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Aon Empowers Results for Prague on Global Service Day

Worldwide initiative to provide vaccinations for children in Mali

Prague, June 12, 2014 – Celebrating its commitment to empowering economic and human possibility, Aon’s Prague office colleagues are partnering with local charity Society for Protection of the valley Prokopské a Dalejské údolí to take part in Aon’s Global Service Day, a company-wide initiative where colleagues in more than 40 countries will volunteer their time and efforts to support over 170 charity partners in their communities. Aon Hewitt, Aon Risk Solutions and Aon Benfield, who participate in this activity, are businesses of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), the leading global provider of risk management and human resources solutions.

Aon colleagues in Prague have worked with the Society for Protection of the valley Prokopské a Dalejské údolí to save 37 species of protected plants by cleaning the rocky steppe of sloes. Almost 30 colleagues lend a hand to sustain the biodiversity of this magnificent place, one of the islands of greenery in the capital city of Czech Republic.

Aon’s Global Service Day will feature a social media campaign in partnership with the Red Cross to raise money for a children’s vaccination program in Mali. For every Global Service Day post by an Aon colleague to Instagram, Twitter and Aon’s internal Yammer network, Aon will donate $1 to provide a Measles or Rubella vaccination for a child in Mali. With a goal of vaccinating 10,000 young people, Aon colleagues have the opportunity to make an impact on a community in need while also sharing their Global Service Day experience through social media.

Colleagues and community partners are encouraged to use the hashtag #EmpowerResults to share their events and activities.

“The core of any corporation's citizenship is how its business contributes to society and to the communities where its colleagues live and work," says Greg Case, Aon plc president and chief executive officer. “Today, our colleagues unite as a firm to give back to their local communities in order to empower those who need it most.”

“I am really glad that the Czech office have also actively contributed to this global iniciative. I was very pleased to see that everybody who participated really enjoyed the work, and I strongly believe that today we have done a meaningful step to make Aon’s mission live and real,” adds Hristo Borissov, Aon CZ and SK CEO.

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