UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2021

Aon plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
					
Ireland	 	1-7933	 	98-1539969	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(Commission
File Number)	 	(IRS Employer
Identification No.)	
Metropolitan Building, James Joyce Street
      Dublin 1, Ireland D01 K0Y85
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +353 1 266 6000
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	 	Trading
Symbol(s)	 	Name of each exchange
on which registered	
Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.01 nominal value	 	AON	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 2.800% Senior Notes due 2021	 	AON21	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2023	 	AON23	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 3.500% Senior Notes due 2024	 	AON24	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 3.875% Senior Notes due 2025	 	AON25	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 2.875% Senior Notes due 2026	 	AON26	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 4.250% Senior Notes due 2042	 	AON42	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 4.450% Senior Notes due 2043	 	AON43	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 4.600% Senior Notes due 2044	 	AON44	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Guarantees of Aon plc’s 4.750% Senior Notes due 2045	 	AON45	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.	
On January 25, 2021, John Bruno notified Aon plc (the “Company”) of his decision to step down from his position as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Bruno will remain at the Company for a transition period to be determined.
James Platt will assume certain of Mr. Bruno’s responsibilities immediately, and as announced on January 27, 2021, Mr. Platt, age 49, will serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective upon the closing of the previously announced combination of the Company and Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company and subject to approval by the Company’s board of directors.
Mr. Platt joined the Company in September 2014 as the Chief Executive Officer of Aon Inpoint and Head of Data & Analytics for Aon Risk Solutions. From January 2017 through June 2019, Mr. Platt served as the Chief Operating Officer of Aon Risk Solutions, and then from June 2019 through September 2020, as the Company’s Global Solution Lines Chief Operating Officer. Since September 2020, Mr. Platt has served as the Company’s Business Chief Operating Officer.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 29, 2021	 		 	AON PLC	
				
	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Julie E. Cho	
	 		 		 	Julie E. Cho	
	 		 		 	Assistant Company Secretary