Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 2462G

Barclays PLC

28 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:				25 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:		50,322,260	4.84%	13,600,067	1.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			25,475,727	2.45%	65,655,735	6.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		75,797,987	7.29%	79,255,802	7.62%

(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		126		5.7060 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		161		5.7244 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		205		5.7194 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		356		5.7030 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.7260 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,206		171.9134 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,500		5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,601		5.7150 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,634		5.7253 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,633		5.7190 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,645		5.7203 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,555		5.7182 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,609		5.7187 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,987		5.7220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4		5.7440 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5		5.7160 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		179		5.7460 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		190		5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		439		5.7203 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,240		5.7202 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,967		5.7186 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,000		5.7215 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,150		171.7807 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		2,948		5.7213 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,450		5.7205 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,491		5.7220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,038		5.7201 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,632		5.7199 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,476		5.7196 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,690		5.7233 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,876		5.7216 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,496		5.7222 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		51,304		5.7200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		51,638		5.7207 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		55,524		5.7232 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		120,662		5.7210 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		190	5.7040 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,385	5.7406 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,472	5.7220 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,150	171.6604 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,135	5.7227 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,783	5.7217 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		30,791	5.7224 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		161	5.7243 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		205	5.7194 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		735	5.7220 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		839	5.7344 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,206	172.0338 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,623	5.7187 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,795	5.7211 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,142	5.7049 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,911	5.7234 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:				28 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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