Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 8813V

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			14,676,879	1.41%	1,210,536	0.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			5,288,810	0.51%	18,388,252	1.77%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,965,689	1.92%	19,598,788	1.88%
(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		16		6.7720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		130		6.7500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		200		6.7620  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		500		6.7600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		555		6.7649  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		681		6.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		786		6.7709  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,671		6.7769  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,473		6.7853  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,413		6.7595  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51,873		194.0321  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		56,788		6.7860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100		6.7700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		399		6.7720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		795		6.7637  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,798		6.7605  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,827		6.7606  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,387		6.7611  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,501		6.7659  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,000		6.7694  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,042		6.7863  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		49,391		6.7652  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		61,775		6.7860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		64,376		6.7741  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		3,048	6.7836  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,786	6.7856  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,278	6.7706  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,705	6.7697  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,000	6.7694  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		33,114	6.7860  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		51,873	6.7600  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		52,000	194.2750  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		440	6.7860  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		555	6.7648  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,363	6.7829  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,392	6.7721  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		40,146	6.7860  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		51,873	194.1680  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		52,000	6.7476  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:				12 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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