Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 8398E

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:		46,178,580	4.44%	8,414,158	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			17,442	0.00%	39,361,459	3.79%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		46,196,022	4.44%	47,775,617	4.59%

(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		654		6.4500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		812		6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,036		6.4382 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,596		6.4260 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,785		6.4405 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,787		6.4440 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,769		6.4175 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,485		6.4259 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,902		6.4200 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,512		6.4391 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,422		6.4360 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,500		6.4460 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,963		189.5497 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,738		6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,927		6.4380 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,808		6.4372 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		30,505		6.4352 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		72,693		6.4363 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		82,718		6.4303 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		654		6.4500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		800		6.3940 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		812		6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		826		6.4263 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,131		6.4440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,165		6.4242 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,191		6.4340 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,193		6.4220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,596		6.4260 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,049		6.4174 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,168		6.4277 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,991		6.4312 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,500		6.4460 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,308		6.4195 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,182		6.4360 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,561		6.4347 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		107,047		6.4381 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		180,000		6.4254 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		177	6.4301 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,839	6.4306 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,930	6.4450 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,049	6.4174 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,298	6.4383 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		6,962	6.4118 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,074	6.4242 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		138,000	191.0250 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		180,000	6.4254 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		455	6.4417 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,760	6.4389 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,902	6.4200 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,770	6.4395 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,963	189.6824 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,923	6.4360 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		14,738	6.4179 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		22,252	6.4369 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,072	6.4255 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		44,692	6.4317 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		138,000	6.3751 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:				15 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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