581 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,525

1.3677 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,310

1.3537 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,188

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

799

1.3600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

433

1.3501 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

152

1.3558 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

132

1.3693 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

100

1.3580 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

22,945

1.3562 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,186

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,743

1.3507 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,872

1.3510 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,291

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,532

1.3531 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,310

1.3537 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

152

1.3558 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

1.3559 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,849

1.3571 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,690

1.3575 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,006

1.3615 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,096

1.3616 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,577

1.3657 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,856

1.3680 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,108

1.3681 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

132

1.3692 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

56,574

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

116,011

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,926

1.3569 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,980

1.3571 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,247

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,945

1.3625 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,024

1.3626 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,053

1.3682 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,878

1.3686 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,002

1.3759 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,077

1.3772 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,277

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,652

1.3562 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,823

1.3616 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,175

1.3690 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

39,159

1.3778 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

20,722

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,509

1.3568 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,349

1.3620 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:

18 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213