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Form 38.5 (b) - Aon PLC
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RNS Number : 3538D
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
27 October 2020
FORM 38.5(b)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997,
TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNIZED INTERMEDIARY
STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
1.
KEY INFORMATION
Name of exempt principal trader
BofA Securities, Inc.
Company dealt in
Aon PLC
Class of relevant security to which the
dealings being disclosed relate(Note 1)
Common - IE00BLP1HW54
Date of dealing
26/10/2020
2.
INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a)
Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security
dealt in (Note 2)
Class of relevant security: Common
IE00BLP1HW54
Long
Short
Number
%
Number
%
(1)
Relevant securities
176,924
0.077%
432,570
0.189 %
(2)
Derivatives (other than options):
296,860
0.130%
176,664
0.077%
(3)
Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0%
0
0%
Total
473,784
0.207%
609,234
0.266%
(b)
Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the
class dealt in (Note 2)
Class of relevant security:
Long
Short
Number
%
Number
%
(1)
Relevant securities
0
0%
0
0%
(2)
Derivatives (other than options):
0
0%
0
0%
(3)
Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0%
0
0%
Total
0
0%
0
0%
3.
DEALINGS (Note 3)
(a)
Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale
Number of relevant securities
Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase
20
201.43 USD
Purchase
10,260
202.1 USD
Purchase
124
202.17 USD
Purchase
1
202.01 USD
Purchase
1
202.15 USD
Purchase
16
202.17 USD
Purchase
1
202.21 USD
Purchase
1
202.24 USD
Purchase
1
202.31 USD
Purchase
658
202.454 USD
Purchase
100
202.719 USD
Purchase
1
204.7 USD
Purchase
1
205.42 USD
Purchase/sale
Number of relevant securities
Price per unit (Note 4)
Sale
108
200.78 USD
Sale
101
201.17 USD
Sale
20
201.43 USD
Sale
1
201.47 USD
Sale
7
201.48 USD
Sale
1
201.5 USD
Sale
199
201.77 USD
Sale
2
201.82 USD
Sale
108
201.89 USD
Sale
107
201.92 USD
Sale
6
201.97 USD
Sale
158
201.98 USD
Sale
3
201.99 USD
Sale
8
202.03 USD
Sale
100
202.07 USD
Sale
8
202.08 USD
Sale
6
202.09 USD
Sale
10,261
202.1 USD
Sale
107
202.11 USD
Sale
100
202.12 USD
Sale
1
202.13 USD
Sale
500
202.17 USD
Sale
178
202.18 USD
Sale
23
202.19 USD
Sale
185
202.2 USD
Sale
111
202.21 USD
Sale
8
202.24 USD
Sale
100
202.25 USD
Sale
48
202.34 USD
Sale
1
204 USD
Sale
1
204.55 USD
(b)
Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product name,
e.g. CFD
Nature of transaction
(Note 5)
Number of relevant securities (Note 6)
Price per unit
(Note 4)
Swaps
Increasing a short position
2
204.275 USD
Swaps
Increasing a short position
658
202.461USD
Swaps
Increasing a long position
10,260
202.080 USD
Swaps
Increasing a long position
2
204.275 USD
Swaps
Reducing a long position
100
202.719 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 4)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii)
Exercising
Product name,
e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per
unit (Note 4)
N/A
N/A
N/A
(d)
Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)
Nature or transaction (Note 7)
Details
Price per unit
(if applicable) (Note 4)
Borrow
Borrow of 500 shares
N/A
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 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8)
No
Date of disclosure
27/10/2020
Contact name
Tolu Tade
Telephone number
+44207 996 3410
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected
Willis Towers Watson PLC
Nature of connection (Note 9)
Advisor to - Willis Towers Watson PLC
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