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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No. &#091;<B>&#149;</B>&#093;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Ireland</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0352587</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>c/o Willis Group Limited, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, England and Wales</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Adam G. Ciongoli<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company<BR>
One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street<BR>
New York, New York 10281<BR>
(212)&nbsp;915-8899</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, $0.000115 par value
per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers additional ordinary shares to
be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum offering price per share
has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of
the high and low sale price of the ordinary shares of Willis Group
Holdings Public Limited Company (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) on the New York Stock
Exchange on October&nbsp;11, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants in the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee
Stock Purchase Plan as specified under Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;). These documents are not required to be, and are not being, filed by the Company
with Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) either as part of this registration
statement (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents, together with the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Exchange Act</B>&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a)&nbsp;above (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-16503). *</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s share capital contained in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Commission on January&nbsp;4, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD>Any report (or portion thereof) &#147;furnished&#148; on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
The Company&#146;s Securities Exchange Act file number with the Commission is 001-16503. Unless
expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof)
&#147;furnished&#148; on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this
Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of association (&#147;<B>Articles</B>&#148;) provide that, subject to applicable law,
the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers against all liabilities, loss, damage or
expense incurred or suffered by such person as a director or officer. The Articles further provide
that such indemnified persons shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all
liabilities incurred or suffered in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which
judgment is given in a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s favor, he is acquitted, or in respect of any
application under the Irish Companies Acts 1963-2009 (the &#147;<B>Irish Companies Acts</B>&#148;) in which relief
from liability is granted to him. The Articles also require the Company, subject to applicable
law, to pay expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil or criminal action or
proceeding in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding, provided that the
indemnified person undertakes to repay the Company such amount if it is ultimately determined that
such person was not entitled to indemnification. With regard to the Company&#146;s indemnification of
its directors and its secretary, the Irish Companies Acts prescribe that an Irish company may only
indemnify an officer for liability attaching to that officer
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">which does not involve negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust and any liability incurred by an officer in respect of
proceedings in which judgment is given in his favor or in which he is acquitted or where the court
has granted relief, wholly or partially, on the basis that he has acted honestly and reasonably
and, having regard to the circumstances of the case, ought fairly be excused. These restrictions
in the Irish Companies Acts do not apply to executives who are not directors or the secretary of an
Irish company. Any provision which seeks to indemnify a director or secretary of an Irish company
over and above this shall be void under Irish law, whether contained in its articles of association
or in any contract between the director or secretary and the Irish company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish companies may take out directors and officers liability insurance, as well as other
types of insurance, for their directors and officers. The Company has purchased and maintains a
directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability policy.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and Willis North America Inc., a Delaware corporation, has entered into
deeds of indemnity and indemnification agreements, respectively, with each of the directors and
certain officers of the Company as well as certain individuals serving as directors or officers of
the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. These arrangements provide for the indemnification of, and advancement
of expenses to, the indemnitee by the Company and Willis North America Inc., respectively, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee&#146;s
receipt of such benefits.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;4, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.
3.2 to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;4,
2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Matheson Ormsby Prentice *</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Matheson Ormsby Prentice (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on October&nbsp;15, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS<BR>
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Adam G. Ciongoli
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Adam G. Ciongoli&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Willis
Group Holdings Public Limited Company hereby appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Michael K. Neborak, Adam
Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, with full power
to act alone, to sign on his or her behalf and in the capacity set forth below, any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file
each such amendment and post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph J. Plumeri
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph J. Plumeri
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael K. Neborak
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Group Chief Financial Officer <I>(Principal Financial</I>&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael K. Neborak
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>and Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William W. Bradley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>





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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anna C. Catalano</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sir Roy Gardner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sir Roy Gardner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sir Jeremy Hanley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sir Jeremy Hanley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robyn S. Kravit
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robyn S. Kravit
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey B. Lane
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey B. Lane
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wendy E. Lane</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="26%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
James F. McCann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James F. McCann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>



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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Douglas B. Roberts
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas B. Roberts
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Somers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Somers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="CENTER" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.
3.2 to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;4,
2010)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2010)</TD>
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Registration No. [
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland
98-0352587
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
c/o Willis Group Limited, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, England and Wales
(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Adam G. Ciongoli
General Counsel
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281
(212) 915-8899
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
Ordinary Shares, $0.000115 par value
per share
1,000,000
$
31.40
$
31,400,000
$
2,238.82
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers additional ordinary shares to
be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price per share
has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of
the high and low sale price of the ordinary shares of Willis Group
Holdings Public Limited Company (the "
Company
") on the New York Stock
Exchange on October 11, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants in the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee
Stock Purchase Plan as specified under Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"
Securities Act
"). These documents are not required to be, and are not being, filed by the Company
with Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") either as part of this registration
statement (the "
Registration Statement
") or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, together with the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed on March 1, 2010.
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "
Securities Exchange Act
") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual
Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above (SEC File No. 001-16503). *
(c)
The description of the Company's share capital contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Commission on January 4, 2010.
*
Any report (or portion thereof) "furnished" on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference.
In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
The Company's Securities Exchange Act file number with the Commission is 001-16503. Unless
expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof)
"furnished" on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this
Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's articles of association ("
Articles
") provide that, subject to applicable law,
the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers against all liabilities, loss, damage or
expense incurred or suffered by such person as a director or officer. The Articles further provide
that such indemnified persons shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all
liabilities incurred or suffered in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which
judgment is given in a director's or officer's favor, he is acquitted, or in respect of any
application under the Irish Companies Acts 1963-2009 (the "
Irish Companies Acts
") in which relief
from liability is granted to him. The Articles also require the Company, subject to applicable
law, to pay expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil or criminal action or
proceeding in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding, provided that the
indemnified person undertakes to repay the Company such amount if it is ultimately determined that
such person was not entitled to indemnification. With regard to the Company's indemnification of
its directors and its secretary, the Irish Companies Acts prescribe that an Irish company may only
indemnify an officer for liability attaching to that officer
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which does not involve negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust and any liability incurred by an officer in respect of
proceedings in which judgment is given in his favor or in which he is acquitted or where the court
has granted relief, wholly or partially, on the basis that he has acted honestly and reasonably
and, having regard to the circumstances of the case, ought fairly be excused. These restrictions
in the Irish Companies Acts do not apply to executives who are not directors or the secretary of an
Irish company. Any provision which seeks to indemnify a director or secretary of an Irish company
over and above this shall be void under Irish law, whether contained in its articles of association
or in any contract between the director or secretary and the Irish company.
Irish companies may take out directors and officers liability insurance, as well as other
types of insurance, for their directors and officers. The Company has purchased and maintains a
directors' and officers' liability policy.
Each of the Company and Willis North America Inc., a Delaware corporation, has entered into
deeds of indemnity and indemnification agreements, respectively, with each of the directors and
certain officers of the Company as well as certain individuals serving as directors or officers of
the Company's subsidiaries. These arrangements provide for the indemnification of, and advancement
of expenses to, the indemnitee by the Company and Willis North America Inc., respectively, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee's
receipt of such benefits.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 4, 2010)
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No.
3.2 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4,
2010)
4.3
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 27, 2010)
5.1
Opinion of Matheson Ormsby Prentice *
23.1
Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP*
23.2
Consent of Matheson Ormsby Prentice (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
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Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on October 15, 2010.
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:
/s/ Adam G. Ciongoli
Adam G. Ciongoli
General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Willis
Group Holdings Public Limited Company hereby appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Michael K. Neborak, Adam
Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, with full power
to act alone, to sign on his or her behalf and in the capacity set forth below, any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file
each such amendment and post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph J. Plumeri
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
October 14, 2010
Joseph J. Plumeri
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael K. Neborak
Group Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
October 14, 2010
Michael K. Neborak
and Accounting Officer)
William W. Bradley
Director
/s/ Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Director
October 14, 2010
Anna C. Catalano
Director
/s/ Sir Roy Gardner
Sir Roy Gardner
Director
October 14, 2010
/s/ Sir Jeremy Hanley
Sir Jeremy Hanley
Director
October 13, 2010
/s/ Robyn S. Kravit
Robyn S. Kravit
Director
October 14, 2010
/s/ Jeffrey B. Lane
Jeffrey B. Lane
Director
October 14, 2010
Wendy E. Lane
Director
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/
James F. McCann
James F. McCann
Director
October 14, 2010
/s/ Douglas B. Roberts
Douglas B. Roberts
Director
October 14, 2010
/s/ Michael J. Somers
Michael J. Somers
Director
October 13, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 4, 2010)
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No.
3.2 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4,
2010)
4.3
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 2010 North American Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 27, 2010)
5.1
Opinion of Matheson Ormsby Prentice *
23.1
Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP*
23.2
Consent of Matheson Ormsby Prentice (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
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