LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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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 | 14 September 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 | ||||
2,201,774 |
1.71% |
466,519 |
0.36% |
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(2) |
Derivatives (other than options): |
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587,000 |
0.46% |
393,389 |
0.31% |
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(3) |
Options and agreements to |
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| purchase/sell: | 0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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2,788,774 |
2.16% |
859,908 |
0.67% |
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(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 |
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Number |
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Number |
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(1) Relevant securities |
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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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Total |
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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
| Purchase/sale | Number of relevant securities |
Price per unit |
| Purchase | 2 |
209.0300 USD |
| Purchase | 8 |
207.5500 USD |
| Purchase | 100 |
206.6200 USD |
| Purchase | 100 |
206.4400 USD |
| Purchase | 110 |
206.6381 USD |
| Purchase | 142 |
206.2000 USD |
| Purchase | 190 |
206.6447 USD |
| Purchase | 200 |
206.4200 USD |
| Purchase | 200 |
206.8525 USD |
| Purchase | 200 |
206.6650 USD |
| Purchase | 213 |
206.8061 USD |
| Purchase | 216 |
207.2812 USD |
| Purchase | 400 |
207.6025 USD |
| Purchase | 500 |
207.2120 USD |
| Purchase | 596 |
206.3141 USD |
| Purchase | 700 |
206.4722 USD |
| Purchase | 1,291 |
206.2434 USD |
| Purchase | 2,700 |
206.8059 USD |
| Purchase | 2,717 |
207.0879 USD |
| Purchase | 2,736 |
206.2836 USD |
| Purchase | 2,775 |
207.5690 USD |
| Purchase | 2,818 |
207.2543 USD |
| Purchase | 2,992 |
206.7092 USD |
| Purchase | 2,993 |
206.3457 USD |
| Purchase | 3,891 |
207.7450 USD |
| Purchase | 8,777 |
207.5228 USD |
| Purchase | 24,381 |
206.9532 USD |
| Purchase | 39,895 |
206.6483 USD |
| Purchase | 218,487 |
206.9656 USD |
| Sale | 1 |
209.0800 USD |
| Sale | 1 |
205.7400 USD |
| Sale | 2 |
209.0300 USD |
| Sale | 2 |
207.5200 USD |
| Sale | 2 |
207.2200 USD |
| Sale | 3 |
208.0066 USD |
| Sale | 18 |
207.4000 USD |
| Sale | 202 |
206.2000 USD |
| Sale | 212 |
206.8112 USD |
| Sale | 401 |
207.0516 USD |
| Sale | 1,281 |
206.2303 USD |
| Sale | 1,872 |
206.3607 USD |
| Sale | 2,376 |
206.6886 USD |
| Sale | 2,743 |
207.2250 USD |
| Sale | 2,775 |
207.5690 USD |
| Sale | 2,977 |
207.1409 USD |
| Sale | 3,494 |
207.4649 USD |
| Sale | 4,093 |
207.6284 USD |
| Sale | 5,189 |
206.3560 USD |
| Sale | 6,200 |
207.7723 USD |
| Sale | 7,676 |
207.0016 USD |
| Sale | 8,170 |
206.3401 USD |
| Sale | 10,114 |
207.2660 USD |
| Sale | 11,430 |
207.0438 USD |
| Sale | 12,862 |
206.6279 USD |
| Sale | 13,017 |
206.9786 USD |
| Sale | 13,112 |
207.0432 USD |
| Sale | 15,718 |
207.1430 USD |
| Sale | 17,397 |
207.0054 USD |
| Sale | 17,921 |
206.6591 USD |
| Sale | 20,769 |
207.0171 USD |
| Sale | 27,549 |
206.6635 USD |
| Sale | 110,728 |
206.9488 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
| Product Name | Nature of transaction | Number of relevant securities | Price per |
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| SWAP | Long | 1 |
151,341,250.0000 USD |
(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) |
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(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit (Note 5) |
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(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: | 15 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 |