Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 1317V

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			23,894,254	2.29%	2,771,985	0.27%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,445,586	0.23%	22,693,569	2.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,339,840	2.53%	25,465,554	2.44%
(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		48		6.8881  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		121		6.8800  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		128		6.8900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		139		200.0000  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		264		6.8840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		265		6.8720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		461		6.8660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		481		6.8750  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		491		6.8830  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		496		6.8760  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		497		6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		612		6.8380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		617		6.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		731		6.8778  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		731		6.8360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		969		6.8850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,113		6.8815  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,881		6.8774  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,915		6.8593  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,946		6.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,980		6.8802  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,590		6.8584  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,908		6.8699  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,521		6.8786  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,136		6.8371  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,763		6.8641  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,271		6.8373  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,683		6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,413		6.8767  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,300		6.8602  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,119		6.8757  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,113		6.8899  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,984		6.8596  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		6.8566  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		6.8635  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		86,570		6.8420  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		212,621		6.8880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		215,376		6.8852  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		219,520		200.9416  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		243,357		6.8616  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		73		6.8340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		114		6.8880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		121		6.8800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		139		200.0000  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		207		6.8790  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		264		6.8840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		265		6.8720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		481		6.8750  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		491		6.8830  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		496		6.8760  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		497		6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		499		6.8960  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		502		6.8420  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		612		6.8360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		617		6.8502  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		628		6.8690  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		730		6.8380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		730		6.8920  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		927		6.8430  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		969		6.8850  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,024		6.8667  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,759		6.8755  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,946		6.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,000		6.8900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,098		6.8646  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,000		6.8350  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,035		6.8395  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,202		6.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,594		6.8370  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,553		6.8645  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,298		6.8905  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,828		6.8387  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,601		6.8668  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,714		6.8422  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,271		6.8406  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,873		6.8634  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,567		6.8576  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,977		6.8571  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,321		6.8435  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,628		6.8466  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,093		6.8388  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		38,650		6.8411  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		40,336		6.8661  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		42,826		6.8759  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		56,143		6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		80,335		6.8549  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		191,725		6.8462  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		200,151		6.8867  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		220,666		6.8651  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		955	6.8799  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,603	6.8709  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,000	6.8350  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,917	6.8477  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,540	6.8617  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,668	6.8615  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,179	6.8516  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,466	6.8466  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,420	6.8574  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,235	6.8672  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,842	6.8661  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,426	6.8444  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		31,874	6.8634  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		42,826	6.8759  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		59,894	6.8684  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		68,689	6.8687  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		219,381	6.8416  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		32	6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		48	6.8881  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		128	6.8900  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		139	200.0000  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,699	6.8444  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,507	6.8880  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33,113	6.8899  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		33,359	6.8383  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		36,213	6.8588  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		181,198	6.8667  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		215,376	6.8852  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		219,381	201.0829  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:				05 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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