Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 6219T

Barclays PLC

25 July 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:				22 Jul 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:			32,910,669	3.16%	1,169,894	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			638,320	0.06%	31,396,695	3.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			33,548,989	3.22%	32,566,589	3.13%
(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		160		5.0420  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		162		147.5500  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		308		5.1240  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		441		5.0440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		501		5.1200  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		521		5.1320  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		524		5.1360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		535		5.0320  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		615		5.0743  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,235		5.0560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,595		5.0400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,650		5.0340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,080		5.0540  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		5.1438  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,358		5.1440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,472		5.0370  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,570		5.0460  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,782		5.0569  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,401		5.0270  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,822		5.0597  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,305		5.0474  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,156		5.0300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		62,003		5.0644  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		97,707		5.0430  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		163,000		5.0255  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8		5.0480  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		81		147.5500  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		110		5.1301  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		308		5.1240  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		441		5.0440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		491		5.1020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		501		5.1200  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		519		5.0220  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		521		5.1320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		522		4.9930  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		524		5.1360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		535		5.0320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		833		5.1180  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		897		5.0140  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		979		5.1040  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		984		5.1160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,184		5.0551  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,227		5.0789  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,235		5.0560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,437		5.0914  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,461		5.0651  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,595		5.0400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,650		5.0340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,033		5.0646  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,080		5.0540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,268		5.0584  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,308		5.0139  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,339		5.0680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,358		5.1440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,570		5.0460  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,579		5.0672  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,613		5.0514  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,854		5.1147  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,488		5.0300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,641		5.0671  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,531		5.0420  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,119		5.0368  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,237		5.0293  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,696		5.0641  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,299		5.0306  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,000		5.0709  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,310		149.0617  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		35,951		5.0454  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		124,156		4.9863  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		3	5.0300  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8	5.0560  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8	5.0480  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25	5.0319  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25	5.0383  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,617	5.0641  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,308	5.0140  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,502	5.0321  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,850	5.0979  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,850	5.0472  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,000	5.0709  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		26,310	148.9573  CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1	5.0300  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		81	147.5500  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		615	5.0743  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,608	5.1162  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23,478	5.0473  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		26,310	5.0628  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,748	5.0355  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		37,552	5.0363  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:				25 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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