TIDMAVST

RNS Number : 7754G

JPMorgan Securities Plc

28 July 2021

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        Avast plc 
 securities this form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
                                                                 ----------------------------------------------------- 
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal   Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Avast Plc. 
 trader is connected: 
                                                                 ----------------------------------------------------- 
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                     27 July 2021 
                                                                 ----------------------------------------------------- 
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt      N/A 
 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" 
                                                                 ----------------------------------------------------- 
 
   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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
      10p ordinary            Purchase               360,485                 5.7960 GBP               5.7160 GBP 
 
                                Sale                 389,930                 5.7980 GBP               5.7160 GBP 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    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             Equity Swap            Decrease Long                  1,948               5.7281 GBP 
                                                                                       4,579              5.7321 GBP 
                                                                                       4,312              5.7329 GBP 
                                                                                       7,895              5.7483 GBP 
                                                                                      21,056              5.7518 GBP 
                                                                                      16,640              5.7623 GBP 
 
                                                       Decrease Short                  2,344              5.7258 GBP 
                                                                                        405               5.7285 GBP 
                                                                                      30,958              5.7320 GBP 
                                                                                      119,115             5.7348 GBP 
                                                                                       9,285              5.7350 GBP 
                                                                                       1,578              5.7358 GBP 
                                                                                       2,831              5.7403 GBP 
                                                                                        445               5.7416 GBP 
 
                                                        Increase Long                  1,896              5.7318 GBP 
                                                                                       4,419              5.7343 GBP 
                                                                                        95                5.7362 GBP 
                                                                                       5,163              5.7394 GBP 
                                                                                        370               5.7442 GBP 
                                                                                       1,951              5.7470 GBP 
 
                                                       Increase Short                 50,802              5.7302 GBP 
                                                                                       5,256              5.7318 GBP 
                                                                                        445               5.7320 GBP 
                                                                                         2                5.7335 GBP 
                                                                                       2,043              5.7355 GBP 
                                                                                       1,911              5.7380 GBP 
                                                                                        634               5.7390 GBP 
                                                                                        100               5.7399 GBP 
                                                                                        48                5.7402 GBP 
                                                                                        20                5.7403 GBP 
                                                                                        219               5.7407 GBP 
                                                                                        11                5.7423 GBP 
                                                                                        979               5.7462 GBP 
                                                                                      12,134              5.7508 GBP 
                                                                                       5,785              5.7511 GBP 
                                                                                       1,186              5.7525 GBP 
                                                                                       9,000              5.7551 GBP 
                                                                                      15,274              5.7587 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (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)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
 
 
   (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 
 
 
   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:    28 July 2021 
 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      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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