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:

07 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:

2,336,707

0.69%

3,332,817

0.99%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,141,449

0.93%

1,526,722

0.45%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,478,156

1.63%

4,859,539

1.44%

(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

57

8.8650 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

115

8.8066 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

171

8.8041 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

215

8.8389 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

470

8.8776 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

545

8.8453 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

658

8.8514 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,029

8.8400 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,355

8.7964 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,219

8.8044 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

8.8000 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

8.7997 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,679

8.8095 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

4,000

8.8194 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

8,874

8.8093 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

12,669

8.7925 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

20,915

8.8108 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

35,703

8.8050 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

69,837

8.7578 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

58

8.8034 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

79

8.7450 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

122

8.7550 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

206

8.8766 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

337

8.7754 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

348

8.8299 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

400

8.8118 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

484

8.7623 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

897

8.7659 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

904

8.7880 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

924

8.8050 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

993

8.8793 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,000

8.8249 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,452

8.7886 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,517

8.7557 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

1,570

8.7850 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

2,076

8.8047 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

2,109

8.7985 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

5,483

8.7525 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,118

8.8054 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,740

8.8144 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,782

8.8000 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,824

8.7671 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

15,267

8.7635 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

20,700

8.7588 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

21,732

8.7500 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

94,031

8.8068 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

58

8.8034 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Long

90

8.8042 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

206

8.8766 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

348

8.8299 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

741

8.7992 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

904

8.7880 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

959

8.8040 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,000

8.8249 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,452

8.7886 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,517

8.7557 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,570

8.7850 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

2,076

8.8047 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

2,172

8.7572 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

5,219

8.8110 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

5,226

8.8098 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

8,887

8.8111 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

39,255

8.8067 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Long

57,357

8.7950 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

215

8.8389 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Short

658

8.8514 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

1,923

8.7730 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 CFD

Short

4,289

8.8488 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

7,634

8.8194 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

14,284

8.7894 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

17,281

8.8090 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

35,703

8.8050 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:

8 Apr 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213