RNS Number : 7867E
Barclays PLC
24 October 2025
 

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:

23 Oct 2025

(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:

 

 

3,589,476

0.89%

3,887,178

0.97%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,292,816

0.82%

1,295,936

0.32%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

6,882,292

1.71%

5,183,114

1.29%

(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

65,986

2.4022  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

37,246

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

32,111

2.4003  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,198

2.4017  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,013

2.4001  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,778

2.4111  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,381

2.4029  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,998

2.4044  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,757

2.4016  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,338

2.4063  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,015

2.4023  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

851

2.3997  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

616

2.3925  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

605

2.4050  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

500

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

129,712

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,541

2.4007  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,937

2.4022  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,921

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,200

2.4069  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,176

2.4004  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

958

2.3979  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

879

2.3999  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

801

2.3998  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

Decreasing Long

4,647

2.4008  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,725

2.3998  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,177

2.3999  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,884

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

726

2.4004  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

450

2.4005  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,243

2.4012  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,868

2.4033  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

974

2.4037  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

269

2.4052  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,921

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

158

2.4205  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

616

2.3925  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,334

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,013

2.4001  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,629

2.4004  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,757

2.4016  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,198

2.4017  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,185

2.4021  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,998

2.4044  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,801

2.4050  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,040

2.4092  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,061

2.4121  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

130

2.4298  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

562

2.4051  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

186

2.4352  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:

24 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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