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:

13 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:

3,697,487

1.30%

3,424,338

1.20%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,211,415

1.13%

2,004,039

0.70%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,908,902

2.43%

5,428,377

1.91%

(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

66,750

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,324

1.3546 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,575

1.3501 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,918

1.3539 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,922

1.3605 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,827

1.3529 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,540

1.3532 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,028

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,042

1.3559 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,429

1.3556 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,610

1.3558 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,200

1.3598 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,479

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,198

1.3557 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,875

1.3615 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,868

1.3567 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,434

1.3571 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,449

1.3550 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,752

1.3569 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.3593 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

743

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

91,787

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,322

1.3554 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,083

1.3512 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

37,346

1.3503 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,224

1.3600 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,689

1.3563 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,402

1.3532 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,733

1.3568 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,378

1.3529 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,880

1.3555 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,338

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,702

1.3552 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,516

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,413

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,065

1.3578 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,949

1.3660 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,490

1.3651 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,192

1.3669 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

950

1.3540 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

805

1.3520 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

605

1.3649 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

390

1.3680 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

89

1.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

54

1.3720 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.3696 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

2,413

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

89

1.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

56,079

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,676

1.3515 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,304

1.3529 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,402

1.3532 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,322

1.3554 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,808

1.3563 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,244

1.3590 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,980

1.3635 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,338

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,892

1.3660 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,192

1.3669 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,546

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,827

1.3529 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,540

1.3532 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,074

1.3537 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,918

1.3539 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,479

1.3560 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,434

1.3571 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,716

1.3577 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,002

1.3584 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,005

1.3585 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,309

1.3624 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,282

1.3632 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

279

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,206

1.3682 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,682

1.3549 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,881

1.3563 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,950

1.3561 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:

14 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213