NCC Group plc

("NCC" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options

Director / PDMR Dealing

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC) received notification on 4 August 2017 that on the same day the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") listed below was awarded 18,372 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by the trustees of NCC Group Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") pursuant to options granted to him under the Deferred Bonus Plan (part of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan). The aggregate exercise price paid by the PDMR in relation to the options exercised by him was £1. The Ordinary Shares required to satisfy the award were acquired in the market by the EBT at a price of £1.9475 per Ordinary Share.

On 4 August 2017, the trustees of the EBT sold 8,634 Ordinary Shares on behalf of the PDMR at a price of £1.9475 per Ordinary Share to satisfy the costs of the income tax, national insurance and other liabilities arising on the exercise of the options.

As a result of the exercise of the options and the subsequent sale of Ordinary Shares mentioned above, the net number of Ordinary Shares acquired by the PDMR is set out below:

** Including 41,454 shares held by spouse

Total voting rights

Following the transactions above, the total Ordinary Shares in issue is 276,510,137. The number of voting rights in issue is 276,510,137 and should be used by shareholders as the denominator in the calculation of their interest in the Company. 

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.