Success of AXA 2005 employee share offering: total subscription up by 30 %

Employees investing in Shareplan 2005 will have direct voting rights at AXA's general shareholder meetings.

Following the Shareplan 2005, AXA's employees worldwide hold 4.76% of AXA's outstanding share capital or 5.62% after taking into account the 337.5 million AXA's shares which will be cancelled on January 9, 2006 following the merger of AXA and Finaxa, as approved by their respective shareholders' meetings on December 16, 2005.