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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

28th Jul 2022 09:41

RNS Number : 0723U

Societe Generale SA

28 July 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	27/07/2022
(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:	18,370,439	1.76	12,570	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	8,675	0.00	10,821,096	1.04
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	18,379,114	1.76	10,833,666	1.04

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	1,790	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	60	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	1,757	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	3,980	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	731	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	4,050	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	2,109	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	210	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	4,697	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	210	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	4,907	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	210	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	3,164	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	92	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	139	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	11,101	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	885	4.89
Ordinary	Purchase	2,770	4.89
Ordinary	Purchase	78	4.966
Ordinary	Purchase	371	4.966
Ordinary	Purchase	1,139	4.927
Ordinary	Purchase	540	4.924
Ordinary	Purchase	761	4.924
Ordinary	Purchase	769	4.923
Ordinary	Purchase	31	4.927
Ordinary	Purchase	769	4.896
Ordinary	Purchase	935	4.988
Ordinary	Purchase	42	4.987
Ordinary	Purchase	767	4.88
Ordinary	Purchase	263	4.878
Ordinary	Purchase	160	4.88
Ordinary	Purchase	95	4.88
Ordinary	Purchase	975	4.88
Ordinary	Purchase	193	4.968
Ordinary	Purchase	808	4.968
Ordinary	Purchase	758	4.978
Ordinary	Purchase	862	4.8697565
Ordinary	Purchase	659	4.926
Ordinary	Purchase	432	4.926
Ordinary	Purchase	848	4.96
Ordinary	Purchase	338	4.912
Ordinary	Purchase	178	4.912
Ordinary	Purchase	340	4.912
Ordinary	Purchase	660	4.927
Ordinary	Purchase	659	4.927
Ordinary	Purchase	455	4.967
Ordinary	Purchase	392	4.967
Ordinary	Purchase	659	4.896
Ordinary	Purchase	660	4.896
Ordinary	Purchase	348	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	596	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	1,071	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	127	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	1,161	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	214	5.014
Ordinary	Purchase	175	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	2,141	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	569	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	236	4.87
Ordinary	Purchase	25,043	4.87
Ordinary	Sale	3	4.928
Ordinary	Sale	442	4.927
Ordinary	Sale	3	4.92
Ordinary	Sale	528	4.919
Ordinary	Sale	880	4.942
Ordinary	Sale	1,800	4.986
Ordinary	Sale	1,008	4.963
Ordinary	Sale	134	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	134	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	500	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	1,110	4.979
Ordinary	Sale	393	4.986
Ordinary	Sale	18	4.984
Ordinary	Sale	553	4.984
Ordinary	Sale	660	5.008
Ordinary	Sale	165	4.984
Ordinary	Sale	643	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	42	4.88
Ordinary	Sale	820	4.88
Ordinary	Sale	11,905	4.87
Ordinary	Sale	111	4.989
Ordinary	Sale	80	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	84	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	90	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	72	4.939
Ordinary	Sale	100	4.925
Ordinary	Sale	147	4.962
Ordinary	Sale	64	4.989
Ordinary	Sale	66	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	71	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	176	4.886
Ordinary	Sale	110	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	138	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	90	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	82	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	82	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	80	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	45	4.997
Ordinary	Sale	48	4.993
Ordinary	Sale	73	4.971
Ordinary	Sale	43	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	53	4.996
Ordinary	Sale	255	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	79	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	69	4.963
Ordinary	Sale	45	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	69	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	160	4.92
Ordinary	Sale	48	4.993
Ordinary	Sale	140	4.989
Ordinary	Sale	76	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	80	4.974
Ordinary	Sale	74	4.974
Ordinary	Sale	131	4.882
Ordinary	Sale	56	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	60	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	100	4.945
Ordinary	Sale	62	4.997
Ordinary	Sale	60	4.961
Ordinary	Sale	130	4.962
Ordinary	Sale	63	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	68	4.962
Ordinary	Sale	69	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	36	4.998
Ordinary	Sale	61	4.972
Ordinary	Sale	85	4.978
Ordinary	Sale	133	4.881
Ordinary	Sale	130	4.896
Ordinary	Sale	91	4.933
Ordinary	Sale	105	4.912
Ordinary	Sale	73	4.975
Ordinary	Sale	71	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	45	4.998
Ordinary	Sale	44	4.998
Ordinary	Sale	77	4.978
Ordinary	Sale	888	4.987
Ordinary	Sale	86	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	40	4.998
Ordinary	Sale	104	4.957
Ordinary	Sale	133	4.882
Ordinary	Sale	58	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	68	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	42	4.995
Ordinary	Sale	63	4.975
Ordinary	Sale	66	4.971
Ordinary	Sale	95	4.989
Ordinary	Sale	133	4.884
Ordinary	Sale	86	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	71	4.96
Ordinary	Sale	85	4.978
Ordinary	Sale	107	4.918
Ordinary	Sale	82	4.96
Ordinary	Sale	58	4.998
Ordinary	Sale	89	4.971
Ordinary	Sale	74	4.93
Ordinary	Sale	678	4.99
Ordinary	Sale	113	4.924
Ordinary	Sale	135	4.882
Ordinary	Sale	130	4.882
Ordinary	Sale	131	4.882
Ordinary	Sale	95	4.97
Ordinary	Sale	108	4.975
Ordinary	Sale	82	4.93
Ordinary	Sale	76	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	78	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	159	4.964
Ordinary	Sale	67	4.963
Ordinary	Sale	98	4.925
Ordinary	Sale	97	4.959
Ordinary	Sale	69	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	143	4.902
Ordinary	Sale	117	4.952
Ordinary	Sale	74	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	72	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	135	4.984
Ordinary	Sale	88	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	91	4.924
Ordinary	Sale	107	4.962
Ordinary	Sale	320	4.992
Ordinary	Sale	130	4.885
Ordinary	Sale	73	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	104	4.984
Ordinary	Sale	124	4.979
Ordinary	Sale	75	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	76	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	168	4.906
Ordinary	Sale	67	4.968
Ordinary	Sale	132	4.896
Ordinary	Sale	81	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	79	4.97
Ordinary	Sale	130	4.962
Ordinary	Sale	451	4.993
Ordinary	Sale	129	4.96
Ordinary	Sale	68	4.966
Ordinary	Sale	56	4.97
Ordinary	Sale	104	4.953
Ordinary	Sale	133	4.88
Ordinary	Sale	104	4.923
Ordinary	Sale	537	5.012
Ordinary	Sale	127	4.95
Ordinary	Sale	80	4.965
Ordinary	Sale	116	4.971
Ordinary	Sale	78	4.967
Ordinary	Sale	83	4.995
Ordinary	Sale	67	4.995
Ordinary	Sale	111	4.985
	Total Purchases	91,139
	Total Sales	35,665

(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

25,043

4.87

(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:	28/07/2022
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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