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:

16 Mar 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:

2,332,936

0.78%

4,176,420

1.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,823,126

1.28%

987,886

0.32%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,156,062

2.05%

5,164,306

1.71%

(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

94,763

1.2190 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

94,082

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,290

1.2140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

26,505

1.2360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,200

1.2359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,946

1.2134 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,332

1.2166 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,599

1.2220 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,820

1.2100 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,635

1.2060 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,149

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

812

1.2160 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

722

1.2070 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

643

1.2180 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

628

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

619

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

491

1.2460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

276

1.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

167

1.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

65

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

62

1.2420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31

1.2240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

79,887

1.2154 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

77,305

1.2180 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

72,329

1.2098 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,298

1.2171 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,540

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,553

1.2385 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,514

1.2087 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,167

1.2074 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,846

1.2304 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,795

1.2068 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,544

1.2140 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,119

1.2159 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,000

1.2345 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,540

1.2069 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,820

1.2100 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,816

1.2117 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,635

1.2060 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,132

1.2049 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,924

1.2160 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,464

1.2046 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,268

1.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,180

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,149

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

976

1.2081 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

673

1.2214 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

628

1.2020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

628

1.2070 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

619

1.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

441

1.2078 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

423

1.2019 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

276

1.2120 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

262

1.2280 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

169

1.2420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

94

1.2071 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31

1.2240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

31

1.2220 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

134

1.1979 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,246

1.2014 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,606

1.2019 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,210

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,464

1.2046 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

441

1.2078 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,372

1.2080 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,720

1.2093 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

90,444

1.2105 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,427

1.2113 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,506

1.2125 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69,298

1.2171 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61,012

1.2180 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,846

1.2304 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,448

1.2359 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,115

1.2380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,105

1.2389 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

107

1.2419 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,946

1.2134 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

49,056

1.2161 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,788

1.2185 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

818

1.2192 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

832

1.2200 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,568

1.2220 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,919

1.2417 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

362

1.2600 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

25

1.2040 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

405

1.2060 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

297

1.2124 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

243

1.2139 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

507

1.2289 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,175

1.2473 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,577

1.2601 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:

17 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213