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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

1st Dec 2021 10:07

RNS Number : 2096U

Societe Generale SA

01 December 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	30/11/2021
(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:	35,321,294	3.41	21,144	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	5,341,294	0.52
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	35,321,294	3.41	5,362,438	0.52

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	419	6.026
Ordinary	Purchase	338	6.022
Ordinary	Purchase	65	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	205	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	332	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	375	6.036
Ordinary	Purchase	842	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	992	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	523	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	663	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	897	6.024
Ordinary	Purchase	772	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	188	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	250	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	920	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	940	6.064
Ordinary	Purchase	1,026	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	476	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	245	6.024
Ordinary	Purchase	214	6.024
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.024
Ordinary	Purchase	1,353	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	1,131	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	1,308	6.064
Ordinary	Purchase	259	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	27	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	155	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	976	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	730	6.034
Ordinary	Purchase	160	6.034
Ordinary	Purchase	183	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	907	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	1,666	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	782	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	705	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	2	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	404	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	77	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	11	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	309	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	928	6.012
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	90	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	339	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	1,734	6.01
Ordinary	Purchase	516	6.034
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.034
Ordinary	Purchase	667	6.008
Ordinary	Purchase	334	6.008
Ordinary	Purchase	972	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	449	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	302	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	520	6.026
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.028
Ordinary	Purchase	29	6.026
Ordinary	Purchase	452	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	372	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	532	6.022
Ordinary	Purchase	13	6.022
Ordinary	Purchase	452	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	484	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	276	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	1,006	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	435	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	1,607	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	1,036	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	3,108	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	6,924	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	303	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	505	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	551	6.026
Ordinary	Purchase	626	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	450	6.018
Ordinary	Purchase	480	6.016
Ordinary	Purchase	386	6.02
Ordinary	Purchase	330,100	6.058424
Ordinary	Sale	378	6.028
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	392	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	294	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	1,887	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	104	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	308	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	679	6.028
Ordinary	Sale	454	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	563	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	2,174	6.064
Ordinary	Sale	420	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	661	6.024
Ordinary	Sale	429	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	1,085	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	2,157	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	997	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	472	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.018
Ordinary	Sale	460	6.018
Ordinary	Sale	1,770	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	491	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	1,607	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	3,108	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,036	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	8,227	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,820	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	2,286	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	517	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	227	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	686	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	130	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	156	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	583	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	278	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.024
Ordinary	Sale	794	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	1,328	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	398	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.024
Ordinary	Sale	864	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	472	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	319	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	751	6.048
Ordinary	Sale	750	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	320	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	752	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	496	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	497	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	414	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	303	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	466	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	575	6.054
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	396	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	1,091	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	1,909	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	497	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	545	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	993	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	511	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	496	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	241	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	33	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	2,053	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	172	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	339	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	494	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	628	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	637	6.04
Ordinary	Sale	790	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	790	6.048
Ordinary	Sale	80	6.04
Ordinary	Sale	754	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	1,831	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	782	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	773	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	118	6.054
Ordinary	Sale	665	6.054
Ordinary	Sale	782	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	716	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	825	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	538	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	1,175	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	220	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,393	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,980	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	100	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.044
Ordinary	Sale	85	6.028
Ordinary	Sale	1,638	6.018
Ordinary	Sale	33	6.018
Ordinary	Sale	199	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	1,669	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	397	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	396	6.014
Ordinary	Sale	3,057	6.034
Ordinary	Sale	636	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	318	6.036
Ordinary	Sale	6	6.036
Ordinary	Sale	229	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	314	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	162	6.028
Ordinary	Sale	622	6.028
Ordinary	Sale	942	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	354	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	2,483	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	2,042	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,931	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	178	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	837	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	564	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	405	6.042
Ordinary	Sale	750	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	493	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	1,292	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	703	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	657	6.016
Ordinary	Sale	482	6.026
Ordinary	Sale	155	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	250	6.038
Ordinary	Sale	726	6.032
Ordinary	Sale	676	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	580	6.03
Ordinary	Sale	382	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	997	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	1,183	6.046
Ordinary	Sale	486	6.04
	Total Purchases	385,310
	Total Sales	107,291

(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

Increasing a short position

330,100

6.058424

(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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	01/12/2021
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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