Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 8032W

Barclays PLC

22 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:				19 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:			14,539,116	1.39%	1,903,979	0.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,450,222	0.14%	12,906,338	1.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,989,338	1.53%	14,810,317	1.42%
(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		6		6.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		87		6.9400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		254		6.9440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		348		6.9460  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		440		6.9868  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		450		6.9810  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		673		6.9208  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		723		6.9340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		747		6.9240  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		917		6.9455  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		995		6.9034  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,240		6.9107  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,250		6.9110  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,287		6.9786  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,843		6.9268  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,113		6.9728  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,278		6.9717  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,945		6.9235  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,010		6.9295  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,930		6.9125  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,482		6.9357  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,515		6.9386  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,341		6.9552  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,208		6.9847  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		34,286		6.9596  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		62,802		201.1903  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		6		6.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		348		6.9460  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		474		6.9800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		660		6.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		723		6.9340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		747		6.9240  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		880		6.9759  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,229		6.9135  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,810		201.5000  CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		1,897		6.9771  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,514		6.9050  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,196		6.9564  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,852		6.9440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,771		6.9157  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,447		6.9880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,397		6.9870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30,784		6.9465  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		54,583		6.9464  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		89,840		6.9387  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		374,825		6.9482  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		220	6.9587  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,000	6.9395  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,229	6.9135  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,810	201.3589  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,072	6.9336  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,771	6.9122  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,447	6.9880  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		31,000	202.0000  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		47,547	6.9391  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		62,701	6.9531  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		90,520	6.9409  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		150,890	6.9458  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		156,365	6.9495  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,747	6.9405  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,763	6.9262  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,447	6.9883  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		31,000	6.9431  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		62,802	201.3311  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:				22 Aug 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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