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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
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(a) Full name of discloser: |
Jefferies International Limited |
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(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. |
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(c) 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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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure |
18th May 2026 |
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(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" |
N/A |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in\ 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
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Class of relevant security:
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1p ordinary |
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Interests |
Short positions |
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Number |
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: |
79,122 |
0.020 |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
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4,485,883 |
0.114 |
4,576,230 |
1.136 |
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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TOTAL: |
4,565,005 |
1.133 |
4,576,230 |
1.136 |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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 |
Purchase/sale
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Number of securities |
Price per unit (GBX) |
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5p ordinary |
Purchase
Sale |
5,399 58 307 200,000 307 1,228 307 200,327 100,000 2,149 1,535 2,763 15,916 1,228 1,256 307 4,912 1,228 3,684 2,137 4,296 307 307 22
32,842 2,154 421 453 5,310 2,971 400,000 645 834 5,969 1,535 11,049 15,916 3,652 2,494 43,800 356 5,590 15,934 4,345 4,689 1,474,247 |
222.0000 222.5000 222.7500 223.0000 223.2500 223.5000 223.7500 224.0000 224.0600 224.2500 224.5000 224.7500 224.9534 225.0000 225.2500 225.5000 225.7500 226.0000 226.2500 226.5000 226.7500 227.0000 227.5000 229.0000
222.0000 222.5000 222.7500 223.0000 223.2500 223.5000 223.6118 223.7500 224.0000 224.2500 224.5000 224.7500 224.9534 225.0000 225.2500 225.2928 225.5000 225.7500 226.0000 226.2500 226.7500 229.0000 |
(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 (GBX) |
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5p ordinary |
Swap Swap Swap |
Reducing a short position Reducing a short position Increasing a long position |
5,000 7,500 1,474,247 |
225.9800 225.9800 229.0000 |
(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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4. 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 person 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 |
(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 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 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 |
(c) Attachments
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? |
NO |
Date of disclosure: |
19th May 2026 |
Contact name: |
Jason Williams |
Telephone number |
020 7029 8706 |
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
Jefferies International Limited made a Rule 8.3 disclosure on 19th May 2026 regarding its positions and dealings in Spire Healthcare Group plc as of 18th May 2026. Following these dealings, Jefferies held a total long position of 4,565,005 (1.133%) and a total short position of 4,576,230 (1.136%) in Spire Healthcare Group plc's 1p ordinary securities. Dealings on 18th May 2026 in 5p ordinary securities included purchases of 549,425 units and sales of 2,077,888 units, alongside increasing a cash-settled long swap position by 1,474,247 units.
| Date | 19 May 2026 |
| Time | 11:45:10 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 9310E |