Form 8.3 - AVAST PLC

RNS Number : 1045G

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:		50,622,416	4.87%	13,589,542	1.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			5,261,727	0.51%	45,435,024	4.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		55,884,143	5.37%	59,024,566	5.67%

(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		4		5.7359 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		300		5.7120 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		546		5.7140 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		727		5.7270 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		728		5.7500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		783		5.7260 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,021		169.8648 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,585		5.7280 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		5.7239 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,395		5.7400 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,451		5.7316 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,035		5.7255 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,060		5.7512 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,581		5.7209 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		44,406		5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		75,000		5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		300		5.7120 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		350		5.7100 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		364		5.7522 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		546		5.7140 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		685		5.7156 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		728		5.7500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		866		5.7402 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,039		5.7118 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,239		5.7145 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,349		5.7400 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,585		5.7280 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,379		5.7426 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,014		5.7441 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,244		5.7221 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,012		5.7283 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,252		5.7269 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,459		5.7223 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,502		5.7162 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,000		5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		57,193		5.7391 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		1,021	5.7593 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,061	5.7310 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,095	5.7251 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,184	5.7144 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,014	5.7441 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,702	5.7186 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,136	5.7221 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,422	5.7494 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,104	5.7277 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,822	5.7393 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3	5.7300 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5	5.7280 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13	5.7284 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		160	5.7165 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,021	169.9837 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,757	5.7360 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	5.7239 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,754	5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,317	5.7220 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		75,000	5.7200 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 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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