Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

21 May 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 May 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:			5,013,810	1.24%	2,430,828	0.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,394,480	0.59%	2,768,253	0.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,408,290	1.84%	5,199,081	1.29%
(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		150,000		2.2027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146,718		2.2096  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		116,638		2.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,161		2.2097  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		58,560		2.1912  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55,513		2.2048  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,179		2.2092  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,000		2.2310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,241		2.2085  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,109		2.1950  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,775		2.2050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,349		2.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,250		2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,924		2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,625		2.1910  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,625		2.2070  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,625		2.2080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,401		2.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,235		2.1850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,038		2.2090  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,829		2.1999  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,804		2.2075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,776		2.1900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,301		2.2175  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,039		2.2025  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,036		2.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,986		2.1982  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,867		2.2125  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,308		2.1825  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,950		2.2185  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,060		2.1987  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		563		2.1875  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		405		2.1800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		294		2.1975  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		703,351		2.1839  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		214,590		2.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		99,349		2.2097  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		84,985		2.2036  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		83,332		2.2029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,809		2.2006  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,457		2.2055  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,089		2.2095  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,772		2.2099  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,381		2.1950  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,120		2.2030  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,133		2.2098  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,435		2.2092  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,005		2.2050  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,122		2.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,856		2.1975  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,446		2.1988  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,480		2.1982  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,235		2.1850  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,840		2.2064  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,776		2.1900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,441		2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,301		2.2175  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,036		2.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,867		2.2125  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,660		2.1986  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,308		2.1825  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,078		2.2025  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,475		2.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		692		2.2075  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		673		2.1957  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		563		2.1875  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		405		2.1800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		69		2.2035  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42		2.2005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26		2.1914  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15		2.2028  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		Decreasing Short		703,351	2.1839  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		673	2.1957  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,086	2.1974  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,195	2.1981  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,682	2.1982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,727	2.1985  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		20,000	2.2022  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81,405	2.2026  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		195	2.2049  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,840	2.2063  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,994	2.2095  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,269	2.2098  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95,308	2.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,927	2.2146  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	2.1950  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		282	2.2018  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		282	2.2019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		55,513	2.2048  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		492	2.2050  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,179	2.2092  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,112	2.2095  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		46,565	2.2097  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,573	2.2099  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,816	2.2100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		9,390	2.2101  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,166	2.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,968	2.1898  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26	2.1915  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		48,464	2.2006  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		58,560	2.1913  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,683	2.1981  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:				21 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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