AON PLC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant, Financial Statements and Exhibits - Insurance News | InsuranceNewsNet

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AON PLC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Edgar Glimpses

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 28, 2021, Aon plc ("Parent"), Aon Corporation ("Aon US"), Aon UK
Limited
("AUKL"), Aon Global Holdings plc ("AGH") and Aon Global Limited ("AGL")
entered into a Credit Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Agreement") with
Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto
(collectively, the "Revolving Lenders"), HSBC Bank USA, National Association,
and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agents, and Citibank,
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint
lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, pursuant to which, subject to the
conditions set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Lenders
committed to provide a $1,000,000,000 unsecured revolving credit facility. The
Revolving Credit Agreement replaces Parent's $900,000,000 revolving loan credit
facility dated as of February 2, 2015, which was scheduled to mature on
February 2, 2022.

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be made by Parent, Aon US,
AUKL, AGH, AGL or any other subsidiary designated as a borrower in U.S. dollars,
pounds sterling or euros. Borrowings in U.S. dollars will bear interest, at the
borrower's option, at the eurocurrency rate or an alternate base rate, in each
case, plus an applicable margin. Borrowings in euros will bear interest at the
eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin. Borrowings in pounds sterling will
bear interest at SONIA plus an applicable margin. The interest rate for
eurocurrency borrowings is equal to either (i) with respect to an advance in
U.S. dollars, the applicable ICE benchmark administration limited LIBOR rate for
deposits in dollars appearing on the applicable Bloomberg screen as of 11:00
a.m.
(London time) two (2) business days prior to the first day of the
applicable interest period; or (ii) with respect to advances in euros, the
applicable EURIBO rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, in
each case divided by one minus the reserve requirement, plus the applicable
margin. The interest rate for SONIA borrowings is equal to (i) the Sterling
Overnight Index Average published by the Bank of England (or successor SONIA
administrator) on such administrator's website (or such other commercially
available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the
administrative agent from time to time) on the fifth (5th) business day
preceding the applicable date, plus 0.0326% per annum, plus (ii) the applicable
margin. The interest rate for alternate base rate borrowings is equal to the
highest of (i) the rate of interest publicly announced by Citibank as its base
rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.5% and
(iii) the one month ICE benchmark administration limited LIBOR rate plus 1.0%,
in each case, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on the
public debt rating of Parent's long-term senior unsecured debt and may change in
connection with a change to Parent's debt ratings. The applicable margin for
alternate base rate advances is currently 1.5 basis points and the applicable
margin for eurocurrency and SONIA advances is currently 101.5 basis points. A
facility fee owed on the aggregate commitments under the Revolving Credit
Agreement is also based on the public debt rating of Parent's long-term senior
unsecured debt and may change in connection with a change to Parent's debt
ratings. The facility fee is currently 11.0 basis points.

The Revolving Credit Agreement has a maturity date of September 28, 2026,
subject to two optional one-year extensions, and contains covenants with respect
to the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense
(which may not be less than 4.0 to 1.0) and the ratio of consolidated funded
debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA (which may not be more than 3.25 to 1.00,
subject to certain exceptions), as well as other customary covenants,
undertakings and events of default.

Parent and its subsidiaries have other commercial relationships with the
Revolving Lenders, lead arrangers and syndication agents or their affiliates. In
addition, Parent and certain of its affiliates have performed, and may perform,
various insurance brokerage and consulting services for the Revolving Lenders,
lead arrangers and syndication agents or their affiliates.

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Revolving
Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

Also on September 28, 2021, Parent, Aon US, AGH, AGL, Citibank, in its capacity
as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto entered into Amendment
No. 2 to the Five Year Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") with respect to the
Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated October 19, 2017 (as amended by that certain
Waiver and Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 1, 2020, and as further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, including pursuant
to the Amendment, the "2017 Revolving Credit Agreement"), among Parent, Aon US,
AHG, AGL, Citibank, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.

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The Amendment amends the 2017 Revolving Credit Agreement to, among other things,
establish the Sterling Overnight Index Average as the applicable interest rate
for loans denominated in pounds sterling, establish procedures for replacing
benchmark interest rates, modify the applicable margins and facility fee to
align with the applicable margins and facility fee in the Revolving Credit
Agreement and make certain other conforming changes to align with the terms of
the Revolving Credit Agreement.

Parent and its subsidiaries have other commercial relationships with the 2017
Revolving Credit Agreement lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners, the
syndication agent and their respective affiliates. In addition, Parent and
certain of its affiliates have performed, and may perform, various insurance
brokerage and consulting services for the 2017 Revolving Credit Agreement
lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners, the syndication agent and/or their
respective affiliates.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a
copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with entering into the Revolving Credit Agreement, effective
September 28, 2021, Parent terminated its $900,000,000 revolving loan credit
facility dated as of February 2, 2015, which agreement was described in Item
1.01 of Parent's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission
on February 4, 2015, and which description is incorporated
herein by reference (the "Prior Revolving Credit Agreement"). The Prior
Revolving Credit Agreement was scheduled to mature on February 2, 2022.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
regarding the entry into the Revolving Credit Agreement is incorporated herein
by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d)  Exhibits:



Exhibit
Number       Description of Exhibit

10.1           Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2021, among Aon plc, Aon
             Corporation, Aon UK Limited, Aon Global Holdings plc and Aon Global
             Limited, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders
             party thereto

10.2           Amendment No. 2 to the Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of
             September 28, 2021, among Aon plc, Aon Corporation, Aon Global
             Holdings plc and Aon Global Limited, the lenders party thereto and
             Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document)

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