9th Oct 2026 13:44
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 |
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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: | 08 Oct 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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| 6,186,536 | 1.54% | 7,421,145 | 1.84% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 7,389,378 | 1.83% | 6,170,292 | 1.53% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 13,575,914 | 3.37% | 13,591,437 | 3.37% |
(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 | 183,599 | 2.4650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 174,012 | 2.4750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 108,915 | 2.4664 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,804 | 2.4700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,303 | 2.4702 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,290 | 2.4690 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,740 | 2.4676 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,839 | 2.4699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,259 | 2.4701 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,833 | 2.4687 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,343 | 2.4695 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,268 | 2.4743 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,095 | 2.4763 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 493 | 2.4752 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 474 | 2.4751 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 411 | 2.4746 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 371 | 2.4689 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 315 | 2.4693 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 186 | 2.4675 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 38 | 2.4678 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13 | 2.4723 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 97,197 | 2.4678 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 51,409 | 2.4650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 28,866 | 2.4671 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,479 | 2.4750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,043 | 2.4697 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,404 | 2.4675 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,143 | 2.4676 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,981 | 2.4708 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,324 | 2.4717 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,790 | 2.4692 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,553 | 2.4723 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,134 | 2.4700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 207 | 2.4648 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 178 | 2.4737 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 78 | 2.4748 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 | 150 | 2.4648 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,133 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 160 | 2.4701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 43,131 | 2.4650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 137,413 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 6,382 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 48,381 | 2.4674 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 712 | 2.4693 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,108 | 2.4751 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,404 | 2.4675 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 153 | 2.4751 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12 | 2.4648 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9 | 2.4748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 66 | 2.4748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 528 | 2.4700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,727 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13 | 2.4726 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3 | 2.4748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 45 | 2.4648 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,824 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 411 | 2.4745 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 178 | 2.4737 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,018 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 156 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,688 | 2.4650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,089 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,768 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 56,755 | 2.4650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 262 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,809 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,704 | 2.4650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,090 | 2.4701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,705 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 355 | 2.4752 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 113 | 2.4751 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 138 | 2.4752 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 208 | 2.4751 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 866 | 2.4701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,259 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 427 | 2.4676 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 303 | 2.4701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,095 | 2.4763 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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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 09 Oct 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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