AVG Announces Update On Key Search Provider Relationship

AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AVG Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG) today announced that the existing agreement with Google has been temporarily extended. 

"We continue to work closely with Google with the goal of signing a mutually beneficial agreement," stated J.R. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of AVG. "Although we continue to make good progress on the terms of the agreement, we have agreed to sign an additional extension to allow time to finalize our negotiations and the subsequent contract documentation and internal approvals."

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Further information on these factors and other risks that may affect the company's business is included in filings AVG makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from time to time, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F, particularly under the heading "Risk Factors".

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