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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	ORD
Date of dealing	3 FEB 2021

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
		2,320,622	1.80%	610,191	0.47%
(2)	Derivatives (other than options):
		273,127	0.21%	441,267	0.34%
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:	6,000	0.00%	6,000	0.00%
	TOTAL:
		2,599,749	2.02%	1,057,458	0.82%

(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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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of relevant securities	Price per unit
Purchase	2	207.1500 USD
Purchase	4	210.9200 USD
Purchase	14	206.5800 USD
Purchase	20	208.4000 USD
Purchase	42	205.9966 USD
Purchase	60	206.3233 USD
Purchase	76	206.0382 USD
Purchase	98	206.0642 USD
Purchase	100	206.0900 USD
Purchase	100	207.1900 USD
Purchase	100	205.7000 USD
Purchase	102	206.0623 USD
Purchase	112	205.8525 USD
Purchase	121	207.3761 USD
Purchase	126	205.9166 USD
Purchase	202	208.2825 USD
Purchase	284	205.9912 USD
Purchase	300	208.8300 USD
Purchase	400	206.1200 USD
Purchase	1,001	207.7268 USD
Purchase	1,213	208.2098 USD
Purchase	1,287	206.2268 USD
Purchase	2,970	206.4256 USD
Purchase	3,636	208.4574 USD
Purchase	5,202	208.0771 USD
Purchase	6,203	207.0779 USD
Purchase	6,506	206.2044 USD
Purchase	10,504	206.2000 USD
Purchase	35,600	208.8150 USD
Sale	1	208.0400 USD
Sale	1	207.8750 USD
Sale	1	206.8400 USD
Sale	2	208.0350 USD
Sale	2	207.9950 USD
Sale	3	207.2750 USD
Sale	8	209.8500 USD
Sale	13	207.3184 USD
Sale	14	206.1000 USD
Sale	22	208.4800 USD
Sale	150	207.8800 USD
Sale	154	208.1020 USD
Sale	184	208.1882 USD
Sale	200	208.2850 USD
Sale	204	208.2858 USD
Sale	280	208.0771 USD
Sale	293	208.1039 USD
Sale	300	208.8300 USD
Sale	357	206.5615 USD
Sale	375	208.0373 USD
Sale	379	208.0396 USD
Sale	400	208.0425 USD
Sale	400	206.1200 USD
Sale	1,148	208.3656 USD
Sale	1,266	206.2071 USD
Sale	1,921	208.0792 USD
Sale	2,541	206.2074 USD
Sale	3,044	206.8156 USD
Sale	3,515	208.4358 USD
Sale	3,620	206.3916 USD
Sale	7,251	207.1555 USD
Sale	12,236	206.2000 USD
Sale	35,600	208.8150 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 attached? (Note 9) YES

Date of disclosure	4 FEB 2021
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 (Note 10)

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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name	Written or	Number of	Exercise	Type	Expiry
	purchased	relevant securities	price		date
		to which the option
		or derivative
		relates
Call Options	Purchased	6,000	220.0000	American	Jul 16, 2021
Put Options	Purchased	-6,000	200.0000	American	Jul 16, 2021

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.