Avast - NortonLifeLock Inc. Shareholder Approval

On 10 August 2021, the boards of Avast plc ("Avast" or the "Company") and NortonLifeLock Inc. ("NortonLifeLock") announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended merger of Avast with NortonLifeLock, in the form of a recommended offer by Nitro Bidco Limited ("Bidco"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NortonLifeLock, for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of the Company (the "Merger"). The Merger is proposed to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act (the "Scheme"), and is subject to the terms and conditions set out in the scheme document that was published on 28 October 2021 (the "Scheme Document"). Save as otherwise defined, capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meanings as set out in the Scheme Document.