Willis Towers Watson (WTW) 4: Hess Carl Aaron bought 55,419 shares of Ordinary Shares, no… (Feb 27, 2026)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-02-25 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC (WTW) CIK: 0001140536 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Hess Carl Aaron CIK: 0001435988 Role: Director, Officer (Chief Executive Officer) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.000304635 per share Date: 2026-02-25 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +55,419 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 141,346.8362 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Represents the number of performance-based restricted share units earned upon the certification of the achievement of certain pre-established performance goals for the performance period that ended on December 31, 2025. Each earned unit represents the right to receive one ordinary share of the Issuer upon the satisfaction of the service-based vesting requirement on April 1, 2026, subject to the terms of the award agreement. This number also includes the number of ordinary shares of the Issuer that are issuable pursuant to the dividend equivalent right under the terms of the award agreement providing for the accrual of dividends in the form of additional restricted share units that vest and are payable at the same time as the underlying performance-based restricted share units. [Transaction #2] Security: Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.000304635 per share Date: 2026-02-26 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -2,104 | Price: $296.84 Total Value: $624,551.36 Shares Owned After: 139,242.8362 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F2] Represents the number of ordinary shares of the Issuer withheld by the Issuer from the ordinary shares that are eventually eligible to be issued upon the vesting date of April 1, 2026 to satisfy the reporting person's FICA and income tax withholding obligations relating to the number of performance-based restricted share units that were deemed to be earned as of the performance goal attainment level certification date and to be eligible to vest on the vesting date and based on the reporting person's retirement-vesting eligibility status as of the performance goal attainment level certification date. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Represents the number of performance-based restricted share units earned upon the certification of the achievement of certain pre-established performance goals for the performance period that ended on December 31, 2025. Each earned unit represents the right to receive one ordinary share of the Issuer upon the satisfaction of the service-based vesting requirement on April 1, 2026, subject to the terms of the award agreement. This number also includes the number of ordinary shares of the Issuer that are issuable pursuant to the dividend equivalent right under the terms of the award agreement providing for the accrual of dividends in the form of additional restricted share units that vest and are payable at the same time as the underlying performance-based restricted share units. F2: Represents the number of ordinary shares of the Issuer withheld by the Issuer from the ordinary shares that are eventually eligible to be issued upon the vesting date of April 1, 2026 to satisfy the reporting person's FICA and income tax withholding obligations relating to the number of performance-based restricted share units that were deemed to be earned as of the performance goal attainment level certification date and to be eligible to vest on the vesting date and based on the reporting person's retirement-vesting eligibility status as of the performance goal attainment level certification date. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Carl A. Hess by Gary Pang, Attorney-in-Fact (power of attorney previously filed) (2026-02-27)