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

12/05/2022

 (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:

49,104,873

4.71

-10,141,139

-.98

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

-1,582,291

-.15

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

TOTAL:

49,104,873

4.71

-11,723,430

-1.13

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

2275

GBP 4.8980

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2848

GBP 4.8990

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1095

GBP 4.9000

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

906

GBP 4.9010

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

816

GBP 4.9020

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

5702

GBP 4.9030

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

4573

GBP 4.9040

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

696

GBP 4.9050

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2334

GBP 4.9060

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

835

GBP 4.9070

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1651

GBP 4.9080

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

347

GBP 4.9090

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

728

GBP 4.9100

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

544

GBP 4.9110

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

259

GBP 4.9250

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

694

GBP 4.9290

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

546

GBP 4.9360

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

500

GBP 4.9370

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

500

GBP 4.9380

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

879

GBP 4.9410

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

389

GBP 4.9490

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3489

GBP 4.9530

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

598

GBP 4.9590

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1100

GBP 4.9600

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

66

GBP 4.9610

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

781

GBP 4.9620

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3989

GBP 4.9625

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3752

GBP 4.9630

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

55

GBP 4.9640

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

8100

GBP 4.9644

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2583

GBP 4.9650

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2036

GBP 4.9660

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

604

GBP 4.9750

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1682

GBP 4.9800

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

577

GBP 4.9870

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

38859

GBP 4.9870

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-156

GBP 4.9460

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-854

GBP 4.9730

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1229

GBP 4.9830

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-832

GBP 4.9840

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-37628

GBP 4.9870

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-577

GBP 4.9870

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-306

GBP 4.9880

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-168

GBP 4.9940

(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:

13/05/2022

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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