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:

22 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:

2,302,998

0.73%

4,416,342

1.40%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,947,623

1.25%

846,912

0.27%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,250,621

1.98%

5,263,254

1.67%

(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

177,227

1.5780 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

107,740

1.5524 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

72,446

1.5233 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,871

1.5157 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,266

1.5169 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,164

1.5661 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,224

1.5566 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,835

1.5620 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,924

1.5286 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,479

1.5551 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,039

1.5290 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

1.5580 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,486

1.5608 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,940

1.5545 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,889

1.5517 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,000

1.5280 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,792

1.5635 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,782

1.5584 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,614

1.5561 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

909

1.5440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

891

1.5820 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

96

1.5700 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7

1.5740 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

95,013

1.5780 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

80,200

1.5625 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

57,475

1.5654 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38,955

1.5285 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,793

1.5302 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,786

1.5463 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,372

1.5760 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,144

1.5144 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,478

1.5779 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,815

1.5649 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,751

1.5519 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,000

1.5325 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,273

1.5787 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,657

1.5799 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,415

1.5620 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

38,955

1.5285 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34,793

1.5302 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,912

1.5398 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,751

1.5519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,815

1.5649 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

20,372

1.5760 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,587

1.5779 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

38,465

1.5780 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,657

1.5799 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

150

1.5120 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,871

1.5157 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

35,266

1.5169 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

40,976

1.5228 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,516

1.5234 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,924

1.5286 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,954

1.5297 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11

1.5469 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27

1.5501 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,686

1.5722 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

118,929

1.5780 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

98

1.5638 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,171

1.5466 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,689

1.5621 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7

1.5742 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:

23 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213