BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A. — Director's Dealing 2021

Dec 2, 2021

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RNS Number : 3752U

Societe Generale SA

02 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	01/12/2021
(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:	35,272,674	3.41	20,123	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	5,241,294	0.51
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	35,272,674	3.41	5,261,417	0.51

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	1,021	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,828	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	753	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	753	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	753	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	1,828	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,827	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	529	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,144	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,499	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	721	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	279	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	444	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	734	6.036
Ordinary	Purchase	1,100	6.036
Ordinary	Purchase	1,098	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	712	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,827	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	269	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,831	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	2,289	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	1,657	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	829	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,523	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	404	6.048
Ordinary	Purchase	359	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,060	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	815	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	941	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	333	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	1,341	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	1,833	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,826	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,126	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	779	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	629	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,199	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	325	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	721	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	824	6.048
Ordinary	Purchase	616	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	105	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	590	6.046
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.046
Ordinary	Purchase	1,189	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	583	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	266	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	456	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	311	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	400	6.048
Ordinary	Purchase	737	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	598	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	820	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	817	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	116	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	816	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	921	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,812	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	6	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	487	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	1,833	6.042
Ordinary	Purchase	175	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	899	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	934	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	1,831	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,122	6.04
Ordinary	Purchase	1,828	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	116	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	267	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	450	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	975	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	225	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	455	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	553	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	801	6.046
Ordinary	Purchase	378	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	630	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,238	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	121	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	1,705	6.048
Ordinary	Purchase	575	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	694	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	957	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	170	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	176	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	1,407	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	163	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	328	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	2,103	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	492	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	127	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	490	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	425	6.062
Ordinary	Purchase	1,860	6.058
Ordinary	Purchase	746	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,314	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,012	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	379	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,746	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	2,281	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,754	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	640	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,860	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	724	6.044
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,543	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	470	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	276	6.038
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	523	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,626	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	431	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.052
Ordinary	Purchase	425	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,861	6.05
Ordinary	Purchase	1,626	6.056
Ordinary	Purchase	63	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	621	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	1,858	6.06
Ordinary	Purchase	759	6.054
Ordinary	Purchase	530	6.068
Ordinary	Sale	10,209	6.052705
Ordinary	Sale	61	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	23	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	264	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	210	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	290	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,531	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	1,084	6.06
Ordinary	Sale	258	6.062
Ordinary	Sale	480	6.062
Ordinary	Sale	476	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	27	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	401	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	64	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	1,834	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	72	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	470	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	11	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	421	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	469	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	12	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,056	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	461	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,585	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	823	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	169	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,760	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,395	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,303	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	754	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	586	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	295	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	178	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	984	6.062
Ordinary	Sale	204	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	3	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	165	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	36	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	775	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	1,173	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	343	6.052
Ordinary	Sale	567	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	400	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	216	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	507	6.056
Ordinary	Sale	107	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	25	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	236	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	309	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	359	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	473	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	231	6.058
Ordinary	Sale	10,209	6.052705
Ordinary	Sale	8,199	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	950	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	409	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	836	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	984	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	10,573	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	5,782	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	894	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	5,782	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	613	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	410	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	3,284	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	55	6.05
Ordinary	Sale	100,000	6.029771
	Total Purchases	138,327
	Total Sales	185,926

(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	100,000	6.0297707059

(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:	02/12/2021
###### 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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