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07/10/2015 14:40

      FORM 8.3 - STERIS CORPORATION    
      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        
          STERIS CORPORATION        
                  
          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:        
          06 October 2015        
          (f)        
          In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making        
          YES:        
                  
          disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?        
          SYNERGY HEALTH PLC        
      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)    
          Class of relevant security:        
                  
                  
                  
          ORD        
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
          Interests        
          Short Positions        
                  
                  
          Number        
          (%)        
          Number        
          (%)        
          (1)        
          Relevant securities owned        
          and/or controlled:        
          2,899        
          0.00%        
          287,001        
          0.48%        
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
          (2)        
          Cash-settled derivatives:        
          284,112        
          0.47%        
          0        
          0.00%        
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
          (3)        
          Stock-settled derivatives (including options)        
          and agreements to purchase/sell:        
          0        
          0.00%        
          0        
          0.00%        
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
          TOTAL:        
          287,011        
          0.48%        
          287,001        
          0.48%        
      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 Form8 (Open Positions).    
      (b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and       other employee 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    
      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    
          Class of relevant        
                  
          Purchase/sale        
                  
          Number of        
                  
          Price per unit        
          security        
                  
          securities        
                  
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          11        
          65.7700 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          24        
          65.4500 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          24        
          65.2900 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          51        
          65.1700 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          86        
          66.1900 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          86        
          65.4337 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          89        
          65.7800 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          100        
          64.9500 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          100        
          65.9400 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          100        
          65.8900 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          150        
          65.8908 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          300        
          65.4664 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          300        
          65.1800 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          349        
          65.3133 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          400        
          65.3175 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          500        
          65.2298 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          500        
          65.7840 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          533        
          65.3114 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          800        
          65.3275 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          880        
          65.1900 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,600        
          65.3537 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,671        
          65.2609 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,800        
          65.4491 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,867        
          66.0138 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          3,100        
          65.3285 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          3,600        
          65.4449 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          14,959        
          65.2205 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          24        
          65.4500 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          86        
          65.4338 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          86        
          65.4337 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.1901 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.9900 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          65.1550 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          65.2150 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          64.9000 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          211        
          65.1600 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          250        
          65.9104 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          271        
          65.1800 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          64.8700 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.8173 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          64.8802 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.3433 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          348        
          65.6009 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          65.5275 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          500        
          65.5780 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          500        
          65.2940 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          600        
          65.6300 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          700        
          65.4154 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          780        
          65.1900 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          800        
          65.7225 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,124        
          65.4914 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,400        
          65.6038 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,900        
          65.1878 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,900        
          65.4520 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          4,250        
          65.1677 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          4,500        
          65.3179 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          6,650        
          65.1274 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          7,700        
          65.5944 USD        
      (b) Cash-settled derivative transactions    
          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        
      (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          
            e.g. American, European etc.          
                  
          Expiry date        
                  
          Option money paid/ received per unit        
      (ii) Exercise    
          Class of relevant security        
                  
          Product description          
            e.g. call option          
                  
          Exercising/ exercised against        
                  
          Number of securities        
                  
          Exercise price per unit        
      (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)    
          Class of relevant security        
                  
          Nature of dealing          
            e.g. subscription, conversion          
                  
          Details        
                  
          Price per unit (if applicable)        
      4. 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 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          
      (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 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          
      (c) Attachments    
          Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?        
                  
          NO        
          Date of disclosure:        
          7 Oct 2015        
          Contact name:        
          Jay Supaya        
          Telephone number:        
          020 7773 0635        
      Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory       Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.       The Panels Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in       relation to the Codes disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.    
      The Code can be viewed on the Panels website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.    
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