Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			5,137,854	1.28%	2,602,392	0.65%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,566,075	0.64%	2,903,519	0.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,703,929	1.91%	5,505,911	1.37%
(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		264,008		2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		82,340		2.2301  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51,007		2.2275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,070		2.2323  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,500		2.2000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,422		2.2299  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,245		2.2285  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,716		2.2286  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,187		2.2271  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,250		2.2010  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,250		2.2060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,250		2.2080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,250		2.1910  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,625		2.2050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,295		2.2276  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,635		2.2248  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,320		2.2302  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		983		2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		433		2.2260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		175		2.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		106		2.2249  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48		2.2366  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31		2.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		2.2325  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		310,390		2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90,285		2.2280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		75,468		2.2298  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,462		2.2260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,700		2.2340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,528		2.2269  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,762		2.2334  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,760		2.2309  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,411		2.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,020		2.2275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,378		2.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,600		2.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,560		2.2314  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,364		2.2249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,281		2.2286  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,678		2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,008		2.2425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		983		2.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		683		2.2301  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		228		2.2307  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		117		2.2288  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		2.2296  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		1,411	2.2200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,811	2.2240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,563	2.2248  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,016	2.2249  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		152,191	2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,613	2.2264  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,740	2.2268  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,724	2.2269  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		377	2.2273  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,678	2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,657	2.2303  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,703	2.2310  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,600	2.2347  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,625	2.1915  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,625	2.2079  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,625	2.2088  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,625	2.2104  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97,128	2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,518	2.2251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,625	2.2254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,529	2.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,679	2.2275  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,295	2.2276  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,582	2.2283  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,128	2.2290  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		983	2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,250	2.2304  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,000	2.2315  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100	2.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		334	2.2355  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,810	2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,423	2.2270  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	2.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		27,594	2.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3	2.2266  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19,422	2.2299  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,320	2.2302  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:				22 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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