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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

15th Feb 2022 12:59

RNS Number : 7641B

Societe Generale SA

15 February 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	14/02/2022
(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:	28,705,875	2.76	18,570	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	3,587,150	0.34
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	28,705,875	2.76	3,605,720	0.35

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	531	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	545	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	541	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	37	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	295	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	746	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	277	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,794	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	621	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	330	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	232	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	277	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	51	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	624	6.234
Ordinary	Purchase	214	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	482	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	212	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	498	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	850	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	420	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	499	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	2,345	6.226
Ordinary	Purchase	51	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	510	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	173	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	192	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	285	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	6.268
Ordinary	Purchase	849	6.224
Ordinary	Purchase	2	6.242
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	442	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	2,159	6.222
Ordinary	Purchase	466	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.23
Ordinary	Purchase	174	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	91	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	228	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	293	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	381	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	469	6.23
Ordinary	Purchase	293	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	525	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	524	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	1,512	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	877	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	330	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	373	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	37	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	190	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	484	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	891	6.22
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	293	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	165	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	449	6.23
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.23
Ordinary	Purchase	167	6.23
Ordinary	Purchase	212	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	272	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	31	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,602	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	514	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	1,517	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	503	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	511	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	445	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	616	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	102	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	277	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	505	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	706	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	470	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	133	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	361	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	269	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	274	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.268
Ordinary	Purchase	776	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	546	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	300	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	456	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	2,093	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,046	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,168	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	2,396	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,457	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	6,597	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	14	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	4,428	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	951	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,055	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	23	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	88	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	1,794	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.224
Ordinary	Sale	594	6.222
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.222
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.224
Ordinary	Sale	232	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.238
Ordinary	Sale	379	6.238
Ordinary	Sale	1,727	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	198	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	899	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	27	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	488	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,469	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	2,135	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.224
Ordinary	Sale	2,145	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.224
Ordinary	Sale	397	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	561	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,969	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	381	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.2
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,737	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	34	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	688	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	5,115	6.214
Ordinary	Sale	511	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	772	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,365	6.246
Ordinary	Sale	776	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,050	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	163	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.228
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.228
Ordinary	Sale	370	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.214
Ordinary	Sale	484	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.204
Ordinary	Sale	652	6.22
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.22
Ordinary	Sale	13	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	481	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	734	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	591	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,146	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	730	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	730	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	530	6.194
Ordinary	Sale	553	6.228
Ordinary	Sale	3,491	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	304	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	2,370	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	2,871	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	3,223	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	4,077	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	793	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	392	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	285	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.222
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.226
Ordinary	Sale	500	6.226
Ordinary	Sale	1,840	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	298	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	133	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	234	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	22	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	604	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,840	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	392	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	240	6.262
Ordinary	Sale	1	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	473	6.258
	Total Purchases	55,306
	Total Sales	88,576

(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

(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:	15/02/2022
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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