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:

30 Apr 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:

3,274,544

1.15%

2,115,780

0.74%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,903,635

0.67%

1,841,802

0.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,178,179

1.82%

3,957,582

1.39%

(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

99,329

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

72,726

1.1977 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,664

1.1789 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,422

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,444

1.1904 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,840

1.2037 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,800

1.1985 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,207

1.1988 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,020

1.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,571

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,151

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

114

1.1901 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

81,108

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

73,277

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,991

1.1781 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,311

1.1936 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,988

1.1946 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,360

1.1998 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,131

1.2073 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,647

1.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,434

1.2026 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,266

1.1934 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,612

1.2010 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,211

1.1985 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,168

1.1920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,038

1.1676 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,791

1.2068 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,752

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,683

1.2062 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,532

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,400

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,293

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,211

1.1975 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

996

1.1953 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

516

1.1957 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

28,311

1.1936 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

22,988

1.1946 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,265

1.1981 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,647

1.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,030

1.1995 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,655

1.1996 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,750

1.2010 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,675

1.2012 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,434

1.2026 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,784

1.2031 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,647

1.2038 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

291

1.2039 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,518

1.2066 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,047

1.2077 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

32,874

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,443

1.1700 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,153

1.1777 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,068

1.1803 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,020

1.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,781

1.1985 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

736

1.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,312

1.2015 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,898

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,194

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,408

1.1977 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,371

1.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

27,850

1.2079 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:

01 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213