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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-22-109536
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220419
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220419

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000354190
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411]
		IRS NUMBER:				362151613
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09761
		FILM NUMBER:		22835495

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2850 GOLF ROAD
		CITY:			ROLLING MEADOWS
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60008-4050
		BUSINESS PHONE:		630-773-3800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2850 GOLF ROAD
		CITY:			ROLLING MEADOWS
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60008-4050

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20190819

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Rule
14a-101) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-6pt; font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Information Required In Proxy Statement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Amendment No. <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> ) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the Registrant &#9746; &nbsp;&nbsp;Filed by a
Party other than the Registrant &#9744;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the
appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Preliminary Proxy Statement </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-6pt; font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only&nbsp;(as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-6pt; font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Definitive Proxy Statement </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-6pt; font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Definitive Additional Materials </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-6pt; font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12 </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER &amp; CO.
</B></P><HR STYLE="font-size:1pt" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P><HR STYLE="font-size:1pt" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">No fee required. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER &amp; CO. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2850 Golf Road </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Rolling Meadows,
Illinois 60008-4050 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SUPPLEMENT TO DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT RELATING TO </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Arthur J.
Gallagher &amp; Co. (the &#147;Company&#148; ) is writing to supplement the information included in its Notice of 2022 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement filed on March 22, 2022 (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;). Specifically, in its Proxy
Statement, the Company asked for stockholder approval of the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan (&#147;<U>2022 LTIP</U>&#148;), including approval of 13,500,000 shares authorized for issuance thereunder, at the&nbsp;Company&#146;s 2022 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders scheduled for May&nbsp;10, 2022 (the &#147;<U>Annual Meeting</U>&#148;).&nbsp;In the Proxy Statement, the Company disclosed that as of March&nbsp;16, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 6,666,835 shares remained outstanding
under the Company&#146;s 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan (&#147;<U>2017 LTIP</U>&#148;), and that upon approval of the 2022 LTIP, such shares would be canceled and no further awards would be made under the 2017 LTIP.&nbsp;<B>The Company hereby
clarifies that no awards have been made under the 2017 LTIP since March&nbsp;16, 2022 and no additional awards will be granted under the 2017 LTIP prior to the Annual Meeting.</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This supplement to the Proxy Statement is being filed with the SEC and made available to the Company&#146;s stockholders on or about April 19, 2022. The Proxy
Statement, as well as the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, are available at https://investor.ajg.com/financials/default.aspx#financial-year--proxy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as amended or supplemented by the information contained in this supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement continues to apply and
should be considered in voting your shares. We are asking for your support by voting &#147;FOR&#148; all proposals at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In particular, we are requesting your support by voting &#147;FOR&#148; Proposal 2, Approval of
the Arthur J. Gallagher &amp; Co. 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Including Approval of 13,500,000 Shares Authorized for Issuance Thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have
already voted, you do not need to vote again unless you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal. If you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal, please refer to the Proxy Statement for instructions on
how to do so. </P>
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