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Form 8.1(a) - AON PLC
RNS
RNS Number : 6402D
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
29 October 2020
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
28 October 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
1,628
(0.00)
56,702
(0.02)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
1,633,694
(0.71)
364,735
(0.15)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
0
(0.00)
0
(0.00)
Total
1,635,322
(0.71)
421,437
(0.18)
(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
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale
Number of relevant securities
Price per unit (Note 5)
Purchase
100
192.5800 USD
Purchase
126
192.6300 USD
Purchase
1
192.9800 USD
Purchase
1
193.0600 USD
Purchase
9
193.0700 USD
Purchase
2
193.1800 USD
Purchase
23
193.2600 USD
Purchase
5
193.4200 USD
Purchase
2
193.5100 USD
Purchase
100
193.5700 USD
Purchase
100
193.5800 USD
Purchase
14
193.6000 USD
Purchase
100
193.6900 USD
Purchase
100
193.7200 USD
Purchase
3
193.7500 USD
Purchase
29
193.8400 USD
Purchase
71
193.8400 USD
Purchase
100
193.9050 USD
Purchase
64
194.0600 USD
Purchase
73
194.1000 USD
Purchase
27
194.1000 USD
Purchase
100
194.1100 USD
Purchase
100
194.1450 USD
Purchase
26
194.1500 USD
Purchase
74
194.1500 USD
Purchase
53
194.1600 USD
Purchase
100
194.1700 USD
Purchase
100
194.1800 USD
Purchase
85
194.2000 USD
Purchase
15
194.2000 USD
Purchase
32
194.2200 USD
Purchase
100
194.2500 USD
Purchase
100
194.2700 USD
Purchase
45
194.2800 USD
Purchase
94
194.2800 USD
Purchase
100
194.2900 USD
Purchase
100
194.3100 USD
Purchase
100
194.3200 USD
Purchase
6
194.3200 USD
Purchase
25
194.3300 USD
Purchase
100
194.5000 USD
Purchase
100
194.5800 USD
Purchase
19
194.6400 USD
Purchase
140
194.6400 USD
Purchase
22
194.6400 USD
Purchase
81
194.6400 USD
Purchase
131
194.7000 USD
Purchase
502
194.7000 USD
Purchase
2,780
194.7000 USD
Purchase
9,591
194.7000 USD
Purchase
417
194.7000 USD
Purchase
288
194.7000 USD
Purchase
110
194.7000 USD
Purchase
461
194.7000 USD
Purchase
75
194.7000 USD
Purchase
324
194.7000 USD
Purchase
89
194.7000 USD
Purchase
100
194.7000 USD
Purchase
1,862
194.7000 USD
Purchase
90
194.7000 USD
Purchase
140
194.7000 USD
Purchase
757
194.7000 USD
Purchase
113
194.7000 USD
Purchase
300
194.7000 USD
Purchase
8
194.7000 USD
Purchase
12,568
194.7000 USD
Purchase
288
194.7000 USD
Purchase
204
194.7000 USD
Purchase
76
194.7000 USD
Purchase
6
194.7000 USD
Purchase
151
194.7000 USD
Purchase
110
194.7000 USD
Purchase
72
194.7000 USD
Purchase
1,000
194.7000 USD
Purchase
324
194.7000 USD
Purchase
200
194.7000 USD
Purchase
54
194.7000 USD
Purchase
1,387
194.7000 USD
Purchase
37
194.7000 USD
Purchase
1,163
194.7000 USD
Purchase
134
194.7000 USD
Purchase
2,480
194.7000 USD
Purchase
272
194.7010 USD
Purchase
100
194.7100 USD
Purchase
27
194.7200 USD
Purchase
1
194.7300 USD
Purchase
100
194.8550 USD
Purchase
50
194.9100 USD
Purchase
100
194.9200 USD
Purchase
1
194.9300 USD
Purchase
54
194.9300 USD
Purchase
50
194.9400 USD
Purchase
100
195.0300 USD
Purchase
8
195.0600 USD
Purchase
100
195.1200 USD
Purchase
100
195.1700 USD
Purchase
100
195.2400 USD
Purchase
5
195.2400 USD
Purchase
100
195.2500 USD
Purchase
100
195.2900 USD
Purchase
100
195.3900 USD
Purchase
100
195.5700 USD
Purchase
13
195.6800 USD
Purchase
13
196.2900 USD
Purchase
1
196.3900 USD
Sale
100
192.5100 USD
Sale
100
192.5100 USD
Sale
93
192.5100 USD
Sale
7
192.5100 USD
Sale
100
192.6200 USD
Sale
126
192.6300 USD
Sale
50
192.6500 USD
Sale
100
192.8700 USD
Sale
100
193.1400 USD
Sale
2
193.1800 USD
Sale
100
193.2100 USD
Sale
23
193.2600 USD
Sale
100
193.3000 USD
Sale
80
193.3100 USD
Sale
100
193.3300 USD
Sale
100
193.3400 USD
Sale
100
193.3600 USD
Sale
100
193.3700 USD
Sale
100
193.3700 USD
Sale
20
193.4050 USD
Sale
100
193.4100 USD
Sale
13
193.4100 USD
Sale
5
193.4200 USD
Sale
100
193.4300 USD
Sale
100
193.4300 USD
Sale
100
193.4300 USD
Sale
100
193.4300 USD
Sale
100
193.4500 USD
Sale
100
193.4500 USD
Sale
100
193.4500 USD
Sale
100
193.4600 USD
Sale
100
193.4900 USD
Sale
100
193.5300 USD
Sale
100
193.5350 USD
Sale
100
193.5600 USD
Sale
100
193.5800 USD
Sale
14
193.6000 USD
Sale
22
193.6200 USD
Sale
78
193.6200 USD
Sale
100
193.6950 USD
Sale
98
193.7000 USD
Sale
100
193.7100 USD
Sale
3
193.7500 USD
Sale
1
193.7500 USD
Sale
178
194.1300 USD
Sale
158
194.1300 USD
Sale
700
194.1300 USD
Sale
133
194.1300 USD
Sale
200
194.1300 USD
Sale
100
194.1300 USD
Sale
15
194.1300 USD
Sale
16
194.1300 USD
Sale
100
194.1400 USD
Sale
100
194.1450 USD
Sale
100
194.1500 USD
Sale
100
194.1900 USD
Sale
32
194.2200 USD
Sale
50
194.2400 USD
Sale
43
194.2400 USD
Sale
100
194.2600 USD
Sale
50
194.2600 USD
Sale
5
194.2700 USD
Sale
79
194.2900 USD
Sale
100
194.3200 USD
Sale
100
194.3900 USD
Sale
100
194.4100 USD
Sale
94
194.4300 USD
Sale
6
194.4400 USD
Sale
100
194.4500 USD
Sale
100
194.4950 USD
Sale
100
194.5000 USD
Sale
100
194.6600 USD
Sale
100
194.7000 USD
Sale
280
194.7000 USD
Sale
1,862
194.7000 USD
Sale
1,000
194.7000 USD
Sale
2,780
194.7000 USD
Sale
300
194.7000 USD
Sale
40
194.7000 USD
Sale
8
194.7000 USD
Sale
1,387
194.7000 USD
Sale
12,568
194.7000 USD
Sale
76
194.7000 USD
Sale
324
194.7000 USD
Sale
204
194.7000 USD
Sale
2,480
194.7000 USD
Sale
288
194.7000 USD
Sale
100
194.7000 USD
Sale
31
194.7000 USD
Sale
417
194.7000 USD
Sale
2,280
194.7000 USD
Sale
151
194.7000 USD
Sale
16,169
194.7000 USD
Sale
200
194.7000 USD
Sale
100
194.7000 USD
Sale
131
194.7000 USD
Sale
113
194.7000 USD
Sale
1,050
194.7000 USD
Sale
151
194.7000 USD
Sale
89
194.7000 USD
Sale
72
194.7000 USD
Sale
25
194.7000 USD
Sale
134
194.7000 USD
Sale
3,275
194.7000 USD
Sale
54
194.7000 USD
Sale
1,163
194.7000 USD
Sale
25
194.7000 USD
Sale
1
194.7300 USD
Sale
100
194.9200 USD
Sale
400
194.9850 USD
Sale
97
195.0200 USD
Sale
3
195.0200 USD
Sale
8
195.0600 USD
Sale
80
195.0950 USD
Sale
20
195.0950 USD
Sale
100
195.2600 USD
Sale
100
195.6000 USD
Sale
6
195.8400 USD
Sale
56
195.8900 USD
Sale
33
195.8900 USD
Sale
76
195.8900 USD
Sale
100
195.9600 USD
Sale
4
196.0000 USD
Sale
83
196.1400 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
637
193.2876 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
540
193.2930 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
1,123
193.2930 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
41
193.9590 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
88
193.9615 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
48
193.9704 USD
CFD
Reducing a short position
5
194.2700 USD
CFD
Increasing a short position
6
194.7000 USD
CFD
Reducing a short position
56
194.7000 USD
CFD
Reducing a long position
719
194.7000 USD
CFD
Reducing a long position
9
194.7000 USD
CFD
Reducing a long position
29
194.7000 USD
CFD
Reducing a short position
6
195.8400 USD
CFD
Increasing a long position
232
195.9202 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)
(ii) Exercising
Product name,e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
(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)
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
29 October 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
723
0.0000
N/A
04/01/2021
Swap
Sold
860
0.0000
N/A
21/10/2021
Swap
Sold
1,562
0.0000
N/A
27/02/2023
Swap
Purchased
15,465
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
Swap
Purchased
17,140
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
Swap^
Sold
42,000
0.0000
N/A
02/11/2020
Swap
Purchased
46,818
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
Swap
Purchased
58,667
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
Swap
Purchased
75,008
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
Swap
Purchased
1,033,594
0.0000
N/A
21/04/2021
^Please note this product is part of a basket of securities for which AON PLC is a component
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