Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			6,655,656	1.65%	6,328,635	1.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				6,312,119	1.57%	6,586,569	1.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,967,775	3.22%	12,915,204	3.21%
(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		352,793		2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		81,155		2.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,664		2.3602  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,426		2.3675  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,094		2.3627  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,870		2.3686  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,419		2.3689  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,698		2.3595  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,843		2.3714  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,557		2.3690  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,343		2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,582		2.3657  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,258		2.3725  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,248		2.3736  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		867		2.3650  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		837		2.3688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		733		2.3649  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		589		2.3655  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		452		2.3670  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		404		2.3681  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		256		2.3625  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		237		2.3712  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		202		2.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		144		2.3708  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		135,441		2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,460		2.3621  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,140		2.3595  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,019		2.3696  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,832		2.3675  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,773		2.3660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,783		2.3655  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,258		2.3725  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,967		2.3701  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,953		2.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,311		2.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		887		2.3713  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		777		2.3718  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		689		2.3688  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		636		2.3656  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		598		2.3650  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		392		2.3623  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		314		2.3667  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		259		2.3721  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		137		2.3680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		48		2.3625  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		65	2.3693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		470	2.3657  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		551	2.3716  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,495	2.3702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,336	2.3703  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		143	2.3687  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,553	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		750	2.3691  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,476	2.3684  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,220	2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81,155	2.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		15,582	2.3681  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,557	2.3690  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,343	2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		157	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		200	2.3657  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,508	2.3696  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,511	2.3696  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45	2.3693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66	2.3693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		213	2.3657  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		136	2.3623  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,211	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,911	2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,152	2.3698  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,249	2.3750  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,843	2.3713  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		273,623	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,421	2.3595  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,719	2.3595  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		106	2.3623  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		150	2.3623  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,248	2.3736  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,222	2.3601  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,224	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		887	2.3713  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		36,643	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		777	2.3718  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		524	2.3600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		867	2.3650  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		314	2.3666  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,419	2.3689  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,967	2.3701  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:				27 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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