18th Mar 2021 09:57
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 | 17 March 2021 |
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 | 321,488 | (0.13) | 1,973,050 | (0.85) |
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 3,023,820 | (1.30) | 326,646 | (0.14) |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) |
Total | 3,345,308 | (1.44) | 2,299,696 | (0.99) |
(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 | 100 | 225.5750 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 225.6000 USD |
Purchase | 16 | 225.6500 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.7700 USD |
Purchase | 35 | 225.7700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.7800 USD |
Purchase | 259 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 41 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 980 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 25 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 9,946 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 682 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 15,054 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 182 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 409 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 357 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 341 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 76 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 400 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 250 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 270 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 7,049 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 400 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 2,544 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 340 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 19 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 400 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 552 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 39 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 7,049 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 492 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 300 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 124 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 60 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 47 | 225.7900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8100 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 225.8100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8100 USD |
Purchase | 26 | 225.8100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 225.8300 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 225.8300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.8900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.9000 USD |
Purchase | 92 | 225.9300 USD |
Purchase | 108 | 225.9300 USD |
Purchase | 16 | 225.9300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 225.9600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0000 USD |
Purchase | 28 | 226.0100 USD |
Purchase | 20 | 226.0100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0100 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0200 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0350 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.0600 USD |
Purchase | 39 | 226.0900 USD |
Purchase | 38 | 226.0900 USD |
Purchase | 22 | 226.0900 USD |
Purchase | 1 | 226.0900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1000 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.1950 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.2700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.3000 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 226.3080 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.3300 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.3400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.3600 USD |
Purchase | 7 | 226.3600 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.3900 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 226.5100 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 226.6000 USD |
Purchase | 8 | 227.0300 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 227.3500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.3500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.5000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.5050 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.5100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.5500 USD |
Sale | 99 | 225.5600 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.5600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.5750 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.5850 USD |
Sale | 6 | 225.5900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.5950 USD |
Sale | 94 | 225.5950 USD |
Sale | 20 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 17 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 60 | 225.6000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.6300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6350 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6400 USD |
Sale | 16 | 225.6500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.6900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.6950 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7000 USD |
Sale | 94 | 225.7100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7200 USD |
Sale | 99 | 225.7200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7300 USD |
Sale | 6 | 225.7350 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7400 USD |
Sale | 14 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 4 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 41 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 11 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 3 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 54 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.7500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 13 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 75 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 25 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 75 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7600 USD |
Sale | 4 | 225.7700 USD |
Sale | 17 | 225.7700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7700 USD |
Sale | 41 | 225.7800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7800 USD |
Sale | 36 | 225.7800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7850 USD |
Sale | 9 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 185 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 9 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 60 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 47 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 28 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 76 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 188 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 124 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1,623 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 23,050 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 105 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 980 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 39 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 250 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 94 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 275 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 409 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 60 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 559 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 3 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 78 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1,204 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 7,049 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 188 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 34 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 22 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 64 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 3 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 182 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 19 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 188 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 146 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 502 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 682 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 400 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 32 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 682 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 115 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 310 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 26 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 552 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 492 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 50 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 5 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 41 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 341 | 225.7900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7950 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.7950 USD |
Sale | 92 | 225.8000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8000 USD |
Sale | 66 | 225.8000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8100 USD |
Sale | 55 | 225.8100 USD |
Sale | 45 | 225.8100 USD |
Sale | 81 | 225.8100 USD |
Sale | 40 | 225.8100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8250 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 40 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 3 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 20 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 50 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 60 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 80 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 7 | 225.8300 USD |
Sale | 32 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 2 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.8400 USD |
Sale | 60 | 225.8450 USD |
Sale | 67 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 38 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 62 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 33 | 225.8500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8550 USD |
Sale | 12 | 225.8650 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8700 USD |
Sale | 68 | 225.8750 USD |
Sale | 59 | 225.8750 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8750 USD |
Sale | 27 | 225.8800 USD |
Sale | 50 | 225.8800 USD |
Sale | 50 | 225.8800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8850 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8850 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8900 USD |
Sale | 73 | 225.8900 USD |
Sale | 27 | 225.8900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8950 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.8950 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.8950 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9050 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9250 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9300 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.9300 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9350 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9550 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9550 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9600 USD |
Sale | 30 | 225.9600 USD |
Sale | 16 | 225.9600 USD |
Sale | 54 | 225.9600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9650 USD |
Sale | 10 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 69 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 9 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 31 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.9800 USD |
Sale | 1 | 225.9900 USD |
Sale | 9 | 225.9900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 225.9900 USD |
Sale | 42 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 58 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 42 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 58 | 226.0000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0150 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0150 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0250 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0300 USD |
Sale | 87 | 226.0400 USD |
Sale | 13 | 226.0400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0500 USD |
Sale | 7 | 226.0600 USD |
Sale | 93 | 226.0600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.0700 USD |
Sale | 58 | 226.0700 USD |
Sale | 42 | 226.0700 USD |
Sale | 36 | 226.0800 USD |
Sale | 64 | 226.0800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.0850 USD |
Sale | 11 | 226.1000 USD |
Sale | 27 | 226.1100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.1100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.1150 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.1150 USD |
Sale | 20 | 226.1150 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.1200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.1300 USD |
Sale | 56 | 226.1400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.1400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.1400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.1500 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.1500 USD |
Sale | 75 | 226.1500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.1600 USD |
Sale | 98 | 226.1700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.1700 USD |
Sale | 2 | 226.1700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.1800 USD |
Sale | 2 | 226.1800 USD |
Sale | 98 | 226.1800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.1950 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.2200 USD |
Sale | 96 | 226.2300 USD |
Sale | 61 | 226.2500 USD |
Sale | 8 | 226.2500 USD |
Sale | 3 | 226.2500 USD |
Sale | 28 | 226.2500 USD |
Sale | 65 | 226.2600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.3000 USD |
Sale | 3 | 226.3080 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.3300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.3600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.3700 USD |
Sale | 20 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 80 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 98 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.4100 USD |
Sale | 82 | 226.4200 USD |
Sale | 18 | 226.4200 USD |
Sale | 62 | 226.4300 USD |
Sale | 38 | 226.4300 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.4500 USD |
Sale | 86 | 226.4500 USD |
Sale | 9 | 226.4500 USD |
Sale | 4 | 226.4500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.4700 USD |
Sale | 6 | 226.5300 USD |
Sale | 26 | 226.5300 USD |
Sale | 68 | 226.5300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.5800 USD |
Sale | 2 | 226.6200 USD |
Sale | 98 | 226.6200 USD |
Sale | 27 | 226.6200 USD |
Sale | 1 | 226.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.6700 USD |
Sale | 66 | 226.7500 USD |
Sale | 34 | 226.7500 USD |
Sale | 90 | 226.8400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 226.8400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 226.9200 USD |
Sale | 42 | 227.5100 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 long position | 310 | 225.7900 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,880 | 225.9224 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 200 | 225.9950 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 8 | 227.0300 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 | 18 March 2021 |
Contact name | Paul Grainger and Kashif Rafiq |
Telephone number | +44(20) 7552 9835 / +44(20) 7051 0547 |
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 |
Swap | Sold | 620 | 0.0000 | N/A | 26/05/2021 |
Swap | Sold | 802 | 0.0000 | N/A | 31/03/2021 |
Swap | Sold | 860 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/10/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 15,465 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 17,140 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/03/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 21,168 | 0.0000 | N/A | 31/01/2022 |
Swap | Purchased | 38,947 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 59,581 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 77,222 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
Swap | Purchased | 1,054,805 | 0.0000 | N/A | 21/04/2021 |
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