Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 9806Y

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			13,181,522	1.26%	3,165,854	0.30%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,021,527	0.19%	10,858,537	1.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,203,049	1.45%	14,024,391	1.34%
(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		397		7.2160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		408		7.1660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		424		7.1540  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		454		7.1740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		698		7.2080  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		997		7.2066  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,144		7.1908  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,250		7.1978  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,739		7.2033  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,052		7.1858  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,343		7.1974  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,349		7.1960  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,840		7.1930  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,546		7.1990  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		7.2090  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,718		7.1625  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		25,304		7.1964  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		39,507		7.2005  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		45,069		7.1988  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		46,792		7.1985  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		83,511		7.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		296,846		7.2010  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		408		7.1660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		424		7.1540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		454		7.1740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		459		7.2040  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		698		7.2080  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		905		7.2160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,310		7.1812  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,694		7.1992  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,746		7.2012  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,819		7.2067  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,631		7.2021  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,290		7.1819  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,740		7.1974  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,728		7.1872  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,718		7.1625  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		36,333		7.1969  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		41,825		7.1860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		81,950		7.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		178,756		7.1917  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		905	7.2160  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,106	7.1925  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,819	7.2067  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,631	7.2021  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,827	7.1936  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Long		15,718	7.1625  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		54,129	7.1940  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		74,746	7.1924  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Long		91,006	7.1913  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		396	7.2060  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		878	7.1643  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,273	7.1927  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,311	7.1948  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,388	7.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,106	7.1914  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,052	7.1858  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,240	7.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,629	7.2021  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		24,891	7.1973  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,000	7.2038  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		50,000	7.2025  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		81,950	7.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Short		257,273	7.2003  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:				09 Sep 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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