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RNS Number : 7811G

UBS AG (EPT)

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:                                                      UBS Investment Bank, London 
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this                 Avast plc 
 form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
                                                                               --------------------------------------- 
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is                  Avast plc 
 connected: 
                                                                               --------------------------------------- 
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                              27 July 2021 
                                                                               --------------------------------------- 
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader   YES 
 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             Buy                747996                    5.78201 GBP              5.71800 GBP 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 10p ordinary             Sell               155560                    5.77801 GBP              5.71597 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             CFD                   Long                     5504                     5.71597384 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     70851                    5.732 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     1043                     5.744142 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     15828                    5.73261138 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     973                      5.756886 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     475                      5.741817 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     14500                    5.735497 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     2478                     5.744323 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Long                     3343                     5.736047 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    87704                    5.73301734 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    7000                     5.73428571 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    8061                     5.756101 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    5196                     5.758021 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    188                      5.73237258 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    490803                   5.76129667 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    1021                     5.759291 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    29022                    5.732238 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    27279                    5.744886 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    1207                     5.738703 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    27                       5.734 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    9904                     5.735523 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    28991                    5.758668 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    3245                     5.73234514637904 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    7016                     5.723912 GBP 
                         --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 10p ordinary             CFD                   Short                    843                      5.732 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:          Richard Howard 
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 Telephone number:      +44 (0)207 568 9128 
                       -------------------- 
 

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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