REG-BARCLAYS PLC FORM 8.3 - AVAST PLC
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FORM 8.3 - AVAST PLC
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: 26 November 2021
(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
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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: 17,424,426 1.68% 12,402,350 1.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
501,595 0.05% 12,520,788 1.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 17,926,021 1.73% 24,923,138 2.41%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee 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
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
10p ordinary Purchase 57 5.9990 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 336 5.9840 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,057 5.9949 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,060 6.0020 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,609 5.9972 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,717 5.9980 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,804 5.9919 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,852 5.9956 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,140 5.9850 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,159 6.0060 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,638 5.9959 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 4,845 6.0000 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 6,977 5.9927 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 11,104 5.9936 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 11,711 5.9985 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 18,927 6.0180 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 47,171 6.0127 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 58,510 5.9960 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 75,000 6.0028 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 77,300 5.9965 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 109,690 5.9963 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 177,816 181.4907 CZK
10p ordinary Sale 336 5.9840 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 483 5.9980 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 574 181.5000 CZK
10p ordinary Sale 935 6.0020 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,028 5.9877 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,158 5.9913 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,818 6.0077 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,351 6.0025 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,360 6.0081 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,397 5.9887 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,800 6.0180 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,159 6.0066 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,233 5.9935 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,436 6.0000 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,917 5.9909 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 4,784 6.0067 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 4,856 5.9885 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,987 6.0056 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 6,432 5.9911 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 9,288 6.0007 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 9,495 5.9982 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 15,904 5.9928 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 16,148 5.9918 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 17,328 6.0039 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 17,416 6.0026 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 20,679 5.9922 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 28,175 5.9917 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 32,623 6.0006 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 34,246 6.0183 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 40,836 5.9949 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 57,791 5.9960 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 78,349 5.9967 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 272,137 6.0044 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
10p ordinary CFD Long 505 5.9714 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 574 181.3611 CZK
10p ordinary SWAP Long 2,360 6.0081 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 2,397 5.9887 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 2,836 5.9991 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 8,160 6.0093 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 47,577 6.0134 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 58,764 6.0019 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Long 86,810 6.0136 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Long 106,000 181.1750 CZK
10p ordinary CFD Long 177,816 5.9908 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 868 6.0000 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 982 5.9928 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 2,192 6.0037 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 2,311 5.9982 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 4,757 6.0040 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 5,849 5.9947 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 7,799 6.0012 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 43,422 5.9996 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Short 49,596 5.9945 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 106,000 5.9835 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Short 177,816 181.6177 CZK
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there
are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state
“none”
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 29 Nov 2021
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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