Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 4981W

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			14,579,450	1.40%	1,445,233	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			990,491	0.10%	12,980,823	1.25%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,569,941	1.49%	14,426,056	1.38%
(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		46		6.8560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		85		6.8020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		220		6.8187  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		722		6.8280  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		740		6.8160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,047		6.8000  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,531		6.8316  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,340		6.8424  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,087		6.8556  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,422		199.1344  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		53		6.8400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		360		6.8264  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		722		6.8280  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		855		6.8217  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,796		6.8283  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,986		6.8119  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,887		6.8342  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,000		199.0666  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		3,318		6.8396  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,000		6.8188  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,320		6.8560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,870		6.8432  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		46,418		6.8405  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		118,389		6.8337  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		46	6.8560  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		305	6.8360  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,000	6.8415  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,986	6.8119  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,000	198.9273  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,000	6.8163  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,012	6.8554  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		32,395	6.8370  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		37,514	6.8359  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		39,387	6.8341  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		42,000	199.1750  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		71,269	6.8345  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		46	6.8563  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		85	6.8020  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		722	6.8280  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,000	6.8168  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,761	6.8560  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,539	6.8415  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		33,422	199.2738  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		42,000	6.8177  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:				18 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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