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Barclays PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2026
May 26, 2026
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Major Shareholding Notification
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RNS Number : 5587F
Barclays PLC
26 May 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: | 22 May 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: | 4,841,895 | 1.20% | 2,718,550 | 0.67% | |||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||
| 2,682,530 | 0.67% | 2,656,296 | 0.66% | ||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL: | 7,524,425 | 1.87% | 5,374,846 | 1.33% | |||
| (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 | 131,675 | 2.2334 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 84,520 | 2.2250 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,500 | 2.2160 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,686 | 2.2302 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,900 | 2.2323 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,785 | 2.2312 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,067 | 2.2273 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,288 | 2.2313 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,873 | 2.2252 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 362 | 2.2276 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 297 | 2.2325 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 119 | 2.2326 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 119 | 2.2321 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4 | 2.2287 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 300,573 | 2.2250 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 105,097 | 2.2292 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 90,493 | 2.2293 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 86,577 | 2.2326 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 30,195 | 2.2263 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 27,712 | 2.2343 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 15,616 | 2.2338 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 12,747 | 2.2346 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 12,006 | 2.2283 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 10,635 | 2.2220 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,919 | 2.2349 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,505 | 2.2200 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,145 | 2.2249 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,530 | 2.2183 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,466 | 2.2247 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 332 | 2.2325 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 292 | 2.2383 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 225 | 2.2300 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 208 | 2.2316 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 25 | 2.2372 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 14 | 2.2268 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 | 10,635 | 2.2220 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,391 | 2.2245 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,145 | 2.2249 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 296,848 | 2.2250 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 713 | 2.2257 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 38,450 | 2.2263 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14 | 2.2267 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,006 | 2.2283 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,397 | 2.2292 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 100,309 | 2.2294 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 38,511 | 2.2306 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,549 | 2.2307 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,110 | 2.2331 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,018 | 2.2343 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,247 | 2.2344 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.1913 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,500 | 2.2004 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.2011 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,625 | 2.2054 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.2067 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,250 | 2.2085 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2 | 2.2100 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 38,890 | 2.2250 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,204 | 2.2251 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,785 | 2.2312 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 119 | 2.2321 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 119 | 2.2326 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,977 | 2.2329 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 18,394 | 2.2250 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4 | 2.2300 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: | 26 May 2026 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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