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 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:

2,875,178

1.00%

2,067,909

0.72%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

1,842,701

0.64%

1,533,321

0.53%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,717,879

1.64%

3,601,230

1.25%

(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

78,087

1.1972 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59,722

1.1934 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,293

1.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,352

1.1978 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,648

1.1918 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,259

1.1957 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,939

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,301

1.1960 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,129

1.1955 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,086

1.1950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,994

1.1953 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,786

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,410

1.1880 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,872

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,743

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,578

1.1963 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,989

1.1888 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,767

1.2010 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,103

1.1925 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,026

1.1920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

491

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

60,759

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

55,824

1.1979 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,714

1.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,030

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,616

1.1952 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,000

1.1925 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,474

1.1945 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,528

1.1974 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,086

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,410

1.1941 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,053

1.1891 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,166

1.1964 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,102

1.1870 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,027

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,017

1.1860 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

1,999

1.1888 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,719

1.1926 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,196

1.1968 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,251

1.1970 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

55

1.1977 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41,237

1.1979 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,569

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,145

1.1986 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,609

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,989

1.1888 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

532

1.1916 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42,849

1.1918 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,449

1.1927 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59,722

1.1934 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,010

1.1940 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,589

1.1944 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

69,226

1.1957 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

46,944

1.1959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,578

1.1963 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

962

1.1975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,529

1.1979 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

77,457

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

491

1.1997 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,365

1.1903 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

11,674

1.1957 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,580

1.1980 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

10,742

1.1989 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

13,114

1.2020 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 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213