Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 4378V

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			17,253,571	1.66%	1,544,839	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,093,596	0.10%	15,942,155	1.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			18,347,167	1.76%	17,486,994	1.68%
(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		120		6.8120  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		170		6.8055  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		245		6.8080  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		277		6.8200  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		345		6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		426		6.8148  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		493		196.2500  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,471		6.8070  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,602		6.8100  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,442		6.8102  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		25,857		6.8105  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,352		197.8125  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		18		6.8170  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		62		6.8159  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		345		6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		398		195.4000  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		426		6.8148  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		493		196.2500  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		544		6.8200  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,348		6.8129  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,569		6.8119  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,000		6.8082  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,416		6.8121  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,157		6.8114  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,320		6.8101  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		54,371		6.8123  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		9	6.8180  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		56	6.8100  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		71	6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		398	195.2632  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,000	6.8082  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,711	6.8096  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,160	6.8064  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,842	6.8142  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		31,859	6.8131  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		219,000	197.7250  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		398	6.8125  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		493	196.2500  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		622	6.8177  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,203	6.8090  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,602	6.8100  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,262	6.8108  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		31,859	197.9752  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		219,000	6.7970  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:				09 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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