t
Barclays PLC submitted a Form 8.3 disclosure on 25 April 2022, detailing its positions and dealings in AVAST PLC's 10p ordinary shares as of 22 April 2022, also noting NortonLifeLock Inc. As of that date, Barclays PLC reported total interests of 64,815,874 AVAST PLC shares (6.23%) and total short positions of 60,487,517 shares (5.81%). The disclosure further detailed various purchases, sales, and cash-settled derivative transactions in AVAST PLC's 10p ordinary shares on 22 April 2022.
| Date | 25 Apr 2022 |
| Time | 11:43:40 |
| Category | Holding(s) in company |
| ID | 2262J |
|
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: |
22 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: |
43,160,579 |
4.15% |
914,159 |
0.09% |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2) |
Cash-settled derivatives: |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
21,655,295 |
2.08% |
59,573,358 |
5.72% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3) |
Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
and agreements to purchase/sell: |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
TOTAL: |
|
64,815,874 |
6.23% |
60,487,517 |
5.81% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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 |
464 |
5.5740 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
464 |
5.5260 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
587 |
5.5080 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
624 |
5.5020 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
633 |
5.5060 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
769 |
5.4840 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
876 |
5.5117 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,018 |
5.5215 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,147 |
5.4919 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
1,195 |
5.5172 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
4,603 |
5.5282 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
5,355 |
5.5371 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
10,913 |
5.5039 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
36,550 |
5.5577 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
47,114 |
5.5095 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
79,221 |
5.5680 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
140,276 |
5.4528 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Purchase |
200,000 |
5.4630 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
464 |
5.5740 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
464 |
5.5260 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
587 |
5.5080 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
633 |
5.5060 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
2,229 |
5.5329 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
2,552 |
5.5351 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
2,554 |
5.5304 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
10,465 |
5.5367 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
10,552 |
5.5020 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
22,604 |
5.5682 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
59,506 |
5.5680 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
100,000 |
5.4635 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
Sale |
121,001 |
5.5434 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 |
439 |
5.5674 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Long |
2,229 |
5.5329 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Long |
7,583 |
5.5677 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Long |
23,518 |
5.5255 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Long |
66,582 |
5.5680 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Long |
99,010 |
5.5420 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
412 |
5.5340 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
1,012 |
5.5252 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
1,221 |
5.4996 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
1,611 |
5.4920 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
2,109 |
5.5458 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
2,855 |
5.5195 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
4,343 |
5.5399 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
6,465 |
5.5412 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
10,253 |
5.5354 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
48,875 |
5.5098 GBP |
|||
|
10p ordinary |
SWAP |
Short |
79,221 |
5.5680 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 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: |
25 Apr 2022 |
|
|
|
|||
|
Contact name: |
Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
||||||
|
Telephone number: |
020 3134 7213 |
|
|
||||