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:

11 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:

3,942,668

1.39%

3,273,110

1.15%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,888,317

1.01%

2,252,516

0.79%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,830,985

2.40%

5,525,626

1.94%

(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

487,332

1.3900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

248,105

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

52,795

1.3741 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,424

1.3758 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,436

1.3873 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,139

1.3837 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,910

1.3822 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,827

1.3779 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,203

1.3801 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,036

1.3858 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,929

1.3800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,992

1.3804 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,255

1.3832 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,456

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,689

1.3757 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,304

1.3876 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

982

1.3856 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

911

1.3820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

786

1.3880 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

456

1.3775 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

109

1.3760 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6

1.3844 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

78,777

1.3843 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

71,056

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,407

1.3742 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,223

1.3744 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,792

1.3821 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,548

1.3826 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,204

1.3800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,964

1.3852 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,958

1.3878 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,781

1.3812 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,358

1.3860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,000

1.3872 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,378

1.3806 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,098

1.3869 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,600

1.3831 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,534

1.3820 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,329

1.3780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

786

1.3880 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

423

1.3803 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

360

1.3804 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

6,903

1.3739 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59,110

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,618

1.3742 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,453

1.3746 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,253

1.3763 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,973

1.3799 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

423

1.3803 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

360

1.3804 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,378

1.3806 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37,802

1.3819 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,792

1.3821 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,548

1.3826 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,964

1.3852 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,002

1.3876 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,958

1.3878 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

205,711

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,575

1.3778 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,910

1.3822 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,823

1.3848 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,787

1.3870 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,767

1.3871 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,436

1.3873 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,818

1.3887 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

486,173

1.3900 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,003

1.3810 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

28,336

1.3778 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,166

1.3831 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

13,139

1.3837 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:

12 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213