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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 2031E

Barclays PLC

09 March 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 March 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:	46,626,829	4.48%	8,474,113	0.81%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		17,442	0.00%	39,706,547	3.82%

(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%


	TOTAL:	46,644,271	4.49%	48,180,660	4.63%

(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	38	191.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase	582	6.3502 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	637	6.3600 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	729	6.3660 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	3,123	6.3599 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	3,436	6.3672 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	12,062	6.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	34,683	195.2024 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase	66,902	6.3676 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	67,178	6.3657 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	38	191.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale	103	6.3700 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	540	197.1148 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale	637	6.3600 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	2,741	6.3609 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	3,233	6.3591 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	6,886	6.3692 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	7,680	6.3712 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	10,459	6.3607 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	10,586	6.3706 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	14,571	6.3790 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	20,917	6.3722 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	20,917	6.3485 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	20,921	6.3632 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	104,855	6.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	141,303	6.3710 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	144,429	6.3731 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	540	196.9768 CZK
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	4,274	6.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	14,571	6.3790 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	15,199	6.3768 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD	Long	34,505	6.3622 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	38,693	6.3784 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	76,288	6.3693 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	144,429	6.3731 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD	Long	153,000	195.0250 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	38	191.0000 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	400	6.3345 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	580	6.3680 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	3,436	6.3672 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	8,512	6.3667 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	15,062	6.3663 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	23,144	6.3670 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	34,645	195.3437 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	153,000	6.2751 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				Exercising/ exercised against		securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security				Details		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:				9 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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