Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7693N

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

30 July 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Spire Healthcare Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (YES)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify)

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 23 July 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified: 24 July 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of voting rights ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi		Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00BNLPYF73	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	25,576,191		N/A	6.38%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date ^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date ^xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
					Nominal	Delta

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 25,576,191 (6.38%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: