8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2022

Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland	001-16503	98-0352587
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Willis Group Limited, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, England

(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (011) 44-20-3124-6000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.000304635 per share	WTW	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Effective as of January 1, 2022, Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (the ‘Company’ or ‘WTW’) realigned to provide its comprehensive offering of services and solutions to clients across two business segments: Health, Wealth and Career (‘HWC’), and Risk and Broking (‘R&B’). Prior to January 1, 2022, WTW operated across four segments: Human Capital and Benefits; Corporate Risk and Broking; Investment, Risk and Reinsurance; and Benefits Delivery and Administration. Following the realignment, the two new segments consist of the following businesses:

•The HWC segment will include businesses previously aligned under the Human Capital and Benefits segment, the Benefits Delivery and Administration segment, and the Investment business, which was previously under the Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment.

•The R&B segment will include businesses previously aligned under the Corporate Risk and Broking segment, as well as the Insurance Consulting and Technology business, which was previously under the Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment.

These segment disclosures are presented on a continuing operations basis. Certain Investment, Risk and Reinsurance businesses that were part of the results from continuing operations in the historical periods presented were divested in 2020 and 2021. The revenue and income from operations for these businesses have been included as ‘divested businesses’ in the reconciliations between the total segment results and the consolidated results of the Company. The results of the divested Willis Re treaty reinsurance business have been presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for 2021, 2020 and 2019 in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2022, and as such have been excluded from the divested businesses presented in the segment reconciliations.

Exhibit 99.1 furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K contains unaudited financial information for 2021, 2020 and 2019 under the new segment structure. The changes in the segment structure discussed above affect only the manner in which the Company’s revenue, organic revenue, operating income and operating margin results for WTW’s segments were previously reported and have no impact on WTW’s previously reported consolidated financial statements, results of operations or total organic revenue growth.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be ‘filed’ for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Recast segment information
104	Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company
	(Registrant)
Date: March 14, 2022	By:	/s/ Andrew J. Krasner
	Name:	Andrew J. Krasner
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

The following tables present WTW’s Segment Revenue, Operating Income and Operating Margin ($ in millions; unaudited).

	2021															2020															2019
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year
HWC: Revenue	$	1,233		$	1,179		$	1,168		$	1,688		$	5,268		$	1,143		$	1,039		$	1,088		$	1,625		$	4,895		$	1,024		$	987		$	1,048		$	1,527		$	4,586
Operating Income		242			218			241			645			1,346			214			168			216			638			1,236			189			161			209			590			1,149
Operating Margin %		19.6	%		18.6	%		20.6	%		38.2	%		25.6	%		18.7	%		16.2	%		19.7	%		39.2	%		25.2	%		18.5	%		16.4	%		20.0	%		38.6	%		25.0	%
R&B: Revenue	$	924		$	885		$	787		$	968		$	3,564		$	840		$	781		$	724		$	971		$	3,316		$	825		$	771		$	724		$	962		$	3,282
Operating Income		203			204			138			290			835			161			152			94			307			714			157			120			91			282			650
Operating Margin %		21.9	%		23.1	%		17.5	%		30.1	%		23.4	%		19.2	%		19.4	%		13.1	%		31.6	%		21.6	%		19.1	%		15.5	%		12.5	%		29.3	%		19.8	%
Total Segment Revenue	$	2,157		$	2,064		$	1,955		$	2,656		$	8,832		$	1,983		$	1,820		$	1,812		$	2,596		$	8,211		$	1,849		$	1,758		$	1,772		$	2,489		$	7,868
Total Segment Operating Income	$	445		$	422		$	379		$	935		$	2,181		$	375		$	320		$	310		$	945		$	1,950		$	346		$	281		$	300		$	872		$	1,799

	2021															2020															2019
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Full Year
Revenue:
Total segment revenue	$	2,157		$	2,064		$	1,955		$	2,656		$	8,832		$	1,983		$	1,820		$	1,812		$	2,596		$	8,211		$	1,849		$	1,758		$	1,772		$	2,489		$	7,868
Divested businesses		51			9			8			38			106			105			85			79			55			324			108			88			86			91			373
Reimbursable expenses and other		20			18			10			12			60			34			22			6			18			80			33			28			29			39			129
Revenue	$	2,228		$	2,091		$	1,973		$	2,706		$	8,998		$	2,122		$	1,927		$	1,897		$	2,669		$	8,615		$	1,990		$	1,874		$	1,887		$	2,619		$	8,370
Total segment operating income	$	445		$	422		$	379		$	935		$	2,181		$	375		$	320		$	310		$	945		$	1,950		$	346		$	281		$	300		$	872		$	1,799
Divested businesses		(10	)		(19	)		(20	)		25			(24	)		10			(2	)		(11	)		(10	)		(13	)		4			(1	)		1			1			5
Amortization		(103	)		(97	)		(85	)		(84	)		(369	)		(120	)		(119	)		(108	)		(114	)		(461	)		(126	)		(123	)		(118	)		(121	)		(488	)
Restructuring costs		—			—			—			(26	)		(26	)		—			—			—			(24	)		(24	)		—			—			—			—			—
Transaction and integration, net		(24	)		(51	)		952			(71	)		806			(9	)		(14	)		(42	)		(45	)		(110	)		(6	)		—			(6	)		(1	)		(13	)
Provision for significant litigation		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(15	)		(50	)		(65	)		—			—			—			—			—
Unallocated, net		(97	)		(85	)		(95	)		(89	)		(366	)		(116	)		(111	)		(68	)		(123	)		(418	)		(68	)		(56	)		(72	)		(53	)		(249	)
Income from operations		211			170			1,131			690			2,202			140			74			66			579			859			150			101			105			698			1,054
Interest expense		(59	)		(52	)		(50	)		(50	)		(211	)		(61	)		(62	)		(61	)		(60	)		(244	)		(54	)		(56	)		(62	)		(62	)		(234	)
Other income, net		438			74			105			84			701			89			76			156			75			396			55			66			55			50			226
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	$	590		$	192		$	1,186		$	724		$	2,692		$	168		$	88		$	161		$	594		$	1,011		$	151		$	111		$	98		$	686		$	1,046

The following tables present WTW’s historical organic revenue growth (unaudited) as if the segments as they operate today existed at such time. Components of revenue change may not add due to rounding.

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2021		2020		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,233	$	1,143	8%	3%	5%	—%	5%
Risk & Broking		924		840	10%	5%	5%	—%	5%
Total Segments		2,157		1,983	9%	4%	5%	—%	5%
Divested Businesses and     Other		71		139
Total Revenue	$	2,228	$	2,122	5%	4%	1%	(2)%	4%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2021		2020		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,179	$	1,039	13%	4%	9%	—%	9%
Risk & Broking		885		781	13%	5%	8%	—%	9%
Total Segments		2,064		1,820	13%	4%	9%	—%	9%
Divested Businesses and     Other		27		107
Total Revenue	$	2,091	$	1,927	9%	5%	4%	(4)%	8%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2021		2020		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,168	$	1,088	7%	1%	6%	—%	6%
Risk & Broking		787		724	9%	1%	7%	—%	7%
Total Segments		1,955		1,812	8%	1%	7%	—%	7%
Divested Businesses and     Other		18		85
Total Revenue	$	1,973	$	1,897	4%	1%	3%	(4)%	7%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2021		2020		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,688	$	1,625	4%	—%	4%	—%	4%
Risk & Broking		968		971	—%	(1)%	1%	—%	1%
Total Segments		2,656		2,596	2%	(1)%	3%	—%	3%
Divested Businesses and     Other		50		73
Total Revenue	$	2,706	$	2,669	1%	(1)%	2%	(2)%	4%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Years Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2021		2020		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	5,268	$	4,895	8%	2%	6%	—%	6%
Risk & Broking		3,564		3,316	7%	2%	5%	—%	5%
Total Segments		8,832		8,211	8%	2%	6%	—%	6%
Divested Businesses and     Other		166		404
Total Revenue (i)	$	8,998	$	8,615	4%	2%	2%	(3)%	6%

______________

(i) WTW's operations in Russia are primarily within our Risk & Broking segment and comprised approximately 1% of consolidated WTW revenue for 2021.

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2020		2019		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,143	$	1,024	12%	(1)%	13%	9%	4%
Risk & Broking		840		825	2%	(2)%	4%	—%	4%
Total Segments		1,983		1,849	7%	(2)%	9%	5%	4%
Divested Businesses and     Other		139		141
Total Revenue	$	2,122	$	1,990	7%	(2)%	8%	5%	4%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2020		2019		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,039	$	987	5%	(2)%	7%	9%	(2)%
Risk & Broking		781		771	1%	(2)%	4%	—%	3%
Total Segments		1,820		1,758	4%	(2)%	5%	5%	—%
Divested Businesses and     Other		107		116
Total Revenue	$	1,927	$	1,874	3%	(2)%	5%	5%	—%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2020		2019		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,088	$	1,048	4%	1%	3%	3%	—%
Risk & Broking		724		724	—%	—%	—%	—%	(1)%
Total Segments		1,812		1,772	2%	1%	2%	2%	(1)%
Divested Businesses and     Other		85		115
Total Revenue	$	1,897	$	1,887	1%	1%	—%	1%	(2)%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2020		2019		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,625	$	1,527	6%	1%	5%	—%	5%
Risk & Broking		971		962	1%	2%	(1)%	—%	(2)%
Total Segments		2,596		2,489	4%	2%	3%	—%	3%
Divested Businesses and     Other		73		130
Total Revenue	$	2,669	$	2,619	2%	2%	—%	(1)%	2%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Years Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2020		2019		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	4,895	$	4,586	7%	—%	7%	5%	2%
Risk & Broking		3,316		3,282	1%	—%	1%	—%	1%
Total Segments		8,211		7,868	4%	—%	5%	3%	2%
Divested Businesses and     Other		404		502
Total Revenue	$	8,615	$	8,370	3%	—%	3%	2%	1%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2019		2018		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,024	$	1,020	—%	(3)%	4%	—%	4%
Risk & Broking		825		836	(1)%	(5)%	3%	—%	4%
Total Segments		1,849		1,856	—%	(4)%	4%	—%	4%
Divested Businesses and     Other		141		131
Total Revenue	$	1,990	$	1,987	—%	(4)%	4%	—%	4%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended June 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2019		2018		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	987	$	962	3%	(2)%	5%	—%	5%
Risk & Broking		771		754	2%	(3)%	5%	—%	6%
Total Segments		1,758		1,716	2%	(3)%	5%	—%	5%
Divested Businesses and     Other		116		115
Total Revenue	$	1,874	$	1,831	2%	(3)%	5%	—%	5%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2019		2018		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,048	$	972	8%	(2)%	10%	5%	4%
Risk & Broking		724		694	4%	(2)%	7%	—%	7%
Total Segments		1,772		1,666	6%	(2)%	8%	3%	5%
Divested Businesses and     Other		115		92
Total Revenue	$	1,887	$	1,758	7%	(2)%	9%	3%	6%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Three Months Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2019		2018		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	1,527	$	1,291	18%	(1)%	19%	15%	4%
Risk & Broking		962		894	8%	(1)%	9%	—%	9%
Total Segments		2,489		2,185	14%	(1)%	15%	9%	6%
Divested Businesses and     Other		130		127
Total Revenue	$	2,619	$	2,312	13%	(1)%	14%	9%	6%

						Components of Revenue Change
					As	Less:	Constant	Less:
	Years Ended December 31,				Reported	Currency	Currency	Acquisitions/	Organic
	2019		2018		Change	Impact	Change	Divestitures	Change
	($ in millions)
Health, Wealth & Career	$	4,586	$	4,245	8%	(2)%	10%	6%	4%
Risk & Broking		3,282		3,178	3%	(3)%	6%	—%	6%
Total Segments		7,868		7,423	6%	(2)%	8%	3%	5%
Divested Businesses and     Other		502		465
Total Revenue	$	8,370	$	7,888	6%	(3)%	9%	3%	5%

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Document and Entity Information	Mar. 14, 2022
Cover [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC
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Entity Central Index Key	0001140536
Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	Mar. 14, 2022
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	L2
Entity File Number	001-16503
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0352587
Entity Address, Address Line One	c/o Willis Group Limited
Entity Address, Address Line Two	51 Lime Street
Entity Address, City or Town	London
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	EC3M 7DQ
Entity Address, Country	GB
City Area Code	44-20
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Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.000304635 per share
Trading Symbol	WTW
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false