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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

8th Aug 2022 09:53

RNS Number : 2445V
Societe Generale SA
08 August 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

05/08/2022

(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:

17,964,266

1.72

14,919

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

8,675

0.00

12,021,053

1.15

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

17,972,941

1.73

12,035,972

1.16

 

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

310

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

78

6.84

Ordinary

Purchase

143

6.776

Ordinary

Purchase

308

6.88

Ordinary

Purchase

668

6.892

Ordinary

Purchase

769

6.776

Ordinary

Purchase

213

6.82

Ordinary

Purchase

556

6.82

Ordinary

Purchase

161

6.84

Ordinary

Purchase

6

6.838

Ordinary

Purchase

271

6.776

Ordinary

Purchase

12

6.836

Ordinary

Purchase

59

6.84

Ordinary

Purchase

485

6.874

Ordinary

Purchase

322

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

6,225

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

409

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

3,958

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

6,142

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

3,668

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

273

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

136

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

975

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

615

6.848

Ordinary

Purchase

50

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

908

6.838

Ordinary

Purchase

600

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

580

6.826

Ordinary

Purchase

150

6.85

Ordinary

Purchase

614

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

614

6.896

Ordinary

Purchase

170

6.838

Ordinary

Purchase

70

6.846

Ordinary

Purchase

3,780

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

73

6.862

Ordinary

Purchase

618

6.832

Ordinary

Purchase

388

6.83

Ordinary

Purchase

229

6.83

Ordinary

Purchase

715

6.77

Ordinary

Purchase

5,393

6.77

Ordinary

Purchase

614

6.89

Ordinary

Purchase

613

6.892

Ordinary

Purchase

617

6.83

Ordinary

Purchase

618

6.83

Ordinary

Purchase

1,227

6.814

Ordinary

Purchase

12,477

6.77

Ordinary

Purchase

432

6.852

Ordinary

Purchase

220

6.85

Ordinary

Purchase

616

6.844

Ordinary

Purchase

2,087

6.904

Ordinary

Purchase

614

6.892

Ordinary

Purchase

618

6.82

Ordinary

Purchase

613

6.902

Ordinary

Purchase

46

6.846

Ordinary

Purchase

500

6.846

Ordinary

Purchase

600

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

2,534

6.828

Ordinary

Purchase

616

6.834

Ordinary

Purchase

618

6.816

Ordinary

Purchase

1,279

6.878

Ordinary

Purchase

2,141

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

857

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

2,141

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

428

6.882

Ordinary

Purchase

107

6.84

Ordinary

Purchase

113

6.888

Ordinary

Purchase

167,689

6.85

Ordinary

Purchase

258

6.888

Ordinary

Sale

35

6.82

Ordinary

Sale

769

6.918

Ordinary

Sale

694

6.826

Ordinary

Sale

96

6.918

Ordinary

Sale

271

6.918

Ordinary

Sale

887

6.83

Ordinary

Sale

392

6.888

Ordinary

Sale

7,388

6.878

Ordinary

Sale

639

6.88

Ordinary

Sale

1,775

6.88

Ordinary

Sale

3,310

6.828

Ordinary

Sale

1,510

6.826

Ordinary

Sale

2,822

6.838

Ordinary

Sale

8,848

6.918

Ordinary

Sale

907

6.84

Ordinary

Sale

103,562

6.882

Ordinary

Sale

1,236

6.818

Ordinary

Sale

234

6.82

Ordinary

Sale

1,236

6.82

Ordinary

Sale

1,002

6.82

Ordinary

Sale

908

6.818

Ordinary

Sale

444

6.818

Ordinary

Sale

346

6.818

Ordinary

Sale

792

6.818

Total Purchases

243,007

Total Sales

140,103

 

(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

103,562

6.882

 

(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:

08/08/2022

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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