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For Immediate Release

Leading Cross-Cultural Consulting Firm, Universal Consensus, LLC.,Partners With Aon Hewitt to Serve Global M&A Clients

Cultural differences significantly impact the international M&A process and play a critical role in the valuationof M&A targets and the reduction of cost and risk during M&A integration

SAN DIEGO, January 24, 2013

,Universal ConsensusLLC, a leading cross-cultural managementconsultant and training firm, today announced it is collaborating withAon Hewitt, the global human resourcesolutions business ofAon plc(NYSE: AON), to enhance Aon Hewitts cross-cultural advisory, integration andbusiness optimization services for its globalmergers and acquisitions (M&A) clients.

Headquartered in San Diego, Universal Consensus offers cross-cultural assessments, advisory services, andtraining to hundreds of large organizations around the world. Its proprietary framework, theBMIA (BusinessModel of Intercultural Analysis), evaluates companies challenges and growth opportunities of doing businessacross cultures, both internationally and domestically. Armed with this data, Universal Consensus expertsdevelop customized solutions including assessments, strategic advising, training, executive coaching andother programs to help companies improve how they integrate across cultures during a merger, acquisition orjoint venture.

Cultureis one of the big obstacles hindering deal success and is a driving force behind many otherimmediate causes of deal failure, including delayed integration or implementation. Some of the largestcompanies in the world pull out or scale back in foreign target markets simply because they failed tounderstand the impact of national cultures on the very factors they relied upon to drive profitability, saidDavid Sult, senior vice president of Merger and Acquisitions Solutions at Aon Hewitt. Our partnership withUniversal Consensus complements our existing cultural capabilities, expands our global footprint and bringsus additional levels of insight, capabilities and tools to help companies understand and manage the cross-cultural issues that impact the success of their M&A transactions.

More and more companies realize the importance of evaluating and controlling the impact of nationalcultures coming together during the M&A process, said Denise Pirrotti Hummel, CEO of UniversalConsensus. Failing to appropriately identify, analyze and manage cultural differences can create significantproblems for organizations and can often lead to the success or failure of a transaction. Our partnership withAon Hewitt enables us to combine our talent and expertise to help companies find the most effective way tobring together diverse national workforces and cultures.

Aons M&A Solutions (AMAS) practice provides comprehensive services through the entire M&A lifecycleincluding due diligence, integration planning and implementation. For the past four years, AMAS has providedworld-class thought leadership and experience on more than 3,700 diligence assignments. The practicesexpert team is comprised of over 300 dedicated M&A professionals worldwide, including managementconsultants, attorneys, actuaries, human capital specialists, brokers, underwriters, claims adjusters andinvestment bankers.

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About Universal ConsensusUniversal Consensus is a global cross cultural advisory, management consulting, and training firm. Corporations areenabled to leverage the power of culture to increase agility, improve profitability, and optimize operations in their businessecosystems, across borders, and around the world. Universal Consensus clients include FedEx Corp., Whirlpool Corp.,Qualcomm Inc., Roche Holding AG, the Pentagon, and the U.S. State Department. For more information on Universal

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About Aon HewittAon Hewitt is the global leader in human resource solutions. The company partners with organizations to solve their mostcomplex benefits, talent and related financial challenges, and improve business performance. Aon Hewitt designs,implements, communicates and administers a wide range of human capital, retirement, investment management, healthcare, compensation and talent management strategies. With more than 29,000 professionals in 90 countries, Aon Hewittmakes the world a better place to work for clients and their employees. For more information on Aon Hewitt, please visitwww.aonhewitt.com.

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