Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 3745E

Barclays PLC

10 March 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				AVAST 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:				09 March 2022
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				NORTONLIFELOCK INC

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:			10p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		46,535,459	4.48%	8,501,144	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			17,442	0.00%	39,607,785	3.81%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		46,552,901	4.48%	48,108,929	4.63%

(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		22		194.1000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		271		6.3360 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		327		6.3829 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		431		6.3400 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		437		6.3420 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		453		6.3380 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		460		6.3700 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		471		6.3600 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		471		6.3640 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		493		6.3540 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		511		6.3440 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		527		6.3460 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		588		6.3570 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		730		6.3790 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		941		6.3508 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		959		6.3561 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		960		6.3580 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		972		6.3760 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,496		6.3520 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,626		6.3478 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,747		6.3620 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,784		6.3621 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,884		6.3743 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,037		6.3500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,985		6.3609 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,999		6.3560 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,408		6.3471 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,707		6.3879 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,323		190.9982 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,055		6.3491 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,670		6.3581 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		35,625		6.3587 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38,740		6.3615 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		68,301		6.3408 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22		194.1000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		271		6.3360 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		379		6.3523 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		453		6.3380 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		460		6.3700 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		471		6.3600 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		471		6.3640 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		493		6.3540 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		522		6.3440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		588		6.3570 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		730		6.3790 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		794		6.3460 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		840		6.3485 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		972		6.3760 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,037		6.3398 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,306		6.3407 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,315		6.3620 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,496		6.3520 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,037		6.3500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,140		193.7973 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		2,999		6.3560 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,091		6.3444 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,132		6.3400 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,408		6.3956 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,951		6.3494 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,331		6.3548 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,444		6.3375 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,235		6.3580 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28,464		6.3552 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,315		6.3414 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47,399		6.3470 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		80,748		6.3579 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		91,498		6.3619 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,870	6.3614 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,140	193.6616 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,408	6.3956 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		17,934	6.3472 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,313	6.3543 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		26,210	6.3612 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		33,995	6.3638 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		47,399	6.3470 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		22	194.1000 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		35	6.3582 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,784	6.3621 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,833	6.3800 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,414	6.3522 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,005	6.3654 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		18,301	191.1281 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23,113	6.3580 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:				10 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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