Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 1993W

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			14,542,550	1.39%	1,244,552	0.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			789,505	0.08%	12,967,903	1.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,332,055	1.47%	14,212,455	1.36%
(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		223		6.7740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		519		6.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		615		6.8360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		629		6.8215  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		737		6.8180  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		847		6.7741  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		907		6.8300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		996		6.8232  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,039		6.8340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,367		6.8200  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,727		6.8380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,854		6.8277  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,073		6.8347  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,725		6.8385  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,980		6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		27,669		6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		41,387		196.5226  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		154		6.8377  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		445		6.8401  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		651		6.8380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		737		6.8180  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,134		6.8409  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,272		6.8340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,330		6.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,748		6.8172  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,113		6.8175  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,863		6.8206  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,238		6.8560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,306		6.8499  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,836		6.8182  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,912		6.8293  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,000		6.8163  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,181		6.8233  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,041		6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,569		6.8600  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		154	6.8377  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		157	6.8280  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		737	6.8180  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,000	6.8148  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,357	6.8443  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,474	6.8596  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,840	6.8407  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,000	6.8164  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,620	6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		41,387	6.8163  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		61,000	197.7000  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		60	6.8000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		996	6.8232  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,209	6.8365  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,892	6.8388  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,657	6.8307  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,859	6.8600  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		41,387	196.6601  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		61,000	6.8594  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:				16 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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