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accession: "0001104659-22-025143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEN"
cik: "0000849399"
company_name: "Gen Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:47:49.514643+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# NortonLifeLock pushes Avast merger closing date to April 4, 2022

## Summary
- Merger now expected to close on April 4, 2022, delayed from prior target of February 24, 2022.
- Two remaining regulatory approvals needed: UK Competition and Markets Authority and Spanish CNMC.
- Revised timetable includes Court Hearing on April 1 and Effective Date of April 4.
- Delay aligns with end of NortonLifeLock's fiscal year 2022 (April 1) to support operational integration.
- Avast shares to be suspended on April 4 and delisted by April 5, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-025143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEN
- cik: 0000849399
- company_name: Gen Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922025143/0001104659-22-025143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922025143/tm227166d1_8k.htm

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