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

09/05/2022

 (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:

47,189,848

4.53

-10,141,139

-.98

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

-1,582,291

-.15

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

TOTAL:

47,189,848

4.53

-11,723,430

-1.13

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

347

GBP 5.0800

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1262

GBP 5.0860

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

146

GBP 5.0900

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3

GBP 5.0940

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3

GBP 5.0940

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

909

GBP 5.1300

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2545

GBP 5.1320

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

4631

GBP 5.1340

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

989

GBP 5.1400

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

500

GBP 5.1420

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3437

GBP 5.1440

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

3193

GBP 5.1460

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1498

GBP 5.1480

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

5701

GBP 5.1500

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

401

GBP 5.1520

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2016

GBP 5.1580

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

898

GBP 5.1600

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1763

GBP 5.1620

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1169

GBP 5.1640

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

935

GBP 5.1700

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

2445

GBP 5.1720

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1659

GBP 5.1740

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

4980

GBP 5.1760

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

402

GBP 5.1780

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

5579

GBP 5.1800

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

750

GBP 5.1820

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1113

GBP 5.1860

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

705

GBP 5.1960

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

383

GBP 5.1980

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1702

GBP 5.2040

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1609

GBP 5.2060

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

496

GBP 5.2520

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1468

GBP 5.2580

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1030

GBP 5.2600

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

641

GBP 5.2756

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

7277

GBP 5.2820

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

434

GBP 5.3111

GB00BDD85M81

Purchase

1292

GBP 5.3354

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-505

GBP 5.0920

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-9644

GBP 5.0938

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-68196

GBP 5.0940

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-3

GBP 5.0940

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-499

GBP 5.1400

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-647

GBP 5.1480

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-371

GBP 5.1500

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-498

GBP 5.1520

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-498

GBP 5.1540

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-350

GBP 5.1560

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-496

GBP 5.1620

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-495

GBP 5.1660

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-495

GBP 5.1740

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-495

GBP 5.1780

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-494

GBP 5.1800

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-495

GBP 5.1820

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-494

GBP 5.1840

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-494

GBP 5.1860

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-385

GBP 5.1920

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-1

GBP 5.2200

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-744

GBP 5.2320

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-246

GBP 5.2440

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-122

GBP 5.2580

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-59

GBP 5.2680

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-31

GBP 5.2700

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-184

GBP 5.3020

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-54

GBP 5.3040

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-389

GBP 5.3060

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-123

GBP 5.3080

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-306

GBP 5.3260

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-765

GBP 5.3320

GB00BDD85M81

Sell

-493

GBP 5.3360

(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

(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:

10/05/2022

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