Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 7941T

Barclays PLC

26 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:				25 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:			32,813,920	3.15%	1,082,741	0.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			635,957	0.06%	31,345,892	3.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			33,449,877	3.21%	32,428,633	3.11%
(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		178		5.0601  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		201		5.0740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		358		4.9950  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		366		5.0020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.0160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		523		5.0100  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		800		5.0440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		819		5.0560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		844		5.0600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		949		5.0710  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,100		5.0080  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,893		5.0920  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,964		5.0780  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,971		5.0580  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,069		5.0940  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,070		5.0520  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,089		5.0060  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,347		5.0262  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,727		5.0133  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		4.9968  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,032		5.0500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,853		5.0174  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,773		5.0700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,018		5.0096  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,812		4.9830  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		5.0935  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		5.0914  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		100,833		4.9964  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2		4.9830  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		90		5.0202  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		155		5.0090  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		201		5.0740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		304		5.0510  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		358		4.9950  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		366		5.0020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		468		5.0555  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		478		5.0690  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		500		5.0160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		523		5.0100  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		524		5.0730  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		541		5.0873  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		800		5.0440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		819		5.0560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		844		5.0600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		918		5.0063  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		949		5.0710  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,106		5.0720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,281		5.0028  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,401		5.0180  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,628		5.0567  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,716		5.0297  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,893		5.0920  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,909		5.0606  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,964		5.0780  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,971		5.0580  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,069		5.0940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,070		5.0520  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,089		5.0060  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,106		5.0080  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,032		5.0500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,539		5.0530  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,865		5.0682  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,316		5.0640  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,956		4.9996  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,792		5.0689  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,088		5.0237  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,229		5.0634  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,546		5.0700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,795		5.0722  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,000		5.0643  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,258		4.9849  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,752		5.0211  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,876		5.0551  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,381		5.0670  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,525		148.5389  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		23,316		5.0329  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		46,140		5.0341  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		90,236		4.9992  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		2	4.9850  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4	5.1200  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8	5.0740  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10	5.0080  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		102	5.0760  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		161	5.0665  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		170	4.9938  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		204	5.0730  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		227	4.9969  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,000	5.0643  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,155	5.0202  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		19,525	148.4349  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,700	5.0224  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		110,000	5.0190  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		178	5.0601  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,663	5.0580  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,654	4.9829  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,000	4.9968  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,163	4.9830  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		19,525	5.0311  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		37,993	4.9937  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		62,097	4.9951  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		110,000	144.9923  CZK
(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:				26 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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