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Barclays PLC, Spire Healthcare Group PLC

Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 1626Y
Barclays PLC
26 March 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:

24 Mar 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:

 

 

2,037,133

0.51%

3,784,084

0.94%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,666,740

0.91%

508,473

0.13%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

5,703,873

1.42%

4,292,557

1.07%

(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

164,713

1.4340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

56,467

1.4352  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39,815

1.4540  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,682

1.4596  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21,371

1.4483  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19,787

1.4545  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,647

1.4380  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,843

1.4443  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,525

1.4700  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,760

1.4633  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,762

1.4720  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,951

1.4560  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,888

1.4656  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,900

1.4680  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,450

1.4580  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,261

1.4512  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,101

1.4400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,384

1.4760  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,257

1.4600  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,214

1.4500  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,884

1.4520  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,734

1.4379  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,455

1.4342  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,454

1.4359  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,349

1.4640  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,306

1.4660  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

962

1.4523  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

867

1.4740  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

607

1.4590  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

587

1.4690  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

482

1.4620  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

295

1.4390  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

288

1.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

159

1.4780  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

147

1.4480  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101

1.4460  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101

1.4320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101

1.4440  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

186,552

1.4340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

124,148

1.4714  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

53,495

1.4652  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,588

1.4471  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,064

1.4380  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,748

1.4576  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,607

1.4420  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,718

1.4342  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,002

1.4700  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,736

1.4595  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,690

1.4347  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,391

1.4519  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,762

1.4720  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,378

1.4500  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,951

1.4560  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,788

1.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,773

1.4760  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,296

1.4540  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,918

1.4524  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,900

1.4680  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,567

1.4520  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,450

1.4580  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,101

1.4400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,061

1.4338  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,738

1.4549  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,659

1.4780  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,226

1.4600  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,164

1.4440  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,349

1.4640  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,306

1.4660  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,110

1.4504  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

959

1.4510  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

920

1.4428  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

867

1.4740  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

607

1.4590  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

587

1.4690  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

482

1.4620  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

147

1.4480  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

101

1.4460  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

101

1.4320  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

3,061

1.4338  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

139,678

1.4340  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,000

1.4418  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,607

1.4420  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

920

1.4428  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

200

1.4499  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

959

1.4510  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,532

1.4524  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,647

1.4544  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,954

1.4558  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

66,435

1.4596  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,455

1.4342  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,454

1.4360  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,647

1.4380  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

295

1.4391  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,843

1.4443  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,132

1.4497  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,261

1.4511  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

962

1.4523  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,581

1.4561  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,128

1.4567  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14

1.4592  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

106

1.4593  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

84

1.4594  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

400

1.4740  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

288

1.4860  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:

26 Mar 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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