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 31 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,802,765

1.40%

473,118

0.37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

Derivatives (other than options):

 

 

 

 

 

 

355,000

0.28%

388,411

0.30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

Options and agreements to

 

 

 

 

 

purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,157,765

1.67%

861,529

0.67%

 

 

 

 

 

(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

4

206.4900 USD

Purchase

5

205.6860 USD

Purchase

14

205.9200 USD

Purchase

18

206.3333 USD

Purchase

18

206.1877 USD

Purchase

22

206.3481 USD

Purchase

24

206.1658 USD

Purchase

26

206.4723 USD

Purchase

26

206.4884 USD

Purchase

26

205.8246 USD

Purchase

50

207.8200 USD

Purchase

75

205.6100 USD

Purchase

75

208.0100 USD

Purchase

100

205.6800 USD

Purchase

194

205.7274 USD

Purchase

200

207.1000 USD

Purchase

230

206.4689 USD

Purchase

241

205.9865 USD

Purchase

290

206.5770 USD

Purchase

300

206.1091 USD

Purchase

300

206.2766 USD

Purchase

316

206.2685 USD

Purchase

422

206.1980 USD

Purchase

424

205.8081 USD

Purchase

569

206.6374 USD

Purchase

576

205.5371 USD

Purchase

944

206.4796 USD

Purchase

1,160

207.0667 USD

Purchase

1,232

206.5006 USD

Purchase

1,236

206.4188 USD

Purchase

1,416

206.3371 USD

Purchase

1,469

205.5422 USD

Purchase

1,826

206.5599 USD

Purchase

1,883

206.6250 USD

Purchase

2,426

206.1086 USD

Purchase

2,949

206.6505 USD

Purchase

3,549

205.9563 USD

Purchase

4,866

206.3633 USD

Purchase

5,421

207.0612 USD

Purchase

5,508

206.1715 USD

Purchase

8,526

206.8890 USD

Purchase

8,674

206.2966 USD

Purchase

11,320

206.5434 USD

Purchase

11,957

205.7296 USD

Purchase

14,411

206.4050 USD

Purchase

16,519

206.5731 USD

Purchase

18,768

206.9622 USD

Purchase

21,944

206.4061 USD

Purchase

30,178

206.5429 USD

Purchase

46,533

205.5300 USD

Purchase

80,232

206.0039 USD

Purchase

152,987

206.6161 USD

Purchase

152,987

206.6162 USD

Sale

1

207.2200 USD

Sale

9

206.5788 USD

Sale

40

206.0700 USD

Sale

50

205.6700 USD

Sale

100

205.8500 USD

Sale

200

206.4825 USD

Sale

250

206.2360 USD

Sale

253

206.0803 USD

Sale

260

206.8796 USD

Sale

375

206.6326 USD

Sale

400

206.4937 USD

Sale

478

206.1611 USD

Sale

490

207.0463 USD

Sale

500

207.0420 USD

Sale

527

206.2470 USD

Sale

576

205.5371 USD

Sale

815

205.8012 USD

Sale

900

206.1483 USD

Sale

900

206.3744 USD

Sale

1,160

207.0667 USD

Sale

1,221

206.2074 USD

Sale

1,300

205.8018 USD

Sale

1,455

206.1265 USD

Sale

1,500

206.8006 USD

Sale

1,500

206.8210 USD

Sale

1,853

205.8480 USD

Sale

1,880

206.0085 USD

Sale

1,971

205.9950 USD

Sale

2,410

205.8693 USD

Sale

2,416

206.4108 USD

Sale

2,734

206.0026 USD

Sale

3,420

206.1128 USD

Sale

3,463

205.5473 USD

Sale

3,800

207.2597 USD

Sale

3,913

205.9547 USD

Sale

4,275

207.2651 USD

Sale

4,490

207.4256 USD

Sale

4,699

206.9956 USD

Sale

4,777

206.3276 USD

Sale

5,175

206.2472 USD

Sale

5,258

206.2686 USD

Sale

5,303

206.6384 USD

Sale

7,770

206.2023 USD

Sale

8,776

207.2973 USD

Sale

9,058

206.3147 USD

Sale

9,247

205.8200 USD

Sale

9,527

206.5196 USD

Sale

10,888

206.1940 USD

Sale

16,668

206.6387 USD

Sale

21,944

206.4061 USD

Sale

21,944

206.4062 USD

Sale

23,705

206.5088 USD

Sale

28,938

206.5504 USD

Sale

30,689

206.3349 USD

Sale

40,043

205.8879 USD

Sale

48,122

205.5300 USD

Sale

98,276

206.6703 USD

Sale

152,987

206.6161 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:

1 Sep 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: 710280
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20200901T134807+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC