Form 8.3 - Willis Towers Watson plc

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1) Barclays PLC.
Company dealt in WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC
Class of relevant security to which the ORD
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 22 May 2020

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:

ORD

 

 

Long

Short

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities

 

 

 

 

843,988

0.66%

597,153

0.46%

 

 

 

 

(2)

Derivatives (other than options):

 

 

 

 

560,000

0.43%

394,363

0.31%

 

 

 

 

(3)

Options and agreements to

 

 

 

 

purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

 

 

1,403,988

1.09%

991,516

0.77%

 

 

 

 

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:

Long

Short

 

Number

 

(%)

Number

 

(%)

(1) Relevant securities

 

 

 

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

 

 

 

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

 

 

Total

 

 

 

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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale

Number of relevant securities

Price per unit
Purchase

1

199.1500 USD
Purchase

3

198.4366 USD
Purchase

4

198.5350 USD
Purchase

6

200.1600 USD
Purchase

13

198.8665 USD
Purchase

16

198.5681 USD
Purchase

17

199.1600 USD
Purchase

18

198.8250 USD
Purchase

19

198.6968 USD
Purchase

19

198.6639 USD
Purchase

19

198.7455 USD
Purchase

22

198.5563 USD
Purchase

40

198.9982 USD
Purchase

100

198.6100 USD
Purchase

100

198.2000 USD
Purchase

184

198.7782 USD
Purchase

568

198.6982 USD
Purchase

601

198.7059 USD
Purchase

780

197.8889 USD
Purchase

1,000

198.6550 USD
Purchase

1,111

199.2869 USD
Purchase

1,298

198.9009 USD
Purchase

1,500

198.5633 USD
Purchase

2,868

198.5433 USD
Purchase

3,425

198.6053 USD
Purchase

4,218

198.5100 USD
Purchase

5,407

198.7254 USD
Purchase

5,451

198.7116 USD
Purchase

11,453

198.5796 USD
Purchase

31,050

198.6993 USD
Purchase

99,136

198.5818 USD
Sale

1

199.0300 USD
Sale

2

199.0575 USD
Sale

2

197.8200 USD
Sale

2

198.7850 USD
Sale

5

198.8260 USD
Sale

6

197.7250 USD
Sale

10

198.6730 USD
Sale

11

198.5154 USD
Sale

12

198.7016 USD
Sale

13

198.5738 USD
Sale

17

199.1600 USD
Sale

61

197.8213 USD
Sale

75

197.9045 USD
Sale

100

198.8050 USD
Sale

100

198.3200 USD
Sale

100

198.8400 USD
Sale

100

198.2000 USD
Sale

100

198.9400 USD
Sale

101

198.8846 USD
Sale

103

198.9000 USD
Sale

107

198.0704 USD
Sale

150

198.9066 USD
Sale

150

198.5733 USD
Sale

151

198.8002 USD
Sale

198

198.7605 USD
Sale

200

198.8700 USD
Sale

204

198.7471 USD
Sale

300

198.9605 USD
Sale

350

199.0614 USD
Sale

386

198.5643 USD
Sale

407

198.7969 USD
Sale

496

198.6568 USD
Sale

502

198.6665 USD
Sale

600

198.5966 USD
Sale

694

198.4858 USD
Sale

800

198.9096 USD
Sale

914

198.8439 USD
Sale

1,000

198.6550 USD
Sale

1,000

198.4647 USD
Sale

1,050

199.3282 USD
Sale

1,194

198.8214 USD
Sale

1,301

198.6530 USD
Sale

3,291

198.5138 USD
Sale

3,409

198.9374 USD
Sale

3,516

198.7064 USD
Sale

3,744

198.5412 USD
Sale

4,207

198.7003 USD
Sale

4,700

198.7095 USD
Sale

4,954

198.6629 USD
Sale

7,453

198.4590 USD
Sale

9,789

198.5100 USD
Sale

10,943

198.5905 USD
Sale

11,646

198.6753 USD
Sale

11,933

198.5628 USD
Sale

41,578

198.6908 USD
Sale

46,389

198.5530 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name,

e.g. CFD

Nature of transaction

(Note 6)

Number of relevant securities

(Note 7)

Price per unit

(Note 5)

 

 

 

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)

Exercise price

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Exercising

Product name,

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

 

 

 

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction

(Note 8)

Details

Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

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2. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure:

25 May 2020

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection

 

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 700510
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20200525T113553+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC