AMENDMENT
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) Name of exempt principal trader: | J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
| (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Avast plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Avast Plc. |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 20 September 2021 |
| (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | Yes, Norton LifeLock Inc. |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
| 10p ordinary | Purchase
Sale | 2,728,245
825,204 | 5.7760 GBP
5.7700 GBP | 5.6973 GBP
5.7000 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
| 10p ordinary | Equity Swap | Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
| 14,656
103,370 7 604 4,801 1,790 2,867 71,658 32,864 2,319 3,190 8,423 4,246 21,705 3,233 1,678
7,611 839 4,905
74,184 814 5,039 242 5,204 46,937 11,990 59,535 6,854 3,665 10,407 2,832 650 9,800 14,999 2,776 2,620 532 400 264 1,892,000 2,000 | 5.7206 GBP
5.7180 GBP 5.7240 GBP 5.7262 GBP 5.7268 GBP 5.7269 GBP 5.7284 GBP 5.7342 GBP 5.7347 GBP 5.7357 GBP 5.7358 GBP 5.7387 GBP 5.7454 GBP 5.7465 GBP 5.7535 GBP 5.7589 GBP
5.7171 GBP 5.7179 GBP 5.7470 GBP
5.7183 GBP 5.7222 GBP 5.7243 GBP 5.7270 GBP 5.7323 GBP 5.7327 GBP 5.7333 GBP 5.7337 GBP 5.7342 GBP 5.7345 GBP 5.7346 GBP 5.7347 GBP 5.7360 GBP 5.7366 GBP 5.7377 GBP 5.7383 GBP 5.7385 GBP 5.7390 GBP 5.7483 GBP 5.7700 GBP 7.8315 GBP 7.8345 GBP |
(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) |
| |
| | |
3. 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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
|
Date of disclosure: | 24 September 2021 |
Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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