As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2025
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AON PLC
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ireland |
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98-1539969 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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15 Georges Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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D02 VR98 |
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Aon plc 2011 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Darren Zeidel
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary
Aon plc
200 East Randolph Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
+1 (312) 381-1000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Explanatory Note
This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (this Registration Statement) is filed by Aon plc (the Company) to register an additional 3,800,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.01
per share, that may be offered and sold pursuant to the Aon plc 2011 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the Plan). The Companys shareholders approved the Plan, which provides for the issuance of an additional 3,800,000
shares thereunder, at the Companys annual general meeting of shareholders on June 27, 2025.
The additional shares registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement are of the same class as the other securities subject to the Plan for which the Company previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the Commission) on June 9, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174788), as amended by the Post-Effective Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 thereto filed with the Commission on April 2, 2012 and
April 2, 2020, respectively, October 31, 2014 (Registration No. 333-199759), as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on April 2, 2020,
November 27, 2019 (Registration No. 333-235296), as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on April 2, 2020, and November 20, 2023
(Registration No. 333-275661). The contents of these registration statements are hereby incorporated herein by reference to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof pursuant
to General Instruction E.
Part II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.1 |
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Memorandum and Articles of Association of Aon plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission on June 4, 2021). |
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4.2 |
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Aon plc 2011 Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on July 3, 2025). |
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5.1* |
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Opinion of Matheson LLP. |
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23.1* |
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Consent of Matheson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.2* |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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24.1 |
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement). |
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107.1* |
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Filing Fee Table. |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Dublin, Ireland, on July 25,
2025.
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AON PLC |
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By: |
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/s/ Edmund Reese |
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Name: Edmund Reese |
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Edmund Reese, Darren Zeidel, Michael Neller and Colby
Alexis, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Gregory C. Case
Gregory C. Case |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Lester B. Knight
Lester B. Knight |
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Non-Executive Chairman and Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Jose Antonio Álvarez
Jose Antonio Álvarez |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Jin-Yong Cai
Jin-Yong Cai |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Jeffrey C. Campbell
Jeffrey C. Campbell |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Cheryl A. Francis
Cheryl A. Francis |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Adriana Karaboutis
Adriana Karaboutis |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Richard C. Notebaert
Richard C. Notebaert |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Gloria Santona
Gloria Santona |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Byron Spruell
Byron Spruell |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ James Stavridis
James Stavridis |
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Director |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Edmund Reese
Edmund Reese |
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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July 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Michael Neller
Michael Neller |
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Global Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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July 25, 2025 |