7th Aug 2026 15:25
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: | 06 Aug 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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| 8,337,318 | 2.07% | 5,482,488 | 1.36% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 5,427,062 | 1.35% | 8,254,580 | 2.05% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 13,764,380 | 3.42% | 13,737,068 | 3.41% |
(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 | 200,000 | 2.2737 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 125,000 | 2.3320 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 61,704 | 2.3363 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 44,871 | 2.3154 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 39,692 | 2.3499 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 35,142 | 2.2804 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,306 | 2.3501 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,301 | 2.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,772 | 2.3514 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,658 | 2.2869 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,608 | 2.2803 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,287 | 2.3163 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,707 | 2.3100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,806 | 2.3267 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,076 | 2.2907 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,544 | 2.2841 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,556 | 2.2704 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,062 | 2.2951 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 814 | 2.2947 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 650 | 2.3400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 617 | 2.3053 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 550 | 2.3037 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 113 | 2.2594 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 2.3040 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16 | 2.3050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12 | 2.2749 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 475,000 | 2.3088 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 265,965 | 2.2728 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 250,000 | 2.3495 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 133,130 | 2.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 76,440 | 2.3023 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 51,853 | 2.2695 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 44,078 | 2.3277 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 42,180 | 2.3096 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 36,625 | 2.3018 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 18,604 | 2.2745 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,852 | 2.3289 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,353 | 2.2750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,895 | 2.3499 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,710 | 2.2857 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,000 | 2.3087 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,421 | 2.2788 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,006 | 2.3175 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,592 | 2.3066 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,345 | 2.3012 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,614 | 2.2816 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,595 | 2.2936 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,100 | 2.2851 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 897 | 2.3075 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 681 | 2.2986 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 251 | 2.3050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 188 | 2.2803 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 132 | 2.3125 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 122 | 2.3455 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 109 | 2.3150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 61 | 2.2953 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 58 | 2.2907 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 | 842 | 2.3174 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,077 | 2.3015 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,487 | 2.3054 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 150 | 2.3240 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,312 | 2.3059 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,885 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,772 | 2.3514 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,877 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 28,275 | 2.3501 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 542 | 2.3339 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,452 | 2.3200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 7,739 | 2.2745 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 10,865 | 2.2745 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 250,000 | 2.3495 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 42,180 | 2.3096 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,287 | 2.3163 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5 | 2.3498 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 3,384 | 2.2905 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 702 | 2.3174 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 82 | 2.3023 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10 | 2.3023 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 381 | 2.3174 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 7,739 | 2.3169 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 420 | 2.3169 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 1,820 | 2.3169 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 16,140 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 16,139 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 16,065 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 16,157 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 18,537 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 19,521 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 87,499 | 2.3323 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 37,501 | 2.3323 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 16,065 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 16,139 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 16,140 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 16,157 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 18,537 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 19,521 | 2.3250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,752 | 2.3062 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 190 | 2.3337 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 28,275 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,857 | 2.2900 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 118,160 | 2.2722 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 199,658 | 2.2722 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,218 | 2.3499 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 3,384 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 58 | 2.2905 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 139,998 | 2.2737 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 60,002 | 2.2737 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,345 | 2.3012 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 897 | 2.3075 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,489 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 177,293 | 2.3088 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 297,707 | 2.3088 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,677 | 2.3499 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 650 | 2.3400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,062 | 2.2951 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,575 | 2.3100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 14,418 | 2.3018 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 22,207 | 2.3018 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 139 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,426 | 2.3465 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,852 | 2.3289 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 34 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 251 | 2.3050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,658 | 2.2869 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 687 | 2.2600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,132 | 2.3100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35,142 | 2.2804 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,076 | 2.2906 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,421 | 2.2788 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 76,348 | 2.3023 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 07 Aug 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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