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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

20th Dec 2021 11:34

RNS Number : 2125W

Societe Generale SA

20 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	17/12/2021
(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:	23,608,258	2.28	15,248	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	3,587,755	0.35
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	23,608,258	2.28	3,603,003	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	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	129	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.154
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	60	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	26	6.154
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.156
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	172	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.156
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	71	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	4	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	14	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	43	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.138
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	43	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	29	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	13	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	72	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.148
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	128	6.154
Ordinary	Purchase	52	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.15
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.152
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	389	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	106	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	306	6.146
Ordinary	Purchase	138	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	198	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	125	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	272	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	125	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	244	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	118	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	80	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	77	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	719	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	79	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	208	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	164	6.158
Ordinary	Purchase	178	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	213	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	105	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	642	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	263	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	186	6.18
Ordinary	Purchase	273	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	32	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	73	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	166	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	289	6.178
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	75	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	154	6.158
Ordinary	Purchase	12	6.158
Ordinary	Purchase	53	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	246	6.158
Ordinary	Purchase	168	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	154	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	147	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	3	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	99	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	153	6.172
Ordinary	Purchase	387	6.172
Ordinary	Purchase	121	6.182
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	242	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	183	6.172
Ordinary	Purchase	299	6.172
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	511	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	114	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	155	6.18
Ordinary	Purchase	194	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	221	6.174
Ordinary	Purchase	172	6.172
Ordinary	Purchase	871	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	15,008	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	18,010	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	163,555	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	4,977	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	798	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	27,015	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	192	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	68	6.176
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.126
Ordinary	Purchase	30,900	6.124
Ordinary	Purchase	20,423	6.12728
Ordinary	Purchase	28,878	6.12728
Ordinary	Purchase	317	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	512	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	550	6.16
Ordinary	Purchase	257	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	683	6.142
Ordinary	Purchase	339	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	264	6.138
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.138
Ordinary	Purchase	264	6.138
Ordinary	Purchase	2,222	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	25,847	6.14
Ordinary	Purchase	18,036	6.124
Ordinary	Purchase	717	6.144
Ordinary	Purchase	1,247	6.144
Ordinary	Sale	1,065	6.154
Ordinary	Sale	519	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	450	6.152
Ordinary	Sale	315	6.152
Ordinary	Sale	135	6.152
Ordinary	Sale	694	6.168
Ordinary	Sale	1	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	164	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	406	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	527	6.15
Ordinary	Sale	164	6.15
Ordinary	Sale	663	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	183	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	833	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	164	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	278	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	449	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	553	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	1,123	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	1,123	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	4,085	6.144
Ordinary	Sale	8,501	6.144
Ordinary	Sale	2,042	6.144
Ordinary	Sale	2,042	6.144
Ordinary	Sale	1,014	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	497	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	1,232	6.124
Ordinary	Sale	280	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	307	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	51	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	384	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	205	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	452	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	364	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	709	6.148
Ordinary	Sale	1,457	6.138
Ordinary	Sale	513	6.138
Ordinary	Sale	68	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	550	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	424	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	1,806	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	1,310	6.168
Ordinary	Sale	482	6.168
Ordinary	Sale	777	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	410	6.138
Ordinary	Sale	355	6.138
Ordinary	Sale	401	6.134
Ordinary	Sale	223	6.134
Ordinary	Sale	781	6.134
Ordinary	Sale	76	6.134
Ordinary	Sale	981	6.122
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	308	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	576	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	299	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.12
Ordinary	Sale	212	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	372	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	196	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	373	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	55	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	602	6.158
Ordinary	Sale	1,061	6.124
Ordinary	Sale	1,371	6.156
Ordinary	Sale	420	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	778	6.126
Ordinary	Sale	1,350	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	355	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	305	6.136
Ordinary	Sale	313	6.15
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.15
Ordinary	Sale	51	6.15
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.118
Ordinary	Sale	7,018,873	6.1
	Total Purchases	399,942
	Total Sales	7,072,058

(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:	20/12/2021
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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