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Form 8.3 - Avast plc

20th Aug 2021 12:35

RNS Number : 3526J
Societe Generale SA
20 August 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

19/08/2021

(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:

10,576,907

1.02

3,949

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

32,652

0.00

165,377

0.02

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

10,609,559

1.03

169,326

0.02

 

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

102

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

73

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

644

5.932

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

888

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

6,613

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

743

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

1,291

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,034

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

4,264

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

6,396

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

1,262

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

4,224

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

1,600

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

1,768

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

3,769

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

3,553

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

1,675

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

10,716

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

2,752

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

6,869

5.968

Ordinary

Purchase

79

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

544

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

779

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

201

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

397

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

175

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

24

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

141

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

141

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

1,276

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

141

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

200

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

241

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

126

5.932

Ordinary

Purchase

374

5.932

Ordinary

Purchase

797

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

361

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

1,070

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

1,707

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

1,046

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

1,792

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

771

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

122

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

1,694

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

311

5.94

Ordinary

Purchase

122

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

1,211

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

683

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

701

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

187

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

122

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

122

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

1,337

5.966

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.966

Ordinary

Purchase

1,378

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.966

Ordinary

Purchase

100

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

990

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

48

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

110

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

520

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

842

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

667

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

801

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

1,650

5.958

Ordinary

Purchase

97

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

1,199

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

1,873

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

395

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

879

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

709

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

704

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

642

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

581

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

1,298

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

651

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

25

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

336

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

729

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

303

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

864

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

72

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

752

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

684

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

311

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

351

5.928

Ordinary

Purchase

645

5.928

Ordinary

Purchase

759

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

130

5.94

Ordinary

Purchase

469

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

349

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

251

5.938

Ordinary

Purchase

123

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

1,128

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

1,872

5.936

Ordinary

Purchase

1,707

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

582

5.94

Ordinary

Purchase

814

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.924

Ordinary

Purchase

710

5.924

Ordinary

Purchase

404

5.924

Ordinary

Purchase

800

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

381

5.928

Ordinary

Purchase

8

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

668

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

449

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

315

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

840

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

555

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

180

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

500

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

883

5.962

Ordinary

Purchase

610

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

212

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

463

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

761

5.95

Ordinary

Purchase

589

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

33

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

661

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

297

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

288

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

48

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

1,181

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

1,339

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

112

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

155

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

5,000

5.944

Ordinary

Purchase

225

5.946

Ordinary

Purchase

363

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

400

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

129

5.942

Ordinary

Purchase

124

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

258

5.934

Ordinary

Purchase

437

5.926

Ordinary

Purchase

283

5.942

Ordinary

Sale

2,161

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

203

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

203

5.95

Ordinary

Sale

32

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

5,594

5.968

Ordinary

Sale

428

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

1,428

5.946

Ordinary

Sale

576

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

23

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

347

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

1,008

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

62

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

2,302

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

168

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

8,144

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

2,303

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

118

5.937966102

Ordinary

Sale

1,343

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

1,315

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

276

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

836

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

2,301

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

334

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

4,559

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

10

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

62

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

1,405

5.934

Ordinary

Sale

148

5.968

Ordinary

Sale

16,591

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

430

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

286

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

611

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

5,760

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

219

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

616

5.936

Ordinary

Sale

9

5.936

Ordinary

Sale

1,330

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

131

5.94

Ordinary

Sale

1,330

5.94

Total Purchases

157,852

Total Sales

65,002

 

 

(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

 

(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

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"

 

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

20/08/2021

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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