Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

04 September 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:				03 Sep 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:			7,411,781	1.84%	5,615,723	1.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				5,617,068	1.39%	7,350,731	1.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,028,849	3.23%	12,966,454	3.22%
(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		500,000		2.3835  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		228,169		2.3916  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		140,977		2.3961  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		59,958		2.4038  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49,808		2.3753  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,469		2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,832		2.3964  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,481		2.4023  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,079		2.3995  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,880		2.4099  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,798		2.4095  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,644		2.3986  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,961		2.4044  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,441		2.4022  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,220		2.4027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,003		2.4040  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,656		2.4013  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,616		2.4150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,111		2.4014  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		775		2.3947  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		357		2.4021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		271		2.3979  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		170		2.3975  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95		2.3969  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		84		2.3900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		76,148		2.4013  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,404		2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		57,077		2.3946  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,844		2.4018  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,228		2.4004  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,938		2.4027  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,036		2.4010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,741		2.4099  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,596		2.4007  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,675		2.3954  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,792		2.3981  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,039		2.4020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,520		2.3992  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,174		2.3972  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,767		2.3900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,695		2.3990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,158		2.4029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,524		2.3955  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,531		2.3964  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,767		2.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,616		2.4150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,400		2.3575  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,374		2.3975  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,093		2.3950  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		648		2.3925  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		206		2.3943  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		153		2.4016  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		140		2.4012  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		781	2.3975  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		140	2.4012  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,206	2.4015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		670	2.3977  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,447	2.3947  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,994	2.3940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		334	2.3949  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,750	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,111	2.4014  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,828	2.3998  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,840	2.4101  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,905	2.4004  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		27,846	2.3992  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		228,169	2.3916  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		29,036	2.4010  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15,509	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,675	2.3954  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		220	2.4015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		143	2.3975  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		407	2.3975  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		230	2.4015  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,105	2.4024  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,027	2.4029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		666	2.4025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,953	2.3999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		169	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		124	2.3903  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,741	2.4099  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,518	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		553	2.4029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,578	2.4029  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,336	2.4025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		301	2.3944  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,991	2.4095  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,114	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500,000	2.3835  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,093	2.3950  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,402	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,832	2.3963  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,625	2.4027  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,455	2.4000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,368	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,961	2.4044  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,313	2.4027  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		232	2.4045  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,722	2.4013  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,050	2.4011  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,019	2.4100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,596	2.4007  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,003	2.4040  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		596	2.3924  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,814	2.3985  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:				04 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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