Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 5989N

Barclays PLC

01 June 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:

31 May 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:

38,864,204

3.73%

267,792

0.03%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

158,690

0.02%

36,066,510

3.46%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

39,022,894

3.75%

36,334,302

3.49%

(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		8		142.4500 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		120		4.8430 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		134		4.8438 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		148		4.8437 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		228		4.8689 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		368		4.8467 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		484		4.8090 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		543		4.8439 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		694		4.8326 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		823		4.8395 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,386		4.8417 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,085		4.8462 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,269		4.8563 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,949		4.8514 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,478		4.8567 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		89,171		4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		158,574		4.8553 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11		4.8446 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		382		4.8903 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		484		4.8090 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		627		4.8367 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		737		4.8910 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		927		4.8456 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,250		4.8900 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,284		4.8395 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,716		4.8230 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,050		4.8905 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,293		4.8907 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,378		4.8354 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,585		4.8407 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,423		4.8453 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,852		4.8577 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,281		4.8512 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,425		143.6883 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		10,339		4.8921 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		98,204		4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100,395		4.8532 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	4.8454 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		46	4.8569 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		566	4.8456 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,423	4.8453 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,852	4.8577 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		8,425	143.5877 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,719	4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,744	4.8441 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		52,574	4.8585 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		69,000	4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		8	142.5500 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		228	4.8690 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,080	4.8490 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,293	4.8152 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,368	4.8348 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		6,712	4.8569 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		8,343	4.8437 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,294	4.8561 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,748	4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		58,164	4.8545 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		66,610	4.8570 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		69,000	140.8315 CZK

(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:				1 Jun 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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