Spire Healthcare Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 14, 2015

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RNS Number : 9355Y

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

14 September 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):  Transfer of shares to 100% owned (in identical ratios) special purpose vehicle (Rozier Investments Limited Partnership)

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):                                               10 Sept 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:                       11 Sept 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:         12%

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
ORDINARY ISIN: GB00BNLPYF73	47,918,174	47,918,174	48,006,174	48,006,174	12%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
48,006,174	12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Woodford, as Investment Manager

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:        N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A

13. Additional information:                     

14. Contact name:

Anthony Dand, Interim Deputy Secretary, Spire Healthcare Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

+ 44 (0)20 7427 9092

This information is provided by RNS

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