Friday 13 May, 2022
JPMorgan Sec.Plc
Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Avast plc Amend
RNS Number : 5109L
JPMorgan Securities Plc
13 May 2022
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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Avast plc
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
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Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Avast Plc.
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:
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9 May 2022
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(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"
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Yes, Norton LifeLock Inc.
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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
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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10p ordinary
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Purchase
Sale
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1,036,566
1,591,819
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5.3380 GBP
5.3278 GBP
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5.0920 GBP
5.0800 GBP
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
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10p ordinary
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Equity Swap
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Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
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21,669
315
62
1,572
21,546
423,561
1,700
136,921
266,617
19,500
34,852
10,909
770
512
500,000
930
3,344
2,944
4,362
78
20,619
393,228
5,697
815
3,616
13,096
100,000
455
10,740
278
88
682
264
10,132
9,163
232
20,892
918
4,800
100,000
100,000
12,990
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5.1321 GBP
5.1372 GBP
5.1580 GBP
5.0934 GBP
5.0939 GBP
5.0940 GBP
5.1359 GBP
5.1830 GBP
5.1916 GBP
5.1941 GBP
5.2009 GBP
5.2103 GBP
5.2212 GBP
5.2616 GBP
5.2634 GBP
5.2880 GBP
5.2902 GBP
5.2947 GBP
5.3278 GBP
5.3360 GBP
5.0937 GBP
5.0940 GBP
5.0943 GBP
5.1062 GBP
5.1267 GBP
5.1285 GBP
5.1305 GBP
5.1320 GBP
5.1341 GBP
5.1500 GBP
5.1512 GBP
5.1522 GBP
5.1523 GBP
5.1528 GBP
5.1533 GBP
5.1580 GBP
5.1659 GBP
5.1700 GBP
5.1743 GBP
5.1775 GBP
5.2012 GBP
5.2230 GBP
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Exercising/ exercised against
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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"
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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"
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None
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Date of disclosure:
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13 May 2022
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Contact name:
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Alwyn Basch
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Telephone number:
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020 7742 7407
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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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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