Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 7946G

Barclays PLC

31 March 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:				30 March 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:		51,475,782	4.95%	7,712,968	0.74%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			27,376,153	2.63%	67,308,682	6.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		78,851,935	7.58%	75,021,650	7.21%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
10p ordinary		Purchase		10		166.6500 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.6680 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		68		169.7000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		139		5.6540 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		418		5.6693 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		452		5.6710 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		480		5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		670		5.6720 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		5.6700 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,113		5.6538 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,550		5.6529 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,635		5.6533 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,689		5.6519 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,228		5.6611 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,356		5.6629 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,566		5.6751 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,576		5.6518 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,947		5.6500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,971		5.6663 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,215		5.6739 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,357		5.6740 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,101		5.6460 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,385		5.6503 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,308		5.6849 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,853		5.6648 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,794		5.6603 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		54,939		5.6480 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		84,982		5.6722 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5		166.6500 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		68		169.7000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		217		5.6640 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		545		5.6480 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		670		5.6720 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,829		5.6679 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,092		5.6842 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,177		5.6859 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,696		5.6579 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,092		5.6482 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,222		5.6685 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,947		5.6500 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,101		5.6460 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,909		5.6517 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,828		5.7001 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,253		5.6472 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,282		5.6478 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,849		5.6627 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,033		5.6563 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		36,862		5.6539 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,969		5.6499 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		45,410		5.6603 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		60,936		167.6736 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		70,541		5.6474 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		515,520		5.7037 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		68	169.7000 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		670	5.6720 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,943	5.6480 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,058	5.6505 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,772	5.6647 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,746	5.6646 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		60,868	167.5540 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		135,000	5.6730 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		5	166.6500 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		480	5.6800 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,113	5.6538 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,565	5.6531 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,356	5.6629 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,357	5.6741 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		13,490	5.6576 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,315	5.6499 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		30,498	5.6521 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		62,458	5.6864 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		135,000	164.3585 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 person 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:				31 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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