2nd Sep 2026 13:05
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: | 01 Sep 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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| 7,157,097 | 1.78% | 5,556,832 | 1.38% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 5,553,798 | 1.38% | 7,091,763 | 1.76% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 12,710,895 | 3.16% | 12,648,595 | 3.14% |
(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 | 580,306 | 2.3600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 70,581 | 2.3663 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 42,664 | 2.3700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 28,273 | 2.3607 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,165 | 2.3489 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,134 | 2.3418 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,527 | 2.3503 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,583 | 2.3501 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,778 | 2.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,625 | 2.3650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,826 | 2.3504 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,670 | 2.3425 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,651 | 2.3527 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,067 | 2.3542 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,038 | 2.3660 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,912 | 2.3523 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,459 | 2.3488 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,408 | 2.3469 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,335 | 2.3679 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,228 | 2.3528 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,096 | 2.3495 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,053 | 2.3509 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 899 | 2.3532 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 851 | 2.3427 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 796 | 2.3475 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 493 | 2.3435 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 375 | 2.3450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 362 | 2.3566 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 336 | 2.3380 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 306 | 2.3494 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 228 | 2.3531 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 79 | 2.3699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 64,219 | 2.3594 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 46,579 | 2.3700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 34,536 | 2.3600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 22,805 | 2.3656 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,337 | 2.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,330 | 2.3581 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,195 | 2.3704 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,808 | 2.3513 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,668 | 2.3481 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,560 | 2.3699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,851 | 2.3400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,616 | 2.3497 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,008 | 2.3516 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,980 | 2.3399 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,833 | 2.3615 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,670 | 2.3425 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,620 | 2.3490 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,739 | 2.3394 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,674 | 2.3450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,942 | 2.3475 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,277 | 2.3650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 598 | 2.3549 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 587 | 2.3350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 582 | 2.3512 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 486 | 2.3412 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 418 | 2.3630 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 201 | 2.3535 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 | 1,593 | 2.3394 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 967 | 2.3679 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 548 | 2.3527 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,982 | 2.3489 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,428 | 2.3487 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 248 | 2.3448 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 469 | 2.3512 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,912 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,617 | 2.3698 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,878 | 2.3488 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,969 | 2.3517 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 506,099 | 2.3600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 9,211 | 2.3539 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,330 | 2.3581 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,560 | 2.3699 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 179 | 2.3679 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 295 | 2.3394 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 851 | 2.3394 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 189 | 2.3679 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,159 | 2.3589 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,892 | 2.3589 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,134 | 2.3615 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 639 | 2.3487 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 4,455 | 2.3487 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,309 | 2.3667 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,297 | 2.3642 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 74,135 | 2.3600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,668 | 2.3481 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 437 | 2.3615 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,262 | 2.3615 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 1,444 | 2.3588 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,299 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 175 | 2.3474 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,551 | 2.3701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,541 | 2.3492 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 1,156 | 2.3527 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 587 | 2.3350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 69 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,831 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 362 | 2.3566 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,332 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,980 | 2.3399 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 486 | 2.3412 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,808 | 2.3513 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,337 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,778 | 2.3500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,527 | 2.3503 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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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: | 02 Sep 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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