Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 2262J

Barclays PLC

25 April 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:

22 April 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:		43,160,579	4.15%	914,159	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			21,655,295	2.08%	59,573,358	5.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		64,815,874	6.23%	60,487,517	5.81%

(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		464	5.5740 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		464	5.5260 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		587	5.5080 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		624	5.5020 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		633	5.5060 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		769	5.4840 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		876	5.5117 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,018	5.5215 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,147	5.4919 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,195	5.5172 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,603	5.5282 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,355	5.5371 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,913	5.5039 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,550	5.5577 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		47,114	5.5095 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		79,221	5.5680 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		140,276	5.4528 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		200,000	5.4630 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		464	5.5740 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		464	5.5260 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		587	5.5080 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		633	5.5060 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,229	5.5329 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,552	5.5351 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,554	5.5304 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,465	5.5367 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,552	5.5020 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,604	5.5682 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		59,506	5.5680 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100,000	5.4635 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		121,001	5.5434 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		439	5.5674 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,229	5.5329 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,583	5.5677 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,518	5.5255 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		66,582	5.5680 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		99,010	5.5420 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		412	5.5340 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,012	5.5252 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,221	5.4996 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,611	5.4920 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,109	5.5458 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,855	5.5195 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,343	5.5399 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,465	5.5412 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,253	5.5354 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		48,875	5.5098 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		79,221	5.5680 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:				25 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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