Form 8.3 - Homeserve plc

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

HOMESERVE PLC

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:

08 April 2022

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

NO

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:

2 9/13p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

2,303,537

0.68%

3,307,979

0.98%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,114,867

0.93%

1,493,567

0.44%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,418,404

1.61%

4,801,546

1.43%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

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

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

62

8.7431 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

669

8.7450 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,147

8.7350 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,485

8.7162 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,715

8.7144 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,444

8.7082 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

4,709

8.7033 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

8,457

8.7000 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

15,015

8.7250 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

20,666

8.7215 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

21

8.6800 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

27

8.6910 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

170

8.7400 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

187

8.6775 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

224

8.7500 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

233

8.7499 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

268

8.6850 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

278

8.7100 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

375

8.6756 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

867

8.7226 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,090

8.7045 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,250

8.6902 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,920

8.7000 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,061

8.7259 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,114

8.7179 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,457

8.7004 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

9,605

8.7014 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

23,554

8.7221 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

233

8.7499 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

463

8.7241 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

518

8.7372 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

741

8.7304 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,476

8.6999 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,568

8.6987 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

3,835

8.7214 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

6,460

8.7207 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

7,611

8.6993 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

26,871

8.7233 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

62

8.7429 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Short

221

8.7007 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

258

8.7385 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

2,514

8.7069 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Short

8,799

8.7429 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

15,015

8.7250 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

16,334

8.7116 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

11 Apr 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213