Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 1599T

Barclays PLC

20 July 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:

19 July 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:

32,658,947

3.14%

1,071,830

0.10%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

638,296

0.06%

31,309,147

3.01%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

33,297,243

3.20%

32,380,977

3.11%

(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		194	5.3215 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		307	5.3220 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		913	5.3238 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,129	5.3394 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,596	5.3300 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,861	5.3228 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,361	5.3094 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,079	155.7844 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,713	5.3328 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,776	5.3037 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		30,367	5.3040 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		58,019	5.3309 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		67,581	5.3144 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16	5.3440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		59	5.3200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		94	5.3640 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		134	5.3365 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		307	5.3220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		451	5.3170 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		557	5.3120 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		668	5.3428 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		997	5.3190 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,550	5.3303 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,596	5.3302 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,596	5.3300 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,655	5.3376 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,769	5.3461 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,518	155.5193 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		8,908	5.3145 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,000	5.3315 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,562	5.3272 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47,220	5.3040 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		58,019	5.3309 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		90,232	5.3140 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		10	5.3180 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10	5.3220 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16	5.3440 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29	5.3040 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		557	5.3120 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,573	5.3509 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,596	5.3300 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,769	5.3461 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,518	155.4104 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,611	5.3284 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,976	5.3513 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,835	5.3196 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,000	5.3315 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		307	5.3220 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		913	5.3238 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,361	5.3094 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,115	5.3177 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,361	5.3154 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		5,079	155.8934 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,944	5.3280 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,638	5.3077 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,420	5.3147 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:				20 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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