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:

21 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:

4,067,261

1.43%

3,697,132

1.30%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,596,873

1.27%

2,312,475

0.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,664,134

2.70%

6,009,607

2.11%

(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

216,058

1.4020 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

157,258

1.3946 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

62,257

1.3945 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

54,387

1.4019 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32,922

1.3950 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,082

1.3916 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

24,177

1.3929 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,250

1.3919 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,194

1.3962 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,820

1.3937 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,988

1.3886 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,177

1.3941 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,719

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,400

1.3960 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,452

1.4021 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,039

1.3900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,951

1.4005 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,942

1.3920 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,267

1.3895 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,704

1.3940 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

222

1.3786 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

84,260

1.4020 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

51,829

1.3976 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,565

1.3968 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38,628

1.4003 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,124

1.3948 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,195

1.4005 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,823

1.3970 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,125

1.3919 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,262

1.3937 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,255

1.3903 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,647

1.3918 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,905

1.3958 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,471

1.3920 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,327

1.3914 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

881

1.3993 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

858

1.3899 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

790

1.3900 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

745

1.3950 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

200

1.3859 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

153

1.4000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18

1.3740 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 Long

7,177

1.3942 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

200

1.3859 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,169

1.3927 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,124

1.3948 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

745

1.3950 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23

1.3958 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5

1.3959 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,565

1.3968 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,468

1.3971 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,109

1.3986 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

881

1.3993 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,644

1.4017 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

13,217

1.4019 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

25,329

1.4020 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,719

1.3740 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

319

1.3784 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

513

1.3811 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,988

1.3886 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,353

1.3898 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,082

1.3916 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,192

1.3919 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,530

1.3925 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,177

1.3929 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,375

1.3931 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

95,752

1.3936 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

62,257

1.3945 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,924

1.3957 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,400

1.3960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

56,131

1.3963 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

319

1.4015 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

158,092

1.4020 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

17,582

1.3891 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,463

1.3935 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,158

1.4018 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

16,208

1.3945 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

17,620

1.3951 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,410

1.3971 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:

22 May 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213