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ENGLAND AND WALES
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98-1030901
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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Incorporation or Organization)
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Identification No.)
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122 LEADENHALL STREET
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,
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LONDON
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,
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ENGLAND
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EC3V 4AN
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Large accelerated filer
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☒
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Accelerated filer
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☐
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Non-accelerated filer
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☐
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Smaller reporting company
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☐
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Emerging growth company
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☐
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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(millions, except per share data)
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June 30, 2019
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June 30, 2018
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June 30, 2019
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June 30, 2018
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Revenue
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Total revenue
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$
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2,606
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$
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2,561
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$
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5,749
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$
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5,651
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Expenses
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Compensation and benefits
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1,501
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1,494
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3,085
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3,110
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Information technology
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126
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123
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243
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238
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Premises
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85
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96
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172
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189
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Depreciation of fixed assets
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40
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47
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80
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86
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Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
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97
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282
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194
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392
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Other general expenses
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344
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535
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690
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853
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Total operating expenses
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2,193
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2,577
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4,464
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4,868
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Operating income (loss)
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413
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(16
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1,285
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783
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Interest income
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1
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1
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3
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5
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Interest expense
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(77
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)
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(69
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(149
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(139
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)
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Other income (expense)
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6
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(3
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6
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(18
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)
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
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343
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(87
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)
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1,145
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631
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Income tax expense (benefit)
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56
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(144
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)
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182
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(30
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)
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Net income from continuing operations
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287
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57
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963
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661
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Net income from discontinued operations
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—
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1
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—
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7
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Net income
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287
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58
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963
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668
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Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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10
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10
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27
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26
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Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
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$
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277
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$
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48
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$
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936
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$
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642
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Basic net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
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Continuing operations
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$
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1.15
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$
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0.19
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$
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3.88
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$
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2.57
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Discontinued operations
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—
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0.01
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—
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0.03
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Net income
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$
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1.15
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$
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0.20
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$
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3.88
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$
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2.60
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Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
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Continuing operations
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$
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1.14
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$
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0.19
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$
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3.85
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$
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2.55
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Discontinued operations
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—
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—
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—
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0.03
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Net income
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$
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1.14
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$
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0.19
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$
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3.85
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$
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2.58
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Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - basic
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240.6
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246.0
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241.4
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247.2
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Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
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242.8
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247.4
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243.2
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248.8
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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(millions)
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June 30, 2019
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June 30, 2018
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June 30, 2019
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June 30, 2018
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Net income
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$
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287
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$
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58
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$
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963
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$
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668
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Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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10
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10
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27
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26
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Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
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277
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48
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936
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642
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
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Change in fair value of financial instruments
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(8
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(1
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(1
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13
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Foreign currency translation adjustments
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(103
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(460
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30
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(213
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Postretirement benefit obligation
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14
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122
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45
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170
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Total other comprehensive income (loss)
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(97
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(339
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74
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(30
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Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
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—
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(6
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2
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(3
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Total other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
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(97
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(333
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72
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(27
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Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
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$
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180
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$
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(285
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)
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$
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1,008
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$
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615
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(millions)
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Shares
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Ordinary
Shares and Additional Paid-in Capital |
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Retained
Earnings |
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Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax |
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Non-
controlling Interests |
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Total
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Balance at January 1, 2019
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240.1
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$
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5,967
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$
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2,093
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$
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(3,909
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)
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$
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68
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$
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4,219
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Net income
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—
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—
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659
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—
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17
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676
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Shares issued - employee stock compensation plans
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1.4
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(96
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—
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—
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—
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(96
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Shares purchased
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(0.6
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—
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(101
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—
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—
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(101
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Share-based compensation expense
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—
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89
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—
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—
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—
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89
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Dividends to shareholders ($0.40 per share)
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—
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—
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(96
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—
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—
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(96
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Net change in fair value of financial instruments
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—
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—
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—
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7
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—
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7
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|||||
Net foreign currency translation adjustments
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—
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—
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—
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131
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2
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133
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|||||
Net postretirement benefit obligation
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—
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—
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—
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31
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—
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31
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Balance at March 31, 2019
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240.9
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5,960
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2,555
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(3,740
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)
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87
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4,862
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|||||
Net income
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—
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—
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277
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—
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10
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|
287
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|
|||||
Shares issued - employee stock compensation plans
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0.6
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(47
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—
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—
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—
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(47
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Shares purchased
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(5.8
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)
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—
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(1,056
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)
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—
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—
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(1,056
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)
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|||||
Share-based compensation expense
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—
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91
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|
|
—
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|
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—
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|
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—
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91
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|
|||||
Dividends to shareholders ($0.44 per share)
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—
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—
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(107
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)
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—
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—
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(107
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)
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|||||
Net change in fair value of financial instruments
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—
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—
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—
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(8
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)
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—
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(8
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)
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|||||
Net foreign currency translation adjustments
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—
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|
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—
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|
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—
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(103
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)
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—
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(103
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)
|
|||||
Net postretirement benefit obligation
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—
|
|
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—
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|
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—
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14
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—
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14
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|
|||||
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests on subsidiary common stock
|
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—
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—
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|
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—
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—
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(20
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)
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(20
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)
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Balance at June 30, 2019
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235.7
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|
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$
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6,004
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$
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1,669
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$
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(3,837
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)
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$
|
77
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$
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3,913
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(millions)
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Shares
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Ordinary
Shares and Additional Paid-in Capital |
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Retained
Earnings |
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Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax |
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Non-
controlling Interests |
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Total
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|||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2018
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247.6
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|
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$
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5,777
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|
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$
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2,795
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|
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$
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(3,497
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)
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$
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65
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|
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$
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5,140
|
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Net income
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—
|
|
|
—
|
|
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594
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|
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—
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16
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|
610
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|
|||||
Shares issued - employee stock compensation plans
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1.5
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|
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(109
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)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
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(109
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)
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|||||
Shares purchased
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(3.9
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)
|
|
—
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|
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(553
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)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
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(553
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)
|
|||||
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
77
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|
|||||
Dividends to shareholders ($0.36 per share)
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|
—
|
|
|
—
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|
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(89
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)
|
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—
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|
|
—
|
|
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(89
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)
|
|||||
Net change in fair value of financial instruments
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|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
14
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|
|||||
Net foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
244
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
247
|
|
|||||
Net postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
48
|
|
|||||
Balance at March 31, 2018
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|
245.2
|
|
|
5,745
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|
|
2,747
|
|
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(3,191
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)
|
|
84
|
|
|
5,385
|
|
|||||
Net income
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
58
|
|
|||||
Shares issued - employee stock compensation plans
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
(41
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(41
|
)
|
|||||
Shares purchased
|
|
(2.8
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(402
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(402
|
)
|
|||||
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
70
|
|
|||||
Dividends to shareholders ($0.40 per share)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(98
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(98
|
)
|
|||||
Net change in fair value of financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Net foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(454
|
)
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(460
|
)
|
|||||
Net postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
122
|
|
|||||
Purchases of shares from noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests on subsidiary common stock
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|||||
Balance at June 30, 2018
|
|
243.0
|
|
|
$
|
5,774
|
|
|
$
|
2,295
|
|
|
$
|
(3,524
|
)
|
|
$
|
73
|
|
|
$
|
4,618
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||
(millions)
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income
|
|
$
|
963
|
|
|
$
|
668
|
|
Less: Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
(Gain) loss from sales of businesses, net
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
80
|
|
|
86
|
|
||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
194
|
|
|
392
|
|
||
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
180
|
|
|
147
|
|
||
Deferred income taxes
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
(93
|
)
|
||
Change in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Fiduciary receivables
|
|
(926
|
)
|
|
(883
|
)
|
||
Short-term investments — funds held on behalf of clients
|
|
(961
|
)
|
|
(154
|
)
|
||
Fiduciary liabilities
|
|
1,887
|
|
|
1,037
|
|
||
Receivables, net
|
|
(477
|
)
|
|
(371
|
)
|
||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
(579
|
)
|
|
(495
|
)
|
||
Restructuring reserves
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
12
|
|
||
Current income taxes
|
|
10
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
||
Pension, other postretirement and postemployment liabilities
|
|
(92
|
)
|
|
(84
|
)
|
||
Other assets and liabilities
|
|
132
|
|
|
301
|
|
||
Cash provided by operating activities
|
|
361
|
|
|
413
|
|
||
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Proceeds from investments
|
|
14
|
|
|
23
|
|
||
Payments for investments
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|
(36
|
)
|
||
Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments — non-fiduciary
|
|
(62
|
)
|
|
352
|
|
||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
(50
|
)
|
||
Sale of businesses, net of cash sold
|
|
7
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Capital expenditures
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|
(111
|
)
|
||
Cash provided by (used for) investing activities
|
|
(222
|
)
|
|
179
|
|
||
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Share repurchase
|
|
(1,155
|
)
|
|
(971
|
)
|
||
Issuance of shares for employee benefit plans
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
(150
|
)
|
||
Issuance of debt
|
|
3,559
|
|
|
2,552
|
|
||
Repayment of debt
|
|
(2,228
|
)
|
|
(2,027
|
)
|
||
Cash dividends to shareholders
|
|
(203
|
)
|
|
(187
|
)
|
||
Noncontrolling interests and other financing activities
|
|
(61
|
)
|
|
(15
|
)
|
||
Cash used for financing activities
|
|
(232
|
)
|
|
(798
|
)
|
||
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
18
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
(75
|
)
|
|
(269
|
)
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
656
|
|
|
756
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
581
|
|
|
$
|
487
|
|
Supplemental disclosures:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Interest paid
|
|
$
|
147
|
|
|
$
|
145
|
|
Income taxes paid, net of refunds
|
|
$
|
197
|
|
|
$
|
207
|
|
|
December 31,
2018 |
|
|
|
January 1,
2019 |
||||||
|
As Reported
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
As Adjusted
|
||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,021
|
|
|
$
|
1,021
|
|
Other non-current assets
|
$
|
448
|
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
$
|
526
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Other current liabilities
|
$
|
936
|
|
|
$
|
219
|
|
|
$
|
1,155
|
|
Non-current operating lease liabilities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,014
|
|
|
$
|
1,014
|
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
$
|
1,097
|
|
|
$
|
(134
|
)
|
|
$
|
963
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Commercial Risk Solutions
|
|
$
|
1,167
|
|
|
$
|
1,166
|
|
|
$
|
2,285
|
|
|
$
|
2,350
|
|
Reinsurance Solutions
|
|
420
|
|
|
380
|
|
|
1,208
|
|
|
1,122
|
|
||||
Retirement Solutions
|
|
419
|
|
|
431
|
|
|
839
|
|
|
855
|
|
||||
Health Solutions
|
|
317
|
|
|
309
|
|
|
803
|
|
|
760
|
|
||||
Data & Analytic Services
|
|
286
|
|
|
277
|
|
|
622
|
|
|
571
|
|
||||
Elimination
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
United States
|
|
$
|
1,146
|
|
|
$
|
1,125
|
|
|
$
|
2,307
|
|
|
$
|
2,241
|
|
Americas other than United States
|
|
241
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
467
|
|
|
480
|
|
||||
United Kingdom
|
|
400
|
|
|
413
|
|
|
852
|
|
|
897
|
|
||||
Europe, Middle East, & Africa other than United Kingdom
|
|
501
|
|
|
493
|
|
|
1,510
|
|
|
1,472
|
|
||||
Asia Pacific
|
|
318
|
|
|
287
|
|
|
613
|
|
|
561
|
|
||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
|
$
|
236
|
|
|
$
|
240
|
|
|
$
|
329
|
|
|
$
|
298
|
|
Additions
|
|
336
|
|
|
341
|
|
|
682
|
|
|
711
|
|
||||
Amortization
|
|
(357
|
)
|
|
(353
|
)
|
|
(796
|
)
|
|
(785
|
)
|
||||
Impairment
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Foreign currency translation and other
|
|
1
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of period
|
|
$
|
216
|
|
|
$
|
216
|
|
|
$
|
216
|
|
|
$
|
216
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
|
$
|
155
|
|
|
$
|
144
|
|
|
$
|
156
|
|
|
$
|
145
|
|
Additions
|
|
17
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
21
|
|
||||
Amortization
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
(22
|
)
|
|
(21
|
)
|
||||
Impairment
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Foreign currency translation and other
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of period
|
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
144
|
|
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
144
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Foreign currency remeasurement
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
Disposal of businesses
|
2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Pension and other postretirement
|
5
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
9
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
Equity earnings
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
||||
Financial instruments
|
(13
|
)
|
|
(27
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
(27
|
)
|
||||
Other
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Total
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(18
|
)
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Balance at beginning of period
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
Provision charged to Other general expenses
|
4
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
11
|
|
||||
Accounts written off, net of recoveries
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
(8
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of period
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
As of
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
||||
Costs to fulfill contracts with customers (1)
|
$
|
216
|
|
|
$
|
329
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
128
|
|
|
97
|
|
||
Taxes receivable
|
145
|
|
|
113
|
|
||
Other (2)
|
142
|
|
|
79
|
|
||
Total
|
$
|
631
|
|
|
$
|
618
|
|
(1)
|
Refer to Note 3 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” for further information.
|
(2)
|
December 31, 2018 includes $12 million previously classified as “Receivables from the Divested Business”.
|
As of
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
||||
Costs to obtain contracts with customers (1)
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
156
|
|
Taxes receivable
|
100
|
|
|
100
|
|
||
Leases (2)
|
65
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Investments
|
54
|
|
|
54
|
|
||
Other
|
141
|
|
|
138
|
|
||
Total
|
$
|
521
|
|
|
$
|
448
|
|
(1)
|
Refer to Note 3 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” for further information.
|
(2)
|
Refer to Note 20 “Lease Commitments” for further information.
|
As of
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
||||
Deferred revenue (1)
|
$
|
337
|
|
|
$
|
251
|
|
Leases (2)
|
223
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Taxes payable
|
133
|
|
|
83
|
|
||
Other
|
504
|
|
|
602
|
|
||
Total
|
$
|
1,197
|
|
|
$
|
936
|
|
(1)
|
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, $95 million and $241 million, respectively, was recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, $115 million and $215 million, respectively, was recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
|
(2)
|
Refer to Note 20 “Lease Commitments” for further information.
|
As of
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
||||
Taxes payable (1)
|
$
|
576
|
|
|
$
|
585
|
|
Leases
|
37
|
|
|
169
|
|
||
Deferred revenue
|
59
|
|
|
65
|
|
||
Compensation and benefits
|
49
|
|
|
56
|
|
||
Other
|
203
|
|
|
222
|
|
||
Total
|
$
|
924
|
|
|
$
|
1,097
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Income tax benefit
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Net loss from discontinued operations excluding gain
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Inception to Date
|
|
Estimated Remaining Costs
|
|
Estimated Total Cost (1)
|
||||||||||
Workforce reduction
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
$
|
102
|
|
|
$
|
516
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
530
|
|
Technology rationalization (2)
|
|
4
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
130
|
|
|||||
Lease consolidation (2)
|
|
5
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
80
|
|
|||||
Asset impairments
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
45
|
|
|||||
Other costs associated with restructuring and separation (2) (3)
|
|
38
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
498
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
565
|
|
|||||
Total restructuring and related expenses
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
218
|
|
|
$
|
1,200
|
|
|
$
|
150
|
|
|
$
|
1,350
|
|
(1)
|
Actual costs, when incurred, may vary due to changes in the assumptions built into the Restructuring Plan. Significant assumptions that may change when plans are finalized and implemented include, but are not limited to, changes in severance calculations, changes in the assumptions underlying sublease loss calculations due to changing market conditions, and changes in the overall analysis that might cause the Company to add or cancel component initiatives. Estimated Total Cost includes $100 million of non-cash charges.
|
(2)
|
Total contract termination costs incurred under the Restructuring Plan associated with Technology rationalizations, Lease consolidations, and Other costs, respectively, associated with restructuring and separation were for the three months ended June 30, 2019, $2 million, $4 million, and $1 million; for the six months ended June 30, 2019, were $3 million, $13 million, and $3 million; and since inception of the Restructuring Plan, were $9 million, $46 million, and $91 million. Total estimated contract termination costs expected to be incurred under the Restructuring Plan associated with Technology rationalizations, Lease consolidations, and Other costs associated with restructuring and separation, are $15 million, $80 million, and $95 million, respectively.
|
(3)
|
Other costs associated with the Restructuring Plan include those to separate the Divested Business, as well as moving costs, and consulting and legal fees. These costs are generally recognized when incurred.
|
|
|
|
||
Balance as of December 31, 2018
|
|
$
|
201
|
|
Expensed
|
|
204
|
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
(222
|
)
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
1
|
|
|
Balance as of June 30, 2019
|
|
$
|
184
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||
Consideration Transferred
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
Deferred and contingent consideration
|
|
5
|
|
|
Aggregate consideration transferred
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
||
Assets acquired
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
15
|
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
9
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
4
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
30
|
|
|
Liabilities assumed
|
|
|
||
Current liabilities
|
|
6
|
|
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
2
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
8
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2018
|
$
|
8,171
|
|
Goodwill related to current year acquisitions
|
15
|
|
|
Goodwill related to disposals
|
(9
|
)
|
|
Goodwill related to prior year acquisitions
|
2
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation and other
|
19
|
|
|
Balance as of June 30, 2019
|
$
|
8,198
|
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross Carrying Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization and Impairment
|
|
Net Carrying Amount
|
|
Gross Carrying Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization and Impairment |
|
Net Carrying Amount
|
||||||||||||
Customer related and contract based
|
$
|
2,254
|
|
|
$
|
1,517
|
|
|
$
|
737
|
|
|
$
|
2,240
|
|
|
$
|
1,444
|
|
|
$
|
796
|
|
Tradenames
|
1,028
|
|
|
847
|
|
|
181
|
|
|
1,027
|
|
|
740
|
|
|
287
|
|
||||||
Technology and other
|
385
|
|
|
330
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
391
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
66
|
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,667
|
|
|
$
|
2,694
|
|
|
$
|
973
|
|
|
$
|
3,658
|
|
|
$
|
2,509
|
|
|
$
|
1,149
|
|
Remainder of 2019
|
$
|
192
|
|
2020
|
223
|
|
|
2021
|
128
|
|
|
2022
|
87
|
|
|
2023
|
74
|
|
|
2024
|
58
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
211
|
|
|
Total
|
$
|
973
|
|
As of
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
||||
Commercial paper outstanding
|
|
$
|
843
|
|
|
$
|
250
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
|||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|||||||
Weighted average commercial paper outstanding
|
|
$
|
639
|
|
|
$
|
744
|
|
|
482
|
|
|
$
|
437
|
|
Weighted average interest rate of commercial paper outstanding
|
|
0.70
|
%
|
|
0.92
|
%
|
|
0.63
|
%
|
|
0.85
|
%
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Shares repurchased
|
5.8
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
|
6.4
|
|
|
6.7
|
|
||||
Average price per share
|
$
|
183.23
|
|
|
$
|
141.23
|
|
|
$
|
181.07
|
|
|
$
|
141.06
|
|
Costs recorded to retained earnings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total repurchase cost
|
$
|
1,050
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
1,150
|
|
|
$
|
950
|
|
Additional associated costs
|
6
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
5
|
|
||||
Total costs recorded to retained earnings
|
$
|
1,056
|
|
|
$
|
402
|
|
|
$
|
1,157
|
|
|
$
|
955
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||
Basic weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
|
240.6
|
|
|
246.0
|
|
|
241.4
|
|
|
247.2
|
|
Dilutive effect of potentially issuable shares
|
2.2
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
Diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
|
242.8
|
|
|
247.4
|
|
|
243.2
|
|
|
248.8
|
|
|
Change in Fair Value of Financial Instruments (1)
|
|
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments
|
|
Postretirement Benefit Obligation (2)
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2018
|
$
|
(15
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,319
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,575
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,909
|
)
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net
|
(8
|
)
|
|
28
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
25
|
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
|
8
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
60
|
|
||||
Tax expense
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
(13
|
)
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
47
|
|
||||
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(1
|
)
|
|
28
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
72
|
|
||||
Balance at June 30, 2019
|
$
|
(16
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,291
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,530
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,837
|
)
|
(1)
|
Reclassifications from this category included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are recorded in Revenue, Interest expense, and Compensation and benefits in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Refer to Note 15 “Derivatives and Hedging” for further information regarding the Company’s derivative and hedging activity.
|
(2)
|
Reclassifications from this category included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are recorded in Other income (expense).
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
U.K.
|
|
U.S.
|
|
Other
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||||||
Service cost
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Interest cost
|
27
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
7
|
|
||||||
Expected return on plan assets, net of administration expenses
|
(48
|
)
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
(36
|
)
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
||||||
Amortization of prior-service cost
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||||
Amortization of net actuarial loss
|
8
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
||||||
Net periodic (benefit) cost
|
(13
|
)
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
7
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Loss on pension settlement
|
—
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||||
Total net periodic (benefit) cost
|
$
|
(13
|
)
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
U.K.
|
|
U.S.
|
|
Other
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||||||
Service cost
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Interest cost
|
55
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
14
|
|
||||||
Expected return on plan assets, net of administration expenses
|
(97
|
)
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
(68
|
)
|
|
(72
|
)
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
(23
|
)
|
||||||
Amortization of prior-service cost
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||||
Amortization of net actuarial loss
|
15
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
6
|
|
||||||
Net periodic (benefit) cost
|
(26
|
)
|
|
(28
|
)
|
|
14
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
||||||
Loss on pension settlement
|
—
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||||
Total net periodic (benefit) cost
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Restricted share units (“RSUs”)
|
$
|
50
|
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
$
|
104
|
|
Performance share awards (“PSAs”)
|
39
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
39
|
|
||||
Employee share purchase plans
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
4
|
|
||||
Total share-based compensation expense
|
$
|
91
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
|
$
|
180
|
|
|
$
|
147
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||
|
Shares
|
|
Fair Value (1)
|
|
Shares
|
|
Fair Value (1)
|
||||||
Non-vested at beginning of period
|
4,208
|
|
|
$
|
120
|
|
|
4,849
|
|
|
$
|
104
|
|
Granted
|
1,178
|
|
|
$
|
173
|
|
|
1,352
|
|
|
$
|
140
|
|
Vested
|
(1,451
|
)
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
(1,664
|
)
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
Forfeited
|
(97
|
)
|
|
$
|
124
|
|
|
(109
|
)
|
|
$
|
109
|
|
Non-vested at end of period
|
3,838
|
|
|
$
|
139
|
|
|
4,428
|
|
|
$
|
117
|
|
(1)
|
Represents per share weighted average fair value of award at date of grant.
|
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
|
December 31,
2017 |
||||||
Target PSAs granted during period
|
467
|
|
|
564
|
|
|
548
|
|
|||
Weighted average fair value per share at date of grant
|
$
|
164
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
114
|
|
Number of shares that would be issued based on current performance levels
|
464
|
|
|
970
|
|
|
1,066
|
|
|||
Unamortized expense, based on current performance levels
|
$
|
69
|
|
|
$
|
67
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
Notional Amount
|
|
Net Amount of Derivative Assets
Presented in the Statements of Financial Position (1)
|
|
Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities
Presented in the Statements of Financial Position (2)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
December 31,
2018 |
||||||||||||
Foreign exchange contracts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Accounted for as hedges
|
$
|
588
|
|
|
$
|
646
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
Not accounted for as hedges (3)
|
285
|
|
|
269
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
873
|
|
|
$
|
915
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
(1)
|
Included within Other current assets ($8 million at June 30, 2019 and $3 million at December 31, 2018) or Other non-current assets ($11 million at June 30, 2019 and $15 million at December 31, 2018).
|
(2)
|
Included within Other current liabilities ($1 million at June 30, 2019 and $5 million at December 31, 2018) or Other non-current liabilities ($3 million at December 31, 2018).
|
(3)
|
These contracts typically are for 30 day durations and executed close to the last day of the most recent reporting month, thereby resulting in nominal fair values at the balance sheet date.
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Loss recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
$
|
(12
|
)
|
|
$
|
(25
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Revenue (1)
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Compensation and benefits
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
||||
Other general expenses
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Interest expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Other income (expense) (1)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
||||
Total
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
(1)
|
With the adoption of new hedge accounting guidance in the first quarter of 2019, gains (losses) on derivatives accounted for as hedges are recognized in Total revenue in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income rather than Other income (expense). Refer to Note 2 “Accounting Principles and Practices” for additional details.
|
•
|
Level 1 — observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical assets in active markets;
|
•
|
Level 2 — inputs other than quoted prices for identical assets in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
|
•
|
Level 3 — unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data which requires the use of valuation techniques and the development of assumptions.
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using
|
||||||||||||
|
Balance at June 30, 2019
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
|
|
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
|
||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Money market funds (1)
|
$
|
2,356
|
|
|
$
|
2,356
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Other investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Government bonds
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Equity investments
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Derivatives (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Gross foreign exchange contracts
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivatives (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Gross foreign exchange contracts
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using
|
||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2018
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
|
|
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
|
||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Money market funds (1)
|
$
|
1,759
|
|
|
$
|
1,759
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Other investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Government bonds
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Equity investments
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Derivatives (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Gross foreign exchange contracts
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivatives (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Gross foreign exchange contracts
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
(1)
|
Included within Fiduciary assets or Short-term investments in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, depending on their nature and initial maturity.
|
(2)
|
Refer to Note 15 “Derivatives and Hedging” for additional information regarding the Company’s derivatives and hedging activity.
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
December 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||
|
Carrying Value
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Carrying Value
|
|
Fair Value
|
||||||||
Long-term debt
|
$
|
6,740
|
|
|
$
|
7,356
|
|
|
$
|
5,993
|
|
|
$
|
6,159
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Compensation and benefits
|
|
22
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
1,475
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,501
|
|
|||||
Information technology
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
126
|
|
|||||
Premises
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
85
|
|
|||||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
40
|
|
|||||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
97
|
|
|||||
Other general expenses
|
|
3
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
335
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
344
|
|
|||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
25
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
2,149
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,193
|
|
|||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
457
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
413
|
|
|||||
Interest income
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
|
(45
|
)
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
8
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|||||
Intercompany interest income (expense)
|
|
3
|
|
|
(116
|
)
|
|
113
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Intercompany other income (expense)
|
|
137
|
|
|
(164
|
)
|
|
27
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other income (expense)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
24
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
6
|
|
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
59
|
|
|
(338
|
)
|
|
615
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
343
|
|
|||||
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(64
|
)
|
|
120
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
56
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
59
|
|
|
(274
|
)
|
|
495
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
287
|
|
|||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
59
|
|
|
(274
|
)
|
|
495
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
287
|
|
|||||
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
211
|
|
|
301
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
(539
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income
|
|
270
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
522
|
|
|
(532
|
)
|
|
287
|
|
|||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
270
|
|
|
$
|
27
|
|
|
$
|
512
|
|
|
$
|
(532
|
)
|
|
$
|
277
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Compensation and benefits
|
|
15
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1,478
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,494
|
|
|||||
Information technology
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
123
|
|
|||||
Premises
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
96
|
|
|||||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
47
|
|
|||||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
282
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
282
|
|
|||||
Other general expenses
|
|
2
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
442
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
535
|
|
|||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
17
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
2,468
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,577
|
|
|||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
(92
|
)
|
|
93
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|||||
Interest income
|
|
—
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
|
(48
|
)
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
14
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|||||
Intercompany interest income (expense)
|
|
3
|
|
|
(129
|
)
|
|
126
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Intercompany other income (expense)
|
|
(93
|
)
|
|
10
|
|
|
83
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other income (expense)
|
|
48
|
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
(107
|
)
|
|
(241
|
)
|
|
279
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
(87
|
)
|
|||||
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
(91
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
(104
|
)
|
|
(191
|
)
|
|
370
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
57
|
|
|||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
(104
|
)
|
|
(191
|
)
|
|
371
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
58
|
|
|||||
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
170
|
|
|
207
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
(393
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income
|
|
66
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
387
|
|
|
(411
|
)
|
|
58
|
|
|||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
377
|
|
|
$
|
(411
|
)
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Compensation and benefits
|
|
42
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
3,031
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,085
|
|
|||||
Information technology
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
243
|
|
|||||
Premises
|
|
—
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
172
|
|
|||||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
80
|
|
|||||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
194
|
|
|||||
Other general expenses
|
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
685
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
690
|
|
|||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
45
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
4,392
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,464
|
|
|||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(45
|
)
|
|
(27
|
)
|
|
1,357
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,285
|
|
|||||
Interest income
|
|
—
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
3
|
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
|
(91
|
)
|
|
(62
|
)
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
15
|
|
|
(149
|
)
|
|||||
Intercompany interest income (expense)
|
|
7
|
|
|
(232
|
)
|
|
225
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Intercompany other income (expense)
|
|
168
|
|
|
(263
|
)
|
|
95
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other income (expense)
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
32
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
6
|
|
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
33
|
|
|
(591
|
)
|
|
1,698
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
1,145
|
|
|||||
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|
293
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
182
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
38
|
|
|
(485
|
)
|
|
1,405
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
963
|
|
|||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
38
|
|
|
(485
|
)
|
|
1,405
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
963
|
|
|||||
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
893
|
|
|
1,025
|
|
|
540
|
|
|
(2,458
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income
|
|
931
|
|
|
540
|
|
|
1,945
|
|
|
(2,453
|
)
|
|
963
|
|
|||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
931
|
|
|
$
|
540
|
|
|
$
|
1,918
|
|
|
$
|
(2,453
|
)
|
|
$
|
936
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Compensation and benefits
|
|
34
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
3,074
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,110
|
|
|||||
Information technology
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
238
|
|
|||||
Premises
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
189
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
189
|
|
|||||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
86
|
|
|||||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
392
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
392
|
|
|||||
Other general expenses
|
|
3
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
759
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
853
|
|
|||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
37
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
4,738
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,868
|
|
|||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
(93
|
)
|
|
913
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
783
|
|
|||||
Interest income
|
|
—
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
5
|
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|
(49
|
)
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
24
|
|
|
(139
|
)
|
|||||
Intercompany interest income (expense)
|
|
7
|
|
|
(257
|
)
|
|
250
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Intercompany other income (expense)
|
|
(146
|
)
|
|
5
|
|
|
141
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other income (expense)
|
|
23
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
(250
|
)
|
|
(391
|
)
|
|
1,287
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
631
|
|
|||||
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
66
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
(231
|
)
|
|
(314
|
)
|
|
1,221
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
661
|
|
|||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
(231
|
)
|
|
(314
|
)
|
|
1,228
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
668
|
|
|||||
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
888
|
|
|
912
|
|
|
598
|
|
|
(2,398
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Net income
|
|
657
|
|
|
598
|
|
|
1,826
|
|
|
(2,413
|
)
|
|
668
|
|
|||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
657
|
|
|
$
|
598
|
|
|
$
|
1,800
|
|
|
$
|
(2,413
|
)
|
|
$
|
642
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
|
$
|
270
|
|
|
$
|
27
|
|
|
$
|
522
|
|
|
$
|
(532
|
)
|
|
$
|
287
|
|
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
270
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
512
|
|
|
(532
|
)
|
|
277
|
|
|||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(96
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(103
|
)
|
|||||
Postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
14
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|||||
Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of subsidiaries, net of tax
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
(118
|
)
|
|
(108
|
)
|
|
316
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
(108
|
)
|
|
(208
|
)
|
|
309
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|||||
Comprehensive income attributable (loss) to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
180
|
|
|
$
|
(81
|
)
|
|
$
|
304
|
|
|
$
|
(223
|
)
|
|
$
|
180
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
387
|
|
|
$
|
(411
|
)
|
|
$
|
58
|
|
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
66
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
377
|
|
|
(411
|
)
|
|
48
|
|
|||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(478
|
)
|
|
18
|
|
|
(460
|
)
|
|||||
Postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
122
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
(364
|
)
|
|
18
|
|
|
(339
|
)
|
|||||
Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of subsidiaries, net of tax
|
|
(351
|
)
|
|
(345
|
)
|
|
(338
|
)
|
|
1,034
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
(351
|
)
|
|
(338
|
)
|
|
(696
|
)
|
|
1,052
|
|
|
(333
|
)
|
|||||
Comprehensive income attributable (loss) to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
(285
|
)
|
|
$
|
(322
|
)
|
|
$
|
(319
|
)
|
|
$
|
641
|
|
|
$
|
(285
|
)
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
|
$
|
931
|
|
|
$
|
540
|
|
|
$
|
1,945
|
|
|
$
|
(2,453
|
)
|
|
$
|
963
|
|
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
931
|
|
|
540
|
|
|
1,918
|
|
|
(2,453
|
)
|
|
936
|
|
|||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
30
|
|
|||||
Postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
45
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
—
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
74
|
|
|||||
Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of subsidiaries, net of tax
|
|
77
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
31
|
|
|
(105
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
77
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
|
72
|
|
|||||
Comprehensive income attributable (loss) to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
1,008
|
|
|
$
|
571
|
|
|
$
|
1,992
|
|
|
$
|
(2,563
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,008
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Net income
|
|
$
|
657
|
|
|
$
|
598
|
|
|
$
|
1,826
|
|
|
$
|
(2,413
|
)
|
|
$
|
668
|
|
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
657
|
|
|
598
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
(2,413
|
)
|
|
642
|
|
|||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
14
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
13
|
|
|||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(228
|
)
|
|
15
|
|
|
(213
|
)
|
|||||
Postretirement benefit obligation
|
|
—
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
170
|
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
—
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
(66
|
)
|
|
15
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|||||
Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of subsidiaries, net of tax
|
|
(42
|
)
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
141
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Less: Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
(42
|
)
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
(102
|
)
|
|
156
|
|
|
(27
|
)
|
|||||
Comprehensive income attributable (loss) to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
615
|
|
|
$
|
559
|
|
|
$
|
1,698
|
|
|
$
|
(2,257
|
)
|
|
$
|
615
|
|
|
|
As of June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,371
|
|
|
$
|
537
|
|
|
$
|
(1,327
|
)
|
|
$
|
581
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
—
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
235
|
|
|||||
Receivables, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,227
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,227
|
|
|||||
Fiduciary assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,071
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,071
|
|
|||||
Current intercompany receivables
|
|
167
|
|
|
3,421
|
|
|
12,843
|
|
|
(16,431
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other current assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
621
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
631
|
|
|||||
Total current assets
|
|
167
|
|
|
4,927
|
|
|
29,409
|
|
|
(17,758
|
)
|
|
16,745
|
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,198
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,198
|
|
|||||
Intangible assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
973
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
973
|
|
|||||
Fixed assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
599
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
599
|
|
|||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
847
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
959
|
|
|||||
Deferred tax assets
|
|
93
|
|
|
498
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
(142
|
)
|
|
599
|
|
|||||
Prepaid pension
|
|
—
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
1,208
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,213
|
|
|||||
Non-current intercompany receivables
|
|
404
|
|
|
261
|
|
|
7,200
|
|
|
(7,865
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other non-current assets
|
|
1
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
492
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
521
|
|
|||||
Investment in subsidiary
|
|
8,937
|
|
|
20,147
|
|
|
(424
|
)
|
|
(28,660
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Total assets
|
|
$
|
9,602
|
|
|
$
|
25,978
|
|
|
$
|
48,652
|
|
|
$
|
(54,425
|
)
|
|
$
|
29,807
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Liabilities and equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
582
|
|
|
$
|
57
|
|
|
$
|
2,057
|
|
|
$
|
(1,327
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,369
|
|
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
|
|
569
|
|
|
275
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
844
|
|
|||||
Fiduciary liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,071
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12,071
|
|
|||||
Current intercompany payables
|
|
378
|
|
|
14,633
|
|
|
1,420
|
|
|
(16,431
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other current liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
1,119
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|||||
Total current liabilities
|
|
1,529
|
|
|
15,043
|
|
|
16,667
|
|
|
(17,758
|
)
|
|
15,481
|
|
|||||
Long-term debt
|
|
4,234
|
|
|
2,506
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,740
|
|
|||||
Non-current operating lease liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
813
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
962
|
|
|||||
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
353
|
|
|
(142
|
)
|
|
211
|
|
|||||
Pension, other postretirement, and postemployment liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,232
|
|
|
344
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,576
|
|
|||||
Non-current intercompany payables
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,366
|
|
|
499
|
|
|
(7,865
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
3
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
815
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
924
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities
|
|
5,766
|
|
|
26,402
|
|
|
19,491
|
|
|
(25,765
|
)
|
|
25,894
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total Aon shareholders’ equity
|
|
3,836
|
|
|
(424
|
)
|
|
29,084
|
|
|
(28,660
|
)
|
|
3,836
|
|
|||||
Noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
77
|
|
|||||
Total equity
|
|
3,836
|
|
|
(424
|
)
|
|
29,161
|
|
|
(28,660
|
)
|
|
3,913
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
$
|
9,602
|
|
|
$
|
25,978
|
|
|
$
|
48,652
|
|
|
$
|
(54,425
|
)
|
|
$
|
29,807
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon Corporation
|
|
Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
862
|
|
|
$
|
575
|
|
|
$
|
(781
|
)
|
|
$
|
656
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
—
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
172
|
|
|||||
Receivables, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,760
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,760
|
|
|||||
Fiduciary assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10,166
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10,166
|
|
|||||
Current intercompany receivables
|
|
191
|
|
|
897
|
|
|
11,634
|
|
|
(12,722
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other current assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
602
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
618
|
|
|||||
Total current assets
|
|
191
|
|
|
1,831
|
|
|
25,853
|
|
|
(13,503
|
)
|
|
14,372
|
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,171
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8,171
|
|
|||||
Intangible assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,149
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,149
|
|
|||||
Fixed assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
588
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
588
|
|
|||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Deferred tax assets
|
|
94
|
|
|
467
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
561
|
|
|||||
Prepaid pension
|
|
—
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
1,128
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,133
|
|
|||||
Non-current intercompany receivables
|
|
403
|
|
|
261
|
|
|
7,225
|
|
|
(7,889
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other non-current assets
|
|
1
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
417
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
448
|
|
|||||
Investment in subsidiary
|
|
8,433
|
|
|
19,132
|
|
|
(882
|
)
|
|
(26,683
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Total assets
|
|
$
|
9,122
|
|
|
$
|
21,726
|
|
|
$
|
43,793
|
|
|
$
|
(48,219
|
)
|
|
$
|
26,422
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Liabilities and equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
274
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
|
$
|
2,380
|
|
|
$
|
(781
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,943
|
|
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
|
|
250
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
251
|
|
|||||
Fiduciary liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10,166
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10,166
|
|
|||||
Current intercompany payables
|
|
213
|
|
|
11,875
|
|
|
634
|
|
|
(12,722
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other current liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
867
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
936
|
|
|||||
Total current liabilities
|
|
737
|
|
|
12,014
|
|
|
14,048
|
|
|
(13,503
|
)
|
|
13,296
|
|
|||||
Long-term debt
|
|
4,231
|
|
|
1,762
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,993
|
|
|||||
Non-current operating lease liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
181
|
|
|||||
Pension, other postretirement, and postemployment liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,275
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,636
|
|
|||||
Non-current intercompany payables
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,390
|
|
|
499
|
|
|
(7,889
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
3
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
927
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,097
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities
|
|
4,971
|
|
|
22,608
|
|
|
16,160
|
|
|
(21,536
|
)
|
|
22,203
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Total Aon shareholders’ equity
|
|
4,151
|
|
|
(882
|
)
|
|
27,565
|
|
|
(26,683
|
)
|
|
4,151
|
|
|||||
Noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
68
|
|
|||||
Total equity
|
|
4,151
|
|
|
(882
|
)
|
|
27,633
|
|
|
(26,683
|
)
|
|
4,219
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
$
|
9,122
|
|
|
$
|
21,726
|
|
|
$
|
43,793
|
|
|
$
|
(48,219
|
)
|
|
$
|
26,422
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon
Corporation
|
|
Other
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities
|
|
$
|
366
|
|
|
$
|
(110
|
)
|
|
$
|
690
|
|
|
$
|
(585
|
)
|
|
$
|
361
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Proceeds from investments
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
14
|
|
|||||
Payments for investments
|
|
—
|
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
(41
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|||||
Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments - non-fiduciary
|
|
—
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(62
|
)
|
|||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|||||
Sale of businesses, net of cash sold
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|||||
Capital expenditures
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|||||
Cash provided by (used for) investing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
(143
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(222
|
)
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Share repurchase
|
|
(1,155
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,155
|
)
|
|||||
Advances from (to) affiliates
|
|
823
|
|
|
(320
|
)
|
|
(542
|
)
|
|
39
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Issuance of shares for employee benefit plans
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|||||
Issuance of debt
|
|
1,219
|
|
|
2,340
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,559
|
|
|||||
Repayment of debt
|
|
(906
|
)
|
|
(1,322
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,228
|
)
|
|||||
Cash dividends to shareholders
|
|
(203
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(203
|
)
|
|||||
Noncontrolling interests and other financing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
|||||
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities
|
|
(366
|
)
|
|
698
|
|
|
(603
|
)
|
|
39
|
|
|
(232
|
)
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
18
|
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
—
|
|
|
509
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
(546
|
)
|
|
(75
|
)
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
—
|
|
|
862
|
|
|
575
|
|
|
(781
|
)
|
|
656
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,371
|
|
|
$
|
537
|
|
|
$
|
(1,327
|
)
|
|
$
|
581
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Aon plc
|
|
Aon
Corporation
|
|
Other
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities
|
|
$
|
(126
|
)
|
|
$
|
582
|
|
|
$
|
759
|
|
|
$
|
(802
|
)
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Proceeds from investments
|
|
—
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
23
|
|
|||||
Payments for investments
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
12
|
|
|
(36
|
)
|
|||||
Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments - non-fiduciary
|
|
—
|
|
|
296
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
352
|
|
|||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|||||
Sale of businesses, net of cash sold
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||||
Capital expenditures
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(111
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(111
|
)
|
|||||
Cash provided by (used for) investing activities
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
292
|
|
|
(113
|
)
|
|
12
|
|
|
179
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Share repurchase
|
|
(971
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(971
|
)
|
|||||
Advances from (to) affiliates
|
|
965
|
|
|
(810
|
)
|
|
(395
|
)
|
|
240
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||
Issuance of shares for employee benefit plans
|
|
(150
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(150
|
)
|
|||||
Issuance of debt
|
|
752
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,552
|
|
|||||
Repayment of debt
|
|
(272
|
)
|
|
(1,461
|
)
|
|
(294
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,027
|
)
|
|||||
Cash dividends to shareholders
|
|
(187
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(187
|
)
|
|||||
Noncontrolling interests and other financing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|||||
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities
|
|
137
|
|
|
(471
|
)
|
|
(704
|
)
|
|
240
|
|
|
(798
|
)
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
403
|
|
|
(121
|
)
|
|
(550
|
)
|
|
(269
|
)
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
1
|
|
|
2,524
|
|
|
793
|
|
|
(2,562
|
)
|
|
756
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,927
|
|
|
$
|
672
|
|
|
$
|
(3,112
|
)
|
|
$
|
487
|
|
As of
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
||
Assets
|
|
|
||
Operating lease assets
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
$
|
959
|
|
Finance lease assets
|
Other non-current assets
|
65
|
|
|
Total lease assets
|
|
$
|
1,024
|
|
|
|
|
||
Liabilities
|
|
|
||
Current lease liabilities
|
|
|
||
Operating
|
Other current liabilities
|
$
|
199
|
|
Finance
|
Other current liabilities
|
27
|
|
|
Non-current lease liabilities
|
|
|
||
Operating
|
Non-current operating lease liabilities
|
962
|
|
|
Finance
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
37
|
|
|
Total lease liabilities
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||
Operating lease cost
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
133
|
|
Finance lease costs
|
|
|
|
||||
Amortization of leased assets
|
6
|
|
|
13
|
|
||
Interest on lease liabilities
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Variable lease cost
|
12
|
|
|
18
|
|
||
Short-term lease cost (1)
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
||
Sublease income
|
(8
|
)
|
|
(16
|
)
|
||
Net lease cost
|
$
|
76
|
|
|
$
|
151
|
|
As of
|
June 30,
2019
|
|
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)
|
|
|
Operating leases
|
8.0
|
|
Finance leases
|
2.5
|
|
Weighted average discount rate
|
|
|
Operating leases
|
3.3
|
%
|
Finance leases
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
|
|
||
Operating cash flows for operating leases
|
$
|
116
|
|
Non-cash related activities
|
|
||
ROU assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
|
$
|
50
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
Finance
|
|
Less:
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Leases
|
|
Leases
|
|
Subleases
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
Remainder of 2019
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
|
$
|
124
|
|
2020
|
248
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
242
|
|
||||
2021
|
224
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
213
|
|
||||
2022
|
198
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
166
|
|
||||
2023
|
144
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
129
|
|
||||
Thereafter
|
511
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
503
|
|
||||
Total undiscounted future minimum lease payments
|
$
|
1,452
|
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
(141
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,377
|
|
Less: Imputed interest
|
(151
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(152
|
)
|
||||
Present value of lease liabilities
|
$
|
1,301
|
|
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
(141
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2018
|
Gross rental commitments
|
|
Rentals from subleases
|
|
Net rental commitments
|
||||||
2019
|
$
|
303
|
|
|
$
|
(34
|
)
|
|
$
|
269
|
|
2020
|
253
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
223
|
|
|||
2021
|
221
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
191
|
|
|||
2022
|
182
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
152
|
|
|||
2023
|
148
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
136
|
|
|||
Thereafter
|
472
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
467
|
|
|||
Total minimum payments required
|
$
|
1,579
|
|
|
$
|
(141
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,438
|
|
•
|
For the second quarter of 2019, revenue increased $45 million, or 2%, to $2.6 billion compared to the prior year period due primarily to organic revenue growth of 6%, partially offset by a 3% unfavorable impact from translating prior year period results at current period foreign exchange rates (“foreign currency translation”) and a 1% unfavorable impact related to divestitures, net of acquisitions. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, revenue increased $98 million, or 2%, to $5,749 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to organic revenue growth of 6%, partially offset by a 4% unfavorable impact from foreign currency translation.
|
•
|
Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2019 were $2.2 billion, a decrease of $384 million compared to the prior year period. The decrease was due primarily to a $176 million decrease from a non-cash impairment charge related to certain assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale in the prior year period, a $103 million decrease in expense related to legacy litigation, a $74 million favorable impact from foreign currency translation, a $68 million decrease in restructuring charges, $38 million of incremental savings related to restructuring and other operational improvement initiatives, and a $21 million decrease in expenses related to divestitures, net of acquisitions, partially offset by an increase in expense associated with 6% organic revenue growth. Operating expenses for the first six months of 2019 decreased $404 million compared to the prior year period primarily due to a $176 million decrease from a non-cash impairment charge related to certain assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale in the prior year period, a $167 million favorable impact from foreign currency translation, a $103 million decrease in expense related to legacy litigation, $83 million of incremental savings related to restructuring and other operational improvement initiatives, a $51 million decrease in restructuring charges, and a $42 million decrease in expenses related to divestitures, net of acquisitions, partially offset by an increase in expense associated with 6% organic revenue growth.
|
•
|
Operating margin increased to 15.8% in the second quarter of 2019 from (0.6)% in the prior year period. Operating margin for the first six months of 2019 increased to 22.4% from 13.9% in the prior year period. The increase in both periods was driven by organic revenue growth of 6%, core operational improvement, savings related to restructuring and other operational improvement initiatives, a decrease from a non-cash impairment charge related to certain assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale in the prior year period, and a decrease in expense related to legacy litigation.
|
•
|
Due to the factors set forth above, net income from continuing operations increased $230 million, or 404%, to $287 million for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the prior year period. During the first six months of 2019, net income from continuing operations increased $302 million, or 45.7%, to $963 million compared to the first six months of 2018.
|
•
|
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.14 per share for the second quarter of 2019 compared to $0.19 per share for the prior year period. During the first six months of 2019, diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $3.85 per share compared to $2.55 per share for the prior year period.
|
•
|
Cash flow provided by operating activities was $361 million for the first six months of 2019, a decrease of $52 million from the prior year period. Approximately $85 million of net cash payments in the first quarter related to legacy litigation were partially offset by strong operational improvement and a $26 million decrease in restructuring cash outlays.
|
•
|
Organic revenue growth, a non-GAAP measure defined under the caption “Review of Consolidated Results — Organic Revenue Growth,” was 6% for the second quarter of 2019, an acceleration from 5% in the prior year period. Organic revenue growth was 6% for the first six months of 2019, an acceleration from 4% in the prior year period. Organic revenue growth in both periods was driven by growth across every major revenue line, with particular strength in Reinsurance Solutions and Commercial Risk Solutions.
|
•
|
Adjusted operating margin, a non-GAAP measure defined under the caption “Review of Consolidated Results — Adjusted Operating Margin,” was 24.4% for the second quarter of 2019 compared to 22.0% in the prior year period. For the first six months of 2019, adjusted operating margin was 29.5% compared to 27.4% for the prior year period. The increase in adjusted operating margin in both periods primarily reflects organic revenue growth of 6%, core operational improvement, and savings related to restructuring and other operational improvement initiatives.
|
•
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, a non-GAAP measure defined under the caption “Review of Consolidated Results — Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share,” was $1.87 per share for the second quarter of 2019 and $5.19 in the first six months of 2019, compared to $1.71 and $4.69 per share for the respective prior year periods.
|
•
|
Free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure defined under the caption “Review of Consolidated Results — Free Cash Flow,” decreased in the first six months of 2019 by $47 million, or 16%, from the prior year period, to $255 million, reflecting a decrease in cash flow from operations, partially offset by an $5 million decrease in capital expenditures.
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Compensation and benefits
|
|
1,501
|
|
|
1,494
|
|
|
3,085
|
|
|
3,110
|
|
||||
Information technology
|
|
126
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
238
|
|
||||
Premises
|
|
85
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
189
|
|
||||
Depreciation of fixed assets
|
|
40
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
86
|
|
||||
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets
|
|
97
|
|
|
282
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
392
|
|
||||
Other general expenses
|
|
344
|
|
|
535
|
|
|
690
|
|
|
853
|
|
||||
Total operating expenses
|
|
2,193
|
|
|
2,577
|
|
|
4,464
|
|
|
4,868
|
|
||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
413
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
1,285
|
|
|
783
|
|
||||
Interest income
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
5
|
|
||||
Interest expense
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
(149
|
)
|
|
(139
|
)
|
||||
Other income (expense)
|
|
6
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
6
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
343
|
|
|
(87
|
)
|
|
1,145
|
|
|
631
|
|
||||
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
56
|
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
182
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
||||
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
287
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
963
|
|
|
661
|
|
||||
Net income from discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
||||
Net income
|
|
287
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
963
|
|
|
668
|
|
||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
10
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
26
|
|
||||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
277
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
$
|
936
|
|
|
$
|
642
|
|
Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Continuing operations
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
$
|
3.85
|
|
|
$
|
2.55
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
||||
Net income
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
$
|
3.85
|
|
|
$
|
2.58
|
|
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
242.8
|
|
|
247.4
|
|
|
$
|
243.2
|
|
|
248.8
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
|
% Change
|
|
Less: Currency Impact (1)
|
|
Less: Fiduciary Investment Income (2)
|
|
Less: Acquisitions, Divestitures & Other
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth (3)
|
|||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Commercial Risk Solutions
|
|
$
|
1,167
|
|
|
$
|
1,166
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
|
6
|
%
|
Reinsurance Solutions
|
|
420
|
|
|
380
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12
|
|
||
Retirement Solutions
|
|
419
|
|
|
431
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
||
Health Solutions
|
|
317
|
|
|
309
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
|
||
Data & Analytic Services
|
|
286
|
|
|
277
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
4
|
|
||
Elimination
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
(1
|
)%
|
|
6
|
%
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
(millions)
|
|
Jun 30, 2019
|
|
Jun 30, 2018
|
|
% Change
|
|
Less: Currency Impact (1)
|
|
Less: Fiduciary Investment Income (2)
|
|
Less: Acquisitions, Divestitures & Other
|
|
Organic Revenue Growth (3)
|
|||||||||
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Commercial Risk Solutions
|
|
$
|
2,285
|
|
|
$
|
2,350
|
|
|
(3
|
)%
|
|
(4
|
)%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
(5
|
)%
|
|
6
|
%
|
Reinsurance Solutions
|
|
1,208
|
|
|
1,122
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
1
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
10
|
|
||
Retirement Solutions
|
|
839
|
|
|
855
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
||
Health Solutions
|
|
803
|
|
|
760
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
5
|
|
||
Data & Analytic Services
|
|
622
|
|
|
571
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
4
|
|
||
Elimination
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
||
Total revenue
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
(4
|
)%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
6
|
%
|
(1)
|
Currency impact is determined by translating prior period's revenue at this period's foreign exchange rates.
|
(2)
|
Fiduciary investment income for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, was $18 million and $12 million. Fiduciary investment income for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, was $37 million and $22 million.
|
(3)
|
Organic revenue growth includes the impact of intercompany activity and excludes the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates, fiduciary investment income, acquisitions, divestitures, transfers between revenue lines, and gains or losses on derivatives accounted for as hedges.
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
|
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
June 30,
2018 |
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
June 30,
2018 |
||||||||
Revenue from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
2,606
|
|
|
$
|
2,561
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
$
|
5,651
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating income from continuing operations - as reported
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
|
$
|
(16
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,285
|
|
|
$
|
783
|
|
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets(1)
|
|
97
|
|
|
282
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
392
|
|
||||
Restructuring
|
|
127
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
218
|
|
|
269
|
|
||||
Legacy Litigation
|
|
—
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
103
|
|
||||
Operating income from continuing operations - as adjusted
|
|
$
|
637
|
|
|
$
|
564
|
|
|
$
|
1,697
|
|
|
$
|
1,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating margin from continuing operations - as reported
|
|
15.8
|
%
|
|
(0.6
|
)%
|
|
22.4
|
%
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
||||
Operating margin from continuing operations - as adjusted
|
|
24.4
|
%
|
|
22.0
|
%
|
|
29.5
|
%
|
|
27.4
|
%
|
(1)
|
Included in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 was a $176 million non-cash impairment charges taken on certain assets and liabilities held for sale.
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-GAAP
|
||||||
|
|
U.S. GAAP
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
Adjusted
|
||||||
Operating income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
|
$
|
224
|
|
|
$
|
637
|
|
Interest income
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||
Interest expense
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|||
Other income (expense)
|
|
6
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
|||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
343
|
|
|
224
|
|
|
567
|
|
|||
Income taxes (2)
|
|
56
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
102
|
|
|||
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
287
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
465
|
|
|||
Net income from discontinued operations (3)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
287
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
465
|
|
|||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
277
|
|
|
$
|
178
|
|
|
$
|
455
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing operations
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
0.73
|
|
|
$
|
1.87
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
0.73
|
|
|
$
|
1.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
242.8
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
242.8
|
|
|||
Effective Tax Rates (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing Operations
|
|
16.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
18.0
|
%
|
||||
Discontinued Operations
|
|
58.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
58.5
|
%
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-GAAP
|
||||||
|
|
U.S. GAAP
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
Adjusted
|
||||||
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
(16
|
)
|
|
$
|
580
|
|
|
$
|
564
|
|
Interest income
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|||
Interest expense
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|||
Other income (expense) (1)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
16
|
|
|
13
|
|
|||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
(87
|
)
|
|
596
|
|
|
509
|
|
|||
Income tax expense (benefit) (2)
|
|
(144
|
)
|
|
219
|
|
|
75
|
|
|||
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
57
|
|
|
377
|
|
|
434
|
|
|||
Net income from discontinued operations (3)
|
|
1
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
58
|
|
|
376
|
|
|
434
|
|
|||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
$
|
376
|
|
|
$
|
424
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
$
|
1.52
|
|
|
$
|
1.71
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
$
|
0.19
|
|
|
$
|
1.52
|
|
|
$
|
1.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
247.4
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
247.4
|
|
|||
Effective Tax Rates (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing Operations
|
|
165.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
14.7
|
%
|
||||
Discontinued Operations
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
63.7
|
%
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-GAAP
|
||||||
|
|
U.S. GAAP
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
Adjusted
|
||||||
Operating income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
1,285
|
|
|
$
|
412
|
|
|
$
|
1,697
|
|
Interest income
|
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3
|
|
|||
Interest expense
|
|
(149
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(149
|
)
|
|||
Other income (expense)
|
|
6
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
|||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
1,145
|
|
|
412
|
|
|
1,557
|
|
|||
Income taxes (2)
|
|
182
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
269
|
|
|||
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
963
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
1,288
|
|
|||
Net income from discontinued operations (3)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
963
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
1,288
|
|
|||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
27
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
27
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
936
|
|
|
$
|
325
|
|
|
$
|
1,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing operations
|
|
$
|
3.85
|
|
|
$
|
1.34
|
|
|
$
|
5.19
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Net income
|
|
$
|
3.85
|
|
|
$
|
1.34
|
|
|
$
|
5.19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
243.2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
243.2
|
|
|||
Effective Tax Rates (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing Operations
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
17.3
|
%
|
||||
Discontinued Operations
|
|
58.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
58.5
|
%
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-GAAP
|
||||||
|
|
U.S. GAAP
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
Adjusted
|
||||||
Operating income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
783
|
|
|
$
|
764
|
|
|
$
|
1,547
|
|
Interest income
|
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5
|
|
|||
Interest expense
|
|
(139
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(139
|
)
|
|||
Other income (expense) (1)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
23
|
|
|
5
|
|
|||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
631
|
|
|
787
|
|
|
1,418
|
|
|||
Income tax expense (benefit) (2)
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
255
|
|
|
225
|
|
|||
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
661
|
|
|
532
|
|
|
1,193
|
|
|||
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations (3)
|
|
7
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|||
Net income
|
|
668
|
|
|
523
|
|
|
1,191
|
|
|||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
26
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
$
|
642
|
|
|
$
|
523
|
|
|
$
|
1,165
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Diluted net income per share attributable to Aon shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing operations
|
|
$
|
2.55
|
|
|
$
|
2.14
|
|
|
$
|
4.69
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|||
Net income
|
|
$
|
2.58
|
|
|
$
|
2.10
|
|
|
$
|
4.68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
248.8
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
248.8
|
|
|||
Effective Tax Rates (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Continuing Operations
|
|
(4.8
|
)%
|
|
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
||||
Discontinued Operations
|
|
14.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
49.3
|
%
|
(1)
|
Adjusted Other income (expense) excludes Pension settlement charges of $16 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and $23 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
|
(2)
|
Adjusted items are generally taxed at the estimated annual effective tax rate, except for the applicable tax impact associated with estimated Restructuring Plan expenses, legacy litigation, accelerated tradename amortization, impairment charges and non-cash pension settlement charges, which are adjusted at the related jurisdictional rate. In addition, tax expense excludes the tax impacts of the sale of the disposal group as well as enactment date impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
|
(3)
|
Adjusted income from discontinued operations, net of tax, excludes the gain on sale of discontinued operations of $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and $9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The effective tax rate was further adjusted for the applicable tax impact associated with the gain on sale, as applicable.
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||
|
|
June 30, 2019
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
||||
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
|
|
$
|
361
|
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
Capital Expenditures Used for Operations
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|
(111
|
)
|
||
Free Cash Flow Provided By Operations
|
|
$
|
255
|
|
|
$
|
302
|
|
|
Statement of Financial Position Classification
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Asset Type
|
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
|
|
Short-term
Investments
|
|
Fiduciary
Assets
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
Certificates of deposit, bank deposits or time deposits
|
$
|
581
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,719
|
|
|
$
|
3,300
|
|
Money market funds
|
—
|
|
|
235
|
|
|
2,121
|
|
|
2,356
|
|
||||
Cash and short-term investments
|
581
|
|
|
235
|
|
|
4,840
|
|
|
5,656
|
|
||||
Fiduciary receivables
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,231
|
|
|
7,231
|
|
||||
Total
|
$
|
581
|
|
|
$
|
235
|
|
|
$
|
12,071
|
|
|
$
|
12,887
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||
|
|
June 30,
2019 |
|
June 30,
2018 |
||||
Cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$
|
361
|
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
Cash provided (used for) investing activities
|
|
$
|
(222
|
)
|
|
$
|
179
|
|
Cash used for financing activities
|
|
$
|
(232
|
)
|
|
$
|
(798
|
)
|
Effect of exchange rates changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
|
$
|
(63
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Inception to Date
|
|
Estimated Remaining Costs
|
|
Estimated Total Cost (1)
|
||||||||||
Workforce reduction
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
$
|
102
|
|
|
$
|
516
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
530
|
|
Technology rationalization (2)
|
|
4
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
130
|
|
|||||
Lease consolidation (2)
|
|
5
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
80
|
|
|||||
Asset impairments
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
45
|
|
|||||
Other costs associated with restructuring and separation (2) (3)
|
|
38
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
498
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
565
|
|
|||||
Total restructuring and related expenses
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
218
|
|
|
$
|
1,200
|
|
|
$
|
150
|
|
|
$
|
1,350
|
|
(1)
|
Actual costs, when incurred, may vary due to changes in the assumptions built into the Restructuring Plan. Significant assumptions that may change when plans are finalized and implemented include, but are not limited to, changes in severance calculations, changes in the assumptions underlying sublease loss calculations due to changing market conditions, and changes in the overall analysis that might cause the Company to add or cancel component initiatives. Estimated Total Costs includes $100 million of non-cash charges.
|
(2)
|
Total contract termination costs incurred under the Restructuring Plan associated with Technology rationalizations, Lease consolidations, and Other costs, respectively, associated with restructuring and separation were for the three months ended June 30, 2019, $2 million, $4 million, and $1 million; for the six months ended June 30, 2019, were $3 million, $13 million, and $3 million; and since inception of the Restructuring Plan, were $9 million, $46 million, and $91 million. Total estimated contract termination costs expected to be incurred under the Restructuring Plan associated with Technology rationalizations, Lease consolidations, and Other costs associated with restructuring and separation, are $15 million, $80 million, and $95 million, respectively.
|
(3)
|
Other costs associated with the Restructuring Plan include those to separate the Divested Business, as well as moving costs, and consulting and legal fees. These costs are generally recognized when incurred.
|
|
|
Restructuring Plan
|
||
Balance as of December 31, 2018
|
|
$
|
201
|
|
Expensed
|
|
204
|
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
(222
|
)
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
1
|
|
|
Balance as of June 30, 2019
|
|
$
|
184
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Shares repurchased
|
5.8
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
|
6.4
|
|
|
6.7
|
|
||||
Average price per share
|
$
|
183.23
|
|
|
$
|
141.23
|
|
|
$
|
181.07
|
|
|
$
|
141.06
|
|
Costs recorded to retained earnings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total repurchase cost
|
$
|
1,050
|
|
|
$
|
400
|
|
|
$
|
1,150
|
|
|
$
|
950
|
|
Additional associated costs
|
6
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
5
|
|
||||
Total costs recorded to retained earnings
|
$
|
1,056
|
|
|
$
|
402
|
|
|
$
|
1,157
|
|
|
$
|
955
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
||||||||
Total issuances (1)
|
|
$
|
1,947
|
|
|
$
|
1,746
|
|
|
$
|
2,816
|
|
|
$
|
2,551
|
|
Total repayments
|
|
$
|
(1,533
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,321
|
)
|
|
(2,227
|
)
|
|
(1,732
|
)
|
||
Net issuances
|
|
$
|
414
|
|
|
$
|
425
|
|
|
$
|
589
|
|
|
$
|
819
|
|
(1)
|
The proceeds of the commercial paper issuances were used primarily for short-term working capital needs.
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Ratings
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Senior Long-term Debt
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Commercial Paper
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Outlook
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Standard & Poor’s
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A-
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|
A-2
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Stable
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Moody’s Investor Services
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Baa2
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P-2
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|
Stable
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Fitch, Inc.
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BBB+
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|
F-2
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|
Stable
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•
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general economic and political conditions in the countries in which we do business around the world, including the U.K.’s expected withdrawal from the European Union;
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•
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changes in the competitive environment or damage to our reputation;
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•
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fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could influence revenues and expenses;
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•
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changes in global equity and fixed income markets that could affect the return on invested assets;
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•
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changes in the funding status of our various defined benefit pension plans and the impact of any increased pension funding resulting from those changes;
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•
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the level of our debt limiting financial flexibility or increasing borrowing costs;
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•
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rating agency actions that could affect our ability to borrow funds;
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•
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volatility in our tax rate due to a variety of different factors including U.S. federal income tax reform;
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•
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changes in estimates or assumptions on our financial statements;
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•
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limits on our subsidiaries to make dividend and other payments to us;
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•
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the impact of lawsuits and other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies arising from errors and omissions and other claims against us;
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•
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the impact of, and potential challenges in complying with, legislation and regulation in the jurisdictions in which we operate, particularly given the global scope of our businesses and the possibility of conflicting regulatory requirements across jurisdictions in which we do business;
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•
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the impact of any investigations brought by regulatory authorities in the U.S., U.K., and other countries;
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•
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the impact of any inquiries relating to compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and non-U.S. anti-corruption laws and with U.S. and non-U.S. trade sanctions regimes;
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•
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failure to protect intellectual property rights or allegations that we infringe on the intellectual property rights of others;
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•
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the effects of English law on our operating flexibility and the enforcement of judgments against us;
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•
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the failure to retain and attract qualified personnel;
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•
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international risks associated with our global operations;
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•
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the effect of natural or man-made disasters;
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•
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the potential of a system or network breach or disruption resulting in operational interruption or improper disclosure of personal data;
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•
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our ability to develop and implement new technology;
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•
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damage to our reputation among clients, markets or third parties;
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•
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the actions taken by third parties that perform aspects of our business operations and client services;
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•
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the extent to which we manage certain risks created in connection with the various services, including fiduciary and investment consulting and other advisory services, among others, that we currently provide, or will provide in the future, to clients;
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•
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our ability to continue, and the costs and risks associated with, growing, developing and integrating companies that we acquire or new lines of business;
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•
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changes in commercial property and casualty markets, commercial premium rates or methods of compensation;
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•
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changes in the health care system or our relationships with insurance carriers;
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•
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our ability to implement initiatives intended to yield cost savings and the ability to achieve those cost savings;
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•
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our risks and uncertainties in connection with the sale of the Divested Business; and
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•
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our ability to realize the expected benefits from our restructuring plan.
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Period
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|
Total Number of Shares Purchased
|
|
Average Price Paid per Share (1)
|
|
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)
|
|
Maximum Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)(2)
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4/1/19 - 4/30/19
|
|
352,308
|
|
|
$
|
172.82
|
|
|
352,308
|
|
|
$
|
3,812,638,339
|
|
5/1/19 - 5/31/19
|
|
2,908,935
|
|
|
$
|
178.97
|
|
|
2,908,935
|
|
|
$
|
3,292,040,277
|
|
6/1/19 - 6/30/19
|
|
2,469,273
|
|
|
$
|
189.74
|
|
|
2,469,273
|
|
|
$
|
2,823,525,949
|
|
|
|
5,730,516
|
|
|
$
|
183.23
|
|
|
5,730,516
|
|
|
$
|
2,823,525,949
|
|
(1)
|
Does not include commissions or other costs paid to repurchase shares.
|
(2)
|
The Repurchase Program was established in April 2012 with $5.0 billion in authorized repurchases, and was increased by $5.0 billion in authorized repurchases in each of November 2014 and February 2017 for a total of $15.0 billion in repurchase authorizations.
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Aon plc
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|
|
(Registrant)
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|
|
|
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July 26, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Michael Neller
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Michael Neller
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|
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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
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|
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GLOBAL CONTROLLER
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|
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(Principal Accounting Officer and duly authorized officer of Registrant)
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Exhibit Number
|
|
Description of Exhibit
|
3.1
|
|
|
10.1#
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|
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10.2#
|
|
|
31.1
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|
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31.2
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|
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32.1
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|
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32.2
|
|
|
101
|
|
Interactive Data Files. The following materials are filed electronically with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
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|
|
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
|
|
|
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
|
|
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101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
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|
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101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
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|
|
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Aon 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:
|
July 26, 2019
|
/s/ GREGORY C. CASE
|
|
|
Gregory C. Case
Chief Executive Officer
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Aon 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:
|
July 26, 2019
|
/s/ CHRISTA DAVIES
|
|
|
Christa Davies
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
/s/ GREGORY C. CASE
|
|
Gregory C. Case
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
July 26, 2019
|
|
/s/ CHRISTA DAVIES
|
|
Christa Davies
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
July 26, 2019
|
(a)
|
Class A Ordinary Shares: Class A ordinary shares (the Class A Ordinary Shares) shall be denominated in US Dollars with a nominal value of US$0.01 each. Class A Ordinary Shares shall be issued with voting rights attached to them and each Class A Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company that have voting rights for voting purposes. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for any dividend declared. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares
|
(b)
|
Class B Ordinary Shares: Class B ordinary shares (the Class B Ordinary Shares) shall be denominated in British Pounds Sterling with a nominal value of GBP£0.10 each (or such other nominal value as determined by the board). Class B Ordinary Shares may be issued with or without voting rights attached to them and, if with voting rights, each Class B Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company that have voting rights for voting purposes. Each Class B Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for any dividend declared. Each Class B Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for any distribution made on a winding up. Class B Ordinary Shares may not be issued as redeemable shares.
|
(c)
|
Class C Ordinary Shares: Class C ordinary shares (the Class C Ordinary Shares) shall be denominated in US Dollars with a nominal value of US$0.01 each. Class C Ordinary Shares shall be issued without voting rights attached to them. Each Class C Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for any dividend declared. Each Class C Ordinary Share shall rank equally with all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company for any distribution made on a winding up. Class C Ordinary Shares may be issued as redeemable shares, at the option of the board.
|
(d)
|
Preference Shares: Preference shares (the Preference Shares) shall be denominated in US Dollars with a nominal value to be determined by the board. Preference Shares may be issued in one or more classes or series with or without voting rights attached to them, with the board to determine the existence of such voting rights and, if any, the ranking of such voting rights in relation to the other shares in the capital of the Company. The board may determine any other terms and conditions of the Preference Shares, including with regards to their rights: (i) to receive dividends (which may include, without limitation, the right to receive preferential or cumulative dividends); (ii) to distributions made by the Company on a winding up; and (iii) to be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of shares, at such prices or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments as may be determined by the board. Preference Shares may be issued as redeemable shares, at the option of the board.
|
(e)
|
Class D Ordinary Shares: Class D ordinary shares (the Class D Ordinary Shares) shall be denominated in US Dollars each with a nominal value to be determined by the board. The Class D Shares shall be issued without voting rights attached to them, and shall not count towards the nominal value threshold outlined in the first sentence of Article 115. Without prejudice to the rights of all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, the Class D Shares shall have no right to receive dividends. The Class D Ordinary Shares shall, in respect of a distribution made on a winding up, entitle its holders to receive the nominal value of each Class D Ordinary Shares, but only after the holders of all other ordinary shares in the capital of the Company shall have received the amount paid up or credited as paid on such shares. The Class D Ordinary Shares shall not entitle its holders to any further participation in the assets or profits in the Company. The Class D Ordinary Shares may not be issued as redeemable shares and are not redeemable. A reduction by the Company of the capital paid up or credited as paid up on the Class D Ordinary Shares and the cancellation of such shares will be treated as being in accordance with the rights attaching to the Class D Ordinary Shares and will not involve any variation
|
(a)
|
a new warrant or coupon shall be issued in place of one worn‑out, defaced, lost or destroyed (but no new warrant shall be issued unless the Company is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the original has been destroyed);
|
(b)
|
the bearer shall be entitled to attend and vote at general meetings; or
|
(c)
|
a warrant may be surrendered and the name of the bearer entered in the register in respect of the shares specified in the warrant.
|
(a)
|
to require the holder of that uncertificated share by notice to change that share into certificated form within the period specified in the notice and to hold that share in certificated form so long as required by the Company; and
|
(b)
|
to take any action that the board considers appropriate to achieve the sale, transfer, disposal, forfeiture, re-allotment or surrender of that share, or otherwise to enforce a lien in respect of that share.
|
(a)
|
allot shares in the Company, and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company, up to:
|
(i)
|
415,000,000 shares in respect of Class A Ordinary Shares for a period expiring (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on the date which is five years from the date of the adoption of these Articles by the Company;
|
(ii)
|
one (1) share in respect of Class C Ordinary Shares for a period expiring (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on the date which is five years from the date of the adoption of these Articles by the Company; and
|
(iii)
|
25,000,000 shares in respect of Preference Shares for a period expiring (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on the date which is five years from the date of the adoption of these Articles by the Company; and
|
(b)
|
make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted, after expiry of the authority described in this Article 17 and the directors may allot shares and grant rights in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.
|
(a)
|
expires (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on the date which is five years from the date of the adoption of these Articles by the Company, but the Company may make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after expiry of this power and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this power had not expired ; and
|
(b)
|
shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities up to:
|
(i)
|
415,000,000 shares in respect of Class A Ordinary Shares;
|
(ii)
|
one (1) share in respect of Class C Ordinary Shares; and
|
(iii)
|
25,000,000 shares in respect of Preference Shares.
|
(a)
|
all shares for the time being in the capital of the Company shall be at the disposal of the board; and
|
(b)
|
the board may reclassify, allot (with or without conferring a right of renunciation), grant options over, or otherwise dispose of them to such persons on such terms and conditions and at such times as it thinks fit.
|
(a)
|
the use of abusive tactics by any person in connection with any potential acquisition or change of Control of the Company would be prevented;
|
(b)
|
any potential acquisition or change of Control of the Company which would be unlikely to treat all members of the Company equally and fairly and in a similar manner would be prevented;
|
(c)
|
any potential acquisition or change of Control of the Company at a price which would undervalue the Company or its shares would be prevented; and/or
|
(d)
|
any potential acquisition or change of Control of the Company which would be likely to harm the prospects of the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole, having had regard to the matters in section 172 of the Act, will be prevented.
|
(e)
|
beneficial ownership of 20 per cent or more of the voting rights attributable to the capital of the Company which are exercisable at a general meeting; or
|
(f)
|
such percentage of the issued share capital of the Company as would, if the whole of the income or assets of the Company were in fact distributed among the members (without regard to any rights which he or any other person has as a loan creditor), entitle him to receive 20 per cent or more of the income or assets so distributed; or
|
(g)
|
such rights as would, in the event of the winding-up of the Company or in any other circumstances, entitle him to receive 20 per cent or more of the assets of the Company which would then be available for distribution among the members.
|
(a)
|
with the written consent of the holders of three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of the class, which consent shall be in hard copy form or in electronic form sent to such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or in default of such specification to the office, and may consist of several documents, each executed or authenticated in such manner as the board may approve by or on behalf of one or more holders, or a combination of both; or
|
(b)
|
with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of the class,
|
(a)
|
the reduction of the capital paid up on that share or class of shares otherwise than by a purchase or redemption by the Company of its own shares; and
|
(b)
|
the allotment of another share ranking in priority for payment of a dividend or in respect of capital or which confers on its holder voting rights more favourable than those conferred by that share or class of shares,
|
(a)
|
be executed under the seal or otherwise in accordance with Article 168 or in such other manner as the board may approve; and
|
(b)
|
specify the number, class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the shares to which it relates and the amount or respective amounts paid up on the shares.
|
(a)
|
unless the instrument of transfer:
|
(i)
|
is lodged, duly stamped (if stampable), at the office or at another place appointed by the board accompanied by the certificate for the share to which it relates and such other evidence as the board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;
|
(ii)
|
is in respect of only one class of shares; or
|
(iii)
|
is in favour of not more than four transferees;
|
(b)
|
if it is with respect to a share on which the Company has a lien and a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable and is not paid within 14 clear days after notice has been sent to the holder of the share in accordance with Article 29; or
|
(c)
|
if it is a certificated share and is not presented for registration together with the share certificate and such evidence of title as the Company reasonably requires.
|
(a)
|
the necessary quorum at any such meeting (or adjournment thereof) shall be members of that class who together represent at least the majority of the voting rights of all the members of that class entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, at the relevant meeting;
|
(b)
|
all votes shall be taken on a poll; and
|
(c)
|
each holder of shares of the class shall, on a poll, have one vote in respect of every share of the class held by him.
|
(a)
|
participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened;
|
(b)
|
hear and see all persons who speak (whether by the use of microphones, loudspeakers, audio‑visual communications equipment or otherwise) in the principal meeting place and any satellite meeting place; and
|
(c)
|
be heard and seen by all other persons so present in the same way.
|
(a)
|
no new notice of the meeting need be sent, but the board shall, if practicable, advertise the date, time and place of the meeting by public announcement and in two newspapers with national circulation in the United Kingdom and shall make arrangements for notices of the change of place and/or postponement to appear at the original place and/or at the original time; and
|
(b)
|
a proxy appointment in relation to the meeting may, if by means of a document in hard copy form, be delivered to the office or to such other place within the United Kingdom as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 107(a) or, if in electronic form, be received at the address (if any) specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 107(b).
|
(a)
|
be arranged in alphabetical order;
|
(b)
|
show the address of each member entitled to vote at the meeting; and
|
(c)
|
show the number of shares registered in the name of each member.
|
(a)
|
it is likely to be impracticable to hold or continue that meeting because of the number of members wishing to attend who are not present; or
|
(b)
|
the unruly conduct of persons attending the meeting prevents or is likely to prevent the orderly continuation of the business of the meeting; or
|
(c)
|
an adjournment is otherwise necessary so that the business of the meeting may be properly conducted.
|
(a)
|
at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the ordinary resolution is to be considered (which, if the board so specifies, shall be calculated taking no account of any part of a day that is not a working day), notice of the terms of the amendment and the intention to move it has been delivered in hard copy form to the office or to such other place as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or received in electronic form at such address (if any) for the time being specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose, or
|
(b)
|
the chairman in his absolute discretion decides that the amendment may be considered and voted on.
|
(a)
|
to the extent that that request relates to the nomination of a director, as to each person whom the member(s) propose(s) to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected;
|
(b)
|
to the extent that that request relates to any business other than the nomination of a director that the member(s) propose(s) to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such member(s) and any Member Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the member(s) or the Member Associated Person therefrom; and
|
(c)
|
as to the member(s) giving the notice and the Member Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:
|
(i)
|
the name and address of such member(s), as they appear on the Company’s books, and of such Member Associated Persons, if any;
|
(ii)
|
the class and number of shares of the Company which are owned beneficially and of record by such member(s) and such Member Associated Persons, if any;
|
(iii)
|
whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such member(s) or any such Member Associated Persons with respect to any shares of the Company (which information shall be updated by such member(s) as of the record date of the meeting not later than ten days after the record date for the meeting);
|
(iv)
|
a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such member and such Member Associated Persons, if any, each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the nomination of a director or the proposal of any other business by such member(s) or such Member Associated Person, if any;
|
(v)
|
any other information relating to such member or such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
|
(vi)
|
to the extent known by the member(s) giving the notice, the name and address of any other member supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such request.
|
(a)
|
in respect of the shares in relation to which the default occurred (the default shares, which expression includes any shares issued after the date of the section 793 notice in respect of those shares) the member shall not be entitled to attend or vote either personally or by proxy at a general meeting or at a separate meeting of the holders of that class of shares or on a poll; and
|
(b)
|
in respect of the default shares:
|
(i)
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no payment shall be made by way of dividend and no share shall be allotted pursuant to Article 176; and
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(ii)
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no transfer of any default share shall be registered unless:
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(A)
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the member is not himself in default as regards supplying the information requested and the transfer when presented for registration is accompanied by a certificate by the member in such form as the board may in its absolute discretion require to the effect that after due and careful enquiry the member is satisfied that no person in default as regards supplying such information is interested in any of the shares the subject of the transfer; or
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(B)
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the transfer is an approved transfer.
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(a)
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a notice of an approved transfer, but only in relation to the shares transferred; or
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(b)
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all the information required by the relevant section 793 notice, in a form satisfactory to the board.
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(a)
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a person shall be treated as appearing to be interested in any shares if the member holding such shares has sent to the Company a notification under section 793 of the Act which either (i) names such person as being so interested or (ii) fails to establish the identities of all those interested in the shares, and (after taking into account the said notification and any other relevant section 793 notification) the Company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person in question is or may be interested in the shares;
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(b)
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the prescribed period is 14 days from the date of service of the section 793 notice; and
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(c)
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a transfer of shares is an approved transfer if:
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(i)
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it is a transfer of shares pursuant to an acceptance of a takeover offer (within the meaning of section 974 of the Act); or
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(ii)
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the board is satisfied that the transfer is made pursuant to a sale of the whole of the beneficial ownership of the shares the subject of the transfer to a party unconnected with the member and with any other person appearing to be interested in the shares; or
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(iii)
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the transfer results from a sale made through a recognised investment exchange as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or any other stock exchange outside the United Kingdom on which the Company’s shares are normally traded.
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(a)
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in the case of a proxy relating to shares in the capital of the Company held in the name of a Depositary, in a form or manner of communication approved by the board, which may include, without limitation, a voter instruction form to be provided to the Company by certain third parties on behalf of the Depositary. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy may be:
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(A)
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in hard copy form; or
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(B)
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in electronic form, to the electronic address provided by the Company for this purpose; or
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(b)
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in the case of a proxy relating to shares to which Article 104(a) does not apply:
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(i)
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in any usual form or in any other form or manner of communication which the board may approve. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy may be:
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(A)
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in hard copy form; or
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(B)
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in electronic form, to the electronic address provided by the Company for this purpose.
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(a)
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if in hard copy form, be delivered by hand or by post to the office or such other place within the United Kingdom as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company for that purpose:
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(i)
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in the notice convening the meeting; or
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(ii)
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in any form of proxy sent by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting,
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(b)
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if in electronic form, be received at any address to which the appointment of a proxy may be sent by electronic means pursuant to a provision of the Companies Acts or to any other address specified by or on behalf of the Company for the purpose of receiving the appointment of a proxy in electronic form:
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(i)
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in the notice convening the meeting; or
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(ii)
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in any form of proxy sent by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting; or
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(iii)
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in any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting; or
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(iv)
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on a website that is maintained by or on behalf of the Company and identifies the Company,
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(a)
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the Company may treat the appointment as sufficient evidence of the authority of that person to make, send or supply the appointment on behalf of that holder; and
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(b)
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that holder shall, if requested by or on behalf of the Company at any time, send or procure the sending of reasonable evidence of the authority under which the appointment has been made, sent or supplied (which may include, without limitation, a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the board), to such address and by such time as may be specified in the request and, if the request is not complied with in any respect, the appointment may be treated as invalid.
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(a)
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where more than one authorised person purport to exercise a power in respect of the same shares:
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(i)
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if they purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as exercised in that way; and
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(ii)
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if they do not purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as not exercised.
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(a)
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whether he counts in deciding whether there is a quorum at a meeting;
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(b)
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the validity of anything he does as chairman of a meeting;
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(c)
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the validity of a poll demanded by him at a meeting; or
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(d)
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the validity of a vote given by that person,
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(a)
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he is recommended by the board; or
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(b)
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notice in respect of that person is given by a member qualified to vote at the meeting has been received by the Company in accordance with Article 87 and Article 89 or section 338 of the Act of the intention to propose that person for appointment stating the particulars which would, if he were so appointed, be required to be included in the Company’s register of directors, together with notice by that person of his willingness to be appointed.
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(a)
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that person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Act or is prohibited from being a director by law;
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(b)
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a bankruptcy order is made against that person;
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(c)
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a composition is made with that person’s creditors generally in satisfaction of that person’s debts;
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(d)
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a registered medical practitioner who is treating that person gives a written opinion to the Company stating that that person has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months;
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(e)
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by reason of that person’s mental health, a court makes an order which wholly or partly prevents that person from personally exercising any powers or rights which that person would otherwise have;
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(f)
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notification is received by the Company from the director that the director is resigning or retiring from office, and such resignation or retirement has taken effect in accordance with its terms; or
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(g)
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that person dies.
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(a)
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any requirement as to quorum at the meeting at which the matter is considered is met without counting the director in question or any other interested director; and
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(b)
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the matter was agreed to without their voting or would have been agreed to if their votes had not been counted.
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(a)
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may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise (directly or indirectly) interested;
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(b)
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may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as auditor) and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a director; and
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(c)
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may be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to a transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate:
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(i)
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in which the Company is (directly or indirectly) interested as shareholder or otherwise; or
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(ii)
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with which he has such a relationship at the request or direction of the Company.
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(a)
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the acceptance, entry into or existence of which has been approved by the board pursuant to Article 142 (subject, in any such case, to any limits or conditions to which such approval was subject); or
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(b)
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which he is permitted to hold or enter into by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Article 143;
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(a)
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to disclose any such information to the board or to any director or other officer or employee of the Company; and/or
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(b)
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to use or apply any such information in performing his duties as a director of the Company.
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(a)
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absents himself from meetings of the board at which any matter relating to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest will or may be discussed or from the discussion of any such matter at a meeting or otherwise; and/or
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(b)
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makes arrangements not to receive documents and information relating to any matter which gives rise to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest sent or supplied by the Company and/or for such documents and information to be received and read by a professional adviser,
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(a)
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disclosing information, in circumstances where disclosure would otherwise be required under these Articles; or
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(b)
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attending meetings or discussions or receiving documents and information as referred to in Article 147, in circumstances where such attendance or receiving such documents and information would otherwise be required under these Articles.
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(a)
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a director, officer or employee of the Company, or any body which is or was the holding company or subsidiary undertaking of the Company, or in which the Company or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking has or had any interest (whether direct or indirect) or with which the Company or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking is or was in any way allied or associated; or
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(b)
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a trustee of any pension fund in which employees of the Company or any other body referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article are or have been interested,
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(a)
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a director signifies his agreement to a proposed written resolution when the Company receives from him a document indicating his agreement to the resolution authenticated in the manner permitted by the Companies Acts for a document in the relevant form; and
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(b)
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the director may send the document in hard copy form or in electronic form to such address (if any) for the time being specified by the Company for that purpose.
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(a)
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the giving of a guarantee, security or indemnity in respect of money lent or obligations incurred by him or any other person at the request of or for the benefit of, the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings;
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(b)
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the giving of a guarantee, security or indemnity in respect of a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for which the director has assumed responsibility (in whole or part and whether alone or jointly with others) under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;
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(c)
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a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning an offer of shares, debentures or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings for subscription or purchase, in which offer he is or may be entitled to participate as a holder of securities or in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of which he is to participate;
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(d)
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a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning any other body corporate in which he or any person connected with him is interested, directly or indirectly, and whether as an officer, shareholder, creditor or otherwise, if he and any persons connected with him do not to his knowledge hold an interest (as that term is used in sections 820 to 825 of the Act) representing one per cent. or more of either any class of the equity share capital of such body corporate (or any other body corporate through which his interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to members of the relevant body corporate (any such interest being deemed for the purpose of this Article to be likely to give rise to a conflict with the interests of the Company in all circumstances);
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(e)
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a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal for the benefit of employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiary undertakings which does not award him any privilege or benefit not generally accorded to the employees to whom the arrangement relates; and
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(f)
|
a contract, arrangement, transaction or proposal concerning any insurance which the Company is empowered to purchase or maintain for, or for the benefit of, any directors of the Company or for persons who include directors of the Company.
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(a)
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all appointments of officers made by the board; and
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(b)
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all proceedings at meetings of the Company, the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, the board and committees of the board, including the names of the directors present at each such meeting.
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(a)
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any document comprising or affecting the constitution of the Company, whether in hard copy form or electronic form;
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(b)
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any resolution passed by the Company, the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, the board or any committee of the board, whether in hard copy form or electronic form; and
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(c)
|
any book, record and document relating to the business of the Company, whether in hard copy form or electronic form (including without limitation the accounts).
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(a)
|
pay interim dividends on shares which confer deferred or non-preferred rights with regard to dividends as well as on shares which confer preferential rights with regard to dividends, but no interim dividend shall be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrear; and
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(b)
|
pay at intervals settled by it any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears to the board that the profits available for distribution justify the payment.
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(a)
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The Resolution may specify a particular dividend, or may specify all or any dividends declared within a specified period.
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(b)
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Each holder of shares shall be entitled to that number of new shares as are together as nearly as possible equal in value to (but not greater than) the cash amount (disregarding any tax credit) of the dividend that such holder elects to forgo (each a new share). For this purpose, the value of each new share shall be:
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(i)
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equal to the average quotation for the Company’s ordinary shares, that is, the average of the middle market quotations for those shares on the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or quotation service on which the Company’s shares are listed or quoted as derived from such source as the board may deem appropriate, on the day on which such shares are first quoted ex the relevant dividend and the four subsequent business days; or
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(ii)
|
calculated in any other manner specified by the Resolution,
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(c)
|
On or as soon as practicable after announcing that any dividend is to be declared or recommended, the board, if it intends to offer an election in respect of that dividend, shall also announce that intention. If, after determining the basis of allotment, the board decides to proceed with the offer, it shall notify the holders of shares of the terms and conditions of the right of election offered to them, specifying the procedure to be followed and place at which, and the latest time by which, elections or notices amending or terminating existing elections must be delivered in order to be effective.
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(d)
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The board shall not proceed with any election unless the board has sufficient authority to allot shares and sufficient reserves or funds that may be appropriated to give effect to it after the basis of allotment is determined.
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(e)
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The board may exclude from any offer any holders of shares where the board believes the making of the offer to them would or might involve the contravention of the laws of any territory or that for any other reason the offer should not be made to them.
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(f)
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The dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been offered) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect of which an election has been made (the elected shares) and instead such number of new shares shall be allotted to each holder of elected shares as is arrived at on the basis stated in paragraph (b) of this Article. For that purpose the board shall appropriate out of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including without limitation the profit and loss account), whether or not it is available for distribution, a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the new shares to be allotted and apply it in paying up in full the appropriate number of new shares for allotment and distribution to each holder of elected shares as is arrived at on the basis stated in paragraph (b) of this Article.
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(g)
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The new shares when allotted shall rank equally in all respects with the fully paid shares of the same class then in issue except that they shall not be entitled to participate in the relevant dividend.
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(h)
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No fraction of a share shall be allotted. The board may make such provision as it thinks fit for any fractional entitlements including without limitation payment in cash to holders in respect of their fractional entitlements, provision for the accrual, retention or accumulation of all or part of the benefit of fractional entitlements to or by the Company or to or by or on behalf of any holder or the application of any accrual, retention or accumulation to the allotment of fully paid shares to any holder.
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(i)
|
The board may do all acts and things it considers necessary or expedient to give effect to the allotment and issue of any share pursuant to this Article or otherwise in connection with any offer made pursuant to this Article and may authorise any person, acting on behalf of the holders concerned, to enter into an agreement with the Company providing for such allotment or issue and incidental matters. Any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.
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(j)
|
The board may, at its discretion, amend, suspend or terminate any offer pursuant to this Article.
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(a)
|
in cash; or
|
(b)
|
by cheque or warrant made payable to or to the order of the holder or person entitled to payment; or
|
(c)
|
by any direct debit, bank or other funds transfer system to the holder or person entitled to payment or, if practicable, to a person designated by notice to the Company by the holder or person entitled to payment; or
|
(d)
|
by any other method approved by the board and agreed (in such form as the Company thinks appropriate) by the holder or person entitled to payment.
|
(a)
|
pay any dividend or other moneys payable in respect of the share to any one of them and any one of them may give effectual receipt for that payment; and
|
(b)
|
for the purpose of Article 179, rely in relation to the share on the written direction, designation or agreement of, or notice to the Company by, any one of them.
|
(a)
|
where a share is held by a sole holder, to the registered address of the holder of the share; or
|
(b)
|
if two or more persons are the holders, to the registered address of the person who is first named in the register; or
|
(c)
|
if a person is entitled by transmission to the share, as if it were a notice to be sent under Article 196; or
|
(d)
|
in any case, to such person and to such address as the person entitled to payment may direct by notice to the Company.
|
(a)
|
subject to the provisions of this Article, resolve to capitalise any undistributed profits of the Company not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not they are available for distribution) or any sum standing to the credit of any reserve or other fund, including without limitation the Company’s share premium account and capital redemption reserve, if any;
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(b)
|
appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the members or any class of members on the record date specified in the relevant resolution who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions;
|
(c)
|
apply that sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up the amounts, if any, for the time being unpaid on any shares held by them respectively, or in paying up in full shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company of a nominal amount equal to that sum but the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve, and any profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up shares to be allotted to members credited as fully paid;
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(d)
|
allot the shares, debentures or other obligations credited as fully paid to those members, or as they may direct, in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;
|
(e)
|
where shares or debentures become, or would otherwise become, distributable under this Article in fractions, make such provision as they think fit for any fractional entitlements including without limitation authorising their sale and transfer to any
|
(f)
|
authorise any person to enter into an agreement with the Company on behalf of all the members concerned providing for either:
|
(i)
|
the allotment to the members respectively, credited as fully paid, of any shares, debentures or other obligations to which they are entitled on the capitalisation; or
|
(ii)
|
the payment up by the Company on behalf of the members of the amounts, or any part of the amounts, remaining unpaid on their existing shares by the application of their respective proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised,
|
(g)
|
generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the ordinary resolution.
|
(a)
|
fix any date as the record date for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue, which may be on or at any time before or after any date on which the dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared, paid or made;
|
(b)
|
for the purpose of determining which persons are entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or a separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, and how many votes such persons may cast, specify in the notice of meeting a time by which a person must be entered on the register in order to have the right to attend or vote at the meeting; changes to the register after the time specified by virtue of this Article 186 shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting; and
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(c)
|
for the purpose of sending notices of general meetings of the Company, or separate general meetings of the holders of any class of shares in the capital of the Company, under these Articles, determine that persons entitled to receive such notices are those persons entered on the register at the close of business on a day determined by the Company or the board, which day may not be more than 21 days before the day that notices of the meeting are sent.
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(a)
|
the determined form and means are permitted by the Companies Acts for the purpose of sending or supplying a document or information of that type to a company pursuant to a provision of the Companies Acts; and
|
(b)
|
unless the board otherwise permits, any applicable condition or limitation specified in the Companies Acts, including without limitation as to the address to which the document or information may be sent, is satisfied.
|
(a)
|
if sent by first class post or special delivery post from an address in the United Kingdom to another address in the United Kingdom, or by a postal service similar to first class post or special delivery post from an address in another country to another address in that other country, on the day following that on which the document or information was posted;
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(b)
|
in any other case, on the second day following that on which the document or information was posted.
|
(a)
|
when the document or information was first made available on the website; or
|
(b)
|
if later, when the member is deemed by Article 198, 199 or 200 to have received notice of the fact that the document or information was available on the website. Such a document or information shall be deemed received by the member on that day notwithstanding that the Company becomes aware that the member has failed to receive the relevant document or information for any reason and notwithstanding that the Company subsequently sends a hard copy of such document or information by post to the member.
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(a)
|
on at least two consecutive occasions; or
|
(b)
|
on one occasion and reasonable enquiries have failed to establish the member’s address.
|
(a)
|
all instruments of transfer of shares which have been registered, and all other documents on the basis of which any entry is made in the register, at any time after the expiration of six years from the date of registration;
|
(b)
|
all dividend mandates, variations or cancellations of dividend mandates, and notifications of change of address at any time after the expiration of two years from the date of recording;
|
(c)
|
all share certificates which have been cancelled at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of the cancellation;
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(d)
|
all paid dividend warrants and cheques at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of actual payment;
|
(e)
|
all proxy appointments which have been used for the purpose of a poll at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of use; and
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(f)
|
all proxy appointments which have not been used for the purpose of a poll at any time after one month from the end of the meeting to which the proxy appointment relates and at which no poll was demanded.
|
(a)
|
every entry in the register purporting to have been made on the basis of an instrument of transfer or other document destroyed in accordance with Article 203 was duly and properly made;
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(b)
|
every instrument of transfer destroyed in accordance with Article 203 was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered;
|
(c)
|
every share certificate destroyed in accordance with Article 203 was a valid and effective certificate duly and properly cancelled; and
|
(d)
|
every other document destroyed in accordance with Article 203 was a valid and effective document in accordance with its recorded particulars in the books or records of the Company,
|
(e)
|
the provisions of this Article and Article 203 apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without notice of any claim (regardless of the parties) to which the document might be relevant;
|
(f)
|
nothing in this Article or Article 203 shall be construed as imposing on the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any document earlier than the time specified
|
(g)
|
any reference in this Article or Article 203 to the destruction of any document includes a reference to its disposal in any manner.
|
(a)
|
during the period of 12 years before the date of the publication of the advertisements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article (or, if published on different dates, the first date) (the relevant period) at least three dividends in respect of the shares in question have been declared and all dividend warrants and cheques which have been sent in the manner authorised by these Articles in respect of the shares in question have remained uncashed;
|
(b)
|
the Company shall as soon as practicable after expiry of the relevant period have inserted advertisements both in a national daily newspaper and in a newspaper circulating in the area of the last known address of such member or other person giving notice of its intention to sell the shares; and
|
(c)
|
during the relevant period and the period of three months following the publication of the advertisements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article (or, if published on different dates, the first date) the Company has received no indication either of the whereabouts or of the existence of such member or person.
|
(a)
|
divide among the members in specie the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and may, for that purpose, value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the members or different classes of members;
|
(b)
|
vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of the members; and
|
(c)
|
determine the scope and terms of those trusts,
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