RNS Number : 2339O Barclays PLC 28 July 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:

27 Jul 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:

5,515,557

1.37%

5,418,064

1.35%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

5,300,033

1.32%

5,463,173

1.36%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

10,815,590

2.69%

10,881,237

2.70%

(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

87,861

2.3360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

86,987

2.3224  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

64,386

2.3300  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

64,052

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

53,726

2.2798  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,284

2.3148  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,662

2.3295  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,684

2.3384  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,403

2.3390  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,300

2.3550  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,103

2.3584  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,508

2.3324  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,963

2.3581  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,569

2.3187  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,108

2.3650  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,582

2.3373  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,036

2.3297  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

770

2.3100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

598

2.3175  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

278

2.3239  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

200

2.3274  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

182

2.3147  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

168

2.3250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

125

2.3050  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

219,260

2.2495  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

202,000

2.3241  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

115,874

2.3363  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

75,898

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

69,085

2.3445  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

60,670

2.3200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

48,813

2.3358  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,692

2.3231  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,512

2.3280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,545

2.3100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,495

2.3292  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,266

2.2859  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,000

2.3170  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,727

2.2960  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,694

2.3214  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,263

2.3219  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,130

2.3393  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,726

2.3352  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,487

2.3239  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,667

2.3450  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,578

2.3104  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,410

2.3207  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,276

2.3107  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,360

2.3095  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,262

2.3439  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,089

2.3234  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,949

2.3084  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,228

2.3254  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,033

2.3297  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

980

2.2496  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

803

2.2998  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

639

2.3273  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

598

2.3175  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

555

2.3283  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

457

2.3299  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

431

2.3179  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

409

2.3210  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

273

2.3540  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

252

2.3263  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126

2.3279  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

103

2.3300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17

2.3645  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3

2.3275  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

175

2.3210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

161

2.3299  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,735

2.3084  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,807

2.3075  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

212

2.3457  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

29

2.3146  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,237

2.3146  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,235

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,443

2.3149  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

13,888

2.3381  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,852

2.3148  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,266

2.2859  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

82,117

2.2495  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

137,143

2.2495  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,631

2.2960  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

2.2960  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52

2.3210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

182

2.3210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,370

2.3298  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

2,251

2.3298  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,406

2.2940  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

168

2.3250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,764

2.3149  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

13,888

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

883

2.3300  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

367

2.2495  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

613

2.2495  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,360

2.3095  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

296

2.3299  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,752

2.3059  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,086

2.3150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72,000

2.3480  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2,109

2.2940  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

503

2.2940  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,181

2.3255  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,915

2.3450  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

130,000

2.3109  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,215

2.3199  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,130

2.3392  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

2.3170  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

639

2.3273  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,108

2.3650  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,963

2.3581  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48,813

2.3358  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,370

2.3300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

15,905

2.3268  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,752

2.3450  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,508

2.3323  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

50,576

2.2798  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,150

2.2798  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

3,150

2.3363  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

112,724

2.3363  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 Jul 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

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