Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 2843V

Barclays PLC

08 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:				05 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:			19,878,559	1.91%	1,722,160	0.17%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,270,424	0.12%	21,066,650	2.02%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,148,983	2.03%	22,788,810	2.19%
(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		1		6.8980  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		137		6.9120  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		615		6.8580  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		617		6.8640  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		767		6.8179  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,059		6.8666  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,069		6.7844  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,230		6.8540  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,234		6.8660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,369		6.8384  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,764		6.8373  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,245		6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,016		6.8783  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		192,302		6.8096  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		358,357		199.4900  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		19		6.8672  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		137		6.9120  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		599		6.8639  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		615		6.8580  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		617		6.8640  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,230		6.8540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,234		6.8660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,845		6.8555  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,125		198.0088  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		2,445		6.8665  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,449		6.8072  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,551		6.7675  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,568		6.8841  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,194		6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,551		6.8814  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,086		6.8747  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		68,848		6.8806  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		400,539		6.8687  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		480,000		6.8265  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,500,000		6.8271  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		11	6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18	6.8690  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19	6.8672  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25	6.8740  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,845	6.8553  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,125	197.8702  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,445	6.8665  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,449	6.8072  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,551	6.7675  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		8,081	6.8819  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,930	6.8816  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,560	6.8787  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		52,633	6.8819  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		68,608	6.8823  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		358,240	6.8660  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,395,000	199.2250  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		13	6.8823  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,059	6.8666  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,069	6.7844  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,851	6.8653  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,008	6.7738  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,193	6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,039	6.8820  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,718	6.8345  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		48,375	6.8422  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		140,101	6.7992  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		358,357	199.6296  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,395,000	6.8357  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,500,000	6.8800  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:				08 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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