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Willis Towers Watson PLC – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-31.1’

On:  Wednesday, 2/27/19, at 4:20pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1564590-19-4912   ·   File #:  1-16503

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 2/27/19  Willis Towers Watson PLC          10-K       12/31/18  153:59M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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67: R53         Basis of Presentation, Significant Accounting       HTML    107K 
                Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements -                  
                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements -                  
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                Calculation of Aggregate Merger Consideration                    
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                Wealth Solutions Divestiture (Details)                           
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                divestitures (Details)                                           
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                Financial Statements (Details)                                   
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                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
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                Obligations (Details 1)                                          
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                Obligations (Details)                                            
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                Costs (Details)                                                  
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                Expenses) of the Reported Segments (Details)                     
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                Information Reported by Segment to Consolidated                  
                Amounts (Details)                                                
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                Restructuring (Details)                                          
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                Before Income Taxes (Details)                                    
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                Taxes (Details)                                                  
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                Sheet Classification (Details)                                   
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                Open to Tax Examination in Major Tax Jurisdictions               
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                of Goodwill (Details)                                            
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                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets and Liabilities                   
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104: R90         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     70K  
                Future Amortization Expense and Rent Offset                      
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107: R93         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    366K  
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110: R96         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets and    HTML     74K  
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring                  
                Basis (Details)                                                  
111: R97         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Liabilities    HTML     56K  
                Measured Using Significant Unobservable Inputs                   
                Level 3 (Details)                                                
112: R98         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     44K  
113: R99         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Liabilities   HTML     52K  
                Whose Carrying Values Differ From the Fair Value                 
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                (Details)                                                        
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115: R101        Retirement Benefits - Change in Benefit Obligation  HTML    158K  
                and Plan Assets (Details)                                        
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                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
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                Of Plan Assets (Details)                                         
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                Obligation In Excess of Plan Assets (Details)                    
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                Recognized Next Fiscal Year (Details)                            
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                Input Reconciliation (Details)                                   
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                Rental Commitments Under all Non-Cancellable                     
                Operating Lease Agreements (Details)                             
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                Sheet Accounts - Prepaid and Other Current Assets                
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                Sheet Accounts - Other non - Current Assets                      
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                Sheet Accounts - Deferred Revenue and Accrued                    
                Expenses (Details)                                               
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                Sheet Accounts - Other Current Liabilities                       
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                Sheet Accounts - Provision For Liabilities                       
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                of Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Details)                   
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                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
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‘EX-31.1’   —   Certification — §302 – SOA’02


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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)

I, John J. Haley, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 of Willis Towers Watson plc;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2019

 

 

By:

/s/ John J. Haley

 

 

John J. Haley

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 


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