Director/PDMR Shareholding

NCC Group PLC
22 August 2005


                         NCC Group PLC (the 'Company')

                          Director / PDMR Shareholding

On 19 August 2005 the Board of the Company, in accordance with the NCC Group
2005 Approved Sharesave Scheme granted options over 4,577 ordinary shares of 1p
('Ordinary Shares') at an option price of 207 pence to Paul Edwards, Finance
Director.


Director   Number of      Total no. of Ordinary Shares over which   Ordinary
           Options        options held following this               Shares
           Granted        notification                              Held

Paul       
Edwards    4,577          56,048                                    314,880

The period during which these sharesave options are exercisable is between 1st
September 2008 and 1st March 2009.


                                                                  22 August 2005



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