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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

26th Aug 2021 10:06

RNS Number : 8825J
Societe Generale SA
26 August 2021
 

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

25/08/2021

(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:

13,118,327

1.27

2,420

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

32,652

0.00

165,377

0.02

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

13,150,979

1.27

167,797

0.02

 

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

407

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

1,017

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

1,017

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

753

6.008

Ordinary

Purchase

816

6.04

Ordinary

Purchase

459

6.036

Ordinary

Purchase

375

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

809

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

136

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

371

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

1,225

6.016

Ordinary

Purchase

392

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

1,558

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

6,900

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

1,822

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

74

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

354

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

977

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

1,681

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

15,285

6.05

Ordinary

Purchase

803

6.036

Ordinary

Purchase

814

5.996

Ordinary

Purchase

368

6.012

Ordinary

Purchase

1,184

5.996

Ordinary

Purchase

200

6.022

Ordinary

Purchase

200

6.022

Ordinary

Purchase

1,852

6.01

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

83

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

560

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

148

6.042

Ordinary

Purchase

784

6.046

Ordinary

Purchase

1,056

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

83

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

363

6.012

Ordinary

Purchase

400

6.012

Ordinary

Purchase

705

6.012

Ordinary

Purchase

307

6.012

Ordinary

Purchase

169

6.022

Ordinary

Purchase

1,851

6.006

Ordinary

Purchase

1,854

6

Ordinary

Purchase

591

6.004

Ordinary

Purchase

50

6.042

Ordinary

Purchase

815

6.042

Ordinary

Purchase

577

6

Ordinary

Purchase

1,854

6

Ordinary

Purchase

1,851

6.018

Ordinary

Purchase

1,982

5.996

Ordinary

Purchase

5

6.006

Ordinary

Purchase

776

6.044

Ordinary

Purchase

1,543

5.99

Ordinary

Purchase

420

6.016

Ordinary

Purchase

219

6.016

Ordinary

Purchase

286

6.016

Ordinary

Purchase

1,849

6.01

Ordinary

Purchase

1,856

5.994

Ordinary

Purchase

1,853

6.006

Ordinary

Purchase

1,854

6

Ordinary

Sale

40,689

6.01

Ordinary

Sale

509

6.05

Ordinary

Sale

20,345

6.018

Ordinary

Sale

650

6.038

Ordinary

Sale

399

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

935

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

226

6.038

Ordinary

Sale

298

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

279

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

224

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

600

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

73

6.038

Ordinary

Sale

142

6.038

Ordinary

Sale

242

6.038

Ordinary

Sale

106

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

815

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

1,057

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

891

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

6,407

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

9,719

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

543

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

382

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

543

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

857

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

142

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

576

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

17

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

234

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

337

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

189

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

292

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

286

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

73

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

286

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

567

6.014

Ordinary

Sale

98

6.032

Ordinary

Sale

38

6.032

Ordinary

Sale

870

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

101

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

273

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

503

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

287

6.032

Ordinary

Sale

21

6.002

Ordinary

Sale

12,366

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

91

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

171

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

168

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

336

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

524

6

Ordinary

Sale

524

6

Ordinary

Sale

738

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

338

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

290

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

243

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

286

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

554

6.008

Ordinary

Sale

1,607

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

6

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

6

Ordinary

Sale

995

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

1,101

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

243

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

1,607

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

249

6

Ordinary

Sale

931

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

89

6

Ordinary

Sale

1,241

6

Ordinary

Sale

720

6

Ordinary

Sale

1,241

6

Ordinary

Sale

1,241

6

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

4,289

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

1,285

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

499

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

529

6.02

Ordinary

Sale

440

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

295

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

381

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

161

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

87

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

390

6.024

Ordinary

Sale

535

6

Ordinary

Sale

1,854

6

Ordinary

Sale

108

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

7,369

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

242

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

572

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

4,693

6.004

Ordinary

Sale

1,434

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

328

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

2,422

6.036

Ordinary

Sale

1,013

6.044

Ordinary

Sale

121

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

571

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

1,354

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

286

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

50

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

476

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

1,607

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

202

6.044

Ordinary

Sale

872

6.044

Ordinary

Sale

1,241

6

Ordinary

Sale

1,068

6.048

Ordinary

Sale

430

6.04

Ordinary

Sale

720

6.042

Ordinary

Sale

1,048

6.044

Ordinary

Sale

93

6.01

Ordinary

Sale

5,966

6.01

Ordinary

Sale

1,228

6.01

Ordinary

Sale

326

6.01

Ordinary

Sale

518

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

306

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

50

6.006

Ordinary

Sale

1,274

5.99

Ordinary

Sale

1,157

6

Ordinary

Sale

673

6.012

Ordinary

Sale

1,114

6.012

Total Purchases

68,993

Total Sales

181,192

 

 

(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

 

(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:

26/08/2021

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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