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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

1st Feb 2022 10:14

RNS Number : 3185A
Societe Generale SA
01 February 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) Full name of discloser:

Société Générale S.A.

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Avast plc

(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:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

31/01/2022

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES: NortonLifeLock Inc.

 

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

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.

 

(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:

 

Ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

38,723,495

3.73

4,418

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

4,042,150

0.39

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

38,723,495

3.73

4,046,568

0.39

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

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.

 

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

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit GBP

Ordinary

Purchase

1,943

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

1,046

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

105

6.106

Ordinary

Purchase

8

6.106

Ordinary

Purchase

840

6.106

Ordinary

Purchase

2,092

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

1,046

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.11

Ordinary

Purchase

2,092

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

901

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

2,092

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

2,092

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

3,283

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.106

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.108

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.11

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.116

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.118

Ordinary

Purchase

209

6.098

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.118

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.116

Ordinary

Purchase

132

6.108

Ordinary

Purchase

126

6.11

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

1,622

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.13

Ordinary

Purchase

744

6.118

Ordinary

Purchase

435

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

550

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

6.124

Ordinary

Purchase

744

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

398

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

744

6.118

Ordinary

Purchase

1,544

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

373

6.11

Ordinary

Purchase

1,603

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

744

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.122

Ordinary

Purchase

309

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

237

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

389

6.11

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.112

Ordinary

Purchase

15

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

429

6.132

Ordinary

Purchase

453

6.126

Ordinary

Purchase

1,046

6.132

Ordinary

Sale

348

6.118

Ordinary

Sale

237

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

212

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

636

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

74

6.108

Ordinary

Sale

118

6.108

Ordinary

Sale

44

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

96

6.108

Ordinary

Sale

11

6.108

Ordinary

Sale

1,773

6.096

Ordinary

Sale

32

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

599

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

735

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

77

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

1,290

6.126

Ordinary

Sale

782

6.126

Ordinary

Sale

1,770

6.11

Ordinary

Sale

911

6.098

Ordinary

Sale

400

6.116

Ordinary

Sale

2,056

6.116

Ordinary

Sale

1,771

6.11

Ordinary

Sale

280

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

880

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

119

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

1,769

6.11

Ordinary

Sale

856

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

900

6.098

Ordinary

Sale

143

6.124

Ordinary

Sale

400

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

452

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

1,385

6.124

Ordinary

Sale

144

6.098

Ordinary

Sale

646

6.124

Ordinary

Sale

728

6.098

Ordinary

Sale

4

6.124

Ordinary

Sale

714

6.098

Ordinary

Sale

531

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

534

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

174

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

388

6.106

Ordinary

Sale

330

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

364

6.104

Ordinary

Sale

437

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

635

6.122

Ordinary

Sale

170,000

6.0968143177

Total Purchases

38,444

Total Sales

196,785

 

 

(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 GBP

Ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

170,000

6.0968143177

 

(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

GBP

 

(ii) Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

 

 

 

(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) GBP

 

 

 

 

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:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

 

 

(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"

 

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

01/02/2022

Contact name:

Paul Jenkins

Telephone number*:

+44 20 7676 6969

 

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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

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

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