Last checked at 11 May 2021 11:50
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 | 10 May 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 | ||||
1,696,781 | 1.32% | 183,952 | 0.14% | ||
(2) | Derivatives (other than options): | ||||
72,359 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
(3) | Options and agreements to | ||||
| purchase/sell: | 6,100 | 0.00% | 6,100 | 0.00% | |
| TOTAL: | |||||
1,775,240 | 1.38% | 190,052 | 0.15% | ||
(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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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
| Purchase/sale | Number of relevant securities | Price per unit |
| Purchase | 2 | 269.9000 USD |
| Purchase | 4 | 270.0585 USD |
| Purchase | 6 | 271.6200 USD |
| Purchase | 15 | 268.0000 USD |
| Purchase | 100 | 270.9400 USD |
| Purchase | 100 | 269.3400 USD |
| Purchase | 100 | 268.9700 USD |
| Purchase | 200 | 269.0350 USD |
| Purchase | 200 | 269.4350 USD |
| Purchase | 201 | 271.2635 USD |
| Purchase | 202 | 268.8990 USD |
| Purchase | 211 | 271.2093 USD |
| Purchase | 314 | 269.3227 USD |
| Purchase | 400 | 268.8692 USD |
| Purchase | 400 | 269.5200 USD |
| Purchase | 471 | 269.8436 USD |
| Purchase | 612 | 268.8901 USD |
| Purchase | 1,200 | 269.0391 USD |
| Purchase | 1,210 | 271.2778 USD |
| Purchase | 1,451 | 268.9450 USD |
| Purchase | 1,535 | 269.1147 USD |
| Purchase | 2,063 | 269.8957 USD |
| Purchase | 3,131 | 269.5106 USD |
| Purchase | 3,712 | 269.0729 USD |
| Purchase | 4,453 | 269.4805 USD |
| Purchase | 4,702 | 269.3644 USD |
| Purchase | 4,809 | 269.6670 USD |
| Purchase | 10,279 | 269.1893 USD |
| Purchase | 10,400 | 269.5879 USD |
| Purchase | 10,558 | 269.9276 USD |
| Purchase | 11,741 | 268.9367 USD |
| Purchase | 17,642 | 268.8800 USD |
| Sale | 1 | 269.6875 USD |
| Sale | 3 | 270.1633 USD |
| Sale | 5 | 271.1300 USD |
| Sale | 6 | 270.0585 USD |
| Sale | 15 | 268.0000 USD |
| Sale | 42 | 269.7300 USD |
| Sale | 100 | 270.3300 USD |
| Sale | 100 | 271.3700 USD |
| Sale | 100 | 271.5600 USD |
| Sale | 161 | 269.5868 USD |
| Sale | 200 | 270.0450 USD |
| Sale | 200 | 269.6700 USD |
| Sale | 219 | 270.4804 USD |
| Sale | 221 | 268.7853 USD |
| Sale | 300 | 270.8150 USD |
| Sale | 376 | 269.1044 USD |
| Sale | 400 | 270.0775 USD |
| Sale | 553 | 269.5234 USD |
| Sale | 554 | 270.0512 USD |
| Sale | 600 | 269.4216 USD |
| Sale | 832 | 271.1062 USD |
| Sale | 899 | 269.7746 USD |
| Sale | 1,500 | 269.6148 USD |
| Sale | 2,022 | 269.5700 USD |
| Sale | 2,133 | 269.8366 USD |
| Sale | 2,313 | 269.9912 USD |
| Sale | 2,424 | 269.6740 USD |
| Sale | 2,830 | 269.5626 USD |
| Sale | 2,925 | 269.7494 USD |
| Sale | 3,163 | 269.4790 USD |
| Sale | 3,306 | 269.5681 USD |
| Sale | 3,500 | 269.0042 USD |
| Sale | 3,868 | 269.5000 USD |
| Sale | 4,101 | 269.8197 USD |
| Sale | 11,741 | 268.9367 USD |
| Sale | 16,093 | 268.8810 USD |
| Sale | 17,371 | 268.8800 USD |
| Sale | 22,442 | 269.2094 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) |
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(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 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure | 11 May 2021 |
Contact name | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations |
Telephone number | 020 3134 7213 |
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected |
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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 | |||||
| Put Options | Purchased | -100 | 220.0000 | American | Jul 16, 2021 |
| Call Options | Purchased | 100 | 240.0000 | American | Jul 16, 2021 |
| 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.
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