EX-3.2 2 a2210874zex-3_2.htm EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

AON CORPORATION

 

FIRST:  The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) is Aon Corporation.

 

SECOND:  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.  The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

FIFTH:  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, subject to any specific limitation on such power contained in any By-laws adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation.  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-laws of the Corporation so provide.

 

SIXTH:  No person who is or was a director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for, and only to the extent of, liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of, or adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with, this Section shall adversely affect the rights and protection afforded to a director of the Corporation under this Section for acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment to or repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. If the Delaware General Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

SEVENTH:  Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, and each person who serves or served at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation in accordance with, and to the fullest extent authorized by, the Delaware General Corporation Law as it may be in effect from time to time.

 



 

EIGHTH:  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.