0001418812-16-000125.txt : 20160405 0001418812-16-000125.hdr.sgml : 20160405 20160404200600 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001418812-16-000125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160405 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160404 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001140536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-78073 FILM NUMBER: 161552758 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ BUSINESS PHONE: 44-20-3124-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010514 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VA Partners I, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001418812 IRS NUMBER: 421745536 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE STREET 2: BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94129 BUSINESS PHONE: 415-362-3700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE STREET 2: BUILDING D, 4TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94129 SC 13D 1 wltw13d040416.txt SCHEDULE 13D ============================================================================= UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company ------------------------------------------------ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock ------------------------------------------------ (Title of Class of Securities) G96629103 ------------------------------------------------ (CUSIP Number) Allison Bennington, Esq. ValueAct Capital One Letterman Drive, Building D, Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94129 (415) 362-3700 ------------------------------------------------ (Name, address and telephone number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) March 31, 2016 ------------------------------------------------ (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box [ ]. Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. This information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). ============================================================================= SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 2 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)* WC* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION British Virgin Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Item 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 3 of 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) VA Partners I, LLC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS* 00* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON 00 (LLC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Item 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 4 of 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS* 00* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Item 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 5 of 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS* 00* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON 00 (LLC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Item 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 6 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS* 00* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Items 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 7 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS* 00* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 NUMBER OF ---------------------------------------------------------- SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8,108,015** OWNED BY EACH ---------------------------------------------------------- PERSON WITH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 8,108,015** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON 00 (LLC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See Item 3 **See Items 2 and 5 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 8 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 1. Security and Issuer This Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock, nominal value $0.000304635 per share (the "Common Stock") of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company, an Irish company (the "Issuer"). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is c/o Willis Group Limited, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, England. Item 2. Identity and Background This statement is filed jointly by (a) ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. ("ValueAct Master Fund"), (b) VA Partners I, LLC ("VA Partners I"), (c) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. ("ValueAct Management L.P."), (d) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC ("ValueAct Management LLC"), (e) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. ("ValueAct Holdings") and (f) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC ("ValueAct Holdings GP")(collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). ValueAct Master Fund is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. It has a principal business address of One Letterman Drive, Building D, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94129. VA Partners I is a Delaware limited liability company, the principal business of which is to serve as the General Partner to ValueAct Master Fund. It has a principal business address of One Letterman Drive, Building D, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94129. ValueAct Management L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership which renders management services to ValueAct Master Fund. ValueAct Management LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, the principal business of which is to serve as the General Partner to ValueAct Management L.P. Each has a principal business address of One Letterman Drive, Building D, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94129. ValueAct Holdings is a Delaware limited partnership and is the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Management L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Management LLC and is the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I. ValueAct Holdings GP is a Delaware limited liability company, the principal business of which is to serve as the General Partner to ValueAct Holdings. Each has a principal business address of One Letterman Drive, Building D, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94129. (d) and (e). None of the entities or persons identified in this Item 2 has during the past five years been convicted of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration The source of funds used for the purchase of the Number of Forward Shares was the working capital of ValueAct Master Fund. The aggregate funds used by these Reporting Persons to make such purchases were $49,960,080. SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 9 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 4. Purpose of Transaction The Reporting Persons purchased the securities of the Issuer reported herein based on their belief that the securities are undervalued and represent an attractive investment opportunity. Jeffrey W. Ubben, the chief executive officer of ValueAct Holdings and ValueAct Holdings GP, serves on the board of directors of the Issuer. The Reporting Persons intend to have conversations with members of the Issuer's management and board of directors to discuss ways to enhance shareholder value. The topics of these conversations will cover a range of issues, including those relating to the business of the Issuer, management, board composition, operations, capital allocation, asset allocation, capitalization, dividend policy, financial condition, mergers and acquisitions strategy, overall business strategy, executive compensation, and corporate governance. The Reporting Persons may also have similar conversations with other stockholders of the Issuer and other interested parties, such as industry analysts, existing or potential strategic partners or competitors, investment professionals, and other investors. The Reporting Persons may at any time reconsider and change their intentions relating to the foregoing. The Reporting Persons may also take one or more of the actions described in subsections (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D and may discuss such actions with the Issuer's management and the board of directors, other stockholders of the Issuer, and other interested parties, such as those set out above. The Reporting Persons intend to review their investments in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors, including, without limitation, the Issuer's financial position and strategic direction, the outcome of the discussions and actions referenced above, actions taken by the Issuer's board of directors, price levels of the Common Stock, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, conditions in the securities market and general economic and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons may in the future take actions with respect to its investment position in the Issuer as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, purchasing additional Common Stock or selling some of all of its Common Stock, and/or engaging in hedging or similar transactions with respect to the Common Stock. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer (a) and (b). Set forth below is the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer for each person named in Item 2. Shares reported as beneficially owned by ValueAct Master Fund are also reported as beneficially owned by (i) ValueAct Management L.P. as the manager of each such investment partnership, (ii) ValueAct Management LLC, as General Partner of ValueAct Management L.P., (iii) ValueAct Holdings, as the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Management L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Management LLC and as the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I and (iv) ValueAct Holdings GP, as General Partner of ValueAct Holdings. Shares reported as beneficially owned SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 10 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- by ValueAct Master Fund are also reported as beneficially owned by VA Partners I, as General Partner of ValueAct Master Fund. VA Partners I, ValueAct Management L.P., ValueAct Management LLC, ValueAct Holdings and ValueAct Holdings GP also, directly or indirectly, may own interests in one or more than one of the partnerships from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated below, by reason of such relationship ValueAct Master Fund is reported as having shared power to vote or to direct the vote, and shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of, such shares of Common Stock, with VA Partners I (only with respect to ValueAct Master Fund), ValueAct Management L.P., ValueAct Management LLC, ValueAct Holdings and ValueAct Holdings GP. As of the date hereof, ValueAct Master Fund is the beneficial owner of 8,108,015 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 5.9% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock (which shares may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by VA Partners I). ValueAct Management L.P., ValueAct Management LLC, ValueAct Holdings and ValueAct Holdings GP may each be deemed the beneficial owner of an aggregate of 8,108,015 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 5.9% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. All percentages set forth in this Schedule 13D are based upon the Issuer's reported 138,172,062 outstanding shares of Common Stock as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2015. (c) In the previous sixty days, ValueAct Master Fund, one of the Reporting Persons, entered into a Master Confirmation in respect of Equity Forward Transactions (the "Master Confirmation") with Societe Generale (the "Counterparty") relating to shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer and entered into forward transactions thereunder (the "Forward Transactions") on the dates and in the notional share amounts (the "Number of Forward Shares") as set forth on Annex 1 hereto, all as more fully described in Item 6 below. The Master Confirmation is subject to the terms of an ISDA Master Agreement, Schedule and Credit Support Annex already in place between ValueAct Master Fund and the Counterparty. (d) and (e) Not applicable. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer On March 4 and 7, 2016 ValueAct Master Fund entered into the Master Confirmation and the Forward Transactions in accordance with the trade details set forth on Annex?1 hereto. Under the terms of the Master Confirmation, ValueAct Master Fund shall have the option to elect physical settlement or cash settlement for the Forward Transactions, but physical settlement, which is the default settlement method, shall only be available subject to conditions that became satisfied on March 31, 2016. Prior to physical settlement, the Forward Transactions do not give the Reporting Persons direct or indirect voting, investment or dispositive SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 11 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- control over any securities of the Issuer and do not require the Counterparty to acquire, hold, vote or dispose of any securities of the Issuer. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons disclaim any beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock that may be referenced in such contracts and of any shares of Common Stock or other securities or financial instruments that may be held from time to time by the Counterparty. Other than as described in this Report and as previously reported, the Reporting Persons have no understandings, arrangements, relationships or contracts relating to the Issuer's Common Stock which are required to be described hereunder. Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits (1) Joint Filing Agreement. SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 12 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNEX 1 Forward Transactions Number of Forward Initial Forward Trade Date Shares Price Price 03/04/2016 200,000 $116.84 $115.00 03/07/2016 228,000 $116.58 $115.00 SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 13 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below on this Schedule 13D hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey W. Ubben, Bradley E. Singer, G. Mason Morfit and Allison Bennington, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or it and in his or its name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments to this Schedule 13D, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or it might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. ValueAct Capital Master Fund L.P., by VA Partners I, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer VA Partners I, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., by ValueAct Capital Management, LLC its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Capital Management, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 14 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ValueAct Holdings, L.P., by ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer SCHEDULE 13D -------------------------- ------------------------- CUSIP NO. G96629103 Page 15 of 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit 1 JOINT FILING UNDERTAKING The undersigned parties hereby agree that the Schedule 13D filed herewith (and any amendments thereto) relating to the Common Stock of Agrium Inc., is being filed jointly on behalf of each of them with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. ValueAct Capital Master Fund L.P., by VA Partners I, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer VA Partners I, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., by ValueAct Capital Management, LLC its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Capital Management, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Holdings, L.P., by ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC By: /s/ Bradley E. Singer -------------------------------------- Dated: April 4, 2016 Bradley E. Singer, Chief Operating Officer