27th Aug 2020 11:00
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 | 26 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 | 1,492,276 | (0.64) | 1,414,195 | (0.61) |
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 1,386,870 | (0.59) | 324,662 | (0.14) |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) |
Total | 2,879,146 | (1.24) | 1,738,857 | (0.75) |
(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 | 26 | 190.7400 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 190.7400 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 191.9800 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 192.4700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 192.6700 USD |
Purchase | 74 | 194.4550 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 195.0150 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 195.0750 USD |
Purchase | 167 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 200 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 397 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 28 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 62 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 62 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 77 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 152 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 200 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 499 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 58 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 3,986 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 156 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 106 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 16 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 9 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 41 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 98 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 32 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 23 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 21 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 31 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 86 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 19 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 824 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 800 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 270 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 77 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 847 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 397 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 463 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 4,388 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 373 | 195.4400 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 195.4600 USD |
Purchase | 2 | 195.5400 USD |
Purchase | 5 | 195.6100 USD |
Purchase | 3 | 195.6300 USD |
Purchase | 98 | 195.6700 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 195.8900 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 196.2300 USD |
Purchase | 97 | 196.2500 USD |
Purchase | 65 | 196.2600 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 196.5250 USD |
Purchase | 6 | 196.5800 USD |
Purchase | 4 | 196.5800 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 196.8000 USD |
Purchase | 10 | 196.8500 USD |
Purchase | 46 | 196.9700 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.1550 USD |
Purchase | 99 | 197.1800 USD |
Purchase | 100 | 197.1800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 190.3300 USD |
Sale | 9 | 190.4300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 191.9700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.1750 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.2200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.2550 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.2550 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.2750 USD |
Sale | 2 | 192.4700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.5700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.6850 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.6950 USD |
Sale | 100 | 192.7100 USD |
Sale | 640 | 192.8600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 193.9100 USD |
Sale | 1 | 194.2600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.4500 USD |
Sale | 74 | 194.4550 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.5300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.5400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.8000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.8450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 194.9700 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.0150 USD |
Sale | 6 | 195.0750 USD |
Sale | 82 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 500 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 146 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 397 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 392 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 139 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 400 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 416 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 32 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 373 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 21 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 141 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 41 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 400 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 66 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 98 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 62 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 200 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 28 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 627 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 16 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 77 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 9 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 4,388 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 463 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 210 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 230 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 200 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 61 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 168 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 156 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 256 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 198 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 200 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 486 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 94 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 152 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 167 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 86 | 195.4400 USD |
Sale | 31 | 195.4700 USD |
Sale | 69 | 195.4700 USD |
Sale | 6 | 195.5100 USD |
Sale | 47 | 195.5100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5100 USD |
Sale | 41 | 195.5100 USD |
Sale | 6 | 195.5100 USD |
Sale | 80 | 195.5200 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.5200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.5400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.5400 USD |
Sale | 18 | 195.5600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5600 USD |
Sale | 82 | 195.5600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5650 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5700 USD |
Sale | 65 | 195.5800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.5950 USD |
Sale | 98 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 87 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 2 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 3 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6150 USD |
Sale | 55 | 195.6200 USD |
Sale | 13 | 195.6200 USD |
Sale | 32 | 195.6200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6400 USD |
Sale | 1 | 195.6400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6450 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6550 USD |
Sale | 1 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 47 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 53 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6650 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6650 USD |
Sale | 5 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 16 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 1 | 195.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 88 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 45 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6800 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.6900 USD |
Sale | 50 | 195.6900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.6900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.6900 USD |
Sale | 15 | 195.7000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7000 USD |
Sale | 27 | 195.7000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7050 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7150 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7200 USD |
Sale | 15 | 195.7200 USD |
Sale | 85 | 195.7200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7600 USD |
Sale | 167 | 195.7650 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.7800 USD |
Sale | 75 | 195.7900 USD |
Sale | 25 | 195.7900 USD |
Sale | 58 | 195.8200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.8900 USD |
Sale | 10 | 195.8900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.9000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 195.9200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.0300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.1500 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.1500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.1600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.1750 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.1800 USD |
Sale | 7 | 196.2100 USD |
Sale | 3 | 196.2100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.2100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.2200 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.2400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.2450 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.2800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.3950 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.4000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.4100 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.4900 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.5400 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.5800 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.6200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6400 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6550 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6600 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6700 USD |
Sale | 25 | 196.6700 USD |
Sale | 2 | 196.6700 USD |
Sale | 3 | 196.6700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.6850 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.7100 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.7450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.7500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.7500 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.8000 USD |
Sale | 10 | 196.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.8200 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.8300 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.8450 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.9000 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.9700 USD |
Sale | 100 | 196.9800 USD |
Sale | 100 | 197.1700 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 | 23 | 194.5517 USD |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 200 | 194.6000 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 100 | 195.4400 USD |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 62 | 195.4400 USD |
CFD | Increasing a long position | 3,140 | 195.5771 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 55 | 196.1827 USD |
CFD | Reducing a short position | 200 | 196.1840 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 97 | 196.2500 USD |
CFD | Reducing a long position | 65 | 196.2600 USD |
CFD | Increasing a short position | 299 | 197.1716 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 | 27 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 |
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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