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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

23rd Nov 2021 09:31

RNS Number : 2741T
Societe Generale SA
23 November 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

22/11/2021

(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:

35,965,978

3.47

15,422

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

5,892,412

0.57

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

35,965,978

3.47

5,907,834

0.57

 

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

204

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

2,042

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,042

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,042

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,042

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,042

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

313

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

1,172

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

186

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

53

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

454

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

392

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

967

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

2,102

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,172

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

2,107

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

228

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

2,220

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

541

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

353

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

353

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

521

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,078

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

561

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

340

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

226

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

240

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,238

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

622

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

912

5.956

Ordinary

Purchase

850

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

325

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

251

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

880

5.956

Ordinary

Purchase

497

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,252

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

753

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

260

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

240

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

671

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,399

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

484

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,506

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,227

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

482

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

1,252

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,366

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

803

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,334

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

909

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

804

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

339

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

362

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

891

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,833

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

279

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

19

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

437

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,252

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,103

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

38

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

15

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

28

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

305

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

532

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

1,203

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

164

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

2,085

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

228

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

259

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

147

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

488

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

345

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

630

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

2,084

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

467

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

386

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

469

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

543

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,994

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

96

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

104

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

232

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

4

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

232

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

166

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,380

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

969

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

1,825

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,017

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

1,214

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

1,916

5.952

Ordinary

Purchase

2,255

5.954

Ordinary

Purchase

678

5.9539971

Ordinary

Sale

100

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

482

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

661

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

1,010

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

681

5.954

Ordinary

Sale

729

5.954

Ordinary

Sale

403

5.954

Ordinary

Sale

340

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

680

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

39

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

367

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

430

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

768

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

1,193

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

823

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

40

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

361

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

65

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

739

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

401

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

613

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

132

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

151

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

466

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

182

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

51

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

338

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

554

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

514

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

544

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

643

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

810

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

719

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

93

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

229

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

89

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

481

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

532

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

403

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

210

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

232

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

463

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

1,838

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

917

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

474

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

23

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.962

Ordinary

Sale

426

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

440

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

1,836

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

1,811

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

1,407

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

1,835

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

25

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

1,758

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

80

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

2,108

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

1,836

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

1,833

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

1,835

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

891

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

22

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

943

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

1,282

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

258

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

1,028

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

800

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

287

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

982

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

554

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

216

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

605

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

422

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

938

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

538

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

239

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

342

5.954

Ordinary

Sale

363

5.966

Ordinary

Sale

116

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

760

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

1,838

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

186

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

500

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

967

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

307

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

424

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

94

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

1,155

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

590

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

89

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

22

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

952

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

1,834

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

1,834

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

462

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

1,835

5.948

Ordinary

Sale

1,281

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

1,491

5.954

Ordinary

Sale

801

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

639

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

1,195

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

683

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

1,821

5.938

Ordinary

Sale

1,437

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

73

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

139

5.962

Ordinary

Sale

1,028

5.96

Ordinary

Sale

1,033

5.938

Ordinary

Sale

806

5.938

Ordinary

Sale

493

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

1,346

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

1,835

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

68

5.964

Ordinary

Sale

1,644

5.952

Ordinary

Sale

449

5.944

Ordinary

Sale

1,016

5.956

Ordinary

Sale

41

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

2,257

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

677

5.9580059

Ordinary

Sale

345

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

4,517

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

17,126

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

328

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

172

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

517

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

11,730

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

3,300

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

5,746

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

6,797

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

1,396

5.958

Ordinary

Sale

7,707

5.958

Total Purchases

84,624

Total Sales

149,852

 

 

(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:

23/11/2021

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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