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Aon plc (NYSE:AON ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 26, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Greg Case - Chief Executive Officer Edmund Reese - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Christa Davies - Chief Financial Officer Eric Andersen - President Conference Call Participants Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Andrew Kligerman - TD Securities Michael Zaremski - BMO Capital Markets Jimmy Bhullar - JPMorgan Robert Cox - Goldman Sachs David Motemaden - Evercore ISI Meyer Shields - KBW Grace Carter - Bank of America Cave Montazeri - Deutsche Bank Operator Good morning and thank you for holding. Welcome to Aon plc's Second Quarter 2024 Conference Call.

AON's second-quarter results reflect elevated operating expenses, partly offset by strong revenue contributions of the Health Solutions and Wealth Solutions businesses.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Aon (AON) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Aon (AON) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.93 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.09 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.76 per share a year ago.

Second Quarter Key Metrics Total revenue increased 18% to $3.8 billion, including organic revenue growth of 6% Operating margin decreased 910 basis points to 17.4%, and adjusted operating margin increased 10 basis points to 27.4% EPS decreased 9% to $2.46, and adjusted EPS increased 6% to $2.93 For the first six months of 2024, cash flows from operations decreased 27% to $822 million, and free cash flow decreased 27% to $721 million Second Quarter Highlights Completed the acquisition of NFP, a leading middle-market provider of risk, benefits, wealth and retirement plan advisory solutions, for $13.0 billion enterprise value, and are on-track to deliver financial commitments Repurchased 0.8 million class A ordinary shares for approximately $250 million Appointed Edmund Reese to serve as next CFO, effective July 29, 2024 Announced a first-of-its-kind, public-private solution to build insurance capacity and accelerate new capital investments and economic recovery in Ukraine, bringing total

AON's second-quarter results are likely to reflect growing contributions from its Health Solutions unit.

Aon (AON) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Eighty-six percent say Trade, Technology, Weather and Workforce trends are important to their organizations More confident decision makers find access to comprehensive data and analytics critical to addressing risk and people issues Decision makers are increasingly concerned about weather and climate risks, but majority are slow to make significant investments DUBLIN , July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the findings of its inaugural Business Decision Maker Survey, which found that 72 percent of business decision makers feel their businesses aren't moving fast enough to address risks associated with global megatrends across Trade, Technology, Weather and Workforce. The survey, which gathered insights from C-suite and business executives in North America, UK and Europe, found that 86 percent believe it is important to address the challenges and opportunities presented by these megatrends.

DUBLIN , July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, plans to announce second quarter 2024 results on Friday, July 26, 2024, in a news release to be issued at 5:00 am Central Time. Greg Case, CEO, will host a conference call at 7:30 am Central Time on Friday, July 26, 2024.

DUBLIN , July 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.675 per share on outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares. The dividend is payable August 15, 2024 to shareholders of record on August 1, 2024.