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:

26 Aug 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:

10,560,695

3.14%

2,521,102

0.75%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

2,045,546

0.61%

9,746,939

2.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

12,606,241

3.74%

12,268,041

3.64%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

227

11.8555 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

520

11.8650 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

652

11.8427 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

801

11.8600 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,127

11.8483 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,627

11.8452 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,848

11.8472 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

1,998

11.8394 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,157

11.8409 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,353

11.8588 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

2,437

11.8544 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

3,454

11.8604 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

3,935

11.8404 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

6,562

11.8589 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

11,472

11.8435 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Purchase

20,465

11.8500 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

90

11.8600 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

5,351

11.8363 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

8,000

11.8504 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

12,395

11.8400 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

Sale

21,294

11.8401 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

8,000

11.8504 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Long

13,432

11.8386 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Long

17,727

11.8400 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

16

11.8396 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

25

11.8300 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

453

11.8400 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

460

11.8450 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

719

11.8577 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

933

11.8429 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,069

11.8600 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,628

11.8517 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,660

11.8506 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

2,156

11.8518 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,026

11.8572 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,261

11.8523 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

CFD

Short

3,761

11.8415 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

CFD

Short

3,935

11.8404 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,056

11.8609 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

SWAP

Short

8,079

11.8527 GBP

2 9/13p ordinary

CFD

Short

20,465

11.8500 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 exempt principal trader 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:

29 Aug 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213