-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GCQ7az/n9l2Me7hqcbxAU6QXv+m38X/hHU4kwd/cuGWjGB+CrWPhBvJjocHZASrZ qgoS0YVik7zs8M8uO/8UUA== 0001104659-10-047353.txt : 20100903 0001104659-10-047353.hdr.sgml : 20100903 20100903170154 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-047353 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100903 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100903 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100903 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315293 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 363051915 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07933 FILM NUMBER: 101058217 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 BUSINESS PHONE: 3123811000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMBINED INTERNATIONAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870504 8-K 1 a10-16910_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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):  September 3, 2010

 


 

Aon Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

 


 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

1-7933
(Commission File Number)

 

36-3051915
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

60601
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (312) 381-1000

 

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

As previously disclosed, on July 11, 2010, Aon Corporation (“Aon”), Hewitt Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hewitt”), Alps Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Aon, and Alps Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Aon, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, providing for the merger of Hewitt with Alps Merger Corp.

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 23.1, for the purpose of incorporation by reference to Aon’s Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-159841), is the consent of Ernst and Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm to Hewitt, of its reports dated November 10, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Hewitt Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Hewitt Associates, Inc. and subsidiaries, included in Hewitt’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

2



 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 3, 2010

Aon Corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ram Padmanabhan

 

 

Ram Padmanabhan

 

 

Vice President and Chief Counsel — Corporate

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

4


 

 

EX-23.1 2 a10-16910_1ex23d1.htm EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-159841) and related Prospectus of Aon Corporation for the registration of its shares of common stock and preferred stock, debt securities, convertible securities, share purchase contracts, share purchase units and guarantees and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated November 10, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Hewitt Associates, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Hewitt Associates, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 30, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

September 3, 2010

 


 

 

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