Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Nov 25, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 6074T

Societe Generale SA

25 November 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	24/11/2021
(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:	35,356,707	3.42	15,422	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	5,237,412	0.51
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	35,356,707	3.42	5,252,834	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	1,087	6
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	6
Ordinary	Purchase	955	6
Ordinary	Purchase	552	5.988
Ordinary	Purchase	533	6
Ordinary	Purchase	1,184	6
Ordinary	Purchase	2,191	5.962
Ordinary	Purchase	535	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	25	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	830	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	22	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	543	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	395	6
Ordinary	Purchase	131	6
Ordinary	Purchase	71	6
Ordinary	Purchase	1,113	6
Ordinary	Purchase	214	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	358	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	517	6.0059961
Ordinary	Purchase	699	6
Ordinary	Purchase	711	5.996
Ordinary	Purchase	706	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	407	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	700	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	718	6.006
Ordinary	Purchase	235	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	58	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	740	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	40,198	6
Ordinary	Purchase	10,087	6
Ordinary	Purchase	2,240	6
Ordinary	Purchase	41,244	6
Ordinary	Purchase	762	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	773	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	771	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	331	5.996
Ordinary	Purchase	733	5.996
Ordinary	Purchase	307	5.996
Ordinary	Purchase	2,771	5.96
Ordinary	Purchase	655	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	76	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	149	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	322	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	403	5.998
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6
Ordinary	Purchase	335	6
Ordinary	Purchase	281	6
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	318	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	1,613	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	818	6.002
Ordinary	Purchase	749	6.01
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	632	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	533	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	549	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	706	6.008
Ordinary	Purchase	719	6.006
Ordinary	Purchase	964	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	500	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	1,235	6.006
Ordinary	Purchase	91	6.006
Ordinary	Purchase	913	6.006
Ordinary	Purchase	700	6.008
Ordinary	Purchase	726	5.996
Ordinary	Purchase	2,076	6.004
Ordinary	Purchase	1,044	6
Ordinary	Sale	53	6.01
Ordinary	Sale	69	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	404	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	604	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	765	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	1,939	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	462	5.958
Ordinary	Sale	410	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	430	5.984
Ordinary	Sale	2,276	5.962
Ordinary	Sale	906	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	742	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	344	5.97
Ordinary	Sale	27	5.972
Ordinary	Sale	381	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	184	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	1,515	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	53	6.02
Ordinary	Sale	53	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	266	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	39	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	8	6.01
Ordinary	Sale	45	6.01
Ordinary	Sale	289	5.986
Ordinary	Sale	149	5.986
Ordinary	Sale	16	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	21	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	102	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	313	5.998
Ordinary	Sale	675	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	6,880	6
Ordinary	Sale	165	5.954
Ordinary	Sale	1,496	5.954
Ordinary	Sale	285	5.978
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.978
Ordinary	Sale	451	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	533	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	1,564	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	1,681	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	1,833	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	2,240	6
Ordinary	Sale	616	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	270	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	327	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	865	5.958
Ordinary	Sale	1,835	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	224	5.966
Ordinary	Sale	759	6.008
Ordinary	Sale	761	6.01
Ordinary	Sale	1	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	786	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	267	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	1,338	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	1,411	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	729	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	55	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	719	5.976
Ordinary	Sale	114	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	114	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	717	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	263	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	1,530	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	1,171	5.958
Ordinary	Sale	300	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	1,828	5.972
Ordinary	Sale	87	5.986
Ordinary	Sale	714	5.986
Ordinary	Sale	714	5.986
Ordinary	Sale	1,831	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	402	5.968
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.968
Ordinary	Sale	1,831	5.962
Ordinary	Sale	1,355	5.954
Ordinary	Sale	230	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	1,598	5.974
Ordinary	Sale	1,833	5.962
Ordinary	Sale	8,962	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	500	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	338	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	404	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	411	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	453	5.972
Ordinary	Sale	409	5.972
Ordinary	Sale	872	5.952
Ordinary	Sale	514	5.952
Ordinary	Sale	1,832	5.954
Ordinary	Sale	423	5.97
Ordinary	Sale	864	5.97
Ordinary	Sale	1,689	5.96
Ordinary	Sale	223	5.956
Ordinary	Sale	750	5.956
Ordinary	Sale	177	5.958
Ordinary	Sale	510	5.996
Ordinary	Sale	70	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	381	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	361	5.968
Ordinary	Sale	645	5.982
Ordinary	Sale	816	5.958
Ordinary	Sale	417	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	14	5.964
Ordinary	Sale	53	6.0220755
Ordinary	Sale	2,312	6
Ordinary	Sale	6,947	6
Ordinary	Sale	1,935	6
Ordinary	Sale	1,373	6
Ordinary	Sale	27,199	6
Ordinary	Sale	986	6
Ordinary	Sale	4,677	6
Ordinary	Sale	979	6
Ordinary	Sale	2,312	6
Ordinary	Sale	2,407	6
Ordinary	Sale	4,677	6
Ordinary	Sale	41	6
Ordinary	Sale	2,050	6
Ordinary	Sale	2,312	6
Ordinary	Sale	430,000	6.0114338
	Total Purchases	137,096
	Total Sales	573,058

(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	430,000	6.011433824

(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:	25/11/2021
###### 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.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RETEAEFSALPFFFA