{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-22-099111","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GEN","cik":"0000849399","company_name":"Gen Digital Inc.","filed_at":"2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:58.285713+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-23T11:34:59.877988+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","2.01","2.03","3.02","5.02","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.9,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.9,"confidence":"high","headline":"NortonLifeLock completes $5.97B cash-and-stock merger with Avast, expands board","bullets":["Issued 94,201,223 shares and ~$5.97B in cash; Avast shareholders elected 36.5% stock option, 63.5% cash option.","Board expanded to 10; Ondrej Vlček appointed President and director, Pavel Baudiš appointed director.","Entered $9.1B credit facilities: $1.5B revolver, $3.91B Term A, $3.69B Term B; maturities 5-7 years.","Priced $1.5B senior notes: $900M 6.750% notes due 2027 and $600M 7.125% notes due 2030.","Avast delisted from London Stock Exchange; combined company to trade as NLOK until new name/ticker."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099111","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099111.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099111.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099111.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922099111/0001104659-22-099111-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922099111/tm2225494d3_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-23T11:34:59.877988+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"6f7cd6cd3e","claim":"Ondrej Vlček was appointed as Director at Gen Digital Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"the Company will expand the size of its Board from 9 to 10 members and appoint Ondrej Vlček and Pavel Baudiš to the Board.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922099111/0001104659-22-099111-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"c7dfc2d269","claim":"Ondrej Vlček was appointed as President at Gen Digital Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"In addition, Mr. Vlček was appointed President of the combined Company.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922099111/0001104659-22-099111-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"President"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"caafe52529","claim":"Pavel Baudiš was appointed as Director at Gen Digital Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"the Company will expand the size of its Board from 9 to 10 members and appoint Ondrej Vlček and Pavel Baudiš to the Board.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922099111/0001104659-22-099111-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}