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:

08 Oct 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:

2,296,538

0.73%

4,850,941

1.54%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

4,400,869

1.40%

860,199

0.27%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,697,407

2.13%

5,711,140

1.81%

(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

54,036

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

51,834

1.4438 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

33,124

1.4423 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,162

1.4399 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,795

1.4387 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,500

1.4367 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,462

1.4358 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,306

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,099

1.4384 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,758

1.4395 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,902

1.4445 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,550

1.4448 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,277

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,047

1.4462 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

901

1.4459 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

892

1.4412 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

674

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

73

1.4470 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

1.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

89,944

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,197

1.4439 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,147

1.4413 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,851

1.4509 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,512

1.4393 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,527

1.4357 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,785

1.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,500

1.4374 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

674

1.4300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

615

1.4420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

270

1.4480 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

160

1.4354 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,238

1.4357 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,632

1.4385 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,078

1.4393 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,720

1.4410 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,016

1.4439 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,718

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2

1.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,462

1.4358 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,306

1.4380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

33,274

1.4384 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,758

1.4395 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,162

1.4399 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,522

1.4418 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,602

1.4426 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,352

1.4440 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,898

1.4458 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

645

1.4460 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

124

1.4609 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,352

1.4303 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

620

1.4521 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:

09 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213