AXA Completes the Acquisition of Mexican Insurer ING Seguros

PARIS, July 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AXA announced today it has completed the acquisition of ING Seguros, the 3rd largest Mexican insurer.

The transaction, which was announced on February 12, 2008, closed on July 22, 2008.

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AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had Euro 1,281 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2007. For full year 2007, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 93.6 billion and IFRS adjusted earnings to Euro 6.1 billion.

The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISIN FR0000120628 - Bloomberg: CS FP - Reuters: AXAF.PA). The American Depository Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.

This press release is available on the AXA Group website: http://www.axa.com/

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