TIDMAVST

RNS Number : 9458Y

Syquant Capital

09 September 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:                     SYQUANT CAPITAL 
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 
 1(a): 
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Avast plc 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (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:                                                   September 8, 2022 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code     YES - NortonLifeLock Inc 
  in respect of any other party to this offer? 
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   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: 
                                                    -----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):               34,021,759   3.25% 
                                                    -----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 
                                                    -----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 TOTAL:                                              34,021,759   3.25% 
                                                    -----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
 
 

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.

   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit 
 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 1,776              707.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                      943                707.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                  943                707.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                      943                 708 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 10,945               709 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     33,916              718.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 22,976              718.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                       2                 715.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 2,603                716 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     2,192               716.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                  889                716.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     3,102               716.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 1,068               716.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     6,404                717 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 3,451               717.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     2,831               717.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 12,118               718 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     10,919              718.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 12,346               719 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     40,967              719.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                   58                717.5 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     37,772              717.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 92,190              717.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     1,879                714 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 2,785               714.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     3,461               714.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 4,057               718.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     1,805               719.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 4,729               719.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     14,197               720 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 7,172               720.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     15,417              720.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                907,124              720.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     20,778              720.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 32,489               721 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     11,874              721.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 37,621              721.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                      730                721.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                  750                720.1 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     5,590               724.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 3,938                724 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     2,493               723.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 15,114              723.6 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     3,545               722.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 2,336               722.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     7,423                722 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 1,325               720.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     10,675              720.2 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 2,581               721.4 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     17,817              721.5 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 1,538                721 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     2,047               720.8 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                   79                723.5 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                     6,196               723.3 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD              increasing a long                 3,629                723 GBp 
       10p ordinary                 CFD                   position                      972                722.8 GBp 
                                                     increasing a long 
                                                          position 
                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
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                                                     increasing a long 
                                                          position 
                                                     increasing a long 
                                                          position 
                                                     increasing a long 
                                                          position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                                                  reducing a long position 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
 
 

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

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.

   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: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
 
   N/A 
 
   (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" 
 
   N/A 
 
   (c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO 
 
 
 Date of disclosure:    September 9, 2022 
 Contact name:          Laurent Boscherel 
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 Telephone number:      +33 1 42 56 56 27 
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk . The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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