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 Jan 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:

2,146,247

0.68%

2,884,346

0.92%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

2,286,459

0.73%

839,049

0.27%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,432,706

1.41%

3,723,395

1.18%

(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

159,993

1.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

139,017

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

63,914

1.3519 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

40,968

1.3493 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,245

1.3473 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,187

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,500

1.3797 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,428

1.3411 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,110

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,503

1.3710 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,588

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,881

1.3481 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,692

1.3460 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,261

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,935

1.3461 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,400

1.3359 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,335

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

815

1.3399 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

813

1.3480 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

764

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

286

1.3340 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

237

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

93

1.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

171,142

1.3413 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

113,683

1.3499 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

88,386

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,276

1.3496 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,435

1.3388 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,000

1.3651 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,286

1.3340 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,177

1.3400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,889

1.3465 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,588

1.3640 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,954

1.3853 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,906

1.3424 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,659

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,720

1.3546 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,335

1.3420 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

962

1.3470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

835

1.3680 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

719

1.3497 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

370

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

295

1.3510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

237

1.3300 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

231

1.3440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

121

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

93

1.3320 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.3860 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.4020 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

Decreasing Short

12,026

1.3465 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,642

1.3381 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,820

1.3391 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

588

1.3395 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

222

1.3408 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,906

1.3424 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,973

1.3434 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

656

1.3455 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

61,655

1.3499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

449

1.3507 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,092

1.3517 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

907

1.3675 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

600

1.3360 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,118

1.3369 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,693

1.3380 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,498

1.3395 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

594

1.3406 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,813

1.3421 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,881

1.3481 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,408

1.3488 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

40,968

1.3493 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,089

1.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,058

1.3500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,914

1.3519 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,386

1.3713 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,523

1.3730 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

15,798

1.3498 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,035

1.3499 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1

1.4000 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 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213