REG-BARCLAYS PLC Form 8.3 - STERIS CORPORATION <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BARC.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">STE.N</Origin>

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08/10/2015 15:00

      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:        
          07 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:        
          2,511        
          0.00%        
          286,611        
          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:        
          286,623        
          0.48%        
          286,611        
          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        
          2        
          66.6500 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          91        
          66.1496 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          185        
          65.8608 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          300        
          65.7733 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          400        
          65.6325 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          407        
          66.1561 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          448        
          66.1143 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          500        
          65.7228 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          515        
          65.7437 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          1,200        
          65.7400 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,005        
          65.6407 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,300        
          65.9843 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          3,600        
          66.0165 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          5,632        
          66.0866 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          6,600        
          65.6222 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          9,724        
          66.0052 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          9,926        
          66.0051 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          10,108        
          65.9637 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          11,000        
          65.7815 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          10        
          65.6100 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          80        
          65.6300 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          66.0800 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.6700 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.6400 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          66.3800 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.8500 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          65.9000 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          165        
          66.1109 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          66.4000 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          65.7750 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          237        
          65.9881 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          296        
          65.9264 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.7666 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.7400 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          66.0633 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.7366 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          66.0213 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          65.8083 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          310        
          65.6000 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          394        
          66.1780 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          65.8050 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          65.7075 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          65.7825 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          472        
          65.8202 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          557        
          65.7082 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          602        
          65.9408 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          800        
          65.7018 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          800        
          65.7902 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,160        
          66.5746 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,200        
          65.5916 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,246        
          66.1239 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,684        
          66.0906 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,800        
          65.7242 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,100        
          65.9692 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,205        
          65.6733 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,300        
          66.0195 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,510        
          65.9971 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          3,600        
          66.0165 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          4,488        
          66.0713 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          8,600        
          65.7140 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          9,825        
          66.0051 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          13,500        
          65.8383 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:        
          8 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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