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Aon (AON) FY2010 results: revenue $8.5 billion, up 12.1% on the year

Aon plc (AON) reported revenue of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2010, the year ended 31 December 2010, up 12.1% on the year before. Net income was $706 million, down 5.5%, and diluted earnings per share $2.37. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 25 February 2011.

Revenue
$8.5 billion
+12.1% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Operating margin
14.6%
13.4% a year earlier
FY2007FY2010
Net income
$706 million
-5.5% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Diluted EPS
$2.37
-7.8% on the year
FY2007FY2010

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue8,5127,5957,528+12.1%
Operating income1,2441,021940+21.8%
Operating margin14.6%13.4%12.5%
Interest expense182122126+49.2%
Income tax300268242+11.9%
Net income7067471,462-5.5%
Net margin8.3%9.8%19.4%
Diluted EPS$2.37$2.57$4.80-7.8%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow783500968+56.6%
Capital expenditure180140103+28.6%
Free cash flow603360865+67.5%
Free cash flow margin7.1%4.7%11.5%
Cash from investing-2,539-2291,404
Cash from financing1,823-652-2,244
Depreciation and amortisation151149222+1.3%
Share-based compensation221209248+5.7%
Buybacks2505901,924-57.6%
Dividends paid175165171+6.1%
Dividend per share$0.60$0.60$0.600.0%
Diluted shares, weighted298m291m304m+2.4%
Shares outstanding at period end332m266mn/a+24.8%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity8,2515,3795,310+53.4%
Non-controlling interest55.052.0105+5.8%
Debt4,5061,9981,872+125.5%
Other liabilities16,17015,52915,653+4.1%
Total liabilities and equity28,98222,95822,940+26.2%
Fixed assets781461451+69.4%
Goodwill8,6476,0785,637+42.3%
Intangible assets3,611791779+356.5%
Investments1,0977411,016+48.0%
Cash and equivalents346217582+59.4%
Receivables2,7012,0521,990+31.6%
Other assets11,79912,61812,485-6.5%
Total assets28,98222,95822,940+26.2%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2010, filed 25 February 2011: the filing.