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AMENDMENT
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader: |
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
Spire Healthcare Group plc |
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: |
Corporate Broker to Spire Healthcare Group PLC |
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: |
27 March 2026 |
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" |
N/A |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities |
Highest price per unit paid/received |
Lowest price per unit paid/received |
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1p ordinary |
Purchase |
238,966 |
1.4750 GBP |
1.4210 GBP |
Sale |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. CFD |
Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position |
Number of reference securities |
Price per unit |
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1p ordinary |
Equity Swap |
Decrease Long |
31,076 |
1.4220 GBP |
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1,912 |
1.4225 GBP |
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8,577 |
1.4276 GBP |
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3,167 |
1.4408 GBP |
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9,550 |
1.4418 GBP |
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14,769 |
1.4459 GBP |
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19,124 |
1.4466 GBP |
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2,000 |
1.4469 GBP |
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798 |
1.4480 GBP |
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2,651 |
1.4569 GBP |
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513 |
1.4585 GBP |
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5,060 |
1.4591 GBP |
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9,346 |
1.4620 GBP |
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13 |
1.4760 GBP |
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117 |
1.4320 GBP |
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932 |
1.4386 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. call option |
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. |
Number of securities to which option relates |
Exercise price per unit |
Type e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry date |
Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. call option |
Exercising/ exercised against |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security |
Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion |
Details |
Price per unit (if applicable) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
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None
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Date of disclosure: |
31 March 2026 |
Contact name: |
Hetvi Shah |
Telephone number: |
44 2034 936359 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
J.P. Morgan Securities Plc, acting as an exempt principal trader and corporate broker to Spire Healthcare Group plc, disclosed dealings in Spire Healthcare Group plc's 1p ordinary shares on 27 March 2026. The firm purchased 238,966 shares at prices ranging from 1.4210 GBP to 1.4750 GBP and sold 283,392 shares at prices from 1.4200 GBP to 1.4760 GBP. Additionally, J.P. Morgan Securities Plc engaged in cash-settled equity swaps, decreasing 40,665 reference securities in long positions and 228 in short positions, while increasing 70,693 in long positions and 1,314 in short positions at various GBP prices.
| Date | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Time | 17:42:41 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 9315Y |