Last checked at 8 Jul 2021 11:16
FORM 8.1(a)&(b)(i)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b)(i) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREES OR PARTIES ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THEM FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) | GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC |
Company dealt in | AON PLC |
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note2) | Ordinary |
Date of dealing | 07 July 2021 |
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 | 234,690 | (0.10) | 2,701,640 | (1.19) |
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 3,626,366 | (1.60) | 328,758 | (0.14) |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 0 | (0.00) | 1,600 | (0.00) |
Total | 3,861,056 | (1.71) | 3,031,998 | (1.34) |
(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 |
|
|
|
|
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale | Number of relevant securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
Purchase | 100 | 237.4400 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 237.4800 USD |
Purchase | 25 | 237.6000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 237.6100 USD |
Purchase | 99 | 237.6500 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 237.6500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 237.7600 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 237.7750 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 237.7750 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 237.8100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 237.8250 USD |
Purchase | 14 | 237.9600 USD |
Purchase | 86 | 237.9600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.0000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.0000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.0200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.2100 USD |
Purchase | 12 | 238.2200 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 238.2200 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 238.2200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.2200 USD |
Purchase | 75 | 238.2200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.2500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.2500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.2750 USD |
Purchase | 84 | 238.3600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.3650 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.4400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.4650 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.4900 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 238.5400 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.5500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.5500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.5550 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.6050 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.6400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.6500 USD |
Purchase | 28 | 238.6500 USD |
Purchase | 72 | 238.6500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.6500 USD |
Purchase | 90 | 238.6700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.6800 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 238.6800 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 238.6800 USD |
Purchase | 85 | 238.6850 USD |
Purchase | 15 | 238.6850 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.6900 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 238.6950 USD |
Purchase | 32 | 238.7000 USD |
Purchase | 51 | 238.7000 USD |
Purchase | 17 | 238.7000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.7100 USD |
Purchase | 17 | 238.7100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.7200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.7300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.7650 USD |
Purchase | 78 | 238.7700 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 238.7800 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 238.8200 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.8200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8300 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8300 USD |
Purchase | 87 | 238.8300 USD |
Purchase | 86 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 114 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 22 | 238.8400 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.8600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8600 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 238.8600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8700 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 238.8700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8700 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.8800 USD |
Purchase | 18 | 238.8800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.8800 USD |
Purchase | 90 | 238.8800 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.8800 USD |
Purchase | 32 | 238.8850 USD |
Purchase | 24 | 238.8850 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.8900 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9100 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9200 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 238.9300 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 238.9400 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 238.9400 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9500 USD |
Purchase | 41 | 238.9500 USD |
Purchase | 59 | 238.9500 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.9600 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 238.9600 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.9600 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 238.9600 USD |
Purchase | 33 | 238.9600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9650 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.9700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.9700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 238.9700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9800 USD |
Purchase | 99 | 238.9900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 238.9950 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0000 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.0000 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 239.0000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.0050 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 45 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 64 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 21 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 44 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 48 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 59 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 239.0100 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0150 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 87 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 30 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0300 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0300 USD |
Purchase | 67 | 239.0400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0450 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 239.0450 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 14 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 43 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 109 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 181 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 29 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 268 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 333 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 71 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 109 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 15 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 19 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 43 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 4,005 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 200 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 202 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 22 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 359 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 490 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 107 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 1,682 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 1,463 | 239.0500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 58 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 22 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 96 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 11 | 239.0700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.0900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.1000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.1000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.1000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1050 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1050 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.1100 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 239.1100 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.1100 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.1200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1200 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.1200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1300 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.1500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1600 USD |
Purchase | 30 | 239.1700 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.1900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1950 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.1950 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2050 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2100 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2200 USD |
Purchase | 30 | 239.2500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.2800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3100 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 239.3300 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 239.3300 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 239.3500 USD |
Purchase | 80 | 239.3500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3550 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3700 USD |
Purchase | 36 | 239.3800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.3950 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.4000 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 239.4000 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.4100 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4100 USD |
Purchase | 94 | 239.4200 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 239.4200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.4300 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4300 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4350 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4500 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 239.4500 USD |
Purchase | 14 | 239.4500 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4600 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 239.4600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4600 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 239.4600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4750 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 239.4750 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.4900 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.4900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.5000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5050 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 239.5100 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.5100 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5125 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 239.5150 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.5200 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.5300 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 239.5400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 239.5400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.5900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 239.6050 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 239.6200 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 239.6200 USD |
Sale | 1 | 237.4500 USD |
Sale | 1 | 237.4600 USD |
Sale | 2 | 237.5500 USD |
Sale | 2 | 237.6000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.6100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.6700 USD |
Sale | 200 | 237.6700 USD |
Sale | 43 | 237.7000 USD |
Sale | 57 | 237.7000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.7150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.7150 USD |
Sale | 1 | 237.8500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 237.9600 USD |
Sale | 2 | 237.9600 USD |
Sale | 24 | 237.9800 USD |
Sale | 6 | 238.0700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 238.0700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 238.0700 USD |
Sale | 3 | 238.0700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.1200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.2100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.2200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.2750 USD |
Sale | 1 | 238.3000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 238.3500 USD |
Sale | 84 | 238.3600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.3650 USD |
Sale | 99 | 238.3800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.3900 USD |
Sale | 88 | 238.4100 USD |
Sale | 6 | 238.4400 USD |
Sale | 31 | 238.4400 USD |
Sale | 4 | 238.4400 USD |
Sale | 65 | 238.4400 USD |
Sale | 90 | 238.4600 USD |
Sale | 3 | 238.4600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 238.4800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 238.4850 USD |
Sale | 50 | 238.5050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.5200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.6050 USD |
Sale | 50 | 238.8400 USD |
Sale | 50 | 238.8500 USD |
Sale | 11 | 238.8600 USD |
Sale | 30 | 238.8600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.8800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.9000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.9000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.9000 USD |
Sale | 1 | 238.9100 USD |
Sale | 27 | 238.9300 USD |
Sale | 73 | 238.9300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.9400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 238.9500 USD |
Sale | 97 | 238.9700 USD |
Sale | 3 | 238.9800 USD |
Sale | 17 | 238.9900 USD |
Sale | 20 | 239.0000 USD |
Sale | 50 | 239.0000 USD |
Sale | 30 | 239.0000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 239.0050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0200 USD |
Sale | 7 | 239.0300 USD |
Sale | 58 | 239.0300 USD |
Sale | 42 | 239.0300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 239.0300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 239.0300 USD |
Sale | 1 | 239.0400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0400 USD |
Sale | 6 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 359 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 202 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 490 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 279 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 498 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 268 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 694 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 329 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 14 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 43 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 6 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 482 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 549 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 15 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 646 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 333 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 223 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 43 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 109 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 477 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 4,005 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 544 | 239.0500 USD |
Sale | 36 | 239.0700 USD |
Sale | 5 | 239.0700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 239.0700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.0700 USD |
Sale | 53 | 239.0900 USD |
Sale | 47 | 239.0900 USD |
Sale | 76 | 239.1100 USD |
Sale | 24 | 239.1100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 239.1200 USD |
Sale | 70 | 239.1300 USD |
Sale | 30 | 239.1400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.2100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.2200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.2200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.2250 USD |
Sale | 79 | 239.3100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.4400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.4500 USD |
Sale | 3 | 239.4500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.4600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 239.5000 USD |
Sale | 1 | 239.5400 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) |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 1 | 237.4500 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 6 | 238.4400 USD |
CFD | Opening a long position | 13 | 238.5992 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 1,487 | 238.6967 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 451 | 238.7898 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,409 | 239.1983 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) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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 6) | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) |
|
|
|
4. 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 | 08 July 2021 |
Contact name | Paul Grainger and Kashif Rafiq |
Telephone number | +44(20) 7552 9835 / +44(20) 7051 0547 |
Name of offeree/offeror with which associated | WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC |
Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) | Advisor to Offeree |
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
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name,e.g. call option | Written or purchased | Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates | Exercise price (Note 2) | Type, e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date |
Put Option | Purchased | 1,600 | 210.0000 USD | AMER | 20/08/2021 |
Swap | Sold | 411 | 0.0000 | N/A | 24/08/2021 |
Swap | Sold | 603 | 0.0000 | N/A | 27/09/2021 |
Swap | Sold | 860 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/10/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 16,821 | 0.0000 | N/A | 23/05/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 18,398 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/03/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 41,694 | 0.0000 | N/A | 23/05/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 63,684 | 0.0000 | N/A | 23/05/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 97,986 | 0.0000 | N/A | 23/05/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 150,090 | 0.0000 | N/A | 24/03/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 150,161 | 0.0000 | N/A | 25/03/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 1,224,907 | 0.0000 | N/A | 23/05/2022 |