Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 1085U

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			32,832,311	3.15%	1,095,090	0.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			649,930	0.06%	31,391,587	3.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			33,482,241	3.21%	32,486,677	3.12%
(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		201		4.8940  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		223		4.9365  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		512		4.9650  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		514		4.9440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		514		4.8850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		569		4.8697  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		580		4.9643  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		625		4.9132  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		829		4.9595  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		835		4.9250  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		843		4.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		894		4.9620  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,412		4.9591  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,666		4.9622  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,850		4.9640  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		4.9672  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,158		148.2820  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,934		4.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,991		4.9612  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,982		4.9596  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,793		4.9463  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,150		4.9241  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,234		4.9253  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,873		4.8700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,787		4.9404  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,169		4.9688  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,717		4.8969  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		47,074		4.9109  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		201,613		4.8856  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100		5.0120  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		148		4.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		201		4.8940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		259		4.9150  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		308		5.0105  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		478		4.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		514		4.8850  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		514		4.9440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		625		4.9132  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		769		4.9149  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		835		4.9250  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,421		4.9650  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,158		148.0826  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		2,197		4.9328  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,585		4.9344  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,819		4.9669  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,306		4.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,708		4.8946  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,000		4.9901  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,518		4.9285  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,561		4.9960  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,914		4.8700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		49,876		4.9094  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		75,000		4.9349  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		180,499		4.9063  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		1,327	5.0120  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,157	5.0109  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,158	147.9789  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,762	4.8700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,708	4.8946  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,000	4.9901  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,083	4.8697  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,485	4.9903  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,700	4.9491  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		28	4.8700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		223	4.9365  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,678	4.9486  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,000	4.9672  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,157	4.9642  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,158	148.3858  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,845	4.8700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		49,392	4.8761  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		70,456	4.8941  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		115,673	4.8983  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:				28 Jul 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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