REG-BARCLAYS PLC Form 8.3 - Willis Towers Watson plc

BarclaysAnnouncement

26/10/2020 12:00

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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    ORD                       
     dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)   
     Date of dealing                            23 October 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                                                    
                                                    2,916,468  2.26%  464,657    0.36%  
                                                                                        
 (2)             Derivatives (other than options):                                      
                                                    362,656    0.28%  738,524    0.57%  
                                                                                        
 (3)             Options and agreements to                                              
                 purchase/sell:                     0          0.00%  0          0.00%  
                                                                                        
                 TOTAL:                                                                 
                                                    3,279,124  2.54%  1,203,181  0.93%  
                                                                                        


(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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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales
 Purchase/sale  Number of relevant securities  Price per unit    
 Purchase       34                             209.2950   USD    
 Purchase       35                             210.5600   USD    
 Purchase       100                            207.8900   USD    
 Purchase       100                            209.6000   USD    
 Purchase       100                            209.5400   USD    
 Purchase       172                            209.3306   USD    
 Purchase       200                            209.7600   USD    
 Purchase       275                            208.6118   USD    
 Purchase       360                            209.6802   USD    
 Purchase       372                            209.1310   USD    
 Purchase       605                            209.6979   USD    
 Purchase       693                            209.5645   USD    
 Purchase       982                            209.6012   USD    
 Purchase       1,814                          209.1536   USD    
 Purchase       2,174                          209.3051   USD    
 Purchase       2,192                          208.6739   USD    
 Purchase       2,316                          209.6450   USD    
 Purchase       3,038                          209.3815   USD    
 Purchase       3,147                          209.7931   USD    
 Purchase       3,400                          209.4080   USD    
 Purchase       4,345                          209.7297   USD    
 Purchase       4,754                          209.2242   USD    
 Purchase       5,746                          209.4136   USD    
 Purchase       5,847                          209.5168   USD    
 Purchase       7,506                          209.6281   USD    
 Purchase       9,105                          209.7500   USD    
 Purchase       13,200                         208.2827   USD    
 Purchase       58,668                         209.6144   USD    
 Sale           6                              209.7100   USD    
 Sale           10                             209.2400   USD    
 Sale           35                             210.5600   USD    
 Sale           100                            208.0100   USD    
 Sale           100                            209.8300   USD    
 Sale           100                            209.3500   USD    
 Sale           100                            209.3450   USD    
 Sale           100                            209.6900   USD    
 Sale           100                            208.5400   USD    
 Sale           100                            208.2200   USD    
 Sale           100                            208.1100   USD    
 Sale           120                            208.1350   USD    
 Sale           172                            209.7160   USD    
 Sale           178                            208.0207   USD    
 Sale           200                            207.9900   USD    
 Sale           201                            209.5587   USD    
 Sale           220                            209.6671   USD    
 Sale           315                            209.0601   USD    
 Sale           400                            208.0875   USD    
 Sale           422                            208.8525   USD    
 Sale           475                            209.3200   USD    
 Sale           550                            209.7366   USD    
 Sale           605                            209.6979   USD    
 Sale           624                            209.7323   USD    
 Sale           757                            209.5832   USD    
 Sale           994                            209.4061   USD    
 Sale           1,002                          209.6201   USD    
 Sale           1,076                          209.6873   USD    
 Sale           1,843                          209.7500   USD    
 Sale           1,890                          209.6181   USD    
 Sale           2,064                          208.5655   USD    
 Sale           2,100                          208.2414   USD    
 Sale           2,802                          208.2281   USD    
 Sale           3,071                          209.6550   USD    
 Sale           3,742                          209.2666   USD    
 Sale           4,078                          209.1369   USD    
 Sale           4,393                          209.3416   USD    
 Sale           5,865                          209.5922   USD    
 Sale           6,600                          208.2827   USD    
 Sale           7,954                          209.7244   USD    
 Sale           8,044                          209.7133   USD    
 Sale           13,309                         209.5588   USD    
 Sale           25,029                         209.5839   USD    
 Sale           29,334                         209.6144   USD    


(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
 Product Name  Nature of transaction  Number of relevant securities  Price per         
                                                                     unit              
 SWAP          Short                  25,000                         209.6138   USD    


(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 Product name,      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)  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 e.g. call option                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          


(ii) Exercising
 Product name,      Number of securities  Exercise price per unit (Note 5)  
 
                                                                          
 e.g. call option                                                           
                                                                            


(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note
4)
 Nature of transaction  Details  Price per unit             
 
                               
                          
 (Note 8)                        (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:                                               26 Oct 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                                                          


 



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