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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

16th Feb 2022 11:07

RNS Number : 8840B

Societe Generale SA

16 February 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	15/02/2022
(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:	25,280,919	2.43	15,635	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	3,587,150	0.34
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	25,280,919	2.43	3,602,785	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	20,929	6.253599
Ordinary	Purchase	871	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	137	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	219	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	64	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	137	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	219	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	81	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	875	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	86	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	786	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	16	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	83	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	137	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	137	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	82	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	81	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	137	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	575	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	946	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	80	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	82	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	524	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	616	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	385	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	523	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	65	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	31	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	81	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	597	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	502	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	84	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	458	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	85	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	524	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	2,699	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	2,688	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	2,768	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	8,086	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	2,949	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	134	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	608	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	535	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	603	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	120	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	108	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	232	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	1,573	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	880	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	942	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	288	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	88	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	117	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	348	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	288	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	114	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	15	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	117	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	89	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	288	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	479	6.268
Ordinary	Purchase	122	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	517	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	120	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	861	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	458	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	54	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	118	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	480	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	77	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	58	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	108	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	467	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	180	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	427	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	263	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	54	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	107	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	487	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	1,613	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	525	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	466	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	194	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	811	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	1,242	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	508	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	325	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	329	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	242	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,689	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	392	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	440	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	125	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	80	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	629	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	616	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	614	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	942	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	197	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	24	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	783	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	472	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	211	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	845	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	215	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	606	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	1,994	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	905	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	25	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	468	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	303	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	8	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	25	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	711	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	246	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	762	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	17	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	449	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	11	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	450	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	787	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	565	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	1,280	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	290	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	490	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	489	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	852	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	576	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	787	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	545	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	240	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	453	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	506	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	478	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,437	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	548	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	478	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	30	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	665	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	1,174	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	511	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	312	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	463	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	402	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	810	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	951	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	221	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	31	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	2,085	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	817	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	127	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	1,242	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	817	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	223	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	866	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	455	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	359	6.244
Ordinary	Purchase	42	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	316	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	809	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	3	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	787	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	144	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	480	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	318	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,055	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	620	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	288	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	760	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	305	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	1,153	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	788	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	524	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	584	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	24	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.252
Ordinary	Purchase	167	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	23	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	248	6.264
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.256
Ordinary	Purchase	2,014	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,219	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	79	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	566	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,847	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	308	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	246	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	443	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	6,623	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	15,549	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,349	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	5,083	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	780	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,445	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	15	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,800	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,605	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	52	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	68	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,711	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	312	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,355	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	2,249	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	6	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	384	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	1,128	6.256
Ordinary	Sale	33	6.256
Ordinary	Sale	1,638	6.256
Ordinary	Sale	346	6.256
Ordinary	Sale	161	6.256
Ordinary	Sale	31	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	511	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	6.244
Ordinary	Sale	1,027	6.244
Ordinary	Sale	26	6.26
Ordinary	Sale	871	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	23	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	318	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	19	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	577	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	1,446	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	160	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.258
Ordinary	Sale	264	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	538	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	5	6.252
Ordinary	Sale	574	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	454	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	2,635	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	3,323	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	522	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	703	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	13,026	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	2,408	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,674	6.254
Ordinary	Sale	294	6.244
Ordinary	Sale	1,847	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	308	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	308	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	184	6.242
Ordinary	Sale	2,450,000	6.23
Ordinary	Sale	826,606	6.23
Ordinary	Sale	202,911	6.23
	Total Purchases	146,664
	Total Sales	3,568,685

(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:	16/02/2022
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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