Form 8.3 - AVAST PLC

RNS Number : 9564F

Barclays PLC

24 March 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 March 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:		49,079,333	4.72%	12,059,975	1.16%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			3,733,330	0.36%	43,891,158	4.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		52,812,663	5.08%	55,951,133	5.38%
(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		66		5.7140 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		83		171.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		201		5.7500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		487		5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		698		5.7080 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		732		5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,075		5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,252		5.7075 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,291		5.7050 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,047		5.7021 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,122		5.7121 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,152		5.7091 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		5.7246 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,351		5.7000 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,781		5.7090 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,049		5.7147 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,574		5.7155 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,533		5.7122 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,385		5.7060 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,538		5.7059 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,813		5.7061 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,632		5.7097 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,420		5.7196 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		5.7047 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,671		5.7193 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		60,750		5.7158 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		63,919		5.7113 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		375,000		5.7114 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		166		171.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		378		5.7122 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		456		5.7680 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		640		5.7630 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		698		5.7080 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,743		5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,221		5.7560 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,674		5.7588 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,000		5.7193 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,728		5.7070 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,471		5.7072 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,976		5.7045 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,833		5.7168 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,302		5.7198 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,053		5.7060 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28,443		5.7149 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,275		5.7142 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		60,519		5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		63,140		5.7137 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		77,756		5.7083 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		150,000		5.7050 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		250,541		5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		400,000		5.7224 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		83	171.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,666	5.7070 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,075	5.7142 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,200	5.7105 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		58,820	5.7108 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		60,519	5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		510	5.7180 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		535	5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		557	5.7100 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		967	5.7192 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		980	5.7112 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,442	5.7106 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,047	5.7021 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,103	5.7098 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,000	5.7246 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,158	5.7168 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,241	5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,474	5.7119 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,731	5.7163 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:				24 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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