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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-115277"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEN"
cik: "0000849399"
company_name: "Gen Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:14:38.851287+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NortonLifeLock changes name to Gen Digital Inc., ticker to GEN Nov 8

## Summary
- Effective Nov 7, 2022, company renamed from NortonLifeLock Inc. to Gen Digital Inc. after Avast merger.
- Common stock to trade under 'GEN' on Nasdaq starting Nov 8, replacing ticker 'NLOK'.
- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws effective Nov 7, updating name, proxy access, and governance.
- Gen unites brands: Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender.
- Dual HQ in Tempe, AZ and Prague, Czech Republic; serves over 500 million users.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-115277
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEN
- cik: 0000849399
- company_name: Gen Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922115277/0001104659-22-115277-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922115277/tm2229813d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-115277.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Gen Digital Inc.: Amended certificate of incorporation to change company name from NortonLifeLock Inc. to Gen Digital Inc (effective 2022-11-07).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-07
  source text: On November 7, 2022, Gen Digital Inc. (previously known as NortonLifeLock Inc.) (the “Company”) filed an amendment to its certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State to change its name from “NortonLifeLock Inc.” to “Gen Digital Inc.” (the “Amendment”). The Amendment is effective as of November 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922115277/0001104659-22-115277-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Gen Digital Inc.: Adopted amended and restated bylaws reflecting name change, revising stockholder meeting procedures, clarifying roles, and making administrative updates (effective 2022-11-07).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-07
  source text: on November 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company adopted and approved, effective as of November 7, 2022, amended and restated by-laws of the Company (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated By-laws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922115277/0001104659-22-115277-index.htm

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