Aon : Announces 20% Increase to Annual Cash Dividend
April 11, 2015 at 02:04 am IST
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Apr 10, 2015
LONDON - April 10, 2015 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a 20% increase to its annual cash dividend paid quarterly on Aon's outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares.
Consistent with the increase in the dividend, the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share on outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, reflecting a 20% increase from $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable May 15, 2015 to shareholders of record on May 1, 2015.
About Aon
Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more than 69,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and technical expertise. Aon has been named repeatedly as the world's best broker, best insurance intermediary, reinsurance intermediary, captives manager and best employee benefits consulting firm by multiple industry sources. Visit www.aon.com for more information on Aon and www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.
Aon plc is the world leader in risk management and insurance brokerage. The activity is organized around two sectors of activity:
- risk management and insurance and reinsurance brokerage: risk management (business risks, environmental risks, retraining and restructuring risks, etc.), and implementation of insurance plans for civil liability, property damage, etc.;
- human capital consulting services: consulting services regarding remuneration, company benefits, recruiting, retirement, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (44.3%), Americas (9.4%), United Kingdom (13.6%), Ireland (0.8%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (20%) and Asia/Pacific (11.9%).