Aon confirms that there is no merger with Willis Towers Watson is taking place

London (ots/PRNewswire) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), has today made the following statement:

In accordance with the Aon set focus on the profitability of the invested capital, the company regularly reviews potential opportunities within the industry or in adjacent industries. Aon has identified the possibility of a collaboration with Willis Towers Watson. In the subsequent messages were to issue published to these Considerations, so that Aon was forced to make a statement, as Willis Towers Watson is an Irish company subject to the regulatory provisions of Ireland. Due to the media speculation that Aon had to publish in accordance with these provisions at a very early stage of its consideration of a potential merger of all the shares. Today, Aon confirmed that the company intends to pursue this merger.

Due to this Declaration, Aon is subject to the restrictions of rule 2.8 of the Irish takeover rules. Aon reserves the right to make this Declaration within the next 12 months repeal, as referred to in rule 2.8 (including rule 2.8(c)(ii)).

Information about Aon

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading provider of professional Services and offers a wide range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries deliver the best results for our customers, since they generate using their own data and analyses, insights, with which the volatility will reduce, and performance improve.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements based on Beliefs of management as well as assumptions and information currently available to management. In this press release used words such as „believe“, „plan“, „estimate“, „expect“, „projects“, „plans“ and similar expressions, and data in the future are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Management believes that these forward-looking statements presented expectations are reasonable, no guarantee can be given that the expectations will prove to be right. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the projected results in such forward-looking statements. These factors include unwanted effects for any reason, the market price of our General shares of class A and on our operating results, including a negative impact on a policy or the lack of implementation of a merger, among others:. You are hereby notified that you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of its publication. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

All of our forward-looking statements may prove inaccurate, and are not guarantees of the performance of Aon. The previously listed factors are not comprehensive. Aon and its subsidiaries operate in a dynamic business environment where new risks may arise. For more information on Aon and its businesses, including factors that could affect the financial results of Aon, potentially significantly, are to be found in the SEC-entries from Aon. For more information about these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to the business of Aon, can be found in our annual report on form 10-K for the 31. December 2018, as well as in other documents filed with the SEC. These factors can be revised in subsequent reports. Aon is not obligated to (and disclaims such responsibility explicitly), his occasionally made forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, to update future events or otherwise, or to change.

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This Declaration was compiled according to the English and Irish legislation, and in accordance with rule 2.8 of the Irish takeover rules. Therefore, the published information may differ from such information published in the framework of other laws outside of England or Ireland.

Contacts

Contact Investor:
Investor Relations
+1 312-381-3310
investor.relations@aon.com

A copy of this statement, see www.aon.com. The contents of the Declaration referred to Website is not incorporated into, this announcement and no part of it.

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The Directors of Aon plc accept responsibility for this announcement of the information listed. To the best Knowledge and belief of the Directors (who have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure this) the disclosure information contained with the facts and does not omit any facts that could affect the Import of such information.

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