Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 9488U
Barclays PLC
04 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:

03 Aug 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:



25,254,664

2.42%

2,864,950

0.28%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:






and/or controlled:



2,541,746

0.24%

24,071,473

2.31%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)






and agreements to purchase/sell:



0

0.00%

0

0.00%










TOTAL:



27,796,410

2.67%

26,936,423

2.59%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales






Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security


securities


10p ordinary

Purchase

323

6.8710  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

444

6.8050  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

475

6.7740  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

483

6.8340  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

493

6.8310  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

518

6.8230  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

520

6.8360  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

526

6.8320  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

574

6.7800  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

611

6.8520  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

614

6.8260  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

616

6.7860  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

659

6.7825  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

660

6.8120  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

931

6.7909  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

972

6.7840  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

6.7960  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,003

6.8066  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,006

6.8396  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,129

6.8237  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,132

6.8300  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,197

6.8427  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,221

6.7970  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,278

6.7951  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,412

6.8042  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,450

6.8240  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,954

6.8020  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,157

6.7841  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,384

6.7821  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,470

6.7920  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,093

6.8220  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,156

6.8488  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,213

6.7836  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,928

6.8114  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,172

6.8416  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

7,046

6.7839  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

7,661

6.7933  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,184

6.8280  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10,738

6.8180  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

12,733

6.8330  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

14,068

6.8221  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

14,299

6.8406  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

14,888

6.8700  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

24,425

6.7906  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

38,678

6.8065  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

41,642

6.7922  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

47,751

6.8234  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

49,501

6.7948  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

63,950

6.8225  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

66,178

6.8499  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

123,572

6.8474  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

250,000

6.8332  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

400,000

6.8436  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

650,623

6.8331  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,391,985

199.4029  CZK

10p ordinary

Sale

444

6.8050  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

476

6.8280  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

493

6.8310  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

520

6.8360  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

574

6.7800  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

611

6.8520  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

614

6.8260  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

616

6.7860  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

660

6.8120  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

827

6.8207  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

969

6.8200  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,000

6.7960  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,104

6.8111  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,137

6.8532  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,345

6.8288  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,450

6.8240  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,515

6.7920  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,000

6.8174  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,211

6.8041  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,383

6.8508  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,583

6.8320  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,660

6.8484  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,848

6.8192  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,020

6.8205  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,030

6.8126  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,282

6.8503  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,495

6.8448  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,609

6.8340  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,831

6.8220  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,949

6.8211  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,276

6.8317  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,451

6.8286  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,729

6.8208  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,954

6.8020  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,478

6.8206  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,994

6.8308  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,404

6.8162  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,977

6.8649  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10,598

6.8300  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,876

6.8583  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,954

6.8514  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

16,595

6.8506  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,397

6.8693  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

21,934

6.8511  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

22,721

6.8331  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

24,301

6.7916  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

29,815

6.8694  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

32,723

6.8070  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

42,522

6.8351  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

48,446

6.8495  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

69,933

6.8166  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

81,500

6.7997  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

101,669

6.8700  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

143,054

6.8350  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

194,237

6.8256  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

211,734

6.8195  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

404,589

6.8196  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

674,879

6.8183  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,500,000

6.8253  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,060,985

6.8157  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,979,000

6.8312  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

3

6.8700  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

10

6.8460  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

10

6.8600  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

26

6.8623  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

27

6.8613  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

2,000

6.8174  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

3,545

6.8248  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

4,495

6.8448  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

5,000

6.8020  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

5,113

6.8696  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

12,954

6.8514  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Long

22,003

6.8399  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

40,000

6.8184  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Long

290,000

6.8509  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

605,741

6.8254  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

748,881

6.8183  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,183,082

6.8233  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Long

1,394,249

6.7971  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Short

26

6.8700  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

467

6.8240  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,221

6.7970  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

1,412

6.8042  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

2,147

6.8235  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Short

2,264

6.7998  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

2,564

6.8318  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,310

6.8324  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

3,460

6.8433  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

4,731

6.8700  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Short

5,000

6.8025  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,128

6.8158  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,291

6.8434  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

6,049

6.8300  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

7,236

6.8282  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

9,626

6.8233  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

10,805

6.8260  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

12,942

6.8308  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

17,882

6.8545  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

100,875

6.8675  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

123,572

6.8474  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Short

147,876

6.7925  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Short

647,041

6.8254  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Short

1,391,985

199.5425  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:

04 Aug 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

























 

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