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:

01 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:

51,064,684

4.91%

7,777,334

0.75%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

7,705,424

0.74%

47,040,929

4.52%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

58,770,108

5.65%

54,818,263

5.27%

(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

25

166.8500 CZK

10p ordinary

Purchase

352

5.6480 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

577

5.6460 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

585

5.6500 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

660

5.6540 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

746

5.6820 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,062

5.6420 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,263

5.6300 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,364

5.6376 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,535

5.6496 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,946

5.6388 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,186

5.6454 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,025

166.5524 CZK

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,635

5.6415 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

26,209

5.6270 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

69,732

5.6299 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

25

166.8500 CZK

10p ordinary

Sale

121

5.6380 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

194

5.6480 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

200

5.6940 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

263

5.6340 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

577

5.6460 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

746

5.6820 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

753

5.6995 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,163

5.6646 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,403

5.6642 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,453

5.6612 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,534

5.6381 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,649

5.6599 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,354

5.6500 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

11,174

5.6367 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,844

5.6471 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

15,064

5.6542 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

18,804

5.6262 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

19,971

166.6325 CZK

10p ordinary

Sale

31,806

5.6492 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

31,878

5.6870 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

35,852

5.6479 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

142,782

5.6495 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

753

5.6995 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

1,548

5.6820 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Long

2,946

5.6929 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

5,472

5.6531 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Long

19,971

166.5158 CZK

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

25,416

5.6414 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

31,878

5.6870 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Short

25

166.8500 CZK

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

1,331

5.6679 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Short

3,000

166.6665 CZK

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

7,306

5.6280 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

13,753

5.6260 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD

Short

20,444

5.6426 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

35,685

5.6272 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:

4 Apr 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213