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accession: "0001104659-22-098068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEN"
cik: "0000849399"
company_name: "Gen Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T14:49:22.292848+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# NortonLifeLock announces $1.2B senior notes offering to fund Avast acquisition

## Summary
- Company intends to offer $1.2B aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes in a private offering.
- Offering announced September 7, 2022 to help finance the previously announced acquisition of Avast plc.
- Filing includes audited Avast financials for FY2021/2020, unaudited H1 2022, and pro forma combined statements.
- Risk factors disclosed for Avast business, including cybersecurity, competition, and macroeconomic uncertainty.
- Notes offered only to QIBs and non-U.S. persons under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-098068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEN
- cik: 0000849399
- company_name: Gen Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922098068/0001104659-22-098068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922098068/tm228427d2_8k.htm

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