AXA Has Received the Necessary Anti-Trust Approvals Required for the Acquisition of Winterthur
2006年9月7日 - 4:30PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
AXA announces the future CEOs of the business units in Northern
& Eastern Europe and the UK & Ireland regions following the
closing of the transaction PARIS, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
The U.S., Swiss and European Commission anti-trust authorities have
now approved the acquisition of Winterthur by AXA. Subject to the
closing of the transaction (expected on December 31, 2006) and to
obtaining necessary corporate governance and regulatory approvals,
AXA announces the following appointments for the enlarged Northern
Europe region (which will become the Northern & Eastern Europe
Region including the Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, and Eastern
Europe) as well as in the UK & Ireland Region to take effect on
January 1, 2007. The Northern & Eastern Europe Region will be
placed under the supervision of Alfred Bouckaert, currently CEO of
AXA Belgium and Group Regional CEO for Northern Europe (Benelux,
Germany & Switzerland). Alfred Bouckaert is a member of the AXA
Executive Committee. - CEO of the insurance and banking activities
in Belgium will be Eugene Teysen, currently CEO of AXA Konzern in
Germany. Eugene Teysen will join the AXA Executive Committee on
October 1, 2006 - CEO of the insurance and banking activities in
Switzerland will be Philippe Egger, currently CEO of Winterthur
Switzerland. He will join the AXA Executive Committee on January 1,
2007. - CEO of the insurance and banking activities in Germany will
be Frank Keuper, currently CEO of DBV Winterthur in Germany. - CEO
of the insurance and banking activities in The Netherlands will be
Jan Van Den Berg, currently CEO of AXA Netherlands. - An Eastern
Europe zone will be created with Willem Wynaendts as CEO. Willem
Wynaendts is currently CEO of AXA Assurances in Switzerland. Will
report to him: -- The CEO of the Polish Life & Pensions
business Maciej Szwarc, currently CEO of Winterthur Poland -- The
CEO of the businesses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia Petr
Zaluda, currently CEO of Winterthur Czech Republic and Slovakia --
The CEO of the businesses in Hungary Walter Tauchner, currently CEO
Winterthur Hungary In the UK & Ireland Region, under the
supervision of CEO Nicolas Moreau, Mike Kellard who is CEO of
Winterthur UK, will report to Paul Evans, CEO of AXA Life (a
business unit of AXA UK). Following the closing of the transaction,
these proposed nominations will be submitted to the Boards and
regulators of the relevant legal entities for all necessary
corporate governance and regulatory approvals. The executives
designated above will announce their organizations and their new
teams' structure in the course of October 2006. Other executive
designations in Europe and Asia will be made and communicated in
the weeks to come. Biographies of the above referenced executives
are available on http://www.axa.com/ or http://www.winterthur.ch/
About AXA AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection.
AXA's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations
in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had
Euro 1,091 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2006,
and reported total revenues of Euro 41 billion and underlying
earnings of Euro 2,090 million for the first half of 2006. The AXA
ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the
Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depository Share is also
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA. This press release
is available on the AXA Group web site: http://www.axa.com/
INVESTOR RELATIONS: Etienne Bouas Laurent: +33.1.40.75.46.85
Emmanuel Touzeau: +33.1.40.45.49.05 Sophie Bourlanges:
+33.1.40.75.56.07 Kevin Molloy: +1.212.314.2893 MEDIA RELATIONS:
Christophe Dufraux: +33.1.40.75.46.74 Clara Rodrigo:
+33.1.40.75.47.22 Armelle Vercken: +33.1.40.75.46.42 Mary Taylor:
+1.212.314.5845 WARNING Certain statements contained herein are
forward-looking statements including, but not limited to,
statements that are predications of or indicate future events,
trends, plans or objectives. Undue reliance should not be placed on
such statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known
and unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by other
factors that could cause actual results and AXA's plans and
objectives to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
the forward looking statements (or from past results). These risks
and uncertainties include, without limitation, timely execution and
closing of the Winterthur acquisition. Please refer to AXA's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 and AXA's
Document de Reference for the year ended December 31, 2005, for a
description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties
that may affect AXA's business. AXA undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements,
whether to reflect new information, future events or circumstances
or otherwise. DATASOURCE: AXA CONTACT: INVESTOR RELATIONS: Etienne
Bouas Laurent: +33.1.40.75.46.85, Emmanuel Touzeau:
+33.1.40.45.49.05, Sophie Bourlanges: +33.1.40.75.56.07, Kevin
Molloy: +1.212.314.2893, or MEDIA RELATIONS: Christophe Dufraux:
+33.1.40.75.46.74, Clara Rodrigo: +33.1.40.75.47.22, Armelle
Vercken: +33.1.40.75.46.42, Mary Taylor: +1.212.314.5845 Web site:
http://www.axa.com/ http://www.winterthur.ch/
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