Notification of Transactions

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

19 May 2026

 

Spire Healthcare Group plc (the Company)

Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

19 May 2026

Exercise of awards

The Company announces that, on 18 May 2026, the Executive Directors of the Company, exercised vested awards as follows:

(1)  Justin Ash exercised both his:

·    Long Term Incentive Plan awards in the Company that were granted on 18 March 2021 (the 2021 LTIP awards). 2021 LTIP awards were subject to certain performance metrics that were measured over a three-year period and full details of the outcomes of these were reported in the Company's 2023 Annual Report and Accounts. On vesting in March 2024, the 2021 LTIP awards were subject to a further two-year holding period which ended on 19 March 2026; and

·    Deferred Share Bonus Plan awards that were granted on 15 March 2023 (the 2023 DSBP awards). 2023 DSBP awards were subject to a three-year holding period which ended on 15 March 2026; and

(2)  Harbant Samra exercised his Long Term Incentive Plan awards in the Company that were granted on 15 March 2023 (the 2023 LTIP awards). 2023 LTIP awards were subject to certain performance metrics that were measured over a three-year period and full details of the outcomes of these were reported in the Company's 2025 Annual Report and Accounts.

Following the exercise by the Directors of these awards over ordinary shares in the Company and after the satisfaction of taxes due, both decided to retain the balance of ordinary shares as follows:

	Share plan and type of award	Shares vested and exercised	Shares retained following satisfaction of taxes due
Justin Ash	2021 LTIP (in the form of nil-cost options)	547,061	289,942
Justin Ash	2023 DSBP (in the form of nil-cost options)	116,473	61,730
Total number of shares retained			351,672

Following the transactions, Justin Ash holds 1,652,131 ordinary shares in the Company.

	Share plan and type of award	Shares vested and exercised	Shares retained following satisfaction of taxes due
Harbant Samra	2023 LTIP (in the form of nil-cost options)	37,463	19,855
Total number of shares retained			19,855

Following the transactions, Harbant Samra holds 74,932 ordinary shares in the Company.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mantraraj Budhdev

Group General Counsel, Chief People Officer and Company Secretary

Spire Healthcare Group plc

Tel: [phone]

Notification and public disclosure of transaction by persons discharging managerial responsibility and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Justin Ash
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Spire Healthcare Group plc
b)	LEI	213800IBJPW3SE2RA350
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00BNLPYF73
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of nil-cost options over ordinary shares vested under the Spire Healthcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan. Following the exercise by Mr Ash of his award over 547,061 ordinary shares and after the satisfaction of taxes due, a balance of 289,942 ordinary shares were transferred to him, which he has retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	289,942
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	2026-05-18
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Justin Ash
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Spire Healthcare Group plc
b)	LEI	213800IBJPW3SE2RA350
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00BNLPYF73
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of nil-cost options over ordinary shares vested under the Spire Healthcare Group plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan. Following the exercise by Mr Ash of his award over 116,473 ordinary shares and after the satisfaction of taxes due, a balance of 61,730 ordinary shares were transferred to him, which he has retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	61,730
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	2026-05-18
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Harbant Samra
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Spire Healthcare Group plc
b)	LEI	213800IBJPW3SE2RA350
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each GB00BNLPYF73
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of nil-cost options over ordinary shares vested under the Spire Healthcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan. Following the exercise by Mr Samra of his award over 37,463 ordinary shares and after the satisfaction of taxes due, a balance of 19,855 ordinary shares were transferred to him, which he has retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	19,855
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	2026-05-18
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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