ARTISAN PARTNERS: 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)           Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 
Company dealt in                          Willis Towers Watson PLC 
Class of relevant security to which the   US$0.000304635 ordinary shares 
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 
2) 
Date of dealing                           July 7, 2020 
 

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                 3,616,037.00  2.81  0.00    0.00 
(2) Derivatives (other than options)    0.00          0.00  0.00    0.00 
(3) Options and agreements to 
 purchase/sell                          0.00          0.00  0.00    0.00 
Total                                   3,616,037.00  2.81  0.00    0.00 
 
 

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 
 

1. DEALINGS (Note 4)

a. Purchases and sales

 
 
 Purchase/sale   Number of relevant securities   Price per unit (Note 5) 
 
 

b. Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

 
Product name,  Nature of transaction  Number of relevant        Price per unit 
 e.g. CFD       (Note 6)              securities (Note 7)        (Note 5) 
 
 

c. Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

i. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 
Product  Writing,     Number of   Exercise  Type,      Expiry    Option money 
name,    selling,     securities  price     e.g.       date      paid/received 
e.g.     purchasing,  to which              American,            per unit 
call     varying      the option            European             (Note 5) 
option   etc.         relates               etc. 
                      (Note 7) 
 
 

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) 
Transfer of Shares from Artisan Partners    19,529   N/A 
Limited Partnership Control 
 

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.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

 
Date of disclosure                                                July 8, 2020 
Contact name                                                      Gabriel Ceci 
Telephone number                                                  414-390-2058 
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected 
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) 
 
 

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