Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 4082G

Barclays PLC

29 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:

28 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:		50,078,875	4.81%	13,620,036	1.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			5,282,279	0.51%	45,232,910	4.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		55,361,154	5.32%	58,852,946	5.66%

(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		107		174.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		119		5.7504 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		565		5.7566 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		821		5.7365 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		883		5.7800 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,458		5.7560 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,771		5.7285 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,881		5.7524 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,455		5.7500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,665		5.7368 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,106		5.7460 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,436		5.7509 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38,269		5.7412 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		74,710		5.7380 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		107		174.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		112		5.7520 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		247		5.7472 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		660		5.7407 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		883		5.7800 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,701		5.7614 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,209		5.7617 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,651		5.7648 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,423		5.7526 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,455		5.7500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,591		5.7437 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,231		5.7560 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,306		5.7502 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,496		5.7592 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,713		5.7600 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,203		5.7456 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,809		5.7382 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,714		172.1702 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		57,089		5.7463 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		250,000		5.7620 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		107	174.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		263	5.7310 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,378	5.7433 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,423	5.7526 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,435	5.7364 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		25,607	172.0421 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,375	5.7462 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		119	5.7504 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,460	5.7465 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,771	5.7286 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,881	5.7524 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,944	5.7436 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,341	5.7650 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		25,701	5.7369 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		55,994	5.7380 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:				29 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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