RNS Number : 1350F
Barclays PLC
28 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:

27 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:

 

 

3,608,964

0.90%

3,889,246

0.97%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,293,098

0.82%

1,488,368

0.37%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

6,902,062

1.71%

5,377,614

1.34%

(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

87,661

2.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,159

2.3986  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,607

2.3941  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,429

2.4013  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,766

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,358

2.3975  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,045

2.4015  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

946

2.4050  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

867

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

417

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

256

2.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

145

2.3850  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

136

2.4250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

94

2.3974  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

167,782

2.4500  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,138

2.3899  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,997

2.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,882

2.3980  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,878

2.3996  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,897

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,863

2.3906  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,082

2.3953  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,913

2.3931  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,969

2.3949  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,578

2.4011  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,322

2.4031  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,052

2.3923  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,020

2.4183  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,000

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

801

2.3917  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

417

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

405

2.4050  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

256

2.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

145

2.3850  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

136

2.4250  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

473

2.3968  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,049

2.3969  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,056

2.3898  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,664

2.3899  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,272

2.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

801

2.3917  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,052

2.3923  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,913

2.3931  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,283

2.3942  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

793

2.3945  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

160

2.3948  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,969

2.3949  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,263

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,279

2.3960  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,099

2.3964  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,578

2.4011  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,077

2.4025  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,322

2.4031  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,153

2.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,030

2.3921  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,607

2.3941  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,476

2.3958  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,166

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,505

2.4001  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,045

2.4015  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,523

2.4019  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,199

2.4033  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

541

2.4050  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,098

2.3995  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,020

2.4183  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

69,308

2.3900  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

194

2.3901  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

94

2.3974  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:

28 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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