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)

The Baupost Group, L.L.C.

Company dealt in

Willis Towers Watson plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

Ordinary Shares: IE00BDB6Q211

Date of dealing

12/05/21

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

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

 

Long

Short

 

Number

 

(%)

Number

 

(%)

(1) Relevant securities

2,395,328 1.86%

 

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

N/A

 

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

N/A

 

Total

2,395,328 1.86%

 

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

N/A

 

 

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

N/A

 

 

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

N/A

 

Total

N/A

 

 

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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

a. Purchases and sales

 

Purchase/sale

 

Number of relevant securities

 

Price per unit (Note 5)

Sale

100

 

USD 265.67

Sale

2,717

USD 266.24

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)

N/A

 

 

 

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)

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

ii. Exercising

Product name,

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

N/A

 

 

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)

N/A

 

 

 

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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) NO

Date of disclosure

13/05/21

Contact name

Jack Cohen

Telephone number

00(1) 617-210-8300

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

N/A

If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)

N/A

 

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 737322
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20210513T145627+0100

Contacts

The Baupost Group

Contacts

The Baupost Group