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)

 

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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

 

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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

 

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