Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-100466
Prospectus
Aon CORPORATION
2,707,018 SHARES
COMMON STOCK
All of the shares covered by this prospectus were issued by us in connection with the acquisition of ASA Acquisition Corp. We are not selling any shares of common stock under this prospectus, and the sale of shares in this offering will not increase the number of shares of our common stock that are currently outstanding.
This prospectus relates to the resale of 2,707,018 shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders described in the section entitled "Selling Stockholders" beginning on page 14 of this prospectus.
The selling stockholders selling the shares in this offering have the right to determine both the number of shares they will offer and the time or times when they will offer the shares. They may sell the shares at the market price at the time of sale or at such other prices as they may negotiate.
The selling stockholders will receive all of the net proceeds from the sale of the shares offered hereby and will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any, applicable to the sale of the shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares offered hereby.
The common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AOC."
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 3.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is November 20, 2002.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at the SEC's regional offices located at Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511 and 233 Broadway, New York, New York 10005. You may obtain further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our SEC filings are also available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you may inspect our SEC filings at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, the Chicago Stock Exchange, 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605 and the London Stock Exchange, Old Broad Street, London, England EC2N 1HP. You may find additional information about Aon Corporation and its subsidiaries at our Web site at http://www.aon.com. The information on our web site is not a part of this prospectus.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Any information referenced this way is considered to be part of this prospectus, and any information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until all of the securities covered by this prospectus are sold by the selling stockholders.
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This prospectus is a part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC relating to the securities. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You may refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules for more information about us and our securities. The registration statement and exhibits and schedules are also available at the SEC's Public Reference Room or through its Web site.
You may obtain a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:
Aon
Corporation
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone (312) 381-1000
Attention: Corporate Secretary
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the cover of the applicable document. We are not making an offer of the securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein contain statements concerning our future results and performance and other matters that are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends" and similar expressions are intended, but are not the exclusive means, to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical or anticipated results, depending on a variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact results include:
In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this prospectus or documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein might not occur. We will not update forward-looking statements even though our situation may change in the future.
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Before investing in our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
Risk Factors Relating to Our Business and the Insurance Industry
Our results may fluctuate as a result of many factors, including cyclical changes in the insurance and reinsurance industries.
Our results historically have been subject to significant fluctuations arising from uncertainties in the insurance industry. Changes in premium rates affect not only the potential profitability of our underwriting businesses but also generally affect the commissions and fees payable to our brokerage businesses. In addition, insurance industry developments that can significantly affect our financial performance include factors such as:
A further decline in the credit ratings of our senior debt and commercial paper may adversely affect our borrowing costs and financial flexibility.
On several occasions in recent months, the credit rating agencies have lowered the credit ratings of our senior debt and commercial paper. Most recently, on October 31, 2002, Moody's Investors Service lowered its rating on our senior debt to the current rating of Baa2 from Baa1. Moody's also placed the rating of our senior debt and the P-2 rating of our commercial paper under review for possible future downgrade. On October 31, 2002, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its A- rating on our senior debt on CreditWatch with negative implications, which it has subsequently removed. As a result of the actions taken by the rating agencies on October 31, 2002, we have been required, in lieu of our existing guarantees, to fund an aggregate of approximately $43 million with respect to our automobile finance securitizations. A further downgrade in the credit ratings of our senior debt and commercial paper will increase our borrowing costs and reduce our financial flexibility.
Any such further downgrade may trigger a further obligation of our company to fund an aggregate of up to $265 million with respect to our premium finance and automobile finance securitizations, which amount we expect will decline over time as the outstanding automobile finance securitizations run down. Moreover, some of our debt instruments, such as our 6.20% notes due 2007 and our floating rate notes due 2003 ($150 million of which are outstanding), expressly provide for interest rate increases in the case of certain ratings downgrades. Similarly, any such downgrade would increase our commercial paper interest rates or may result in our inability to access the commercial paper market altogether. If we cannot access the commercial paper market, although we have committed backup lines in excess of our currently outstanding commercial paper borrowings, we cannot assure you that it would not adversely affect our financial position. A downgrade in the credit ratings of our senior debt may also adversely affect the claims-paying ability or financial strength ratings of our insurance company subsidiaries. See "A decline in the financial strength or claims-paying ability ratings of our insurance underwriting subsidiaries may increase policy cancellations and negatively impact new sales of insurance products" below.
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We face significant competitive pressures in each of our businesses.
We believe that competition in our lines of business is based on service, product features, price, commission structure, financial strength, claims paying ability ratings and name recognition. In particular, we compete with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., another provider of global risk management services, as well as a large number of insurance companies and other financial services providers, brokers and, with respect to our extended warranty business, third-party administrators, manufacturers and distributors.
Some of our underwriting competitors have penetrated more markets and offer a more extensive portfolio of products and services and have more competitive pricing than we do, which can adversely affect our ability to compete for business. Some underwriters also have higher claims paying ability ratings and greater financial resources with which to compete and are subject to less government regulation than our underwriting operations.
We encounter strong competition in the risk and insurance services business from other insurance brokerage firms which also operate on a nationwide or worldwide basis, from a large number of regional and local firms in the United States, the European Union and in other countries and regions, from insurance and reinsurance companies that market and service their insurance products without the assistance of brokers or agents and from other businesses, including commercial and investment banks, accounting firms and consultants that provide risk-related services and products.
In addition, the increase in competition due to new legislative or industry developments could adversely affect us. These developments include:
New competition as a result of these developments could cause the supply of and demand for our products and services to change, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
A decline in the financial strength or claims-paying ability ratings of our insurance underwriting subsidiaries may increase policy cancellations and negatively impact new sales of insurance products.
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings have become increasingly important factors in establishing the competitive position of insurance companies. These ratings are based upon criteria established by the rating agencies for the purpose of rendering an opinion as to an insurance company's financial strength, operating performance, strategic position and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders. They are not evaluations directed toward the protection of investors, nor are they recommendations to buy, sell or hold specific securities. Periodically, the rating agencies evaluate our insurance underwriting subsidiaries to confirm that they continue to meet the criteria of the ratings previously assigned to them. A downgrade, or the potential for a downgrade, of these ratings could, among other things, increase the number of policy cancellations, adversely affect
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relationships with brokers, retailers and other distributors of their products and services, negatively impact new sales and adversely affect their ability to compete.
Combined Specialty Insurance Company (formerly Virginia Surety Company, Inc.), our principal property and casualty insurance company subsidiary, is currently rated "A" (excellent; third highest of 16 rating levels) by A.M. Best Company. Combined Insurance Company of America, the principal insurance subsidiary that underwrites our specialty accident and health insurance business, is currently rated "A" (excellent; third highest of 16 rating levels) by A.M. Best Company, "BBB+" (good; fourth highest of nine rating levels and highest ranking within the level) for financial strength (on CreditWatch with negative implications) by Standard and Poor's Ratings Services and "Baa1" (adequate; fourth highest of nine rating levels and highest ranking within the level) for financial strength (with negative outlook) by Moody's Investors Service. We cannot assure you that one or more of the rating agencies will not downgrade or withdraw their financial strength or claims-paying ability ratings in the future.
Changes in interest rates and investment prices could reduce the value of our investment portfolio and adversely affect our financial condition or results.
Our insurance underwriting subsidiaries carry a substantial investment portfolio of fixed-maturity and equity and other long-term investments. As of September 30, 2002, our fixed-maturity investments (94% of which were investment grade) had a carrying value of $1.9 billion, our equity investments had a carrying value of $147 million and our other long-term investments and limited partnerships had a carrying value of $584 million. Accordingly, changes in interest rates and investment prices could reduce the value of our investment portfolio and adversely affect our financial condition or results.
For example, changes in domestic and international interest rates directly affect our income from, and the market value of, fixed-maturity investments. Similarly, general economic conditions, stock market conditions and other factors beyond our control affect the value of our equity investments. We monitor our portfolio for "other than temporary impairments" in carrying value. For securities judged to have an "other than temporary impairment," we must recognize a realized loss through the statement of income to write down the value of those securities.
For the first nine months of 2002, we recognized other than temporary impairments losses of $120 million, which includes $56 million to reflect impairments existing with respect to prior financial reporting periods, $5 million of which related to the first quarter of 2002, taken in the second quarter. We cannot assure you that we will not have to recognize additional impairment losses in the future, which would negatively affect our financial results.
Based on discussions with the SEC, we had concluded that certain non-cash other than temporary losses should have been recorded in financial reporting periods prior to the second quarter of 2002. However, we have determined that the impact on prior periods, as well as the impact on estimated earnings for 2002, would not be material. Accordingly, we have recorded the impact in the second quarter of 2002. While we believe our approach to recording the other than temporary impairments is reasonable, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance could challenge our recording of the other than temporary impairments in the second quarter of 2002 rather than in prior periods. If the SEC decides that we should amend prior period results, the reduction to prior period pretax earnings and related earnings per share would be: 1999—($27 million or $0.06 per share); 2000—($24 million or $0.06 per share); and first quarter 2002—($5 million or $0.01 per share).
On December 31, 2001, our two major insurance companies sold the vast majority of their limited partnership portfolio, valued at $450 million, to Private Equity Partnership Structures I, LLC, a qualifying special purpose entity. We utilized this qualifying special purpose entity following the guidance contained in Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 140 (Statement No. 140) and other relevant accounting guidance. The common stock interest in Private Equity Partnership Structures I is held by a limited liability company which is owned by one of our subsidiaries (49%) and
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by a charitable trust, which is not controlled by us, established for victims of the September 11 attacks (51%). Approximately $171 million of investment grade fixed-maturity securities were sold by Private Equity Partnership Structures I to unaffiliated third parties. Private Equity Partnership Structures I then paid our insurance underwriting companies the $171 million in cash and issued to them an additional $279 million in fixed-maturity and preferred stock securities. The fixed-maturity securities our insurance underwriting companies received from Private Equity Partnership Structures I are rated as investment grade by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. As part of this transaction, our insurance underwriting companies are required to purchase from Private Equity Partnership Structures I additional fixed-maturity securities in an amount equal to the unfunded limited partnership commitments, as they are requested. As of September 30, 2002, these unfunded commitments amount to $110 million, which may be accelerated upon the downgrade of our ratings. If our insurance underwriting companies fail to purchase additional fixed-maturity securities as commitments are drawn down, we have guaranteed their purchase.
Although the Private Equity Partnership Structures I transaction is expected to reduce the reported earnings volatility historically associated with directly owning limited partnership investments, it will not eliminate our risk of future losses. For instance, we must analyze our preferred stock and fixed-maturity interests in Private Equity Partnership Structures I for other than temporary impairment, based on the valuation of the limited partnership interests held by Private Equity Partnership Structures I and recognize an impairment loss if necessary. We cannot assure you that we will not have to recognize impairment losses with respect to our Private Equity Partnership Structures I interests in the future.
Our pension liabilities may continue to grow, which could adversely affect our stockholders' equity or require us to make additional cash contributions to the pension plans.
To the extent that the present value of the benefits incurred to date for pension obligations in the major countries in which we operate continue to exceed the market value of the assets supporting these obligations, our financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected. Primarily as a result of the decline in the equity markets, some of our defined benefit pension plans, particularly in the United Kingdom, have suffered significant valuation losses in the assets backing the related pension obligation. On October 31, 2002, we announced that, based on current analysis, we expect to incur an after-tax increase to the minimum pension liability and a commensurate reduction in 2002 year-end stockholders' equity of approximately $450 million to $550 million. Current projections also indicate that our 2003 pension expense would increase by approximately $130 million to $160 million compared with 2002 and cash contributions of approximately $60 million to $90 million would be required in 2003. These estimates are based on certain assumptions, including discount rates, interest rates, fair value of assets for some of our plans and expected return on plan assets. Changes in our pension benefit obligations and the related net periodic costs or credits may occur in the future due to any variance of actual results from our assumptions and changes in the number of participating employees. In addition, under certain circumstances we may be required to contribute significant additional amounts to our pension plans to satisfy certain provisions of the principal credit facility which supports our commercial paper program. The amount of such contribution would depend on, among other things, the value of the plan assets as of December 31, 2002. We expect, however, to amend or replace such credit facilities. No amounts are currently oustanding under such credit facilities. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will not experience future decreases in stockholders' equity or that we will not be required to make additional cash contributions in the future beyond those which have been announced.
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We are subject to a number of contingencies and legal proceedings which, if determined adversely to us, would adversely affect our financial results.
We are subject to numerous claims, tax assessments and lawsuits that arise in the ordinary course of business. The damages that may be claimed are substantial, including in many instances claims for punitive or extraordinary damages. The litigation naming us as a defendant ordinarily involves our activities as a broker or provider of insurance products or as an employer. It is possible that, if the outcomes of these contingencies and legal proceedings were not favorable to us, it could materially adversely affect our future financial results. In addition, our results of operations, financial condition or liquidity may be adversely affected if in the future our insurance coverage proves to be inadequate or unavailable or there is an increase in liabilities for which we self-insure.
We are subject to increasing costs arising from errors and omissions claims against us.
We have experienced an increase in the frequency and severity of errors and omissions claims against us, which has and will continue to substantially increase our risk management expenses. In our insurance brokerage business, we often assist our clients with matters which include the placement of insurance coverage and the handling of related claims. Errors and omissions claims against us may allege our potential liability for all or part of the amounts in question. Errors and omissions claims could include, for example, the failure of our employees or sub-agents, whether negligently or intentionally, to place coverage correctly or notify claims on behalf of clients or to provide insurance carriers with complete and accurate information relating to the risks being insured. It is not always possible to prevent and detect errors and omissions, and the precautions we take may not be effective in all cases. In addition, errors and omissions claims may harm our reputation or divert management resources away from operating our business.
Our businesses are subject to extensive governmental regulation which could reduce our profitability or limit our growth.
Our businesses are subject to extensive federal, state and foreign governmental regulation and supervision, which could reduce our profitability or limit our growth by increasing the costs of regulatory compliance, limiting or restricting the products or services we sell or the methods by which we sell our products and services or subjecting our businesses to the possibility of regulatory actions or proceedings.
With respect to our insurance brokerage businesses, this supervision generally includes the licensing of insurance brokers and agents and third-party administrators and the regulation of the handling and investment of client funds held in a fiduciary capacity. Our continuing ability to provide insurance brokering and third-party administration in the jurisdictions in which we currently operate depends on our compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the regulatory authorities in each of these jurisdictions. Also, we can be affected indirectly by the governmental regulation and supervision of other insurance companies. For instance, if we are providing managing general underwriting services for an insurer we may have to contend with regulations affecting our client. Further, regulation affecting the insurance companies with whom our brokers place business can affect how we conduct those operations.
Most insurance regulations are designed to protect the interests of policyholders rather than stockholders and other investors. In the United States, this system of regulation, generally administered by a department of insurance in each state in which we do business, affects the way we can conduct our insurance underwriting business. Furthermore, state insurance departments conduct periodic examinations of the affairs of insurance companies and require the filing of annual and other reports relating to the financial condition of insurance companies, holding company issues and other matters.
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Although the federal government does not directly regulate the insurance business, federal legislation and administrative policies in several areas, including employee benefit plan regulation, age, race, disability and sex discrimination, investment company regulation, financial services regulation, securities laws and federal taxation, do affect the insurance industry generally and our insurance underwriting subsidiaries in particular. For example, recently adopted federal financial services modernization legislation and privacy laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (as it relates to the use of medical and financial information by insurers), may result in additional regulatory compliance costs, limit the ability of our insurance underwriting subsidiaries to market their products or otherwise constrain the nature and scope of our operations. With respect to our international operations, we are subject to various regulations relating to, among other things, licensing, currency, policy language and terms, reserves and the amount of local investment. These various regulations also add to our cost of doing business through increased compliance expenses, the financial impact of use of capital restrictions and increased training and employee expenses. Furthermore, the loss of a license in a particular jurisdiction could restrict or eliminate our ability to conduct business in that jurisdiction.
In all jurisdictions the applicable laws and regulations are subject to amendment or interpretation by regulatory authorities. Generally, such authorities are vested with relatively broad discretion to grant, renew and revoke licenses and approvals, and to implement regulations. Accordingly, we may be precluded or temporarily suspended from carrying on some or all of our activities or otherwise fined or penalized in a given jurisdiction. No assurances can be given that our businesses can continue to be conducted in any given jurisdiction as they have been in the past.
Our significant global operations expose us to various international risks that could adversely affect our business.
A significant portion of our operations is conducted outside the United States. Accordingly, we are subject to legal, economic and market risks associated with operating in foreign countries, including:
Some of our foreign brokerage subsidiaries receive revenues in currencies that differ from their functional currencies. We must also translate the financial results of our foreign subsidiaries into United States dollars. Although we use various derivative financial instruments to help protect against adverse transaction and translation effects due to exchange rate fluctuations, we cannot eliminate such risks, and significant changes in exchange rates may adversely affect our results.
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Our financial results could be adversely affected if our underwriting reserves differ from actual experience.
We maintain reserves as an estimate of our liability under insurance policies issued by our insurance underwriting subsidiaries. The reserves that we maintain that could cause variability in our financial results consist of (1) unearned premium reserves, (2) policy and contract claim reserves and (3) future policy benefit reserves. Unearned premium reserves generally reflect our liability to return premiums we have collected under policies in the event of the lapse or cancellation of those policies. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, premiums we have collected generally become "earned" over the life of a policy by means of a reduction in the amount of the unearned premium reserve associated with the policy. Unearned premium reserves are particularly significant with respect to our warranty business, given that the premiums we receive for warranty products generally cover an extended period of time. If there are significant lapses or cancellations of these types of policies, or expected losses for existing policies develop adversely and therefore premiums are not earned as expected, it may be necessary to accelerate the amortization of deferred acquisition expenses associated with the policies because these deferred expenses are amortized over the projected life of the policies or establish additional reserves to cover premium deficiencies.
Policy and contract claim reserves reflect our estimated liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expenses, including legal and other fees and general expenses for administering the claims adjustment process, and for reported and unreported losses incurred as of the end of each accounting period. If the reserves originally established for future claims prove inadequate, we would be required to increase our liabilities, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The obligation for policy and contract claims does not represent an exact calculation of liability. Rather, reserves represent our best estimate of what we expect the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost. These estimates represent informed judgments based on our assessment of currently available data, as well as estimates of future trends in claims severity, frequency, judicial theories of liability and other factors. Many of these factors are not quantifiable in advance and both internal and external events, such as changes in claims handling procedures, inflation, judicial and legal developments and legislative changes, can cause our estimates to vary. The inherent uncertainty of estimating reserves is greater for certain types of liabilities, where the variables affecting these types of claims are subject to change and long periods of time may elapse before a definitive determination of liability is made. Reserve estimates are periodically refined as experience develops and further losses are reported and settled. Adjustments to reserves are reflected in the results of the periods in which such estimates are changed. Because setting the level of reserves for policy and contract claims is inherently uncertain, we cannot assure you that our current reserves will prove adequate in light of subsequent events.
Future policy benefit reserves generally reflect our liability to provide future life insurance benefits and future accident and health insurance benefits on guaranteed renewable and non-cancelable policies. Future policy benefit reserves on accident and health and life products have been provided on the net level premium method. These reserves are calculated based on assumptions as to investment yield, mortality, morbidity and withdrawal rates that were determined at the date of issue and provide for possible adverse deviations.
We may not realize all of the expected benefits from our business transformation plan.
In the fourth quarter of 2000, we began a comprehensive business transformation plan designed to enhance client service, improve productivity through process redesign and accelerate revenue growth. Outside of U.S. retail brokerage, the plan has been substantially implemented and has delivered the expected benefits, including improved revenue growth and enhanced productivity. Within U.S. retail brokerage, however, we experienced unexpected delays in implementing components of the plan, as well as higher than expected costs. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will realize all of the expected benefits associated with our business transformation plan. In addition, regardless of whether
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we are able to realize any of the benefits of the business transformation plan, we have incurred significant costs, which have been greater than those planned.
The perceived conflicts associated with our insurance brokerage and underwriting businesses could limit our growth.
Historically, we have not been able to fully exploit business opportunities due to the perceived conflicts associated with our insurance brokerage and underwriting businesses. For example, we have refrained from offering our extended warranty products and services through competing insurance brokers. Independent brokers have been reluctant to do business with our insurance underwriting business because they believed that any fees or information provided to us would ultimately benefit our competing brokerage business. These brokers also have been concerned that any information gleaned by our underwriting business regarding their clients and their clients' insurance needs would be shared with our competing brokerage business to solicit new business from these clients. Similarly, competing underwriters have feared that our brokers could share information with our underwriting business in an effort to help secure desirable business or, alternatively, seek price quotes from them only for undesirable business. In the future, these perceived conflicts could limit our ability to expand our product and service offerings and seek new business through independent brokerage channels.
Each of our business lines may be adversely affected by an overall decline in economic activity.
The demand for property and casualty insurance generally rises as the overall level of economic activity increases and generally falls as such activity decreases, affecting both the commissions generated by our brokerage business and the premiums generated by our underwriting businesses. In particular, a growing number of insolvencies associated with an economic downturn, especially insolvencies in the insurance industry, could adversely affect our brokerage business through the loss of clients or by hampering our ability to place insurance and reinsurance business. Moreover, the results of our consulting business are generally affected by the level of business activity of our clients, which in turn is affected by the level of economic activity in the industries and markets these clients serve. As our clients become adversely affected by declining business conditions, they may choose to delay or forgo consulting engagements with us.
Recent and proposed accounting rule changes could negatively affect our financial position and results.
Recent accounting changes effected and proposals made could negatively affect our financial position or results of operations. Under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142 (Statement No. 142), which we adopted on January 1, 2002, goodwill is no longer being amortized, but must instead be tested annually for impairment in its value. Goodwill is the excess of cost over net assets purchased relating to business acquisitions. As of September 30, 2002, we had approximately over $4 billion of goodwill on our balance sheet. If an impairment exists, we must recognize a non-cash charge equal to the impairment, thereby reducing our net worth. Under our principal credit facility that supports our commercial paper program, we are required to maintain a minimum net worth of $2.5 billion. As of September 30, 2002, our net worth calculated for this purpose was $3.7 billion. In connection with our adoption of Statement No. 142 we tested our goodwill and found no impairment as of January 1, 2002, but we cannot assure you that impairment will not exist when we test again before the end of this year or in any future year and any impairment charge we would be required to take would have a negative effect on our financial position and results.
We are a holding company and, therefore, may not be able to receive dividends in needed amounts.
Our principal assets are the shares of capital stock of our subsidiaries, including our insurance underwriting companies. We have to rely on dividends from these subsidiaries to meet our obligations for paying principal and interest on outstanding debt obligations and for paying dividends to stockholders and corporate expenses. Payments from our underwriting subsidiaries are limited by governmental regulation and will depend on the surplus and future earnings of these subsidiaries. In
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some circumstances, specific payments from our insurance underwriting subsidiaries may require prior regulatory approval, and we may not be able to receive dividends from these subsidiaries at times and in the amounts we anticipate.
The volume of premiums we write and our profitability are affected by the availability of reinsurance and the size and adequacy of our insurance company subsidiaries' capital base.
The level of business that our insurance underwriting subsidiaries are able to write depends on the size and adequacy of their capital base. Many state insurance laws to which they are subject impose risk-based capital requirements for purposes of regulating insurer solvency. Insurers having less statutory surplus than that required by the risk-based capital model formula generally are subject to varying degrees of regulatory scrutiny and intervention depending on the level of capital inadequacy. As of September 30, 2002, each of our insurance company subsidiaries met the risk-based statutory surplus requirements of every state in which it conducts business.
We purchase reinsurance for certain of the risks underwritten by our insurance company subsidiaries. Market conditions beyond our control determine the availability and cost of the reinsurance protection we purchase, which may affect the level of business we are able to write and our profitability. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our current reinsurance facilities or that we can obtain other reinsurance facilities in adequate amounts and at favorable rates. If we are unable to renew our expiring facilities or to obtain new reinsurance facilities, either our net exposures would increase or, if we are unwilling to bear an increase in net exposures, we would have to reduce the level of our underwriting commitments. Either of these potential developments could adversely affect our underwriting business.
We cannot guarantee that our reinsurers will pay in a timely fashion, if at all.
To better manage our portfolio of underwriting risk, we may, from time to time, purchase reinsurance by transferring part of the risk that we will assume (known as ceding) to a reinsurance company in exchange for part of the premium that we will receive in connection with the risk. Although reinsurance would make the reinsurer liable to us to the extent the risk were transferred (or ceded) to the reinsurer, it would not relieve us of our liability to our policyholders. Accordingly, we will bear credit risk with respect to our reinsurers, if any. Recently, due to industry and general economic conditions, there is an increasing risk of insolvency among reinsurance companies, resulting in a greater incidence of litigation and affecting the recoverability of claims. We cannot assure you that our reinsurers, if any, will pay the reinsurance recoverables owed to us or that they will pay these recoverables on a timely basis.
Risk Factors Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock
Certain provisions of our second certificate of incorporation and by-laws and of Delaware law, as well as state and foreign insurance laws, make it difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our board and may discourage takeover attempts which could be beneficial to us and our stockholders.
Certain provisions of our second restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws and of Delaware law, as well as state and foreign insurance laws, make it difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our board and may discourage unsolicited attempts to acquire us, which could preclude our stockholders from receiving a change of control premium. These provisions include the following:
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Our second restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, also permits our board of directors, in response to specified acquisition proposals, including tender or exchange offers, mergers, consolidations and sales, to consider not only the best interests of the stockholders, but also such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant, including social, legal and economic effects upon employees, field sales agents, suppliers, customers, policyholders and business.
While these provisions have the effect of encouraging persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate with our board of directors, they could enable the board to hinder or frustrate a transaction that some, or a majority, of our stockholders might believe to be in their best interests and, in that case, may prevent or discourage attempts to remove and replace incumbent directors. We are also subject to Delaware laws that could have similar effects. One of these laws prohibits us from engaging in a business combination with a significant stockholder unless specific conditions are met.
In addition, we are subject to state statutes governing insurance holding companies, which generally require that any person or entity desiring to acquire direct or indirect control of any of our insurance company subsidiaries obtain prior regulatory approval. Control would be presumed to exist under most state insurance laws with the acquisition of 10% or more of our outstanding voting securities. Certain of our foreign insurance company subsidiaries are also subject to laws which may require prior regulatory approval of a change of control. Applicable state and foreign insurance company laws and regulations could delay or impede a change of control of our company.
The market price of our common stock may be volatile.
The market price of our common stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to factors such as the following, some of which are beyond our control:
In addition, the stock market in general has experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
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We are a holding company whose operating subsidiaries carry on business in three distinct operating segments: (i) insurance brokerage and other services, (ii) consulting and (iii) insurance underwriting.
Our insurance brokerage and other services segment consists principally of our retail, reinsurance and wholesale brokerage, as well as related insurance services, including claims services, underwriting management, captive insurance company management services and premium financing. These services are provided by subsidiaries of Aon Group, Inc., and certain of our other indirect subsidiaries, including Aon Risk Services Companies, Inc.; Aon Holdings International bv; Aon Services Group, Inc.; Aon Re Worldwide, Inc.; Aon Limited (U.K.); Cananwill, Inc.; and Premier Auto Finance, Inc.
Our consulting segment provides a full range of human capital management services utilizing five practices: employee benefits, compensation, management consulting, outsourcing and communications. These services are provided primarily by subsidiaries and affiliates of Aon Consulting Worldwide, Inc., which is also a subsidiary of Aon Group.
Our insurance underwriting segment is comprised of supplemental accident and health and life insurance and extended warranty and casualty insurance products and services. Combined Insurance Company of America engages in the marketing and underwriting of accident and health and life insurance products. Combined Specialty Insurance Company (formerly known as Virginia Surety Company, Inc.) and London General Insurance Company Limited offer extended warranty and casualty insurance products and services.
We have 550 offices in over 125 countries and sovereignties and nearly 53,000 professionals and employees who serve millions of clients, policyholders and warrantyholders.
The mailing address of our principal executive offices is 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601, and the telephone number of our principal executive offices is (312) 381-1000.
| Common stock offered by selling stockholders | 2,707,018 shares | |
| Common stock outstanding as of November 7, 2002 | Approximately 310 million shares | |
| New York Stock Exchange Symbol | AOC | |
| Use of proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock being offered by this prospectus. |
The purpose of this offering is to register the resale of the shares of common stock received by the selling stockholders, including shares of common stock issued to certain stockholders as contingent merger consideration, in connection with our acquisition of ASA Acquisition Corp., a New Jersey corporation. On October 2, 2000, Aon acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of ASA, through the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aon, with and into ASA. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, Aon is obligated to issue contingent merger consideration in the form of common stock to certain eligible stockholders. In connection with the merger, Aon entered into a registration rights agreement, which requires Aon to use its best efforts to file, and cause to be declared effective, a registration statement for the shares issued in the merger, including those shares issued as contingent merger consideration, and to keep the registration statement continuously effective until the earlier of
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The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from any sale of our common stock offered under this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock offered under this prospectus.
The following table sets forth:
(1) the name of each selling stockholder,
(2) the nature of any position, office or other material relationship which each such selling stockholder has had with us or any of our affiliates within the last three years,
(3) the number of shares of common stock owned by each such selling stockholder prior to the offering,
(4) the number of shares of common stock owned offered for each such selling stockholder's account, and
(5) the number of shares of common stock owned by each such selling stockholder after completion of the offering.
All of the selling stockholders were employees or representatives of ASA at or prior to the date of the merger of ASA with and into a subsidiary of Aon. A substantial majority of the selling stockholders are employed by subsidiaries of Aon. No selling stockholders will own one percent or more of our common stock following the offering.
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| Selling Stockholder |
Number of Shares Owned Prior to Offering |
Number of Shares to be Sold |
Number of Shares Owned After Offering |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramanand Achanta | 329 | 329 | 0 | |||
| Darius Adams | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Terry Adamson | 2,344 | 2,344 | 0 | |||
| John Albrecht | 31 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Ian Alex | 1,109 | 1,109 | 0 | |||
| Vicken Alexanian | 289 | 289 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Allen | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Michael J. Allen | 19 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Sandra Allende | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| David Alpert | 888 | 888 | 0 | |||
| Ruth Anderman-Lanza | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Thomas P. Anderson | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Irlande Andre-Johnson | 31 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Kristie L. Andresen | 976 | 976 | 0 | |||
| Ted Mark Andrews | 13,860 | 13,860 | 0 | |||
| Michael Andrews-Kulis | 19 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Robert Angelica | 17 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Mary Ann Arlt | 25,100 | 25,100 | 0 | |||
| Kevin R. Armant | 6,025 | 6,025 | 0 | |||
| Paulette Askew | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Michelle Atchley | 342 | 342 | 0 | |||
| Bradley J. Au | 4,436 | 4,436 | 0 | |||
| Aleksander Ayerov | 831 | 831 | 0 | |||
| Suresh Babu | 56 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Thomas A. Bainbridge | 111 | 111 | 0 | |||
| Thomas G. Bainbridge | 54,726 | 54,726 | 0 | |||
| Cecilia Baita-Elhattab | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| John F. Balaban | 4,678 | 4,678 | 0 | |||
| Sofia Balios | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Ricc Ballard | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Brendon M. Banks | 102 | 102 | 0 | |||
| Laurie L. Banwart | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Randall Barnett | 1,441 | 1,441 | 0 | |||
| Kalyan K. Basu | 104,991 | 104,991 | 0 | |||
| Bridget C. Bauer | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Deborah Beatty | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Art Beauchamp | 1,405 | 1,405 | 0 | |||
| Franklin B. Becker | 194,503 | 194,503 | 0 | |||
| Michele M. Becker | 5,637 | 5,637 | 0 | |||
| Michelle L. Belcaro | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Janet M. Bellis | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| June E. Benkiel | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Nancy T. Bertram | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Nimisha V. Bhatt | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Ame R.T. Biggart | 1,845 | 1,845 | 0 | |||
| Amy Bigge | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Gretchen Bilhardt | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Leonard R. Billa | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Ann Marie Black | 100 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Jennifer L. Black | 318 | 318 | 0 |
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| Lori A. Black | 64 | 64 | 0 | |||
| Charles Blanchard | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Jay E. Blumenreich | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Luke Bodenstein | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Carol A. Boettger | 442 | 442 | 0 | |||
| Christopher M. Bone | 150,230 | 150,230 | 0 | |||
| Larry Booth | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Scott Borchers | 437 | 437 | 0 | |||
| Lewis Borgenicht | 31,919 | 31,919 | 0 | |||
| Lesley Bourne | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Deborah Bowers | 97 | 97 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Boyar | 8,892 | 8,892 | 0 | |||
| Jo-Anne Bragg | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Ben S. Brandon | 457 | 457 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Brechka | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| John Breitwieser | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Mary Denise Bruton | 1,275 | 1,275 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Bryson | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Mark Brzostowski | 9,980 | 9,980 | 0 | |||
| James F. Buchanan | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey Buchman | 3,603 | 3,603 | 0 | |||
| Ronald W. Buesser | 22 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Michael Bullard | 1,595 | 1,595 | 0 | |||
| Carol D. Bunton | 887 | 887 | 0 | |||
| Victor Buonopane | 2,221 | 2,221 | 0 | |||
| Roger L. Burke | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Thomas J. Burmester | 128 | 128 | 0 | |||
| Minh Byers | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Jose R. Cadiz | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Natalie A. Calello | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Maria Victoria Calica | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| John Cameron | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Susan M. Cannata | 96 | 96 | 0 | |||
| Michelle A. Capetillo | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Robert C. Capperella | 1,127 | 1,127 | 0 | |||
| Korin R. Cardinal | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Linda M. Cardone | 102 | 102 | 0 | |||
| William M. Carroll | 144 | 144 | 0 | |||
| Maria Carter | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Chad | 9,425 | 9,425 | 0 | |||
| Louise Chambers | 1,939 | 1,939 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan L. Cheney | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Cheung | 56 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Chin Il Choe | 83 | 83 | 0 | |||
| Susan Choe | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Barbara Christie-Solomon | 831 | 831 | 0 | |||
| Charles J. Clark | 222 | 222 | 0 | |||
| Nikki L. Cleaves | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Pamela M. Cohen | 1,023 | 1,023 | 0 | |||
| Staci C. Coleman | 68 | 68 | 0 |
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| Luiza Console | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Cooney | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| Sharogerlene Cooper | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Thomas A. Cooper | 888 | 888 | 0 | |||
| Mary Frances Copeland | 271 | 271 | 0 | |||
| Lynda G. Costello | 755 | 755 | 0 | |||
| Martina Cousin | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Michele A. Craine | 635 | 635 | 0 | |||
| Anthony S. Crisci, Jr. | 315 | 315 | 0 | |||
| John D. Cronin | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| David B. Cullinan | 184 | 184 | 0 | |||
| Josie Darby | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Frank Daspit | 4,032 | 4,032 | 0 | |||
| Normarie Davis | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||
| James C. Daw | 1,719 | 1,719 | 0 | |||
| Sherry A. Deen-Narain | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Amy DeLorenzo | 90 | 90 | 0 | |||
| Doreen Devine | 1,416 | 1,416 | 0 | |||
| Karim Dhanani | 928 | 928 | 0 | |||
| Sherry Dineen | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Lucas DiPalermo | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Lynn W. Dippold | 11,088 | 11,088 | 0 | |||
| Thomas J. Dolan | 18,672 | 18,672 | 0 | |||
| Thomas P. Dolan | 7,208 | 7,208 | 0 | |||
| Ronald J. Dolecki | 21,053 | 21,053 | 0 | |||
| Dee Dominick Bradley | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Linda M. Downing | 87 | 87 | 0 | |||
| Gertrude E. Downs | 510 | 510 | 0 | |||
| Patricia Dowse | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Nathan J. Drapkin | 484 | 484 | 0 | |||
| Carol Droppa | 431 | 431 | 0 | |||
| Babu Dukkipati | 332 | 332 | 0 | |||
| Swarna Dukkipati | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Douglass S. Dunbar | 3,210 | 3,210 | 0 | |||
| Melissa M. Dutcher | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Tracy E. Eaton | 332 | 332 | 0 | |||
| Steven H. Ellner | 4,357 | 4,357 | 0 | |||
| David Engelhaupt | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Marybeth Eppig | 296 | 296 | 0 | |||
| Christian Eyert | 97 | 97 | 0 | |||
| Robert J. Fallon | 167 | 167 | 0 | |||
| Robert B. Fane | 998 | 998 | 0 | |||
| Karen M. Fanis | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Leonard Farrell | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Anthony V. Ferraro | 2,325 | 2,325 | 0 | |||
| Karen E. Fischer | 244 | 244 | 0 | |||
| Franklin L. Fisher | 2,786 | 2,786 | 0 | |||
| Morris Fishman | 9,445 | 9,445 | 0 | |||
| Teresa Fitzsimmons | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Mary P. Flynn | 68 | 68 | 0 |
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| Edward W. Fox | 7,606 | 7,606 | 0 | |||
| Mark David Frankel | 444 | 444 | 0 | |||
| Frank Fratoni | 444 | 444 | 0 | |||
| Dee Ann Frawley | 880 | 880 | 0 | |||
| David Freeman | 2,163 | 2,163 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Freiler | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Eddie J. French | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Kevin W. Fuller | 204 | 204 | 0 | |||
| Kathleen Gail | 1,941 | 1,941 | 0 | |||
| Matthew T. Gallardo | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Gallimore | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| JoAnn Gallimore | 106 | 106 | 0 | |||
| Kimberly Gambles | 100 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Felix I. Garcia | 238 | 238 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Garcia | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Sondra Gardiner | 714 | 714 | 0 | |||
| Sherilynn Gardner-Pitre | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| Deanna Gee | 1,220 | 1,220 | 0 | |||
| Jeanette R. Gibson | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| John J. Gish | 168,858 | 168,858 | 0 | |||
| Lane L. Glasgow | 1,443 | 1,443 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Golden | 24,143 | 24,143 | 0 | |||
| Raja Gopalan | 194 | 194 | 0 | |||
| G. Hart Gordon | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Gore | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Michelle M. Graham | 408 | 408 | 0 | |||
| Barbara Gross | 435 | 435 | 0 | |||
| Linda Grosso | 13,860 | 13,860 | 0 | |||
| Robert Grotyohann | 172 | 172 | 0 | |||
| John Grywalski, Jr. | 493 | 493 | 0 | |||
| Michael J. Gulotta | 207,396 | 207,396 | 0 | |||
| Michael J. Gulotta Jr. | 4,763 | 4,763 | 0 | |||
| Eric Haensgen | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Daniel A. Hajjar | 2,759 | 2,759 | 0 | |||
| Linda E. Hakala | 486 | 486 | 0 | |||
| Andrea M. Hall | 1,285 | 1,285 | 0 | |||
| Sandra Hallman | 1,296 | 1,296 | 0 | |||
| Nancy Halloran | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Rodney G. Hannah | 514 | 514 | 0 | |||
| Donald P. Harrington | 13,696 | 13,696 | 0 | |||
| Roger C. Harris | 3,579 | 3,579 | 0 | |||
| Sherman Harris | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| James B. Harvey | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Diann Z. Hatcher | 100 | 100 | 0 | |||
| Diane L. Hauschild | 375 | 375 | 0 | |||
| Don Hawes | 167 | 167 | 0 | |||
| Jane Hawes | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Terry W. Hayes | 64 | 64 | 0 | |||
| John A. Hebenstreit | 2,215 | 2,215 | 0 | |||
| Frederick N. Heidorn | 16,632 | 16,632 | 0 |
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| Lenard Henley | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| David A. Hennessy/Elizabeth R. Hennessy | 575 | 575 | 0 | |||
| Ellen Hennessy | 10,327 | 10,327 | 0 | |||
| Ellen Hennessy and Frank Daspit | 39,943 | 39,943 | 0 | |||
| Diane K. Herwehe | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| James L. Hess | 117,478 | 117,478 | 0 | |||
| Mindy S. Hintelmann | 341 | 341 | 0 | |||
| Dennis T. Hirata | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Ho | 1,109 | 1,109 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Hoeffner | 10,241 | 10,241 | 0 | |||
| Mark A. Hollis | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Kathleen Holness | 5,947 | 5,947 | 0 | |||
| Donna Holt | 97 | 97 | 0 | |||
| Wendy W. Hom | 4,628 | 4,628 | 0 | |||
| Tsochih Hong | 1,185 | 1,185 | 0 | |||
| Thomas C. Hoskins | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Bi-Hwa Huang | 83 | 83 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Hucher | 315 | 315 | 0 | |||
| Cyrus W. Huneycutt | 651 | 651 | 0 | |||
| Chi Heng Hung | 3,743 | 3,743 | 0 | |||
| Mandy Hussey | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Colin Hwang | 264 | 264 | 0 | |||
| Jeannie Hwang | 943 | 943 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Hyland | 3,326 | 3,326 | 0 | |||
| Pina Infusini | 1,608 | 1,608 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Ingle | 848 | 848 | 0 | |||
| Barbara Iocca | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Sheree Jaeck | 22 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Richard Jaffke | 3,326 | 3,326 | 0 | |||
| Alexander J. Jaloway | 97 | 97 | 0 | |||
| Allen James | 4,436 | 4,436 | 0 | |||
| John Jarka | 1,155 | 1,155 | 0 | |||
| John T. Jarusiewicz | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Thomas H. Jarusiewicz | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Tyler A. Jayroe | 4,211 | 4,211 | 0 | |||
| George H. Jelinski | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Elaine E. Jennings | 16,632 | 16,632 | 0 | |||
| Sujatha Jeyaraman | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Steven G. Johnson | 618 | 618 | 0 | |||
| Eleanor Jones | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth S. Jones | 1,330 | 1,330 | 0 | |||
| Patricia Jones | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Shirley Jones | 998 | 998 | 0 | |||
| John Joynes | 510 | 510 | 0 | |||
| Kathleen A. Jurs | 262 | 262 | 0 | |||
| Janice M. Karlson | 179 | 179 | 0 | |||
| Suzanne R. Katambwe | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Andrea Katz | 3,711 | 3,711 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Keane | 998 | 998 | 0 | |||
| Adele Kellman | 144 | 144 | 0 |
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| Cynthia F. Kelly | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Kathleen Kelly | 95 | 95 | 0 | |||
| Allyson Kemka | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Joseph M. Kemka | 21,832 | 21,832 | 0 | |||
| Julia Kent | 148 | 148 | 0 | |||
| Abdul S. Kerim | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Karen W. Khan Curley | 1,023 | 1,023 | 0 | |||
| Elizabeth Khazzam | 146 | 146 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kiehn | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Kristine A. Klepper | 5,544 | 5,544 | 0 | |||
| Bradford Klinck | 12,214 | 12,214 | 0 | |||
| Edward Klos | 16,634 | 16,634 | 0 | |||
| Erin A. Knoell | 56 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Paul L. Koch | 2,530 | 2,530 | 0 | |||
| Michael Konarski | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Sharon L. Kophanel | 2,266 | 2,266 | 0 | |||
| Joanna Kostrzewa | 831 | 831 | 0 | |||
| Patricia A. Kowall | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Cheryl J. Kramer Rothman | 1,577 | 1,577 | 0 | |||
| Ramraj Krishnan | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Linda Kruse | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Hui-Lin Kuo | 1,275 | 1,275 | 0 | |||
| Janice C. Kupka | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Scott P. Kutcher | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| Mandy R. Laesch | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Louis A. Laffin | 56 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Beverly G. Landstrom | 42,211 | 42,211 | 0 | |||
| Vanessa Lannert | 443 | 443 | 0 | |||
| Troy M. LaRue | 117 | 117 | 0 | |||
| Ky T. Le | 867 | 867 | 0 | |||
| Martha G. Leahy | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| James T. Lecher | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Paul Lee | 683 | 683 | 0 | |||
| Dawn R. Lemke | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Helen Leung | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| Debbie S. Liebeskind | 1,012 | 1,012 | 0 | |||
| Wei-Liang Lin | 278 | 278 | 0 | |||
| Mary Liscoumb | 443 | 443 | 0 | |||
| Henry Lo | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Rita L. Lo | 1,004 | 1,004 | 0 | |||
| Malaika Lock | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Amy L. Loether | 11,088 | 11,088 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Lombardo | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Lisa Lombardo-Claus | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Kimberly C. Lorenz | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Patricia M. Losey | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| Amy J. Lucks | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Thomas E. Luther | 486 | 486 | 0 | |||
| James L. Lutrell | 238 | 238 | 0 | |||
| Scott J. Macey | 25,350 | 25,350 | 0 |
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| Katie J. Maldonado | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sandra D. Malebranche | 375 | 375 | 0 | |||
| Robert Malone | 1,021 | 1,021 | 0 | |||
| Anthony N. Manganello | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Gary Mann | 2,653 | 2,653 | 0 | |||
| Melissa R. Manza | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Scott Margolin | 1,774 | 1,774 | 0 | |||
| Paul F. Marmora | 278 | 278 | 0 | |||
| Susan D. Marsh | 772 | 772 | 0 | |||
| Marjorie R. Martin | 5,544 | 5,544 | 0 | |||
| Michele Mastropolo | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Arliss Matich | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Shea D. Maultsby | 11,088 | 11,088 | 0 | |||
| Michael J. Maxwell | 19,678 | 19,678 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Mayda | 971 | 971 | 0 | |||
| Michael Mayhew | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Geraldine Mazalewski | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| Mary E. Mazurek | 442 | 442 | 0 | |||
| John McCarthy | 1,109 | 1,109 | 0 | |||
| Dorothy McFarland | 442 | 442 | 0 | |||
| Eileen McGee | 117 | 117 | 0 | |||
| Eileen McGrath | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| William David McKinnie, III | 50,063 | 50,063 | 0 | |||
| Daniel R. McMonagle | 29 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Martin Meadow | 831 | 831 | 0 | |||
| Thomas W. Meagher | 8,419 | 8,419 | 0 | |||
| Christopher Mealin | 17 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Henry J. Mealin | 5,524 | 5,524 | 0 | |||
| John Mealin | 4,353 | 4,353 | 0 | |||
| Jillian Medoff | 453 | 453 | 0 | |||
| Elizabeth A. Mendola | 350 | 350 | 0 | |||
| Carmen Metcalfe | 139 | 139 | 0 | |||
| Nancy J. Mienhardt | 1,160 | 1,160 | 0 | |||
| Alice Miller | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Miller | 8,871 | 8,871 | 0 | |||
| David C. Miller | 2,117 | 2,117 | 0 | |||
| John J. Miller | 13,569 | 13,569 | 0 | |||
| Monika Minor | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence A. Moellers | 110 | 110 | 0 | |||
| Theresa A. Mohr | 1,164 | 1,164 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth C. Morgan | 29,979 | 29,979 | 0 | |||
| Nancy K. Mueller | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Murphy | 1,079 | 1,079 | 0 | |||
| John Murphy | 2,771 | 2,771 | 0 | |||
| Sandra B. Murray | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| David Myles | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Sujatha Nampalli | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Christopher A. Narcisco | 64 | 64 | 0 | |||
| Wendy A. Neal | 945 | 945 | 0 | |||
| Glen C. Nebel | 1,986 | 1,986 | 0 |
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| Paul M. Nelson | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Nemeth | 26,367 | 26,367 | 0 | |||
| John Nestico | 4,638 | 4,638 | 0 | |||
| Khanh Nguyen | 179 | 179 | 0 | |||
| Andrzej T. Niewiadomski | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Mien H. Niu | 1,333 | 1,333 | 0 | |||
| Thomas E. Norton | 24,388 | 24,388 | 0 | |||
| Maritza L. Nowakowski | 2,486 | 2,486 | 0 | |||
| Denise B. O'Bara | 95 | 95 | 0 | |||
| Jessica M. Occhino | 186 | 186 | 0 | |||
| George F. O'Donnell | 23,293 | 23,293 | 0 | |||
| Florence O. Odufu | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Femi O. Odulana | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Christine M. Olhava-Ablin | 34 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Elizabeth A. Olson | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Linda Orr | 720 | 720 | 0 | |||
| Alan Oskowsky | 1,968 | 1,968 | 0 | |||
| John O'Sullivan | 5,493 | 5,493 | 0 | |||
| Dorothy M. Ott | 203 | 203 | 0 | |||
| Stanislaw Pade | 1,369 | 1,369 | 0 | |||
| Joseph J. Pagano | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Brenda Page | 97 | 97 | 0 | |||
| Janna M. Paolino | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Thomas J. Parciak | 15,727 | 15,727 | 0 | |||
| John C. Parr | 3,623 | 3,623 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Parris | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Raymount Paschal | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Ankita M. Patel | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Margi Patel | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Paterno | 333 | 333 | 0 | |||
| Dean Pedretti | 19 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Maria L. Perez | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Auburn Perkins | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Perry | 1,220 | 1,220 | 0 | |||
| Shannon Perry-Tucker | 120 | 120 | 0 | |||
| Gina Petrone-Mumolie | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Stephanie Pfeiffer | 31 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Thi M. Pham | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Linda S. Phillips | 442 | 442 | 0 | |||
| Marklyn W. Pierre | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Vinita Pilani | 194 | 194 | 0 | |||
| Luc Pomerleau | 244 | 244 | 0 | |||
| Khuzema Poonawala | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Dylan Porter | 4,436 | 4,436 | 0 | |||
| David P. Previte | 251 | 251 | 0 | |||
| Doug L. Pryor | 1,539 | 1,539 | 0 | |||
| Amin Purshottam | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Ann Rachel Quesada | 43,270 | 43,270 | 0 | |||
| Antonio P. Quesada | 2,079 | 2,079 | 0 | |||
| Kathleen A. Quinn | 34 | 34 | 0 |
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| Vivian V. Quintanilla | 31 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Hugh R. Raines | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Jennifer Rambusch | 357 | 357 | 0 | |||
| Neela K. Ranade | 8,944 | 8,944 | 0 | |||
| Joi Randall | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Christine Randle | 609 | 609 | 0 | |||
| Otis C. Ray | 6,737 | 6,737 | 0 | |||
| Mary Elizabeth Redding | 6,748 | 6,748 | 0 | |||
| Robert Reddington | 56,288 | 56,288 | 0 | |||
| Rebecca W. Redman | 2,495 | 2,495 | 0 | |||
| Susan M. Rees | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| W. Mitchell Rees | 9,703 | 9,703 | 0 | |||
| Anne M. Reminger | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| Leslie H. Richmond | 16,467 | 16,467 | 0 | |||
| Nicole A. Rickmond | 266 | 266 | 0 | |||
| Judith Ringlein-Dunn | 204 | 204 | 0 | |||
| Calvin R. Roberson | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Elizabeth Robinson | 34 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey Robinson | 5,544 | 5,544 | 0 | |||
| John T. Rock | 296 | 296 | 0 | |||
| Mary C. Romash | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Beverly S. Rose | 13,860 | 13,860 | 0 | |||
| Donna L. Rose | 225 | 225 | 0 | |||
| Mark Rosenberg | 2,577 | 2,577 | 0 | |||
| Rachel Rosengard | 16 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Lester J. Rosensaft | 190,976 | 190,976 | 0 | |||
| Randall Roth | 1,142 | 1,142 | 0 | |||
| Allen J. Rothman | 46,251 | 46,251 | 0 | |||
| Wanda Russell | 971 | 971 | 0 | |||
| Gordon Rutledge | 4,436 | 4,436 | 0 | |||
| Jack Sabley | 190 | 190 | 0 | |||
| Sylvia Sae | 342 | 342 | 0 | |||
| Rafael Sanchez | 974 | 974 | 0 | |||
| Benjamin J. Sandborg | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Antonietta Sartor | 79 | 79 | 0 | |||
| Ingalill Saxena | 1,666 | 1,666 | 0 | |||
| John Scala | 1,494 | 1,494 | 0 | |||
| Cheryllee Schachel | 477 | 477 | 0 | |||
| Rita L. Schmieder | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Estate of Clarin S. Schwartz | 51,123 | 51,123 | 0 | |||
| Barry K. Schwebs | 1,278 | 1,278 | 0 | |||
| Karen A. Sefcik | 5,924 | 5,924 | 0 | |||
| Frank B. Senese | 128 | 128 | 0 | |||
| Deborah J. Sessoms | 780 | 780 | 0 | |||
| Kelly Shah | 8,871 | 8,871 | 0 | |||
| Amy Sham | 1,150 | 1,150 | 0 | |||
| Sherry Shaw-Kobee | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Yelena Shchekina | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Brian R. Shepherd | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Donna Sherratt-Bado | 238 | 238 | 0 |
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| Mary-Catherine Shiflett | 2,218 | 2,218 | 0 | |||
| Stephen H. Shub | 833 | 833 | 0 | |||
| Jefferson T. Simmons | 102 | 102 | 0 | |||
| Michelle M. Sims | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Scott B. Singhass | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Richard C. Skibinski | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Craig S. Smith | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Smith | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Kenyata Smith | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| James M. Smitreski | 5,277 | 5,277 | 0 | |||
| Leslie K. Soo Hoo | 8,871 | 8,871 | 0 | |||
| Maribel Soto | 159 | 159 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Spicer | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Vicki Squire-Hall | 190 | 190 | 0 | |||
| Vincent Stesner | 1,241 | 1,241 | 0 | |||
| William F. Stopa | 976 | 976 | 0 | |||
| Ellen Stuckey | 53 | 53 | 0 | |||
| Stephanie L. Sturm | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Alene Styles-Glover | 1,031 | 1,031 | 0 | |||
| Lisa Stylianou | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Warren P. Suggs | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Eric Summers | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Ying Loi Sung | 3,326 | 3,326 | 0 | |||
| Jon D. Sutcliffe | 7,374 | 7,374 | 0 | |||
| John Swaney | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Rezzelline Tan | 166 | 166 | 0 | |||
| Nancy M. Tartaro | 18,166 | 18,166 | 0 | |||
| Chris D. Taylor | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Valencia Taylor | 28 | 28 | 0 | |||
| James Teasley | 323 | 323 | 0 | |||
| Nancy Thacker | 1,109 | 1,109 | 0 | |||
| Juna Thelemaque | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Raymond N. Thomas | 2,748 | 2,748 | 0 | |||
| Andrew W. Thompson | 2,818 | 2,818 | 0 | |||
| Sani Timbadia | 318 | 318 | 0 | |||
| Sharon Tomita | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| Pamela Y. Toussaint | 3,471 | 3,471 | 0 | |||
| Ollie Treadway | 4,616 | 4,616 | 0 | |||
| Louis Tremblay | 21 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Marie Frances Trometer | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Thau-Yung Tsao | 56 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Alan Turetz | 10,701 | 10,701 | 0 | |||
| Andrzej Tyminski | 998 | 998 | 0 | |||
| Christine J. Ubertaccio | 3,579 | 3,579 | 0 | |||
| Richard Vair | 9,273 | 9,273 | 0 | |||
| April H. Valerio | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Lynda Van Hoorn | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Varga | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Vinod Vedvyas | 2,771 | 2,771 | 0 | |||
| Ada C. Villahermosa | 28 | 28 | 0 |
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| Lucretia Benee Vinson | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Aimee L. Viola | 29,158 | 29,158 | 0 | |||
| Marie Vladic | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| F. Randy Vogenberg | 11,088 | 11,088 | 0 | |||
| Shawn C. Vollmann | 340 | 340 | 0 | |||
| Robert Wagner | 1,497 | 1,497 | 0 | |||
| Elaine Walsh | 1,109 | 1,109 | 0 | |||
| Augustine Wan | 604 | 604 | 0 | |||
| Bor-Sing Wang | 2,294 | 2,294 | 0 | |||
| Edward D. Ward | 554 | 554 | 0 | |||
| Mary M. Ward | 5,991 | 5,991 | 0 | |||
| Kimberly C. Warwick | 150 | 150 | 0 | |||
| Eddie R. Watson II | 350 | 350 | 0 | |||
| James W. Wells | 2,412 | 2,412 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth R. Wells | 888 | 888 | 0 | |||
| Vernetta S. Wells | 194 | 194 | 0 | |||
| Michael J. Whalen | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Amie D. White | 169 | 169 | 0 | |||
| Jeanne Whitmore | 95 | 95 | 0 | |||
| James R. Wiggins | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Jennifer J. Wikstrom | 88 | 88 | 0 | |||
| Henry B. Wilantewicz III | 186 | 186 | 0 | |||
| B. Jill Wilkinson | 277 | 277 | 0 | |||
| Thomas J. Will | 1,654 | 1,654 | 0 | |||
| Jacqueline Williams | 68 | 68 | 0 | |||
| Patricia I. Wilner | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence F. Wilson | 8,316 | 8,316 | 0 | |||
| Hoi Shun Wong | 95 | 95 | 0 | |||
| Michael G. Worthen | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| Hugh L. Worthington | 204 | 204 | 0 | |||
| Harry Wright | 18,382 | 18,382 | 0 | |||
| Philip Wright | 17,083 | 17,083 | 0 | |||
| Suzanne C. Wyatt | 1,830 | 1,830 | 0 | |||
| Maryann Yim | 1,663 | 1,663 | 0 | |||
| David P. York | 1,386 | 1,386 | 0 | |||
| Gretchen K. Young | 4,452 | 4,452 | 0 | |||
| Thomas M. Zavist | 4,030 | 4,030 | 0 | |||
| Kelley Zittinger | 162 | 162 | 0 | |||
| 2,707,018 | ||||||
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We will receive no part of the proceeds of any sales made hereunder. We will pay all expenses of registration incurred in connection with this offering and in connection with the offering and sale of the shares, other than commissions, discounts and fees of underwriters, dealers or agents. All selling and other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders will be borne by the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers participating in the distribution of the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, and any commissions or discounts given to any such broker-dealer may be regarded as underwriting commissions or discounts under that Act.
The selling stockholders may from time to time sell all or a portion of the shares on the New York Stock Exchange or on any national securities exchange on which our common stock may be listed or traded, in negotiated transactions or otherwise, at prices then prevailing or related to the then current market price or at negotiated prices. The shares will not be sold in an underwritten public offering. The shares may be sold directly or through brokers or dealers. The methods by which the shares may be sold include:
(1) a block trade (which may involve crosses) in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
(2) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by such broker or dealer for its account pursuant to this prospectus;
(3) ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers; and
(4) privately negotiated transactions.
In effecting sales, brokers and dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate. Brokers or dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any such broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of such shares, from such purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated which are not expected to exceed those customary in the types of transactions involved. Broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share, and, to the extent such broker-dealer is unable to do so acting as agent for a selling stockholder, to purchase as principal any unsold shares at the price required to fulfill the broker-dealer commitment to such selling stockholder. Broker-dealers who acquire shares as principal may thereafter resell such shares from time to time in transactions (which may involve crosses and block transactions and sales to and through other broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above) in the over-the-counter market or otherwise at prices and on terms then prevailing at the time of sale, at prices then related to the then-current market price or in negotiated transactions and, in connection with such resales, may receive from the purchasers of such shares commissions as described above.
In connection with the distribution of the shares, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers. In connection with such transactions, broker-dealers may engage in short sales of the shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume with the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders may also sell the shares short and redeliver the shares to close out the short positions. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers, which require the delivery to the broker-dealer of the shares. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge the shares to a broker-dealer and the broker-dealer may sell the shares so loaned or upon a default the broker-dealer may effect sales of the pledged shares. In addition to the foregoing, the selling stockholders may enter into, from time to time, other types of hedging transactions.
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The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers participating in the distributions of the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act of 1933 and any profit on the sale of shares by the selling stockholders and any commissions or discounts given to any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under that Act.
In addition, any shares covered by this prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 may be sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act rather than pursuant to this prospectus.
The validity of the securities will be passed upon for us by Richard E. Barry, our Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary. As of October 8, 2002, Mr. Barry owned 5,117 shares of Aon Corporation common stock, held restricted stock awards of 24,600 shares and 1,980 vested and 24,020 unvested stock options. In addition, 2,682 shares of Aon Corporation common stock held by its employee stock ownership plan and savings plan were attributable to Mr. Barry.
The consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement schedules (as restated) of Aon Corporation included in Aon Corporation's Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended December 31, 2001 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and schedules are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
With respect to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2002 and March 31, 2001, the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2001, and the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001, incorporated by reference in this prospectus, Ernst & Young LLP have reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate reports, included in Aon Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference, state that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their reports on such information should be restricted considering the limited nature of the review procedures applied. The independent auditors are not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") for their reports on the unaudited interim financial information because those reports are not a "report" or a "part" of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by the auditors within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
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