Form 8.3 - WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC

LONDON--()-- 

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 06 August 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

1,486,257

1.15%

465,203

0.36%

 

(2)

Derivatives (other than options):

355,000

0.28%

383,659

0.30%

 

(3)

Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 
TOTAL:

1,841,257

1.43%

848,862

0.66%

 

(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

 

 

 

1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit

Purchase

7

199.9300 USD

Purchase

14

199.9250 USD

Purchase

21

199.5566 USD

Purchase

21

199.6600 USD

Purchase

29

199.6941 USD

Purchase

40

199.8780 USD

Purchase

49

199.5957 USD

Purchase

77

199.5690 USD

Purchase

91

199.8161 USD

Purchase

94

199.6741 USD

Purchase

100

199.0600 USD

Purchase

107

202.2466 USD

Purchase

110

201.3770 USD

Purchase

128

201.6180 USD

Purchase

200

202.2700 USD

Purchase

400

200.0000 USD

Purchase

600

199.5143 USD

Purchase

746

200.1489 USD

Purchase

822

199.9500 USD

Purchase

1,338

199.7696 USD

Purchase

1,941

199.9365 USD

Purchase

2,006

200.4402 USD

Purchase

4,090

199.9545 USD

Purchase

6,501

199.9209 USD

Purchase

10,978

199.9178 USD

Purchase

26,496

200.0037 USD

Purchase

60,490

200.4354 USD

Sale

12

202.3600 USD

Sale

25

199.9876 USD

Sale

31

200.6054 USD

Sale

32

200.6046 USD

Sale

51

200.6437 USD

Sale

57

200.1794 USD

Sale

67

199.6771 USD

Sale

72

200.6915 USD

Sale

83

199.9496 USD

Sale

89

199.8210 USD

Sale

93

198.9900 USD

Sale

98

200.2294 USD

Sale

100

199.9700 USD

Sale

100

199.5000 USD

Sale

137

200.4193 USD

Sale

200

202.2700 USD

Sale

207

199.4540 USD

Sale

209

199.9010 USD

Sale

300

199.3333 USD

Sale

300

200.1133 USD

Sale

304

200.5385 USD

Sale

390

199.7148 USD

Sale

400

199.6600 USD

Sale

444

199.6835 USD

Sale

480

199.7417 USD

Sale

507

200.8142 USD

Sale

630

201.0495 USD

Sale

700

200.1114 USD

Sale

822

199.9500 USD

Sale

1,000

199.7305 USD

Sale

1,000

199.9712 USD

Sale

1,100

200.6677 USD

Sale

1,196

199.7940 USD

Sale

1,409

200.6972 USD

Sale

1,785

200.4904 USD

Sale

2,100

199.9430 USD

Sale

2,795

200.7046 USD

Sale

2,916

200.5771 USD

Sale

3,253

200.2922 USD

Sale

3,496

200.4283 USD

Sale

3,686

200.1170 USD

Sale

3,965

200.8416 USD

Sale

4,457

199.9151 USD

Sale

5,234

199.8052 USD

Sale

5,421

199.7679 USD

Sale

6,886

201.0121 USD

Sale

9,037

199.9779 USD

Sale

23,810

200.0242 USD

Sale

26,010

200.3245 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)

 

 

 

 

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:

7 Aug 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: 705728
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20200807T111036+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC