Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 3092Y

Barclays PLC

05 September 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:				02 Sep 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:			14,589,216	1.40%	2,690,502	0.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,723,244	0.16%	12,453,906	1.19%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,312,460	1.56%	15,144,408	1.45%
(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		322		7.1500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		344		7.1540  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		488		7.1680  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		491		7.1460  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		598		7.1573  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		633		7.1760  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		770		7.1550  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,118		7.1740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,236		7.1555  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,299		7.1747  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,546		7.1564  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,721		7.1567  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,849		7.1519  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,738		7.1578  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,515		7.1576  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,523		7.1527  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,622		7.1535  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,410		7.1549  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,235		7.1554  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,188		7.1520  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,511		202.1305  CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,438		7.1594  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,571		7.1522  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		66,847		7.1546  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		253		7.1540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		389		7.1580  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		488		7.1680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		633		7.1760  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		825		7.1535  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		847		7.1500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,118		7.1740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,258		7.1575  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,841		7.1572  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,640		7.1660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,175		7.1564  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,684		7.1596  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,870		7.1523  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,443		7.1568  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,312		7.1520  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,125		7.1530  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,160		7.1510  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,989		7.1522  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		62,667		7.1534  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		236,632		7.1533  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		389	7.1580  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		473	7.1645  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		825	7.1535  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		839	7.1611  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,000	7.1594  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,002	7.1540  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,258	7.1575  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,928	7.1558  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,175	7.1554  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,430	7.1559  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,876	7.1516  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,312	7.1520  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,064	7.1522  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		20,511	7.1501  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		44,434	7.1522  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		52,659	7.1532  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		92,434	7.1525  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		102,370	7.1546  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		205,000	202.3000  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,814	7.1688  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,477	7.1559  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17,188	7.1520  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		20,511	202.2720  CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,438	7.1594  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		82,480	7.1553  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		205,000	7.1220  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:				05 Sep 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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