Form 8.3 - Avast PLC

1.

KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Full name of discloser:

BNP Paribas SA

 (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

22/07/2022

 (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:

10p ordinary (GB00BDD85M81)

Interests

Short Positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

48,029,395

4.61

-10,141,139

-.98

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

-2,500,000

-0.24

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

TOTAL:

48,029,395

4.61

-12,641,139

-1.21

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

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1898

GBP 5.0000

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1217

GBP 5.0020

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

4605

GBP 5.0040

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

319

GBP 5.0060

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1130

GBP 5.0080

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1641

GBP 5.0160

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

814

GBP 5.0200

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

65

GBP 5.0220

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1390

GBP 5.0260

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

7337

GBP 5.0301

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

494

GBP 5.0320

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

958

GBP 5.0340

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

13553

GBP 5.0359

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

10127

GBP 5.0368

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

977

GBP 5.0380

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

981

GBP 5.0400

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

475

GBP 5.0420

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1416

GBP 5.0460

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

196

GBP 5.0478

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1211

GBP 5.0480

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3238

GBP 5.0500

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

7020

GBP 5.0513

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1854

GBP 5.0520

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1764

GBP 5.0555

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2676

GBP 5.0604

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

294

GBP 5.0620

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2579

GBP 5.0672

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

965

GBP 5.0840

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

383

GBP 5.0880

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

81

GBP 5.1060

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

13

GBP 5.1138

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

239

GBP 5.1394

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

181

GBP 5.1485

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1100

GBP 4.9960

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-724

GBP 4.9970

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-644

GBP 4.9990

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-239

GBP 5.0000

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-377

GBP 5.0020

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-406

GBP 5.0040

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1122

GBP 5.0045

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-406

GBP 5.0080

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-407

GBP 5.0100

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-765

GBP 5.0130

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1069

GBP 5.0140

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1200

GBP 5.0180

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-3192

GBP 5.0200

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2071

GBP 5.0220

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-673

GBP 5.0240

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-734

GBP 5.0260

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2020

GBP 5.0280

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-52075

GBP 5.0300

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1327

GBP 5.0320

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-381

GBP 5.0380

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-657

GBP 5.0420

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-11185

GBP 5.0440

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-203

GBP 5.0460

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-290

GBP 5.0480

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-203

GBP 5.0520

(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

references

securities

Price per

unit

(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)

 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"

None

(b)

Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

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"

None

(c)

Attachments

Is a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

Date of Disclosure:

25/07/2022

Contact Name

Compliance Control Room

Telephone Number:

0207 595 9695

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.

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