20th Aug 2020 11:17
FORM 8.1(a)&(b)(i)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b)(i) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREES OR PARTIES ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THEM FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) | GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC |
Company dealt in | AON PLC |
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note2) | Ordinary |
Date of dealing | 19 August 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 | 1,521,788 | (0.65) | 1,498,248 | (0.64) |
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 1,375,998 | (0.59) | 323,952 | (0.14) |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 156,600 | (0.06) | 0 | (0.00) |
Total | 3,054,386 | (1.32) | 1,822,200 | (0.78) |
(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 |
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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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Total |
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale | Number of relevant securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
Purchase | 8 | 195.0000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 195.0800 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 196.2900 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 196.2900 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 196.4000 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 196.4100 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 196.9700 USD |
Purchase | 12 | 197.0150 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 197.1400 USD |
Purchase | 23 | 197.3850 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 197.5500 USD |
Purchase | 27 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 421 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 962 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 38 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 163 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 111 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 27 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 210 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 79 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,700 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 83 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 24 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 50,000 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 2,780 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 84 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,150 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,237 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 285 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 2,800 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,538 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 2,500 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 3,597 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 280 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 373 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,579 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 45 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 158 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 4,400 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 40 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,903 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 234 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 1,495 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 197.5700 USD |
Purchase | 3,285 | 197.5710 USD |
Purchase | 33 | 197.6700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.7500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.7600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.8900 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 197.9000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.9000 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 197.9300 USD |
Purchase | 81 | 197.9300 USD |
Purchase | 74 | 197.9600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.9700 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 198.0000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.0000 USD |
Purchase | 63 | 198.0100 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 198.0200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.0300 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 198.0600 USD |
Purchase | 15 | 198.0800 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 198.0800 USD |
Purchase | 85 | 198.0800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.0800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.0900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 198.0950 USD |
Purchase | 50 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 11 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 12 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 11 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 81 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 16 | 198.1000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.1100 USD |
Purchase | 97 | 198.1400 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 198.1900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 198.2000 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 198.3400 USD |
Purchase | 27 | 198.6800 USD |
Sale | 84 | 195.6100 USD |
Sale | 15 | 196.3700 USD |
Sale | 5 | 196.3700 USD |
Sale | 20 | 196.6600 USD |
Sale | 20 | 196.8900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.0400 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.1200 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.1400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 197.1600 USD |
Sale | 9 | 197.1600 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.1800 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.1900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.2200 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.2200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.2600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.2900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.3200 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.3500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.3500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.3500 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.3700 USD |
Sale | 97 | 197.3850 USD |
Sale | 7 | 197.4400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.5200 USD |
Sale | 16 | 197.5200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 25,600 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 6,400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,560 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 3 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,203 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 373 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 2,800 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 2,500 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 254 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 8 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 75 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 27 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 111 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 167 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 92 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 6 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 83 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 38 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 12 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 99 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 4,100 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 436 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 280 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,600 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 200 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 90 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 135 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 5 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 3 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,903 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 7 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 201 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,150 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 176 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 151 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 7,408 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 800 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 50,000 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 62 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 20,618 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 3,400 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 460 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1,538 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 173 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 300 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 77 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 27 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 285 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 16 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 404 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 200 | 197.5700 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.5800 USD |
Sale | 20 | 197.6800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.6900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.7400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.7800 USD |
Sale | 300 | 197.8400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.8600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.8700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.8800 USD |
Sale | 3 | 197.9000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9000 USD |
Sale | 98 | 197.9000 USD |
Sale | 2 | 197.9100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9200 USD |
Sale | 58 | 197.9250 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9250 USD |
Sale | 200 | 197.9250 USD |
Sale | 200 | 197.9250 USD |
Sale | 34 | 197.9300 USD |
Sale | 1 | 197.9300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9500 USD |
Sale | 74 | 197.9600 USD |
Sale | 26 | 197.9600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9600 USD |
Sale | 146 | 197.9700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.9700 USD |
Sale | 51 | 197.9750 USD |
Sale | 3 | 197.9750 USD |
Sale | 96 | 197.9900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0100 USD |
Sale | 66 | 198.0100 USD |
Sale | 34 | 198.0100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0200 USD |
Sale | 23 | 198.0200 USD |
Sale | 56 | 198.0200 USD |
Sale | 21 | 198.0200 USD |
Sale | 50 | 198.0200 USD |
Sale | 49 | 198.0300 USD |
Sale | 23 | 198.0300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0300 USD |
Sale | 28 | 198.0300 USD |
Sale | 92 | 198.0400 USD |
Sale | 87 | 198.0600 USD |
Sale | 13 | 198.0600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.0800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 198.0950 USD |
Sale | 11 | 198.1200 USD |
Sale | 89 | 198.1200 USD |
Sale | 48 | 198.1300 USD |
Sale | 52 | 198.1300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.2100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 198.2100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 198.2200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.2400 USD |
Sale | 96 | 198.2600 USD |
Sale | 4 | 198.2600 USD |
Sale | 300 | 198.3250 USD |
Sale | 100 | 198.3500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 198.4000 USD |
Sale | 200 | 198.4800 USD |
Sale | 300 | 198.5800 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) |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 8 | 195.0000 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 21 | 196.3919 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 6 | 196.4050 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 6 | 197.0150 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 3 | 197.0150 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 326 | 197.1682 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 26 | 197.3423 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 40 | 197.3850 USD |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 40 | 197.3850 USD |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 97 | 197.3850 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 42 | 197.5700 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 4 | 197.5700 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 73 | 197.5700 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 43 | 197.5700 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 33 | 198.2076 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 10 | 198.2100 USD |
CFD | Opening a long position | 100 | 198.2600 USD |
(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 6) | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) |
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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) YES
Date of disclosure | 20 August 2020 |
Contact name | Kashif Rafiq and Papa Lette |
Telephone number | +44(20) 7051 0547 / +44(20) 7774 7442 |
Name of offeree/offeror with which associated | WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC |
Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) | Advisor to Offeror |
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
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name,e.g. call option | Written or purchased | Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates | Exercise price (Note 2) | Type, e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date |
Call Option | Purchased | 83,700 | 200.0000 USD | AMER | 21/08/2020 |
Put Option | Sold | 72,900 | 200.0000 USD | AMER | 21/08/2020 |
Swap | Sold | 113 | 0.0000 | N/A | 18/09/2020 |
Swap | Sold | 860 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/10/2020 |
Swap | Purchased | 14,977 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 16,526 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 46,116 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 57,477 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 73,418 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 1,011,616 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
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