Towers Watson continues to plead with its shareholders to vote " FOR " the proposed merger with Willis Group Holdings with the announcement that proxy advisors , Proxy Mosaic and Egan - Jones Ratings International , have recommended that the companies do merge . You can identify these statements and other forward-looking statements in this document by words such as “may”, “will”, “would”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “plan”, “intend”, “continue”, or similar words, expressions or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. This move follows a news release from Independent Shareholder Services ( IS ) and Glass , Lewis & Co last week stating that stockholders should reject the $ 18bn merger since they believe the price is too low . However , ValueAct Capital Management issued an open letter to Towers Watson shareholders stating that they disagreed with ISS 's recommendation . The deal is expected to take place on 18th November .
Towers Watson continues to plead with its shareholders to vote " FOR " the proposed merger with Willis Group Holdings with the announcement that proxy advisors , Proxy Mosaic and Egan - Jones Ratings International , have recommended that the companies do merge . This move follows a news release from Independent Shareholder Services ( IS ) and Glass , Lewis & Co last week stating that stockholders should reject the $ 18bn merger since they believe the price is too low . However , ValueAct Capital Management issued an open letter to Towers Watson shareholders stating that they disagreed with ISS 's recommendation . The deal is expected to take place on 18th November .