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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:                             02 February 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

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:                                43,028,989  4.14%    11,926,100  1.15%     
                                                                                                          
 (2)         Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                    
                                                               57,092      0.01%    19,433,811  1.87%     
                                                                                                          
 (3)         Stock-settled derivatives (including options)                                                
             and agreements to purchase/sell:                  0           0.00%    0           0.00%     
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                          
             TOTAL:                                            43,086,081  4.15%    31,359,911  3.02%     
                                                                                                          


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       59          6.1000 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       73          6.0740 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       331         6.0900 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       419         6.0760 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       457         6.0590 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       488         6.0720 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       763         6.0993 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       881         6.0780 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       915         6.0818 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       963         6.0849 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       1,375       6.0840 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       1,450       6.0901 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       1,559       6.0820 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       1,720       6.0955 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       3,213       6.0866 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       3,333       6.0831 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       3,615       6.0969 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       5,742       6.0791 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       7,063       6.0880 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       7,548       6.0918 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       10,230      176.4246 CZK    
 10p ordinary       Purchase       10,480      6.0856 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       18,642      6.0851 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       20,226      6.0824 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       20,326      6.0887 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       22,143      6.0888 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       35,187      6.0876 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       45,143      6.0915 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       65,303      6.0860 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       115,388     6.0846 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Purchase       125,952     6.0857 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           69          6.0800 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           73          6.0740 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           331         6.0900 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           419         6.0760 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           594         6.0880 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           629         6.0874 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           662         6.0840 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           695         6.0660 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           1,235       6.0773 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           1,698       6.0820 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           1,749       6.0859 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           2,319       6.0759 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           4,113       6.0771 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           5,008       6.0853 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           5,315       6.0854 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           9,360       6.0657 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           33,596      6.0847 GBP      
 10p ordinary       Sale           38,940      177.7492 CZK    
 10p ordinary       Sale           40,482      6.0860 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               913         6.0845 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Long               4,588       6.0848 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Long               5,746       6.0837 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Long               6,828       6.0860 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Long               10,168      6.0828 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Long               11,075      6.0750 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Long               37,584      6.0859 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Long               38,940      177.6248 CZK  
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              915         6.0818 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              2,206       6.0859 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Short              2,564       6.0864 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              3,154       6.0913 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              3,208       6.0873 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              4,340       6.0843 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              5,281       6.0877 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Short              5,619       6.0935 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              6,045       6.0860 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              7,333       6.0871 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              8,027       6.0881 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              8,643       6.0858 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              9,014       6.0854 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Short              10,230      176.5481 CZK  
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              10,531      6.0896 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              11,571      6.0895 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              12,932      6.0898 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              13,097      6.0870 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              15,956      6.0890 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              19,316      6.0863 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              19,316      6.0863 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              20,308      6.0845 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              22,090      6.0879 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              36,076      6.0833 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Short              38,878      6.0980 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              42,093      6.0828 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              43,549      6.0847 GBP    
 10p ordinary  CFD          Short              50,000      6.0860 GBP    
 10p ordinary  SWAP         Short              83,689      6.0852 GBP    


(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:                                         3 Feb 2022                            
 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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