Menu Search

Company Announcements

Barclays PLC, Spire Healthcare Group PLC

Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 7724U
Barclays PLC
27 February 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 Feb 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:

 

 

2,394,502

0.59%

2,458,594

0.61%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,240,117

0.56%

636,646

0.16%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

4,634,619

1.15%

3,095,240

0.77%

(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

271,817

2.0250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

57,802

1.9995  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,215

1.9964  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,094

1.9989  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,253

2.0237  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,979

2.0053  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,514

2.0060  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,911

2.0028  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,211

2.0176  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,154

1.9987  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,416

1.9760  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,444

1.9927  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,857

2.0108  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,378

2.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,113

1.9891  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,260

1.9457  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,497

2.0175  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,070

1.9970  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,831

1.9920  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,700

1.9494  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,675

1.9777  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,624

2.0050  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,318

2.0021  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,055

1.9933  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,018

2.0247  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

877

2.0150  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

802

1.9820  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

655

1.9400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

642

1.9960  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

497

1.9609  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

279

2.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

249

2.0300  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

241

1.9740  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

239

1.9980  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

216

2.0100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

213

1.9640  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

209

1.9850  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

203

1.9800  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

197

1.9780  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

196

1.9680  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

188

1.9720  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

188

1.9620  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

185

1.9880  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32

1.9940  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

1.9738  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

1.9900  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

1.9730  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

1.9660  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

161,310

2.0250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

70,791

2.0140  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

41,591

1.9821  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

26,376

2.0223  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,200

1.9839  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,156

1.9420  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,559

2.0073  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,848

2.0029  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,877

2.0150  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,196

1.9680  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,194

2.0200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

833

1.9340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

802

1.9820  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

740

1.9280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

668

2.0175  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

655

1.9400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

642

1.9960  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

474

1.9760  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

300

1.9880  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

279

2.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

249

2.0300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

243

1.9740  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

240

2.0050  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

239

1.9980  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

216

2.0100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

213

1.9640  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

209

1.9850  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

203

1.9800  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

197

1.9780  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

192

1.9920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

188

1.9620  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

188

1.9720  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32

1.9940  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.9660  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.9900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

1.9730  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

8,966

1.9887  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,156

1.9420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,000

1.9913  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,559

2.0073  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,967

2.0250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

96

1.9380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

440

1.9662  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

436

1.9757  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,000

1.9761  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,570

1.9765  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,048

1.9888  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

61

1.9919  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,118

1.9923  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,444

1.9926  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

628

1.9940  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

45,215

1.9964  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,154

1.9987  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,979

2.0053  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

183

2.0100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,018

2.0247  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

120,866

2.0250  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7

1.9500  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

537

2.0201  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 Feb 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
RETKZGZZFNKGVZM