Form 8.3 - Avast Plc

1.

KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Full name of discloser:

BNP Paribas SA

 (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

01/08/2022

 (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:

10p ordinary (GB00BDD85M81)

Interests

Short Positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

44,994,208

4.31

-10,141,139

-.98

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

-4,500,000

-0.44

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

TOTAL:

44,994,208

4.31

-14,641,139

-1.41

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

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1083

GBP 4.6630

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3373

GBP 4.6788

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1357

GBP 4.6790

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

29893

GBP 4.7613

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

11089

GBP 4.7640

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1634

GBP 4.7665

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

54396

GBP 4.7674

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

9801

GBP 4.7689

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

58

GBP 4.7690

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1126

GBP 4.7710

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

45915

GBP 4.7752

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

685

GBP 4.7870

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1436

GBP 4.7886

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2126

GBP 4.7920

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1645

GBP 4.7930

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1423

GBP 4.7940

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

550

GBP 4.7950

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

84366

GBP 4.8000

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

25777

GBP 4.8001

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

747

GBP 4.8050

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1446

GBP 4.8135

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

532

GBP 4.8180

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

70

GBP 4.8181

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1198

GBP 4.8190

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

591

GBP 4.8264

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

184

GBP 4.8280

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2088

GBP 4.8283

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-848

GBP 4.6600

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1083

GBP 4.6700

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-718

GBP 4.7050

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-994

GBP 4.7120

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2288

GBP 4.7140

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1510

GBP 4.7150

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1688

GBP 4.7160

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-884

GBP 4.7170

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1058

GBP 4.7190

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-383

GBP 4.7240

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-739

GBP 4.7310

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-420

GBP 4.7410

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-470

GBP 4.7430

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-452

GBP 4.7480

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-376

GBP 4.7490

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1230

GBP 4.7520

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-827

GBP 4.7550

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-380

GBP 4.7560

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1803

GBP 4.7570

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-383

GBP 4.7620

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-536

GBP 4.7630

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-628

GBP 4.7640

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2861

GBP 4.7650

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-723

GBP 4.7670

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-722

GBP 4.7720

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-270

GBP 4.7730

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-633

GBP 4.7770

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-716

GBP 4.7800

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-720

GBP 4.7860

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2638

GBP 4.7870

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-6449

GBP 4.7880

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-6402

GBP 4.7890

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1096

GBP 4.7900

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-992

GBP 4.7910

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-430

GBP 4.7920

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1570

GBP 4.7930

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1383

GBP 4.7940

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1889

GBP 4.7950

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-840

GBP 4.7970

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-559

GBP 4.7980

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-7484

GBP 4.8000

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-449

GBP 4.8010

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1003

GBP 4.8020

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-470

GBP 4.8030

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1284

GBP 4.8040

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-470

GBP 4.8050

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-424

GBP 4.8060

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1386

GBP 4.8080

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1181

GBP 4.8090

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-5285

GBP 4.8100

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-3064

GBP 4.8110

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1371

GBP 4.8150

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1403

GBP 4.8160

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-2367

GBP 4.8170

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1938

GBP 4.8180

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-209

GBP 4.8190

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1616

GBP 4.8230

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-420

GBP 4.8280

(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

references

securities

Price per

unit

GB00BDD85M81

CFD

Increasing Short Position

2,000,000

GBP 4.8000

(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

(ii)

Exercise

Class of

relevant

security

Product

description

e.g. call option

Exercising/

exercised

against

Number of

securities

Exercise price

per unit

(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)

 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"

None

(b)

Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

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"

None

(c)

Attachments

Is a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

No

Date of Disclosure:

02/08/2022

Contact Name

Compliance Control Room

Telephone Number:

0207 595 9695

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