Hypercom Offers Extended Warranties Through Aon Warranty Group.

PHOENIX & CHICAGO -- Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) and Aon Warranty Group, a unit of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), announced today a multi-year agreement to provide extended warranty plans for select Hypercom electronic payment terminals. The agreement will enable Hypercom customers to extend the term protection of Hypercom's standard industry-leading warranty for a total coverage of five years.

Under the terms of the current agreement, Aon Warranty Group will serve as the primary obligor and provide underwriting, consulting services and claims administration of its enhanced service contracts for U.S. retailers that purchase Hypercom's Optimum series of multi-lane card payment terminals. Aon has selected Hypercom to handle the product maintenance during the extended warranty term.

Both parties plan to expand the agreement to cover additional Hypercom products and geographic regions, with Aon's global footprint providing the ability to offer extended warranties across much of Hypercom's worldwide customer base.

"For Hypercom customers, this agreement offers the added security of knowing that their mission-critical payment terminal infrastructure can be protected for an extra term. For Hypercom, it represents part of a broader plan to strengthen our service capabilities and profitability," said John H. Andrews, Senior Vice President of Hypercom Global Customer Service. "Partnering with an industry leader like Aon will enable us to offer new and innovative warranty programs that will benefit our customers as well as our own business."

"This partnership will give Hypercom customers an affordable way to protect their investment, save on repair costs, and ultimately differentiate themselves from the competition as the program expands," said Mike Frosch, President of Aon Warranty Group North America, Non-Automotive. "This is an intuitive and strategic relationship that will benefit all parties involved."

About Aon Warranty Group (www.aonwarranty.com)

Aon Warranty Group, soon to be acquired by Onex Corporation (TSX:OCX, www.onex.com) and renamed "the warranty group", is a world leader in sales, service and underwriting of mechanical repair agreements with over $4 billion in assets and $1.5 billion in revenue. Aon Corporation (www.aon.com) is a holding company comprised of a family of insurance brokerage, consulting and insurance underwriting subsidiaries with annual revenues in excess of $8 billion and over 55,000 employees in 125 countries worldwide.

About Hypercom (www.hypercom.com)

Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation delivers a full suite of high security, end-to-end electronic payment products and services. The company's solutions address the high security electronic transaction needs of banks and other financial institutions, processors, large scale retailers, smaller merchants, quick service restaurants, and users in the transportation, healthcare, prepaid, unattended and many other markets. Hypercom solutions enable businesses in more than 100 countries to securely expand their revenues and profits.

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