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accession: "0001104659-22-038305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEN"
cik: "0000849399"
company_name: "Gen Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T16:52:08.391466+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NortonLifeLock closes Avast merger election window early; reopening later due to CMA review delay

## Summary
- Election Window for Avast shareholders closed March 28; will reopen at least six weeks before Court Hearing.
- Court Hearing sanctioning the scheme now expected mid-to-late 2022 due to ongoing UK CMA review.
- Avast shareholders who previously made elections in CREST must resubmit when Election Window reopens.
- Early closure provides NortonLifeLock greater flexibility for potential share buybacks under U.S. securities laws.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-038305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEN
- cik: 0000849399
- company_name: Gen Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922038305/0001104659-22-038305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922038305/tm2210504d1_8k.htm

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