Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 7229E

Barclays PLC

14 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:				11 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:		46,371,642	4.46%	8,534,658	0.82%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			17,442	0.00%	39,423,261	3.79%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		46,389,084	4.46%	47,957,919	4.61%

(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		1		6.4140 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		23		6.3950 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		34		6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		35		6.4280 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		100		190.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		197		6.4004 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		413		6.4175 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		470		6.4210 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		587		6.4220 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,677		6.3968 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,370		6.4176 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,594		6.4087 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,836		6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,718		191.5242 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,921		6.4009 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,954		6.4264 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,903		6.4179 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,505		6.4066 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1		6.4140 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100		190.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		116		6.3882 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		587		6.4220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		634		6.4016 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		759		6.4179 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,552		193.4000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		2,157		6.4068 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,374		6.4152 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,016		6.4024 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,148		6.4057 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,917		6.4015 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,929		6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		89,625		6.4071 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		759	6.4179 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,552	193.2646 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,575	6.4047 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,374	6.4152 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,936	6.4064 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,917	6.4015 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,191	6.4063 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		40,221	6.4043 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		46	6.3520 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		100	190.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		887	6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,509	6.4184 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,618	191.6854 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,267	6.4058 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:				14 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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