Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 0982X

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			14,355,816	1.37%	1,948,693	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,480,618	0.14%	12,733,281	1.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,836,434	1.52%	14,681,974	1.40%
(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		165		6.9580  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		257		6.9660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		297		6.9560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		311		6.9400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		372		6.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		395		6.9740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		402		6.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		427		6.9880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		454		6.9760  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		575		6.9680  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		642		6.9579  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		687		6.9620  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		750		6.9840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		807		6.9420  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		846		6.9798  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		991		6.9860  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,413		6.9849  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,542		6.9800  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,528		6.9673  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,706		6.9739  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,900		6.9839  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,657		203.6106  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,345		6.9558  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		27,447		6.9523  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3		6.9833  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		248		6.9590  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		254		6.9620  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		257		6.9660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		297		6.9560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		372		6.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		402		6.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		427		6.9880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		447		6.9820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		454		6.9580  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		454		6.9760  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		575		6.9680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		607		6.9740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		637		7.0000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		686		6.9775  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		750		6.9840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		838		6.9510  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		850		6.9683  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,033		6.9800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,044		6.9461  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,366		6.9860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,376		6.9697  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,289		6.9743  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,317		6.9541  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,783		6.9464  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,997		6.9802  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,706		6.9739  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,237		6.9400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,108		6.9771  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		36,598		6.9745  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		113,903		6.9658  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		3	6.9833  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,271	6.9780  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,997	6.9802  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,657	6.9825  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,237	6.9400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,356	6.9520  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,907	6.9673  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		47,341	6.9775  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		51,077	6.9684  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		61,000	203.6000  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		165	6.9580  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		311	6.9400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		807	6.9420  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		846	6.9798  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,727	6.9665  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,803	6.9692  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,196	6.9686  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,579	6.9867  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,455	6.9702  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,880	6.9701  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,554	6.9827  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,706	6.9739  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		11,657	203.7532  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,926	6.9403  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		61,000	6.9828  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 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:				24 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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