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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: |
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(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 | ||||||
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(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 13 May 2026 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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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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| 2,731,123 | 0.68% | 4,613,294 | 1.15% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 4,509,381 | 1.12% | 570,311 | 0.14% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 7,240,504 | 1.80% | 5,183,605 | 1.29% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 63,163 | 1.5032 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,919 | 1.4971 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,250 | 1.4937 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,624 | 1.5027 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,414 | 1.4989 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,659 | 1.4980 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,602 | 1.5040 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,465 | 1.4979 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,811 | 1.4938 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,522 | 1.5000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 770 | 1.4940 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 257 | 1.4907 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19 | 1.4845 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9 | 1.4848 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 33,091 | 1.5040 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,433 | 1.4956 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,317 | 1.4953 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,938 | 1.4964 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,573 | 1.4980 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,823 | 1.4927 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,374 | 1.4986 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,149 | 1.4890 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,862 | 1.4942 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,506 | 1.4900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,004 | 1.4990 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 814 | 1.4920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 238 | 1.4994 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 19 | 1.4846 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 | 1 | 1.4800 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 102 | 1.4859 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,326 | 1.4939 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,027 | 1.4940 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,924 | 1.4941 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,331 | 1.4957 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 850 | 1.4961 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,938 | 1.4964 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,672 | 1.5040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,327 | 1.4953 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,919 | 1.4971 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,414 | 1.4989 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,797 | 1.4996 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,607 | 1.5026 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38,328 | 1.5040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,847 | 1.4980 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 238 | 1.4994 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 4,802 | 1.4938 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 11,405 | 1.4997 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 |
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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: | 14 May 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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