Spire Healthcare Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 18, 2015

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RNS Number : 2912F

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

18 February 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Spire Healthcare Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                    YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

Other (please specify)

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Woodford Investment Management LLP (Woodford)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Clients of  Woodford

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):                                                           13 February 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   18 February 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:         10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00BNLPYF73	40,099,050	40,099,050	40,437,065	40,437,065			10.082%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
40,437,065	10.082%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Woodford Investment Management LLP as Investment Manager

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Anthony Dand, Interim Deputy Secretary, Spire healthcare Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

+ 44 (0)20 7427 9092

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