Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 4485U

Barclays PLC

01 August 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:				29 Jul 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:			33,340,183	3.20%	1,425,392	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			962,512	0.09%	31,906,250	3.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			34,302,695	3.29%	33,331,642	3.20%
(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		6		147.6000  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		10		4.6380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		64		4.6530  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		224		4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		425		4.8435  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		442		4.6230  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		697		4.6860  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		773		4.6541  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,489		4.7242  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,095		4.7276  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,163		4.6870  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,267		4.6869  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,331		4.7078  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,446		4.7295  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,576		4.6556  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,446		4.7070  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,967		4.6835  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,500		4.6258  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,879		4.7894  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,079		4.6769  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,000		4.6396  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,841		4.6682  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,096		4.7062  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,210		4.6905  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		31,177		4.6741  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,865		4.7135  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		37,006		4.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		56,969		4.6549  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		435,485		4.6721  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9		4.6830  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20		4.6380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22		4.6447  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		180		4.8370  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		200		4.6060  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		221		4.6512  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		820		4.6976  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		822		4.7003  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,214		4.6880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,706		4.7186  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,804		4.6870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,474		4.7128  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,435		4.6269  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,353		4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,000		4.8455  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,000		4.6155  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,000		4.6877  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,201		4.7151  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,187		4.6522  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		64,522		4.6660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		165,971		140.2287  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		172,460		4.6418  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		172,460		4.5726  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		9	4.6830  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9	4.6820  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13	4.6190  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		27	4.6455  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		820	4.6976  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,706	4.7186  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,804	4.6870  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,383	4.7482  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,474	4.7128  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,435	4.6269  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		63,341	4.6637  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		165,971	140.1306  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		166,000	4.6310  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		172,460	4.5726  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		172,460	4.6417  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		6	147.7033  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		135	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,489	4.7242  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,000	4.6555  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,500	4.6259  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,000	4.6396  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		28,845	4.7047  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		98,366	4.6646  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		116,222	4.6775  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		155,035	4.6691  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		165,965	4.6763  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		166,000	135.7399  CZK
(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:				01 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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