Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 5325S

Barclays PLC

14 July 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:

13 July 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:

32,692,538

3.14%

1,183,258

0.11%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

730,475

0.07%

31,284,694

3.00%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

33,423,013

3.21%

32,467,952

3.12%

(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		82	148.2500 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		200	5.0630 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		299	5.0779 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		454	5.0500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		611	5.0440 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,382	5.0400 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,120	5.0423 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,973	5.0517 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,289	5.0695 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		57,254	5.0540 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		138,637	5.0568 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		308	5.0740 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		454	5.0500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		611	5.0440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		642	5.0796 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,122	5.0380 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,435	5.0745 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,877	5.0400 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,316	148.6784 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		4,393	5.0773 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,390	5.0634 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,452	5.0629 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,015	5.0450 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,315	5.0420 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,000	5.0665 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,012	5.0718 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,142	5.0543 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		42,759	5.0563 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,025	5.0402 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,222	5.0540 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		8	5.0470 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9	5.0560 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10	5.0580 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15	5.0540 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23	5.0387 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,117	5.0340 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,122	5.0380 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,316	148.5744 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,109	5.0537 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,000	5.0665 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,657	5.0540 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		41,908	5.0404 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		82	148.3537 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		299	5.0780 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,447	5.0428 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,216	5.0462 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,109	5.0540 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,486	5.0561 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		36,520	5.0540 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		39,691	5.0518 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		68,261	5.0624 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:				14 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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