Holding(s) in Company

NCC GROUP PLC

("NCC Group" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

AXA Group - Disaggregation Exemption Notification

Following the disaggregation exemption notified to the FSA under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules on 17th October 2011, AXA SA and its subsidiary notifying Group entities, acting independently from their parent and from each other, no longer have any reportable holdings in NCC Group PLC on a Group aggregated basis. However, AXA Investment Managers SA has now crossed upward the 5% threshold and has a holding of 9.28% and 3,178,417 shares on a Group disaggregated basis as an independent Group subsidiary.

The disaggregation exemption has been made with reference to Rules 5.4.1, 5.4.2 and 5.4.9 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

NCC Group plc

Felicity Brandwood Company Secretary 0161 209 5381

Altium

Phil Adams/Paul Lines 0845 505 4343