REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spire Healthcare Grp - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spire Healthcare Group plc Amend

Spire HealthcareAnnouncement

21/05/2026 16:00

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RNS Number : 3388F  JPMorgan Securities Plc  21 May 2026

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

 

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  Spire Healthcare Group plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Corporate Broker to Spire Healthcare Group PLC
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    19 May 2026
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received

 1p ordinary                 Purchase          1,324,270                   2.2300 GBP                            2.1900 GBP
                             Sale              590,882                     2.2350 GBP                            2.1900 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 1p ordinary                 Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  147                             2.1901 GBP
                                                                                                                                 11,773                          2.1907 GBP
                                                                                                                                 23,776                          2.1935 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,121                           2.2053 GBP
                                                                                                                                 928                             2.2101 GBP
                                                                                                                                 51,290                          2.2195 GBP
                                                                                                                                 176,956                         2.2201 GBP
                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 440                             2.1898 GBP
                                                                                                                                 99                              2.1999 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,477                           2.2033 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,721                           2.2174 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,466                           2.2248 GBP
                                                                                                                                 26,021                          2.2250 GBP
                                                  Increase Long                                                                  726                             2.2052 GBP
                                                                                                                                 7,092                           2.2062 GBP
                                                                                                                                 90                              2.2157 GBP
                                                                                                                                 99                              2.2158 GBP
                                                                                                                                 2,713                           2.2196 GBP
                                                                                                                                 6,367                           2.2219 GBP
                                                                                                                                 19,657                          2.2232 GBP
                                                                                                                                 55,000                          2.2243 GBP
                                                                                                                                 1,213                           2.2256 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,343                           2.2289 GBP
                                                  Increase Short                                                                 372                             2.1902 GBP
                                                                                                                                 50,000                          2.2002 GBP
                                                                                                                                 14,556                          2.2020 GBP
                                                                                                                                 200,001                         2.2072 GBP
                                                                                                                                 230,000                         2.2094 GBP
                                                                                                                                 100,000                         2.2102 GBP
                                                                                                                                 3,484                           2.2124 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,000                          2.2202 GBP
                                                                                                                                 16,126                          2.2247 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If
 there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives

 

 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"
 None

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  21 May 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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