20th Jan 2026 15:30
FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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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 |
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(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 19 Jan 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 824,809 | 0.20% | 4,934,901 | 1.23% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 4,265,680 | 1.06% | 242,078 | 0.06% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,090,489 | 1.26% | 5,176,979 | 1.29% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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1p ordinary | Purchase | 150,020 | 1.7776 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 61,590 | 1.8000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 43,617 | 1.7800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,000 | 1.7640 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,856 | 1.7998 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 14,737 | 1.7795 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,791 | 1.7848 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,609 | 1.7932 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,093 | 1.7678 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,600 | 1.7880 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,666 | 1.7900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,635 | 1.7760 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,077 | 1.7940 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,724 | 1.7743 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,562 | 1.7920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,554 | 1.7700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,149 | 1.7790 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 708 | 1.7620 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 639 | 1.7720 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 608 | 1.7570 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 563 | 1.7762 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 404 | 1.7600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 384 | 1.7840 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 365 | 1.7580 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 348 | 1.7560 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 227 | 1.7820 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 214 | 1.7740 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 210 | 1.7860 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 195 | 1.7780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 114 | 1.7680 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 1.7650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 125,251 | 1.7825 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 108,413 | 1.8000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 89,969 | 1.7960 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 60,051 | 1.7636 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 38,751 | 1.7860 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 33,231 | 1.7801 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 26,969 | 1.7781 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 25,000 | 1.7640 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,192 | 1.7944 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,937 | 1.7833 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,761 | 1.7820 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,345 | 1.7880 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,052 | 1.7900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,736 | 1.7940 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,512 | 1.7760 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,149 | 1.7790 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,079 | 1.7720 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,033 | 1.7740 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,000 | 1.7787 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 893 | 1.7700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 859 | 1.7580 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 708 | 1.7620 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 591 | 1.7920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 500 | 1.7800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 404 | 1.7600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 384 | 1.7840 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 348 | 1.7560 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 195 | 1.7780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 114 | 1.7680 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 1.7650 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,615 | 1.7654 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 67,173 | 1.7706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,681 | 1.7752 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 876 | 1.7757 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,728 | 1.7782 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 632 | 1.7787 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,816 | 1.7788 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,000 | 1.7801 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 512 | 1.7824 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,937 | 1.7833 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,353 | 1.7860 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 31,507 | 1.7879 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,670 | 1.7916 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 124 | 1.7998 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,918 | 1.7999 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 81,807 | 1.8000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 43,117 | 1.7800 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 512 | 1.8000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 11,444 | 1.7809 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 20 Jan 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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