27th May 2026 13:55
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 | SPIRE HEALTHCARE 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: | 26 May 2026 | |||||
(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: |
|
| 4,690,726 | 1.16% | 2,647,213 | 0.66% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
| 2,613,138 | 0.65% | 2,520,292 | 0.63% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
|
|
|
| ||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL: |
|
| 7,303,864 | 1.81% | 5,167,505 | 1.28% |
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
|
|
|
|
| |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
security |
| securities |
| ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 224,326 | 2.1700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 44,564 | 2.1796 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,774 | 2.1798 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,041 | 2.1870 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 24,000 | 2.1831 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 21,470 | 2.1964 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,660 | 2.2225 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,894 | 2.1829 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,115 | 2.1834 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,928 | 2.1893 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,072 | 2.1698 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,507 | 2.1864 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,598 | 2.1947 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,420 | 2.1780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,031 | 2.1696 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,904 | 2.2000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,700 | 2.1975 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,609 | 2.2142 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,022 | 2.1984 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 881 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 34 | 2.1916 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16 | 2.1800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10 | 2.1695 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3 | 2.2300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.2051 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 140,193 | 2.1780 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 108,765 | 2.1716 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 69,713 | 2.1700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 48,225 | 2.2232 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 25,968 | 2.2201 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 25,719 | 2.1905 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,661 | 2.1872 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,339 | 2.1973 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,804 | 2.1767 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,429 | 2.1831 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,110 | 2.1900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 8,044 | 2.1715 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,765 | 2.1847 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,155 | 2.1812 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,374 | 2.1810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,316 | 2.1964 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,210 | 2.1864 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,865 | 2.1804 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,569 | 2.1950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,249 | 2.1975 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,800 | 2.1726 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 881 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 492 | 2.1969 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 16 | 2.2018 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 | Increasing Long | 33,288 | 2.1695 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,543 | 2.1696 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 19,834 | 2.1698 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,578 | 2.1700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,029 | 2.1713 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 115,388 | 2.1760 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,804 | 2.1767 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,490 | 2.1842 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,210 | 2.1864 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,661 | 2.1872 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,967 | 2.1876 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,366 | 2.1877 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,488 | 2.1898 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 25,719 | 2.1905 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 753 | 2.1976 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13 | 2.2016 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3 | 2.2017 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 48,225 | 2.2232 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15 | 2.2298 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 54 | 2.2300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 189,051 | 2.1700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,420 | 2.1780 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,115 | 2.1834 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,507 | 2.1864 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 39,338 | 2.1924 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,022 | 2.1984 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 2.2052 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 244 | 2.2300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,368 | 2.2115 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) | Exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: | 27 May 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Shares:
BarclaysSpire Healthcare