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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 1, 2024, Christa Davies notified Aon plc (the “Company”) of her intention to retire from her position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following more than 16 years of distinguished service to the Company. Ms. Davies will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer into the third quarter of 2024 and will thereafter remain at the Company as a senior advisor for a transition period into 2025.
On April 2, 2024, the Company and Aon Corporation entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated January 16, 2015, and amended April 20, 2018, May 15, 2018, and July 26, 2021, with Gregory C. Case, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Case Employment Agreement”). The Amendment extends the term of the Case Employment Agreement, which was previously set to expire on April 1, 2026, to expire on April 1, 2028, unless otherwise terminated in accordance with its terms. The Amendment makes no changes to Mr. Case’s compensation arrangements.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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10.1 | Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2024, by and among Aon plc, Aon Corporation and Gregory C. Case. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Aon plc | ||
By: | /s/ Darren Zeidel | |
Name: | Darren Zeidel | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary |
Date: April 3, 2024
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Employment Agreement (this Amendment), effective as of April 2, 2024, attaches to and forms part of that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of January 16, 2015, as amended on April 20, 2018, May 15, 2018, and July 26, 2021 (the Agreement), among Aon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), Aon plc, a public limited company organized under Irish law (the Parent), and Gregory C. Case (the Executive). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the parties mutually desire to extend the Employment Period for two years as provided in this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. | The phrase April 1, 2026 where it appears in Section 1 of the Agreement shall be replaced with April 1, 2028. |
2. | The remaining provisions of the Agreement shall remain in effect. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment to the Agreement as of the date set forth above.
Aon Corporation | Executive | |||
/s/ Lisa Stevens |
/s/ Gregory C. Case | |||
Lisa Stevens | Gregory C. Case | |||
Executive Vice President & | CEO, Aon plc | |||
Chief People Officer | CEO, Aon Corporation | |||
Aon plc | ||||
/s/ Lisa Stevens |
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Lisa Stevens | ||||
Executive Vice President & | ||||
Chief People Officer |
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