UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 23, 2018. WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual General Meeting of Shareholders For holders as of: March 27, 2018 Date: May 23, 2018 Time: 7:30 a.m. GMT Location: The Shelbourne Hotel 27 St. Stephen's Green Dublin 2, Ireland E43486-P04853 WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 200 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10281 For directions to the Annual General Meeting, please contact Willis Towers Watson's corporate office at +1 (212) 915-8888. You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

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E43488-P04853 Voting Items The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: 1. Elect directors. 1a. Anna C. Catalano 1b. Victor F. Ganzi 1c. John J. Haley 1d. Wendy E. Lane 1e. James F. McCann 1f. Brendan R. O'Neill 1g. Jaymin B. Patel 1h. Linda D. Rabbitt 1i. Paul Thomas 1j. Wilhelm Zeller 2. Ratify, on an advisory basis, the appointment of (i) Deloitte & Touche LLP to audit our financial statements and (ii) Deloitte LLP to audit our Irish Statutory Accounts, and authorize, in a binding vote, the Board, acting through the Audit & Risk Committee, to fix the independent auditors’ remuneration. 3. Approve, on an advisory basis, the named executive officer compensation. 4. Renew the Board’s existing authority to issue shares under Irish law. 5. Renew the Board’s existing authority to opt out of statutory pre-emption rights under Irish law. NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.