Form 8.3 - Avast plc

RNS Number : 6679H

Barclays PLC

07 April 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:		06 April 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:	45,849,060	4.41%	2,939,747	0.28%

(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		2,867,927	0.28%	41,792,126	4.02%

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


	TOTAL:	48,716,987	4.68%	44,731,873	4.30%

(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	128	5.6711 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	150	5.6540 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	592	5.6687 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	1,611	5.6638 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	7,221	168.3272 CZK
10p ordinary		Purchase	9,938	5.6420 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	77,017	5.6200 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase	92,043	5.6206 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	177	5.6600 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	454	5.6640 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	785	5.6540 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	969	5.6676 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	2,083	5.6387 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	3,028	5.6588 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	5,200	168.9900 CZK
10p ordinary		Sale	10,076	5.6202 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale	137,954	5.6413 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	5,200	168.8717 CZK
10p ordinary		CFD	Long	7,512	5.6641 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	12,723	5.6200 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	21,558	5.6415 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	34,344	5.6439 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Long	68,682	5.6426 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	2,060	5.6482 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP	Short	4,610	5.6200 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	5,118	5.6684 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD	Short	7,221	168.4450 CZK

(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:				7 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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