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Barclays PLC Major Shareholding Notification 2021
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Form 8.3 - Willis Towers Watson plc
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 | 14 Apr 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 | ||||
| 1,677,106 | 1.30% | 163,297 | 0.13% | ||
| (2) | Derivatives (other than options): | ||||
| 72,359 | 0.06% | 7,100 | 0.01% | ||
| (3) | Options and agreements to | ||||
| purchase/sell: | 6,100 | 0.00% | 6,100 | 0.00% | |
| TOTAL: | |||||
| 1,755,565 | 1.36% | 176,497 | 0.14% | ||
(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 | 5 | 237.3440 USD |
| Purchase | 7 | 235.3900 USD |
| Purchase | 8 | 239.0937 USD |
| Purchase | 12 | 235.8775 USD |
| Purchase | 42 | 236.2204 USD |
| Purchase | 51 | 235.8023 USD |
| Purchase | 56 | 235.8678 USD |
| Purchase | 58 | 235.6253 USD |
| Purchase | 64 | 235.9362 USD |
| Purchase | 76 | 235.5476 USD |
| Purchase | 76 | 240.8700 USD |
| Purchase | 77 | 235.8690 USD |
| Purchase | 83 | 235.7892 USD |
| Purchase | 100 | 235.5600 USD |
| Purchase | 155 | 239.2000 USD |
| Purchase | 200 | 238.9300 USD |
| Purchase | 209 | 241.8300 USD |
| Purchase | 224 | 236.0219 USD |
| Purchase | 300 | 236.5500 USD |
| Purchase | 300 | 240.8016 USD |
| Purchase | 370 | 238.5872 USD |
| Purchase | 371 | 238.0567 USD |
| Purchase | 451 | 235.5121 USD |
| Purchase | 774 | 236.9382 USD |
| Purchase | 855 | 236.2344 USD |
| Purchase | 1,000 | 238.1910 USD |
| Purchase | 1,100 | 236.7709 USD |
| Purchase | 1,604 | 236.3604 USD |
| Purchase | 1,867 | 239.5670 USD |
| Purchase | 2,045 | 236.7200 USD |
| Purchase | 2,866 | 238.5869 USD |
| Purchase | 4,699 | 236.8501 USD |
| Purchase | 5,248 | 237.3696 USD |
| Purchase | 5,510 | 237.5461 USD |
| Purchase | 7,974 | 238.9447 USD |
| Purchase | 8,057 | 238.9449 USD |
| Purchase | 14,982 | 236.7064 USD |
| Purchase | 20,769 | 237.8905 USD |
| Purchase | 30,011 | 236.7199 USD |
| Sale | 1 | 238.0100 USD |
| Sale | 2 | 235.6300 USD |
| Sale | 2 | 236.3000 USD |
| Sale | 3 | 239.4400 USD |
| Sale | 3 | 237.8366 USD |
| Sale | 5 | 241.6200 USD |
| Sale | 5 | 238.7880 USD |
| Sale | 5 | 238.3250 USD |
| Sale | 7 | 239.0671 USD |
| Sale | 9 | 239.1766 USD |
| Sale | 11 | 237.4222 USD |
| Sale | 11 | 237.4536 USD |
| Sale | 11 | 237.8590 USD |
| Sale | 12 | 237.4262 USD |
| Sale | 12 | 238.3404 USD |
| Sale | 14 | 237.3650 USD |
| Sale | 14 | 237.3625 USD |
| Sale | 81 | 241.5776 USD |
| Sale | 100 | 240.2300 USD |
| Sale | 139 | 241.6320 USD |
| Sale | 376 | 240.8155 USD |
| Sale | 456 | 237.8567 USD |
| Sale | 667 | 236.7726 USD |
| Sale | 1,496 | 241.0443 USD |
| Sale | 2,131 | 237.0729 USD |
| Sale | 4,330 | 237.8283 USD |
| Sale | 6,425 | 237.4071 USD |
| Sale | 6,552 | 236.5907 USD |
| Sale | 7,600 | 239.0107 USD |
| Sale | 8,306 | 238.9146 USD |
| Sale | 11,238 | 236.7200 USD |
| Sale | 30,025 | 236.7206 USD |
| Sale | 32,607 | 237.5811 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
| Product Name | Nature of transaction | Number of relevant securities | Price per |
| unit | |||
| SWAP | Long | 1 | 392,651,420.0000 USD |
| 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 (Open Positions) attached? | YES |
| Date of disclosure: | 15 Apr 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 |
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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