Form 8.3 - Homeserve plc

RNS Number : 8304H

Barclays PLC

08 April 2022

 

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

 

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