FORM 8.3
IRISH TAKEOVER
PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER
RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES,
2007 (AS AMENDED)
DEALINGS BY
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
1. KEY
INFORMATION
| Name
of person dealing (Note 1) |
Magnetar
Financial (UK) LLP |
|
Company dealt in |
Willis
Towers Watson plc |
| Class
of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate
(Note 2) |
US$0.000304635 ordinary shares |
| Date
of dealing |
March 30,
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: |
Willis
Towers Watson plc
ISIN: IE00BDB6Q211 |
|
Interests |
Short
positions |
|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| (1) Relevant
security |
933,437 |
0.73% |
|
|
| (2) Derivatives
(other than options): |
368,259 |
0.29% |
|
|
| (3)
Options and agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL: |
1,301,696 |
1.02% |
|
|
(b) Interests and short
positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the
class dealt in (Note 3)
| Class of relevant
security: |
|
|
Interests |
Short
positions |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| (1) Relevant
security |
|
|
|
|
| (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 |
36,531 |
170.0854 |
|
|
|
(b) Derivatives
transactions (other than options transactions)
Product
description
e.g. CFD |
Nature of
transaction (Note 6) |
Number of relevant
securities (Note 7) |
Price per unit
(Note 5) |
| Swap |
Increasing a
long |
12,500 |
169.2218 |
| Swap |
Increasing a
long |
2,800 |
169.0617 |
(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 option relates |
Exercise
price |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry
date |
Option money paid/
received per unit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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. (Note4)
Nature of
transaction
(Note 8) |
Details |
Price per unit (if
applicable) (Note 5) |
|
|
|
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) |
NO |
| Date
of disclosure: |
March
31, 2020 |
|
Contact name: |
Julianna Ethell |
|
Telephone number: |
847-905-4688 |
| If a
connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which
connected |
|
| If a
connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) |
|