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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

11th Feb 2022 12:19

RNS Number : 4702B

Societe Generale SA

11 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	10/02/2022
(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:	36,574,902	3.52	26,232	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	3,587,150	0.35
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	36,574,902	3.52	3,613,382	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	500	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	273	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	38	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	21	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	66	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	72	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	202	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	11	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	33	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	23	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	452	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	116	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	112	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	316	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	71	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	346	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	354	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	275	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	116	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	276	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	344	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	354	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	346	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	127	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	70	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	201	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	103	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	92	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	108	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	392	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	46	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	32	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	405	6.248
Ordinary	Purchase	1,300	6.28
Ordinary	Purchase	270	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	138	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	426	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	138	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	222	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	753	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	550	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	362	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	138	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	138	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	111	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	54	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	238	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	10	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	67	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	162	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	7	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	22	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	313	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	784	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	51	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	5,295	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,264	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	379	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	346	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	15,693	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	2,131	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,059	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,680	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	2,723	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	2,092	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	3,024	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	526	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	223	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	10,084	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	310	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,130	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	8,332	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,976	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,722	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	24,376	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	2,015	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	7,619	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	823	6.292
Ordinary	Purchase	100	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	140	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	260	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	150	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	630	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	119	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	1,847	6.246
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	824	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.28
Ordinary	Purchase	1,407	6.28
Ordinary	Purchase	264	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	672	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	128	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	355	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	6.262
Ordinary	Purchase	384	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	362	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	527	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.25
Ordinary	Purchase	796	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	314	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	466	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	142	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	462	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	256	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	214	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	191	6.26
Ordinary	Purchase	724	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	172	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	200	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	350	6.276
Ordinary	Purchase	1,661	6.28
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	493	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	617	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	893	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	281	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	246	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	261	6.258
Ordinary	Purchase	1,169	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	742	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	265	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	751	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	1,763	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	260	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	274	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	723	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	388	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	2,149	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	729	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	745	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	475	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	2,415	6.266
Ordinary	Purchase	817	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	442	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	818	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	295	6.254
Ordinary	Purchase	293	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	1,946	6.238
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	372	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	475	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	250	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	439	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	672	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	206	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	275	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.292
Ordinary	Purchase	210	6.292
Ordinary	Purchase	896	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	122	6.272
Ordinary	Purchase	258	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.278
Ordinary	Purchase	205	6.292
Ordinary	Purchase	889	6.292
Ordinary	Purchase	841	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	292	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	1,540	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	270	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.274
Ordinary	Purchase	209	6.274
Ordinary	Purchase	132	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	490	6.24
Ordinary	Purchase	486	6.294
Ordinary	Purchase	413	6.284
Ordinary	Purchase	658	6.282
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	784	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	57	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	2,196	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	2,425	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	2,258	6.29
Ordinary	Purchase	665	6.282
Ordinary	Sale	377	6.286
Ordinary	Sale	7	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	251	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	28	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	205	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	731	6.278
Ordinary	Sale	16	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	15,693	6.24
Ordinary	Sale	744	6.264
Ordinary	Sale	736	6.248
Ordinary	Sale	830	6.284
Ordinary	Sale	251	6.284
Ordinary	Sale	1,399	6.29
Ordinary	Sale	1,846	6.29
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	455	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	920	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	5,966	6.29
Ordinary	Sale	194	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	101	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	296	6.28
Ordinary	Sale	392	6.284
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.284
Ordinary	Sale	35,852	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	693	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	847	6.28
Ordinary	Sale	526	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	480	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	164	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	35,852	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,413	6.26
Ordinary	Sale	638	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	347	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	524	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	880	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	1,727	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	390	6.28
Ordinary	Sale	775	6.28
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	1,085	6.274
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	257	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	472	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	322	6.25
Ordinary	Sale	744	6.264
Ordinary	Sale	2,092	6.24
Ordinary	Sale	706	6.28
Ordinary	Sale	486	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	221	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	486	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	454	6.282
Ordinary	Sale	265	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	486	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	486	6.288
Ordinary	Sale	487	6.278
Ordinary	Sale	20,059	6.2611888
Ordinary	Sale	20,470	6.2582516
Ordinary	Sale	658	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	112	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	308	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	351	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	681	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	663	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	681	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	684	6.266
Ordinary	Sale	680	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	669	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	523	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	683	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	675	6.27
Ordinary	Sale	668	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	672	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	661	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	176	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	488	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	659	6.268
Ordinary	Sale	20,000	6.2289533
Ordinary	Sale	50,000	6.2280721
	Total Purchases	173,808
	Total Sales	268,324

(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	Reducing a short position	20,059	6.261188824
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	20,470	6.258251643
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	20,000	6.228953262
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	50,000	6.228072108

(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:	11/02/2022
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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