REG - Barclays PLC NCC Group PLC - 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:

31 Jul 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:

2,370,734

0.75%

5,463,983

1.73%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

5,014,600

1.59%

955,042

0.30%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

7,385,334

2.34%

6,419,025

2.04%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

Purchase

88,020

1.5040  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

63,771

1.5206  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,232

1.5033  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,525

1.5109  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,181

1.5131  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,011

1.5143  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,727

1.5041  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,701

1.5182  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,506

1.5176  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,108

1.5120  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,782

1.5270  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,746

1.5177  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

912

1.5160  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

161

1.5168  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

51

1.5240  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126,257

1.5040  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

55,288

1.5087  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

51,930

1.5181  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,376

1.5171  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,112

1.5041  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,446

1.5120  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,455

1.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

902

1.5280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

777

1.5000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

479

1.5183  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

367

1.5100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

132

1.5060  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42

1.5165  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18

1.5220  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

8,335

1.5134  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,403

1.5039  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69,332

1.5040  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,287

1.5050  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

482

1.5051  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,444

1.5118  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,112

1.5147  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,376

1.5171  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

51,930

1.5181  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

479

1.5183  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,455

1.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,232

1.5033  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,966

1.5040  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,108

1.5120  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,561

1.5128  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,181

1.5131  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,506

1.5176  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,701

1.5182  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,326

1.5213  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,884

1.5216  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,064

1.5010  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

9,491

1.5041  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,529

1.5120  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)

Exercising

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:

01 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213