Holding(s) in Company

NCC Group PLC
18 December 2006


                         NCC Group plc ('the Company')

      Notification under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act')


NCC Group plc was advised on 15th December 2006 that, as at 13th December 2006,
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited ('MSSL') holds an interest in 4,243,784
ordinary shares in the Company which represents approximately 13.01% of its
issued ordinary share capital.


MSSL have transferred from time to time 4,068,784 of these shares to third
parties on terms which give them the right to require the return of an
equivalent number of shares. Accordingly their interest in 4,068,784 shares is
pursuant to section 208(5) of the Act.


MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companies
which are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms of
section 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in any
shares in which MSSL is interested.








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