Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 8364S

Barclays PLC

18 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:							15 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:				32,798,705		3.15%	1,089,831		0.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
					650,378		0.06%	31,450,782		3.02%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:				0		0.00%	0		0.00%
	TOTAL:				33,449,083		3.21%	32,540,613		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		302		5.2200 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		396		5.2764 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		494		5.2820 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		572		5.3097 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		804		5.2780 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		806		5.2720 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,276		5.2890 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,298		5.2766 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,167		5.2537 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,585		5.2665 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,028		152.7467 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,232		5.2736 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,669		5.2951 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		53,475		5.2900 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		82,279		5.3100 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		65		5.2740 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		285		5.2796 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		302		5.2200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		302		5.2780 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		872		5.1500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		972		5.2720 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,209		5.2700 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,226		5.2712 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,028		5.2496 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,786		5.2549 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,328		5.2960 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,810		5.2847 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,043		154.6716 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		14,166		5.2762 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,359		5.2702 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,192		5.3100 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47,819		5.2810 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		53,491		5.2900 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		153,646		5.2892 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	5.3100 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16	5.2900 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		65	5.2740 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		285	5.2796 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		629	5.2514 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,028	5.2496 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,328	5.2960 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,359	5.3100 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,043	154.5633 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		8,955	5.2258 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,965	5.3097 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,359	5.2702 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		30,947	5.3033 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		66,220	5.3000 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		67,574	5.2737 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15	5.0240 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		502	5.2780 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		606	5.2880 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		896	5.2343 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		963	5.2393 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		988	5.2310 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,161	5.2771 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,205	5.2616 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,535	5.2759 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,926	5.2772 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		9,028	152.8537 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,422	5.3002 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		27,320	5.3100 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		49,839	5.3100 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:				18 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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