Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC
23 March 2026
 

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:

20 Mar 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:

 

 

1,995,163

0.50%

3,068,842

0.76%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,906,699

0.72%

449,032

0.11%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

4,901,862

1.22%

3,517,874

0.87%

(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

384,512

1.9010  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

177,930

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

1.8800  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,417

1.9037  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

29,511

1.9022  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

28,768

1.8996  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,141

1.8740  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,621

1.9117  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,308

1.9102  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,646

1.8872  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,640

1.9041  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,532

1.9061  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,268

1.9040  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,240

1.8725  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,927

1.8794  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,532

1.8992  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,838

1.9094  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.9220  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,477

1.8999  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,351

1.9450  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,282

1.9120  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,163

1.8880  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

984

1.9100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

704

1.8900  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

649

1.9073  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

476

1.8940  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

452

1.8980  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

302

1.9080  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

184

1.9180  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

183

1.9020  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

182

1.9190  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

155

1.9060  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

153

1.9340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

151

1.8860  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

143

1.8960  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

135

1.9140  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

134

1.8760  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

106

1.8840  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

85

1.8922  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39

1.9077  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

1.8920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

377,495

1.8974  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

235,049

1.9017  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

111,212

1.9043  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

73,069

1.9067  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

55,911

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,556

1.9070  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

22,598

1.8781  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,204

1.8998  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,958

1.9037  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,109

1.9041  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,664

1.9258  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,762

1.9117  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,720

1.8900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,852

1.9105  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,434

1.9021  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,290

1.9060  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,282

1.9040  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,163

1.8880  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

764

1.8940  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

660

1.8980  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

534

1.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

474

1.9100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

302

1.9080  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

282

1.9120  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

213

1.8864  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

184

1.9180  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

183

1.9020  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

182

1.9190  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

153

1.9340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

151

1.8860  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

144

1.9140  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

143

1.8960  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

141

1.8740  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

134

1.8760  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

1.8920  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

52,829

1.8975  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

36,930

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,427

1.9008  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,901

1.9029  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,958

1.9037  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,109

1.9040  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

73,069

1.9067  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

46,556

1.9070  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,148

1.9187  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,504

1.8917  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

85

1.8922  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,936

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,109

1.9036  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,844

1.9040  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,655

1.9045  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,256

1.9051  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,786

1.9052  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

649

1.9073  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,835

1.8965  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

32,775

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,789

1.9039  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

111,212

1.9043  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

85,506

1.9000  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

43,417

1.9037  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

19,789

1.9039  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

6,424

1.9040  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,640

1.9041  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:

23 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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