Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

19 August 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:				18 Aug 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:			6,233,300	1.55%	6,136,677	1.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				6,116,518	1.52%	6,162,885	1.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,349,818	3.07%	12,299,562	3.05%
(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		131,873		2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		77,182		2.3529  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63,234		2.3537  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,490		2.3546  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,981		2.3572  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,342		2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,017		2.3550  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,536		2.3575  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,701		2.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		993		2.3565  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		692		2.3525  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		73,359		2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		65,512		2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,461		2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,150		2.3518  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,484		2.3504  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,915		2.3597  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,888		2.3523  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,161		2.3521  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,921		2.3516  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,875		2.3550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,158		2.3532  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,005		2.3528  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,913		2.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,808		2.3534  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,631		2.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,474		2.3562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,173		2.3581  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		2.3622  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		2.3501  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		484		2.3525  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		424		2.3537  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5		2.3540  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		785	2.3562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		250	2.3549  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		955	2.3531  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		776	2.3530  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		162	2.3548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		530	2.3549  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		64,370	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,930	2.3515  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		148	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10,161	2.3521  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,085	2.3541  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,858	2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,410	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,005	2.3528  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,898	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,490	2.3546  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		333	2.3562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,299	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,023	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	2.3533  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,126	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		356	2.3562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,376	2.3521  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,384	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,166	2.3521  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,767	2.3512  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,489	2.3559  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33	2.3650  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,833	2.3523  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,124	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,888	2.3523  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	2.3548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	2.3599  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		328	2.3566  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,079	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,140	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,293	2.3505  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,773	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		303	2.3550  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		54	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,089	2.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,284	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		135	2.3550  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		272	2.3525  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,631	2.3544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,322	2.3575  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:				19 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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