FORM 8.3 - AVAST PLC

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

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:	11 August 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:	15,314,326	1.48%	11,559,389	1.12%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		579,379	0.06%	11,750,504	1.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(4)
	TOTAL:	15,893,705	1.54%	23,309,893	2.26%

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	368	5.8890 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	377	5.8080 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	383	5.9100 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	383	5.8390 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	383	5.8630 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	397	5.8470 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	398	5.8590 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	412	5.8450 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	414	5.9070 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	415	5.8640 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	417	5.8730 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	419	5.8350 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	428	5.8880 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	433	5.9010 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	447	5.8722 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	756	5.8397 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	793	5.8740 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	795	5.8510 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	819	5.8790 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	823	5.8389 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	832	5.8840 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	833	5.8690 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	952	5.8573 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,045	5.8580 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,079	5.8360 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,088	5.8180 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,170	5.8320 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,174	5.8660 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,206	5.8460 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,219	5.8570 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,505	5.8413 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,670	5.8760 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,843	5.8604 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,857	5.8380 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,949	5.8410 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,051	5.8598 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,114	5.8520 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,117	5.8780 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,485	5.8364 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,539	5.8200 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,792	5.8700 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,099	5.8720 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,276	5.8441 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,455	5.8431 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,601	5.8229 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,822	5.8402 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,053	5.8400 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,087	5.8582 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,106	5.8440 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,254	5.8468 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,209	5.9037 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,317	5.8517 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	9,207	5.8503 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	11,933	5.8340 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	13,488	5.8485 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	14,024	5.8490 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	18,472	5.8528 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	20,730	5.8553 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	23,834	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	25,345	5.8473 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	27,145	5.8673 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	36,473	5.8523 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	37,666	5.8653 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	42,559	5.8477 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	49,219	5.8674 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	65,591	5.8610 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	86,284	5.8657 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	107,378	5.8643 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	111,969	5.8343 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	143,832	5.8452 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	163,670	5.8631 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	175,991	5.8687 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	200,000	5.8443 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	228,442	5.8970 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	234,879	5.8293 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	275,175	5.8602 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	471,060	174.6779 CZK
10p ordinary	Purchase	500,000	5.8299 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	620,424	5.8603 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	762,889	5.8480 GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	797,249	5.8549 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	368	5.8890 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	377	5.8080 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	383	5.8630 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	383	5.9100 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	397	5.8470 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	398	5.8590 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	412	5.8450 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	414	5.9070 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	417	5.8730 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	419	5.8350 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	424	5.8800 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	428	5.8880 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	433	5.9010 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	492	5.8426 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	795	5.8510 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	819	5.8790 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	832	5.8840 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	833	5.8690 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	841	5.8610 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	941	5.8480 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	944	5.8520 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,045	5.8580 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,079	5.8360 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,088	5.8180 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,170	5.8320 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,219	5.8570 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,226	5.8490 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,274	5.8317 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,580	5.8410 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,670	5.8760 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,675	5.8662 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,856	5.8327 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,922	5.8457 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,001	5.8640 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,117	5.8780 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,325	5.8721 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,652	5.8417 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,000	5.8589 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,065	5.8418 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,099	5.8720 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,438	5.8205 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,053	5.8400 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,110	5.8839 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,240	5.8203 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,472	5.8440 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	6,949	5.8524 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	8,480	5.8223 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	9,250	5.8672 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	11,134	5.8576 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	11,933	5.8340 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	12,789	5.8483 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	14,538	5.8660 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	15,678	5.8509 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	18,116	5.8477 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	25,917	5.8569 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	35,140	5.8527 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	36,790	5.8446 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	37,745	176.0646 CZK
10p ordinary	Sale	40,963	5.8529 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	48,934	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	50,803	5.8459 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	55,469	5.8083 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	58,372	5.8465 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	64,000	5.8648 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	71,947	5.8581 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	102,792	5.8700 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	137,190	5.8895 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	153,599	5.8460 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	160,000	5.8651 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	229,905	5.8777 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	274,914	5.8744 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	303,656	5.8390 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	335,889	5.8380 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	922,640	5.8200 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,057,371	5.8740 GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,287,402	5.8562 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	492	5.8426 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	1,274	5.8317 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	1,317	5.8897 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	2,642	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	3,000	5.8589 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	10,881	5.8449 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	12,539	5.8774 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	14,708	5.8569 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	37,745	175.9414 CZK
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	44,509	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	64,000	5.8648 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	160,000	5.8651 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	318,155	5.8636 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Long	476,287	5.8458 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Long	547,435	5.8605 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	756	5.8397 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,843	5.8604 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	3,637	5.8700 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	9,515	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	10,429	5.8834 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	16,587	5.8600 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	33,732	5.8527 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	39,836	5.8603 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	43,035	5.8562 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	43,610	5.8604 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	45,855	5.8480 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	48,163	5.8613 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	74,707	5.8550 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	88,047	5.8537 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	116,181	5.8584 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	120,000	5.8459 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	138,415	5.8513 GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Short	234,879	5.8293 GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Short	471,060	174.8002 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 e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

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?	YES
Date of disclosure:	12 Aug 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 [phone].

*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.SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings	Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	AVAST PLC
relevant securities this from relates:

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit
security		varying etc	to which
			option
			relates
10p ordinary	Call Options	Purchased	231,733	4.9967	European	13 Aug 2021

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk