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

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23/10/2015 13:50

      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:        
          22 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:        
          3,650        
          0.01%        
          288,117        
          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%        
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
          (4)        
          TOTAL:        
          287,762        
          0.48%        
          288,117        
          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        
          24        
          67.6500 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          59        
          68.3300 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          80        
          67.1300 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          100        
          67.0500 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          100        
          67.5900 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          351        
          67.1311 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          400        
          66.9825 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          400        
          67.1050 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          500        
          67.1040 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          787        
          67.6300 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          899        
          68.4423 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          900        
          68.1488 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          1,463        
          67.9053 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          1,547        
          67.6563 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          1,600        
          67.6785 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          1,756        
          68.0550 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,149        
          67.3771 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          2,900        
          68.1375 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          4,400        
          68.1044 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          4,800        
          67.8989 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          4,859        
          67.9059 USD        
          ORD        
          Purchase        
          5,851        
          67.9546 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          68.5700 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          67.7700 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          67.5900 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          100        
          67.1800 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          147        
          68.6600 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          162        
          68.4175 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          200        
          67.7300 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          68.0468 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          67.8300 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          300        
          67.7400 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          309        
          67.6200 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          68.4200 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          400        
          68.1300 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          401        
          68.2004 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          605        
          67.6725 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          782        
          68.0843 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          900        
          68.1488 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          900        
          68.4424 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          980        
          67.1065 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,700        
          68.1532 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,797        
          68.0122 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          1,971        
          67.8378 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,000        
          67.5601 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,500        
          68.3058 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          2,700        
          68.0737 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          4,757        
          67.9060 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          4,961        
          67.9059 USD        
          ORD        
          Sale        
          6,009        
          67.5313 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:        
          23 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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