Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 6442K

Barclays PLC

06 May 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:

05 May 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:

43,556,838

4.18%

600,086

0.06%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

242,665

0.02%

39,343,355

3.78%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

43,799,503

4.21%

39,943,441

3.84%

(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		7	5.2170 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18	151.8000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		329	5.2180 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		459	5.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		517	5.2858 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		519	5.1880 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		650	5.3960 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		654	5.3700 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		770	5.3920 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		791	5.3900 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		793	5.3860 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		832	5.1560 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		986	5.0623 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,591	5.3940 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,721	5.1600 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,839	5.2337 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,002	5.3560 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,553	5.1589 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,660	5.3444 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,065	5.3605 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,654	5.2151 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,992	5.2282 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,532	5.3755 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,077	5.1612 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,263	5.3688 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,479	5.2413 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,177	5.3221 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,227	5.0704 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,100	5.3592 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,447	155.4958 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,025	5.2091 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,191	5.3566 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,652	5.3631 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		34,799	5.3606 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		64,243	5.3930 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		84,435	5.3578 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		117,242	5.2862 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		221,766	5.2256 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		310,000	5.1346 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		419,267	5.3733 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		454,367	5.2320 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2	5.2280 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5	5.2126 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18	151.8000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		329	5.2180 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		459	5.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		479	5.0680 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		519	5.1880 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		650	5.3960 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		654	5.3700 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		712	5.2320 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		729	5.3362 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		770	5.3920 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		791	5.3900 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		793	5.3860 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		832	5.1560 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		958	5.2340 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,376	5.2300 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,591	5.3940 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,388	5.1966 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,721	5.1600 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,879	5.2302 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,002	5.3560 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,289	5.3530 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,633	5.3071 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,026	5.2127 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,592	5.2925 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,476	151.9873 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale		12,104	5.3200 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,772	5.3349 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,646	5.2452 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,860	5.3370 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,709	5.3558 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47,122	5.2306 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		57,264	5.3697 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		93,937	5.2656 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		175,000	5.3317 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		198,858	5.2641 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		772,819	5.3715 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		5,818	5.2776 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,556	5.3631 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,476	151.8809 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		24,646	5.2452 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		24,747	5.3048 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		173,046	5.2780 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3	5.1700 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		18	151.8000 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		246	5.2319 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		517	5.2858 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,000	5.1640 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,598	5.1924 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,067	5.3226 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,265	5.2027 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,802	5.1871 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,109	5.2320 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,126	5.2893 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,720	5.2525 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		10,378	5.1035 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,443	5.2291 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,380	5.2177 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		21,429	155.6078 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		24,025	5.2091 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		69,665	5.2430 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		72,873	5.2302 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		94,009	5.2167 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		552,596	5.2320 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 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:				6 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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