Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 9882E

Barclays PLC

16 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:

15 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:		46,718,456	4.49%	8,364,797	0.80%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			50,808	0.00%	40,190,901	3.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		46,769,264	4.50%	48,555,698	4.67%

(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		190		6.4460 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		311		6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		363		6.4218 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		363		6.4220 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		436		6.4500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		441		6.4320 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		487		6.4190 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		652		6.4360 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		656		6.4400 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		786		6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		919		6.4340 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,007		6.4420 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,110		189.4126 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,682		6.4422 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,693		6.4402 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,747		6.4260 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,768		6.4280 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,994		6.4443 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,424		6.4520 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,756		6.4369 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,910		6.4490 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,379		6.4386 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,737		6.4440 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,122		6.4303 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,783		6.4479 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,648		6.4287 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		30,958		6.4307 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,803		6.4337 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		39,176		6.4468 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		54,153		6.4451 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		59,074		6.4316 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		71,475		6.4380 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		115,884		6.4540 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		119,781		6.4455 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		126,787		6.4480 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		199,417		6.4379 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		375,240		6.4428 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		592,936		6.4315 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		190		6.4460 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		324		6.4269 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		363		6.4220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		436		6.4500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		441		6.4320 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		487		6.4190 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		499		6.4180 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		652		6.4360 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		656		6.4400 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		834		6.4312 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		885		6.4369 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,007		6.4420 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,269		6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,636		6.4380 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,719		6.4242 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,747		6.4260 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,017		6.4268 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,747		6.4315 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,768		6.4280 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,345		6.4543 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,244		6.4255 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,424		6.4520 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,252		6.4275 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,540		6.4396 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,975		6.4440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,000		6.4389 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,764		6.4295 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,955		6.4540 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,280		6.4442 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		62,970		6.4533 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		117,401		6.4290 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		132,900		6.4539 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		343,282		6.4491 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		425,802		6.4317 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		500	6.4240 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		885	6.4370 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,406	6.4347 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,475	6.4373 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,702	6.4242 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,785	6.4304 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,008	6.4375 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,741	6.4391 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		32,000	6.4389 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		33,445	6.4263 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		33,857	6.4278 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		87,101	6.4287 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,110	189.5451 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,122	6.4303 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,409	6.4295 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,736	6.4281 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,555	6.4309 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,774	6.4345 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		31,844	6.4290 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		32,687	6.4354 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33,519	6.4321 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		34,635	6.4294 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45,062	6.4540 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		81,929	6.4540 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		163,654	6.4337 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		343,177	6.4402 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		592,936	6.4315 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:				16 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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