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Greg Case
Chief Executive Officer
Christa Davies
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Malchow
SVP, IR and Corporate FP&A
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Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures
This communication includes supplemental information related to organic revenue, free cash flow, adjusted operating margin and adjusted earnings per share, that exclude the effects
of restructuring charges, intangible asset amortization, capital expenditures, transaction and integration costs and certain other noteworthy items that affected results for the
comparable periods. Organic revenue excludes from reported revenues the impact of foreign exchange, acquisitions, divestitures, transfers between business units, reimbursable
expenses and unusual items. The impact of foreign exchange is determined by translating last year's revenue, expense or net income at this year's foreign exchange rates.
Reconciliations are provided in the attached schedules. Supplemental organic revenue information and additional measures that exclude the effects of the restructuring charges and
certain other items do not affect net income or any other GAAP reported amounts. Free cash flow is cash flow from operating activity less capital expenditures. Management believes
that these measures are important to make meaningful period-to-period comparisons and that this supplemental information is helpful to investors. They should be viewed in addition
to, not in lieu of, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Industry peers provide similar supplemental information regarding their performance, although they may not
make identical adjustments.
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Agenda
Section 1 Industry-Leading Franchise Operating in Growing Markets
• Strong Franchise Focused on Risk, Retirement and Health
• Operating in Markets Growing Long-Term in Both Size and Complexity
Section 2 Positioned the Firm and Made Progress Against Our Plan
• Agenda bet
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
Section 3 Substantial Opportunity for Further Value Creation
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
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Industry-Leading Franchise Focused on Risk, Retirement and Health
Aon plc: Total 2014 Revenue of $12 Billion
Risk Solutions: $7.8 Billion HR Solutions: $4.2 Billion
Aon HewittAon Risk Solutions Aon Benfield
U.S.
48%
Americas
(excl. U.S.)
10%
U.K.
13%
EMEA
19%
APAC
10%
Total 2014 Revenue by Geography
#1 Benefits Administration
#1 HR Business Process Outsourcing
#1 Health Care Exchanges
Leader in HR Consulting
Serve 70% of the Fortune 500
Administer benefits for +23 million
participants around the globe
#1 Primary Insurance Brokerage
#1 Employee Benefits Brokerage
Leader in Captive Management
Leader in Affinity Programs
Place +$85 billion of global
premium flow
#1 Reinsurance Brokerage
Place +$32 billion of global
premium flow
69,000 employees across the firm
+120 countries around the world
+500 global offices
Two industry-leading segments
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Operating in Markets Growing Long-Term in Both Size and Complexity
Global Non-Life P/C Written Premiums* ($ billions)Risk
Magnitude and scrutiny of risk is increasing around the
globe
GDP growth drives insurable activity
Emerging markets – low penetration of insurance
New risks and threats enter the market – cyber,
pandemic, business continuity, global warming
$3,724
$6,093
$10,046
$17,625
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Single Coverage Family Coverage
* Source: AXCO Insurance Information Services
^ Source: Global Markets 2013 – Retirement Markets 2013 (Cerulli Associates); Growth in a Flat World (Cerulli Associates); Global Defined Contribution
Pensions 2012: Identifying Market Opportunities (Cerulli Associates); Pension Markets in Focus 2013 (Organization for Economic Cooperation &
Development - OECD); Growth in DC Assets (Spence Johnson)
# Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2014
Retirement
Companies need to manage growing risk in retirement
and pension schemes
Pace of regulatory changes is accelerating
Increasingly global workforce requires balancing local
needs with global consistency
Health
U.S. Health Care Reform redefines the role of the
employer
Continuing rise in health care costs requires employer
action
Pace of regulatory changes is accelerating
$1,046
$1,536
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Average Annual Healthcare Premiums for Covered Workers#
Global Retirement Assets ($ trillions)^
$10.9 $14.9 $18.6
$7.1
$10.3
$13.7
2008 2012 2016E
DB DC
$17.9
$25.2
$32.3
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Agenda
Section 1 Industry-Leading Franchise Operating in Growing Markets
• Agenda bullet
• da bullet
• Agenda bullet
Section 2 Positioned the Firm and Made Progress Against Our Plan
• Focused the Portfolio and Significantly Invested in Global Capabilities
• Continued Progress Toward Long-Term Operational Targets
• Strong Track Record of Delivering on Key Financial Metrics
• Total Shareholder Returns Have Consistently Outperformed
Section 3 Substantial Opportunity for Further Value Creation
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
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Focused the Portfolio and Significantly Invested in Global Capabilities
Sold off one-third of Aon to focus strictly on
being a preeminent professional services firm
Exited low-margin, capital intensive insurance
underwriting
Focused the portfolio towards higher-margin, capital
light businesses (Benfield and Hewitt acquisitions)
High recurring revenue streams
Strong free cash flow generation
55%
83%
65%
13%
17%
35%32%
2004 2009 2014
Risk Solutions HR Solutions Underwriting
Revenue Composition
Exchange
Solutions
Significantly invested to position the firm for
long-term growth and increased operating leverage
Industry-leading innovation across Risk, Retirement
and Health solutions
Unmatched data and analytics for better insight and
value proposition for clients
Unified approach to serving clients across the firm
United as one firm capable of delivering the
best of Aon to any client around the globe
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Continued Progress Towards Long-Term Operating Margin Targets
Risk Solutions Operating Margin*
HR Solutions Operating Margin*
16.6%
18.2%
18.7%
21.6%
22.4%
21.6% 21.7%
22.5% 22.9%
26.0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Target
Drivers Within Our Control:
1. Return on investments in data and analytics,
including Aon Broking and GRIP related initiatives
2. Continued rollout of Revenue Engine internationally
3. Expense discipline and optimization of global cost
structure, including IT and Real Estate costs
Upside Opportunity:
1. Increases in short-term interest rates
2. Improvements in global GDP or insurance pricing
5.8%
11.7%
14.9% 15.2% 15.3%
17.6%
16.6% 16.7% 17.1%
22.0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Target
Drivers Within Our Control:
1. Growth in the core business and return on
incremental investments, including health care
exchanges and investment consulting
2. Improvement in HR Business Process Outsourcing
3. Expense discipline and optimization of global cost
structure, including IT and Real Estate costs
* The results above represent non-GAAP measures. See Appendix for a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measure.
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10%
12%
16%
6%
7%7%
16%
17%
6%
8%
12%
25%
22%
11%
15%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1-year 2-years 5-years 8-years 10-years
Peers^ S&P Index AON
Consistent outperformance with
double-digit total returns over
the long-term
Annualized Total Shareholder Returns* (CAGR %)
Total Return has Consistently Outperformed the Market and Peer Set
* Total shareholder returns were calculated as of June 30, 2015.
^ The peer set average total return includes MMC, WSH, BRO and AJG. The detailed CAGR for each peer can be found in Appendix D.
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Agenda
Section 1 Industry-Leading Franchise Operating in Growing Markets
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bullet
Section 2 Positioned the Firm and Made Progress Against Our Plan
• Agenda bullet
• Agenda bulletAnda bullet
Section 3 Substantial Opportunity for Further Value Creation
• Significantly Increasing Free Cash Flow Generation
• Strong Financial Flexibility with Full Access to Growing Free Cash Flow
• Effectively Allocate Capital to Maximize Total Shareholder Return
• Opportunity for Additional Leverage Further Increasing Cash Available
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$256 $270 $245 $252
$316
$220
$212 $160
$82
$31
$20
$12
2014 2015e 2016e 2017e
Capital Expenditures Pension Contributions^ Restructuring - Cash
Significantly Increasing Free Cash Flow* Generation
Declining Required Uses of Cash ($ millions)
$654
$523
$476
$424
* Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from operations less capital expenditures. This non-GAAP measure does not imply or represent a precise calculation
of residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures.
^ Estimate based on current actuarial assumptions as of 12/31/14 measurement date.
Free Cash Flow ($ millions)
$360
$603
$777
$1,150
$1,404 $1,386
$2,300
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Target
Key Drivers:
1. Operational improvement as the firm makes
progress towards its long-term operating margin
targets
2. Declining required uses of cash for pensions and
restructuring
3. Lower cash tax payments reflecting the lower
effective tax rate
4. Working capital improvements as the firm focuses
on closing the gap between receivables and
payables
Anticipated increase of $230
million annually to FCF
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Financial Flexibility with Full Access to Growing Free Cash Flow
Aon has significant financial flexibility with access to cash generated around the globe
Compared to select industry peers or other US-based global firms, Aon does not have large pools
of trapped international cash balances
Cash generated around the globe can be brought back to the UK without any adverse
consequences to be used for capital deployment decisions and returned to shareholders
The UK’s territorial tax
system only taxes
income within that
country’s borders,
allowing income earned
internationally to be
brought back without
adverse tax
consequences or
surcharges
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Effectively Allocate Capital to Maximize Total Shareholder Return
Aon deploys cash based on Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) on a cash on cash basis
ROIC is the focus of how the firm allocates capital in order to maximize shareholder returns
Historically, share repurchase has provided the highest ROIC, and therefore sets the benchmark
for evaluating all capital allocation decisions
Capital allocation to M&A, dividends, organic investment, debt reduction, discretionary pension
contributions, or other uses of free cash flow must beat the return of share repurchase to warrant
deployment
Uses of Free Cash Flow ($ millions)
$1,125 $1,102
$2,250$162
$54
$479
$204
$212
$273
2012 2013 2014
Share Repurchase* M&A^ Dividends
$1,368
$3,002
* The Company has $5.4 billion of remaining authorization under its share repurchase program as of March 31, 2015.
^ Net of cash acquired.
Record $3.0 billion of capital
deployed in 2014
$1,491
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Substantial Upside for Shareholders Looking Forward
+$2.3B Free Cash Flow
for the full year 2017
+$2.3B Free Cash Flow
for the full year 2017
Divided by future share count possibility in 2017Divided by future share count possibility in 2017
= Free Cash Flow / share= Free Cash Flow / share
FCF/share x current cash multiple (5 to 6% yield)FCF/share x current cash multiple (5 to 6% yield)
= significant upside over three year period
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Strong Balance Sheet with Opportunity for Additional Leverage
$4,165 $4,389
$5,582
2012 2013 2014
Total Debt Outstanding ($ millions) and Debt to EBITDA Ratio
Aon is committed to our current credit metrics and ratings:
Debt to EBITDA ratio is used to evaluate opportunity for additional leverage
o Range on a GAAP-basis is 2.0 – 2.5x
Moody’s methodology adjusts for pension liability and 6x rent expense
o Range based on Moody’s is 3.0 – 3.5x
As EBITDA grows and pension liability declines, there is opportunity for incremental debt
Incremental debt would further increase the firm’s cash available for deployment
1.8x
1.8x
2.1x
Increased debt while maintaining
a consistent leverage ratio
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Summary
Industry-leading positions operating in markets growing in size and complexity
Operating margin improvement with increased operating leverage in the business
Significant upside to an improving global economy, interest rates and insurance pricing
Historical track record of delivering strong financial results and record free cash flow
Long-term total shareholder return has outperformed over the last decade
Positioned to significantly increase free cash flow generation going forward
Strong balance sheet with opportunity for additional leverage further increasing cash available
Financial flexibility and effective capital allocation expected to drive…
….significant shareholder value creation
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Appendix
Appendix A Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures – Operating Margin
Appendix B Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures – Earnings Per Share
Appendix C Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures – Free Cash Flow
Appendix D Annualized Total Shareholder Returns (CAGR %)