Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			6,312,119	1.57%	5,512,981	1.37%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				5,425,019	1.35%	6,216,493	1.54%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			11,737,138	2.91%	11,729,474	2.91%
(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		632,795		2.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		145,212		2.3211  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		109,954		2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75,462		2.3131  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,222		2.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,695		2.3066  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,373		2.3165  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,812		2.3034  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,020		2.3024  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,454		2.3027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,666		2.2961  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,226		2.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,394		2.3060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,351		2.3090  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,840		2.3132  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,682		2.3110  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		665		2.3112  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		558		2.3050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		547		2.2956  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		136		2.3150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		147,836		2.3033  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,415		2.3150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,522		2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,152		2.3047  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,846		2.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,105		2.3121  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,456		2.3077  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,481		2.3005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,364		2.3091  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,220		2.3113  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,628		2.3097  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,533		2.3104  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,588		2.3042  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,515		2.3225  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		941		2.3025  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		559		2.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		487		2.2999  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		332		2.3100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63		2.3125  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		136	2.3077  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		63	2.3042  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		817	2.3042  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,998	2.3100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,706	2.3101  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		728	2.3083  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,829	2.3089  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,273	2.3044  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		13,122	2.3001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		32,915	2.3068  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		548	2.3031  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,364	2.3091  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,502	2.3156  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		143,191	2.3211  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,021	2.3211  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,152	2.3047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,020	2.3024  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		161	2.3050  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		281	2.3042  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46	2.3077  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		491	2.3077  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		427	2.3042  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,674	2.3052  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,040	2.3052  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		197,956	2.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		105,000	2.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		83	2.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		63	2.3125  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,063	2.3026  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,474	2.3019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45,421	2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		487	2.2999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		161	2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29	2.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		447	2.2982  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245,000	2.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,839	2.3023  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		344	2.3150  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,524	2.3001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,130	2.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,682	2.3110  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,263	2.3150  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,272	2.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		197	2.3029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,888	2.3000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32,643	2.3200  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,805	2.3164  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,041	2.3150  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,226	2.3120  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,812	2.3034  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:				05 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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