The expected merger of cybersecurity companies Avast and NortonLifeLock will become a reality.\u00a0One of the last conditions was the approval of the merger by the shareholders of the Czech company, which has now happened.\u00a0Two weeks ago, the merger was approved by an American company.\u00a0The two companies agreed to a merger in August, the Americans offered up to $ 8.6 billion (up to 189 billion crowns) for Avast, the specific amount depends on how the transaction is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
86 percent of shareholders, who represent 94 percent of the total volume, voted in favor of the merger with the American company. Opponents of the merger thus held together only over five percent. Representatives of the British Schroders Fund have previously stated that they are against the merger of cyber links under negotiated conditions. In the summer, the British fund held over six percent in Avast, a larger volume of shares in Avast was held only by its founders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Czech-American connection is not disputed by the regulator in the United States either.\u00a0After the summer announcement of the transaction, Avast’s director Ond\u0159ej Vl\u010dek assumed that the formal merger process, at the end of which there will be, for example, a new common name, which has not yet been agreed, should take nine to ten months.\u00a0It could be completely finished in June next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Transactions have to go through all regulatory approvals, in a number of countries where these companies operate. For this reason, we expect the transaction to close itself sometime in the middle of next year, until then both companies will operate independently, “said Vl\u010dek at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vl\u010dek also announced in the summer that the merger of the two companies will create a company that will be one of the twenty largest software companies in the world. The current shareholders of Avast will own 14 to 26 percent of the shares in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avast is a leading provider of security software and has more than 435 million users. It has gained a large number of supporters thanks to its model, in which it provides basic protection for free and charges for more advanced security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The expected merger of cybersecurity companies Avast and NortonLifeLock will become a reality.\u00a0One of the last conditions was the approval of the merger by the shareholders of the Czech company, which has now happened.\u00a0Two weeks ago, the merger was approved by an American company.\u00a0The two companies agreed to a merger in August, the Americans offered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n