Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 4873F

Barclays PLC

21 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:				18 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:		46,693,574	4.49%	8,428,095	0.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			46,129	0.00%	39,676,569	3.81%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		46,739,703	4.49%	48,104,664	4.62%

(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		5.6930 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		107		169.9500 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		116		5.7374 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		287		5.6920 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		530		5.6910 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		544		5.6940 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		571		5.7020 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		601		5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		735		5.7440 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		739		5.7400 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		745		5.6960 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		891		5.7030 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		901		5.7010 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,083		5.6879 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,228		5.7360 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,290		5.6908 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,360		5.7420 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,396		5.6904 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,457		5.6915 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,511		5.7236 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,525		5.7016 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,580		5.6891 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,604		5.6924 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,998		5.7147 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		171.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,106		5.6938 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,862		5.6969 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,548		5.6966 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,383		5.6993 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,763		5.6926 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,373		5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,966		5.6925 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,328		5.6968 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,437		5.6928 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,532		5.6931 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		40,694		5.6877 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51,865		5.6860 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		72,165		5.7299 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		83,166		5.7356 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		100,578		5.7100 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		703,117		5.6847 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2		5.6920 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9		5.6950 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		107		169.9500 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		601		5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		735		5.7440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		739		5.7401 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		739		5.7400 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		745		5.6960 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		834		5.7457 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		881		5.6805 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,228		5.7360 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,918		5.7147 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,669		5.7002 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,914		5.7031 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,262		5.7420 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,571		171.9777 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		15,000		5.6878 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,435		5.7421 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,417		5.7061 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,331		5.6869 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		37,719		5.6826 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		39,250		5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		241,442		5.7116 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		107	169.9500 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,918	5.7147 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,085	5.7139 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,947	5.6963 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,464	171.8762 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,388	5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		40,000	5.6910 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		52,393	5.7009 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		65,206	5.7088 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		138,508	5.7186 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,083	5.6880 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,396	5.6904 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,604	5.6924 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,000	171.1197 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,323	5.7402 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,838	5.7300 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		11,413	5.7168 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		40,000	166.7594 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		60,000	5.7016 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		111,721	5.6916 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		140,247	5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		412,836	5.6819 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:				21 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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