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

13/06/2022

 (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:

48,368,408

4.64

-10,141,139

-.98

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0

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

TOTAL:

48,368,408

4.64

-10,141,139

-0.98

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

1187

GBP 4.7710

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1113

GBP 4.7760

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1606

GBP 4.7780

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

10567

GBP 4.7789

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2604

GBP 4.7800

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1558

GBP 4.7830

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1694

GBP 4.7840

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

10976

GBP 4.7850

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1322

GBP 4.7860

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

274

GBP 4.7870

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1071

GBP 4.7880

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

261

GBP 4.7920

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1439

GBP 4.7930

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1143

GBP 4.7990

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1150

GBP 4.8000

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1688

GBP 4.8020

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

836

GBP 4.8030

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

733

GBP 4.8040

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

339

GBP 4.8050

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

308

GBP 4.8060

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

289

GBP 4.8070

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

10074

GBP 4.8310

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-380

GBP 4.7670

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-451

GBP 4.7690

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1899

GBP 4.7710

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-495

GBP 4.7730

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-28

GBP 4.7810

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1066

GBP 4.7820

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-500

GBP 4.7830

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1738

GBP 4.7850

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-500

GBP 4.7900

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-159

GBP 4.7910

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-406

GBP 4.7920

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-513

GBP 4.7930

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1086

GBP 4.7940

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-771

GBP 4.7960

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-229

GBP 4.7970

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-800

GBP 4.7990

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1438

GBP 4.8020

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-18

GBP 4.8120

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1417

GBP 4.8130

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-320

GBP 4.8180

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1205

GBP 4.8190

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-494

GBP 4.8200

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-344

GBP 4.8210

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-187

GBP 4.8270

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-345

GBP 4.8300

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-33706

GBP 4.8310

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-676

GBP 4.8315

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-500

GBP 4.8330

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2000

GBP 4.8370

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-442

GBP 4.8390

(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:

14/06/2022

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.

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