PRICING SUPPLEMENT. AXA (incorporated as a société anonyme à directoire et conseil de surveillance in France)

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1 CONFORMED COPY PRICING SUPPLEMENT AXA (incorporated as a société anonyme à directoire et conseil de surveillance in France) Issue of 250,000,000 Fixed to Floating Rate Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes under the 5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme SERIES NO: 20 TRANCHE NO: 1 Issue Price: per cent. First Call Date (as defined and further described in paragraph 21(i) below): 25 January 2010 The Notes have been assigned a rating of BBB+ by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Baa1 by Moody s Investors Services Limited and A- by Fitch Ratings Ltd. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision, suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the relevant rating agency. A suspension, withdrawal or reduction of the ratings assigned to the Notes may adversely affect the market price of the Notes. It is AXA s intention (although there is no obligation to do so nor any guarantee of future behaviour) to redeem the Notes in accordance with Condition 7(c) of the Notes as supplemented by paragraph 21 below, in whole (but not in part) only to the extent AXA or any of its subsidiaries has raised funds in the period of six months preceding such redemption by the issuance of any securities ranking pari passu or junior (including any class of share capital) to the Notes, in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Potential investors should read carefully the section entitled Investment Considerations set out in Annex 2 before making a decision to invest in the Notes. Investors should have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, and, if necessary, should have taken sufficient independent professional advice, to make their own independent evaluation of the merits and risks of investing in the Notes. Investors should also, through taking independent professional advice or otherwise, have access to, and/or knowledge of, appropriate analytical tools to evaluate such merits and risks in the context of their financial situation. Investors should also have sufficient financial resources to bear the risks of an investment in the Notes. Investors are solely responsible for making their own independent appraisal of and investigation into the business, financial condition, prospects, creditworthiness, status or affairs of the Issuer. Lead Manager DEUTSCHE BANK Co-Lead Manager Legg Mason Ltd. Spain The date of this Pricing Supplement is 24 January

2 AXA Issue of 250,000,000 Fixed to Floating Rate Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes under the 5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme This document constitutes the Pricing Supplement relating to the issue of Notes described herein. Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions (the Conditions) set forth in the Offering Circular dated 1 October 2004 (the Offering Circular) as supplemented by the First Supplemental Offering Circular dated 14 December 2004 and the second Supplemental Offering Circular dated 21 January, This Pricing Supplement contains the final terms of the Notes and must be read in conjunction with such Offering Circular. Any reference to this "Pricing Supplement" shall include its annexes hereto. See Investment Considerations in Annex 3 hereto for certain information relevant to an investment in the Notes. 1. Issuer: AXA 2. (i) Series Number: 20 (ii) Tranche Number: 1 3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro or EUR (" ") 4. Aggregate Nominal Amount: (i) Tranche: 250,000,000 (ii) Series: 250,000, (i) Issue Price: per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount (ii) Net proceeds: 245,000, Specified Denomination: 1, (i) Issue Date: 25 January 2005 (ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date 8. Maturity Date: Undated subject to the Issuer's Call Option described below. The Notes are Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes and have no fixed maturity. The Issuer shall have the right (subject to the prior approval of the Relevant Supervisory Authority) to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part: (i) for taxation reasons in accordance with Condition 7(b) as further specified in Annex 1 hereto and paragraph 24 below; (ii) for regulatory reasons in accordance with Condition 7(e) as amended in Annex 1 hereto and further specified in paragraph 24 below; or (iii) in accordance with Condition 7(c) on any Interest Payment Date from and including 25 January 2010 as further specified in paragraphs 12 and 21 below. 2

3 9. Interest Basis: Fixed Rate changing to Floating Rate as specified below in paragraphs 16 and 17 below. 10. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par subject to the Loss Absorption provisions set out in Annex 1 hereto. 11. Change of Interest Basis or Redemption/ Payment Basis: Fixed Rate changing to Floating Rate as specified below in paragraphs 16 and 17 below. Other change only applicable in accordance with the Loss Absorption and Reinstatement provisions set out in Annex 1 hereto. 12. Put/Call Options: Issuer Call. Further particulars specified below in paragraph Status of the Notes: The Notes are Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes issued in accordance with Condition 3(b)(iii) as amended in Annex 1 hereto. The subordination provisions of the Notes are governed by Article L of the French Code de commerce, as amended in particular by law no on financial security dated 1 August Listing: Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 15. Method of distribution: Syndicated. PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE 16. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable from and including the Interest Commencement Date to (but excluding) 25 January 2009 (such date the Floating Rate Commencement Date) changing to Floating Rate thereafter as specified in this paragraph 16 and in paragraph 17 below. (i) Rate of Interest: 6.00 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear. (ii) Interest Payment Date: 25 January of each year, commencing on 25 January Further particulars are set out in paragraph 2 of Annex 1. (iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: per 1,000 in nominal amount. (iv) Broken Amount: Not applicable. (v) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (unadjusted). (vi) Determination Date: Not applicable. (vii) Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate Notes: None. 17. Floating Rate Note Provisions Applicable from and including the Floating Rate Commencement Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with Conditions 3(d) and 5(g). Further particulars are set out in paragraph 2 of Annex 1. 3

4 (i) Specified Period(s)/Specified Interest Payment Dates: Floating Rate Interest shall be payable annually in arrear on 25 January of each year and for the first time on 25 January Further particulars are set out in paragraph 2 of Annex 1. (ii) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Amount will not be adjusted if an Interest Payment Date is postponed or brought forward due to the effect of the Business Day Convention. (iii) Additional Business Centre(s): Not applicable. (iv) Manner in which the Rate of Interest and Interest Amount is to be determined: Screen Rate Determination. (v) Party responsible for calculating the Rate of Interest and Interest Amount: Deutsche Bank AG (the Calculation Agent). (vi) Screen Rate Determination: (A) Reference Rate: EUR CMS10. (10 year mid swap rate in EUR (annual 30/360) versus EURIBOR 6 month (semi-annual, Act/360)) minus EUR CMS2. (2 year mid swap rate in EUR (annual 30/360) versus EURIBOR 6 month (semi-annual, Act/360)) times 4 ((EUR CMS10-EUR CMS2)*4). (B) Interest Determination Date: 2 TARGET Business Days as of am Paris time prior to the start of each Interest Period. (C) Relevant Screen Page: Reuters Page "ISDAFIX2" under the heading "EURIBOR Basis". (vii) Margin: Not applicable. (viii) Minimum Rate of Interest: 3.00 per cent. per annum. (ix) Maximum Rate of Interest: per cent. per annum. (x) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (unadjusted). (xi) Fall back provisions, rounding provisions and any other terms relating to the method of calculating interest on Floating Rate Notes, if different from those set out in the Conditions: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Condition 5(b)(ii), in the event that the Reference Rate does not appear on the Relevant Screen Page, the Calculation Agent shall determine on the relevant Interest Determination Date the applicable rate based on quotations of five Reference Banks (to be selected by the Calculation Agent and the Issuer) for the EUR CMS10 and/or the EUR CMS2 (in each case the relevant mid-market annual swap rate commencing 2 TARGET Business Days following the relevant Interest Determination Date). The highest and lowest (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest and/or lowest) quotations so determined shall be disregarded by the Calculation Agent for the 4

5 purpose of determining the Reference Rate which will be the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the fifth decimal place with being rounded upwards) of such provided quotations. If, for any reason, the Reference Rate is no longer published or if fewer than three quotations are provided to the Calculation Agent in accordance with the above paragraph, the Reference Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion, acting in good faith and in a commercial and reasonable manner. 18. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not applicable. 19. Index Linked Interest Note Provisions Not applicable. 20. Dual Currency Interest Note Provisions Not applicable. PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION 21. Issuer Call Applicable from and including 25 January (i) Optional Redemption Date(s): 25 January 2010 (the First Call Date) and any Interest Payment Date thereafter subject to the prior approval of the Relevant Supervisory Authority. (ii) Optional Redemption Amount(s) and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): If redeemable in part: Original Nominal Amount (as defined in Annex 1). (iii) (1) Minimum Redemption Amount: Not applicable. (2) Higher Redemption Amount: Not applicable. (iv) Notice period (if other than asset out in As set out in the Conditions. the Conditions): 22. Investor Put Not applicable. 23. Final Redemption Amount: Original Nominal Amount subject to Annex 1 hereto. 24. Early Redemption Amount(s) payable on Original Nominal Amount. redemption for taxation reasons or on the occurrence of a Regulatory Event and/or the method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in Condition 7): GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES 25. Form of Notes: Bearer Notes: Temporary Bearer Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Bearer Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon an Exchange Event. 5

6 26. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: Not applicable. 27. Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Bearer Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): Yes (if Definitive Notes are issued in exchange for, and in accordance with, the terms of, the Permanent Bearer Global Note). Talons mature on each 25 th Interest Payment Date. 28. Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made and consequences of failure to pay, including any right of the Issuer to forfeit the Notes and interest due on late payment: 29. Details relating to Instalment Notes: amount of each instalment, date on which each payment is to be made: Not applicable. Not applicable. 30. Redenomination applicable: Redenomination not applicable. 31. Rating applicable to Notes: The Notes have been assigned a rating of BBB+ by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Baa1 by Moody s Investors Services Limited and A- by Fitch Ratings Ltd. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision, suspension or withdrawal at any time by the relevant rating agency. A suspension, withdrawal or reduction of the ratings assigned to the Notes may adversely affect the market price of the Notes. 32. Other terms or special conditions: (e.g. loss absorption/suspension of interest accrual for Deeply Subordinated Notes): See Annex 1. DISTRIBUTION 33. If syndicated, names of Managers: - Stabilising Manager (if any): Deutsche Bank AG London as Lead Manager and Legg Mason Ltd. Spain as Co-lead Manager. Deutsche Bank AG London. 34. If non-syndicated, name of relevant Dealer: Not applicable. 35. TEFRA D or TEFRA C rules applicable or TEFRA D. TEFRA rules not applicable: 36. Managers Commission: The Issuer shall pay a combined management and underwriting commission of 2.00 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount of the Notes. 37. Additional selling restrictions: In accordance with Clause 8.1 of the Programme Agreement, the Managers have agreed to comply with the following additional 6

7 selling restrictions and, for the purposes of this issue of Notes, Appendix 2 of the Programme Agreement shall be deemed to be amended accordingly: Belgium Each Manager represents and agrees that it will not: (a) (b) offer for sale, sell or market, directly or indirectly, the Notes in Belgium by means of a public offer within the meaning of the Law of 22nd April, 2003; or sell Notes to any person qualifying as a consumer within the meaning of Article 1.7 of the Belgian Law of 14th July, 1991 on consumer protection and trade practices unless such sale is made in compliance with this law and its implementing regulations. Germany Each of the Managers has acknowledged that offer and sale of the Notes are subject to the restrictions provided in the German Securities Sales Prospectus Act (Wertpapier- Verkaufsprospektgesetz) with respect to Eurosecurities (Euro-Wertpapiere). In particular, each Manager has agreed not to offer the securities by way of public promotion (Öffentliche Werbung) in the Federal Republic of Germany. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Notes may not be offered or sold to the public in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, directly or indirectly, and neither this Pricing Supplement nor any other circular, prospectus, form of application, advertisement or other material may be distributed, or otherwise made available in, or from or published in, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, except for the sole purpose of the listing of the Notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and except in circumstances where the Luxembourg legal requirements for a public offer of securities have been met first. 7

8 Italy The offer and issue of the Notes is not being made in the Republic of Italy and has not been submitted to the clearance procedure of Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) or the Bank of Italy pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. Accordingly, Italian residents or persons located in the Republic of Italy may not subscribe or purchase, directly or indirectly, the Notes nor may the Notes be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly, in the Republic of Italy and the Offering Circular, the Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the offer and issue of the Notes may not be distributed or made available in the Republic of Italy. Spain The Notes will not be offered or sold directly or indirectly, in Spain by means of a public offer as defined and construed by Spanish law save in compliance with the requirements of the Spanish Securities Market Law of 28th July 1988, as amended and restated, and Royal Decree 291/1992 of 27th March, on issues and public offers for the sale of securities ( RD 291/92 ), as amended and restated, and other applicable regulations. Accordingly, the Notes have not been offered and will not be offered, directly or indirectly, to persons in the Kingdom of Spain in any way that would constitute an offer to the public. This Pricing Supplement and the Offering Circular have not been registered with the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (the Spanish securities commission) and therefore it is not intended for any public offer of the Notes in Spain. Switzerland Each Manager will comply with any laws, regulations or guidelines in Switzerland from time to time including, but not limited to, any regulations made by the Swiss National Bank, in relation to the offer, sale, delivery or transfer of Notes or the distribution of this Pricing Supplement or the Offering Circular or any other offering material in respect of such Notes. 8

9 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION 38. Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and the relevant Not applicable. identification number(s): 39. Delivery: Delivery against payment. 40. Additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not applicable. ISIN: XS Common Code: LISTING APPLICATION This Pricing Supplement comprises the final terms required to list the issue of Notes described herein pursuant to the 5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of AXA. 9

10 ANNEX 1 TO THE PRICING SUPPLEMENT The following terms supplement or amend the Conditions, as specified below: 1. Status of the Notes and Subordination of Payment Condition 3(b)(iii) shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following: "The Notes, having no specified maturity, are Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes, which subordination provisions are governed by French law and, more specifically the provisions of Article L of the French Code de commerce, as amended by law no on financial security dated 1 August The Notes and any related Coupons constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and undated Deeply Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer and rank and will rank pari passu among themselves and pari passu with all other present and future Deeply Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer, but shall be subordinated to all present and future titres participatifs issued by, and prêts participatifs granted to, the Issuer, Ordinary Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer and Unsubordinated Obligations of the Issuer. The Notes shall rank in priority to any class of share capital, whether represented by ordinary shares or preference shares (actions de préférence) issued by the Issuer. The rights of the Noteholders in the event of the judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) of the Issuer will be calculated on the basis of the then Nominal Amount of the Notes together with accrued interest (if any) and any other outstanding payments under the Notes. If the Original Nominal Amount has been reduced in the context of one or more Loss Absorption(s), the rights of the Noteholders are calculated on the basis of the Original Nominal Amount, to the extent that all other creditors of the Issuer (including Unsubordinated Creditors of the Issuer, Ordinary Subordinated Creditors of the Issuer, lenders in relation to prêts participatifs granted to the Issuer and holders of titres participatifs issued by the Issuer) have been or will be fully reimbursed, as ascertained by the liquidator. The rights of the Noteholders in the event of the liquidation of the Issuer for any other reason than judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) will be calculated on the basis of the Original Nominal Amount of the Notes together with accrued interest and any other outstanding payments under the Notes. No payment will be made to holders of shares of any class whatsoever of the share capital of the Issuer before all amounts due, but unpaid, to all Noteholders under the Notes have been paid by the Issuer. In the event of incomplete payment of creditors ranking senior to holders of Deeply Subordinated Notes and related Receipts and Coupons (in the context of voluntary or judicial liquidation of the Issuer, bankruptcy proceedings or any other similar proceedings affecting the Issuer) the obligations of the Issuer in connection with the Deeply Subordinated Notes and relative Receipts and Coupons will be terminated. The holders of Deeply Subordinated Notes and any relative Receipts and Coupons shall take all steps necessary for the orderly accomplishment of any collective proceedings or voluntary liquidation. For the purposes of these Conditions: Deeply Subordinated Obligations means any Deeply Subordinated Notes (including the Notes) or other Obligations of the Issuer which rank, or are expressed to rank, pari passu with the Notes. Deeply Subordinated Notes means all and any bonds or notes of the Issuer which constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and lowest ranking subordinated obligations (titres subordonnés de dernier 10

11 rang) of the Issuer, including bonds or notes which subordination provisions are governed by the provisions of Article L of the French Code de commerce, as amended in particular by law no on financial security dated 1 August 2003 and which rank and will rank pari passu among themselves and pari passu with all other present and future Deeply Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer, but behind all present and future prêts participatifs granted to the Issuer and titres participatifs issued by the Issuer and behind Ordinary Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer and Unsubordinated Obligations of the Issuer. Obligations means any payment obligation expressed to be assumed by or imposed on, the Issuer under or arising as a result of any contract, agreement, document, instrument or conduct or relationship or by operation of law. Ordinary Subordinated Creditors means any Person to whom the Issuer owes an Ordinary Subordinated Obligation. Ordinary Subordinated Obligations means any Obligations of the Issuer which constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured and subordinated obligations of the Issuer and which rank and will rank in priority to all present and future titres participatifs issued by the Issuer, prêts participatifs granted to the Issuer and Deeply Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer. Original Nominal Amount means the nominal value of each Note on the Issue Date, without taking into account any Loss Absorption or Reinstatement pursuant to Condition 3(d). Nominal Amount means the nominal value of each Note at any time taking into account any reduction or increase in accordance with the Loss Absorption or Reinstatement provisions of Condition 3(d). Person includes any person, company, corporation, firm, government, state or agency of a state or any grouping (whether or not having separate legal personality) or two or more of the foregoing. Unsubordinated Creditors means any Person(s) to whom the Issuer owes Unsubordinated Obligations. Unsubordinated Obligations means any Obligations of the Issuer which are unsubordinated (including, without limitation, holders of Senior Notes, depositors and creditors whose claims arise under contracts entered into for the purposes of any liquidation)." 2. Interest Payment Dates A new Condition 5(g) set out as follows is inserted immediately after Condition 5(f): "(i) (ii) (iii) Payment of interest will be compulsory on any Compulsory Interest Payment Date. On any other Interest Payment Date (an Optional Interest Payment Date), the Issuer may, at its option, elect not to pay interest with in particular a view to allowing the Issuer to ensure the continuity of its activities without weakening its financial structure. Any interest not paid on such dates will be lost and will therefore no longer be due and payable by the Issuer. On any Optional Interest Payment Date, following the occurrence of a Solvency Event, interest shall be suspended and shall not accrue during the period commencing on the occurrence of the Solvency Event and ending on the date of the End of Solvency Event and for the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer shall have no obligation to pay interest in respect of such period. 11

12 Interest payable on Compulsory Interest Payment Date or Optional Interest Payment Date will always be calculated on the basis of the then current Nominal Amount. (iv) (v) The suspension of payment and accrual of interest in accordance with this paragraph shall be notified to the Noteholders in accordance with the Condition 14 not later than 7 Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date. For the purposes of these Conditions: Compulsory Interest Payment Date means each Interest Payment Date prior to which: (a) in the absence of a Solvency Event, at any time during a period of one year prior to such Interest Payment Date, or (b) upon the occurrence of a Solvency Event and for so long as a Solvency Event is continuing, at any time between the date of the first occurrence of that Solvency Event and the relevant Interest Payment Date, any of the following events has occurred: (i) the Issuer has declared or paid a dividend in any form, or made a payment of any nature, on any class of shares (whether represented by ordinary shares or preference shares); (ii) the Issuer has made a payment on any other Deeply Subordinated Obligations unless such payment was a compulsory interest payment under the terms of any such other Deeply Subordinated Obligations issued by the Issuer; (iii) the Issuer has redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired any class of its share capital (whether such shares are represented by ordinary shares or preference shares), by any means (except shares repurchased by the Issuer in the context of its own buy-back programme (programme de rachat d actions), under any equity derivative hedge structure or transaction or, under any hedging of stock options programme or any other compensation benefit programme); (iv) the Issuer has redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired any Deeply Subordinated Obligations in accordance with their terms. Solvency Event means that the consolidated solvency margin level applicable to the Issuer and/or the Group has fallen below 100 per cent. of the minimum consolidated solvency margin level required by the Applicable Regulations. Group means the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole." 3. Loss Absorption Reinstatement Condition 3(d) shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following: "(i) Loss Absorption In the event of the occurrence of a Solvency Event, the management board (Directoire) of the Issuer undertakes to convene an extraordinary shareholders' meeting during the 3 months immediately following the occurrence of the Solvency Event to propose to its shareholders a share capital increase or any other measure to remedy such Solvency Event. If then, 12

13 the share capital increase or any other proposed measures are not accepted by the extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Issuer, or if the share capital increase adopted by such extraordinary shareholders meeting is insufficiently subscribed to remedy the Solvency Event, or the amount of the losses has not been totally set off against the increase of the shareholders' funds (capitaux propres) of the Issuer or, in any event, if the Solvency Event remains on the last day of the financial half year during which the extraordinary shareholders meeting was held, following the implementation of the measures adopted by the management board (Directoire) of the Issuer or the extraordinary shareholders' meeting (as the case may be and as described above), the management board (Directoire) of the Issuer will implement, within 10 days following the last day of the relevant financial half year, a reduction of the then Nominal Amount of the Notes (Loss Absorption) to off-set its losses and thereafter, to enable it to continue its business. A Loss Absorption will be implemented by a partial or full reduction of the then Nominal Amount of each Specified Denomination. The amount by which the then Nominal Amount as aforesaid is reduced to enable the Issuer to continue its business without weakening its financial structure will be the lower of (i) the amount of losses not set off against a share capital increase implemented as provided above and (ii) the amount of the then Nominal Amount immediately prior to such reduction. Any such reduction shall be applied in respect of each Note equally and, in the event the Issuer has outstanding other Deeply Subordinated Notes, such reduction will be applied on a pro-rata basis among them. The Aggregate Nominal Amount shall be adjusted accordingly. The Nominal Amount of the Notes pursuant to the above provision may be reduced on one or more occasions, as required. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Conditions, the Nominal Amount of each Specified Denomination shall never be reduced to an amount lower than one cent. (ii) Reinstatement If following a Loss Absorption, a positive Consolidated Net Income is recorded by the Issuer for at least two consecutive financial years following the End of Solvency Event (a Return to Financial Health), the Issuer shall increase the then Nominal Amount of the Notes up to such maximum amount (either up to the Original Nominal Amount or up to any other amount lower than the Original Nominal Amount) (a Reinstatement) to the extent that any such Reinstatement does not trigger the occurrence of a Solvency Event. Such Reinstatement shall be made on one or more occasions in the conditions described above until the then Nominal Amount of the Notes has been reinstated to the Original Nominal Amount as from the Return to Financial Health (save in the event of occurrence of another Solvency Event). The amount of the Reinstatement will not exceed the amount of the latest Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer. (iii) Notifications The occurrence of a Solvency Event, End of Solvency Event or Return to Financial Health shall be notified to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 14 not later than 7 Business Days following its occurrence. 13

14 Any reduction or increase of the Nominal Amount of the Notes shall be notified to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 14 not later than 7 Business Days prior to its occurrence. For the purposes of these Conditions: Consolidated Net Income means the consolidated net income (excluding minority interests) of the Issuer as calculated in the consolidated accounts approved by the Issuer s shareholders general meeting. End of Solvency Event means, following a Solvency Event, the consolidated solvency margin level of the Issuer, calculated in accordance with the Applicable Regulations, complies with 100 per cent. of the minimum consolidated solvency margin level required by the Applicable Regulations." 4. Redemption for tax reasons Conditions 7(b)(i) and 7(b)(ii) apply. The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer, in whole but not in part, for certain tax reasons (subject to the prior approval of the Relevant Supervisory Authority). 5. Redemption following a Regulatory Event Condition 7(e) shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following: "If at any time the Issuer determines that a Regulatory Event (as defined below) has occurred with respect to the Notes, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer having given not less than 15 nor more than 30 days' notice to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 14 on any Interest Payment Date at their Early Redemption Amount together with accrued interest up to but excluding the date of redemption. If following the occurrence of a Regulatory Event the Notes are not eligible for inclusion in the Tier 1 Capital or core capital of the Issuer and/or the Group, but are eligible for calculating the consolidated solvency margin of the Issuer and/or the Group, such early redemption is subject to the prior approval of the Relevant Supervisory Authority. For the purposes of these Conditions: Regulatory Event means that: (i) (ii) under Applicable Regulations or an official application or interpretation of those regulations including a decision of a court or tribunal the Notes are not eligible for the purposes of calculating the consolidated solvency margin of the Issuer and/or the Group; or the Notes are not eligible for inclusion in the Tier 1 Capital or core capital for the purpose of the determination of the consolidated solvency margin or capital adequacy ratio of the Issuer and/or the Group under Future Tier One Regulations or an official application or interpretation of those regulations including a decision of a court or tribunal. Applicable Regulations means at any time the solvency margin or capital adequacy regulations applicable to the Issuer and/or the Group then in effect in France and applicable to the Issuer and/or the Group. Future Tier One Regulations means the solvency margin or capital adequacy regulations which may in the future be introduced into France (or if the Issuer and/or the Group becomes domiciled in a jurisdiction other than France, such other jurisdiction) and applicable to the Issuer and/or the Group, which would lay down the requirements to be fulfilled by financial instruments for inclusion in Tier 1 capital or core capital as opposed to Tier 2 capital or secondary capital (whatever the terminology that may be retained). 14

15 Relevant Supervisory Authority means any relevant regulator having jurisdiction over the Issuer and/or the Group, in the event that the Issuer and/or the Group is required by Applicable Regulations to comply on a consolidated basis with certain applicable minimum solvency margins or capital adequacy levels. The current Relevant Supervisory Authority is the Commission de Contrôle des Assurances, des Mutuelles et des Institutions de Prévoyance (CCAMIP)." 6. Governing law The Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law, except for the subordination provisions of Condition 3(b) as amended by paragraph 1 of this annex 1 which shall be governed by French law. 15

16 ANNEX 2 TO THE PRICING SUPPLEMENT INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS The following is a summary of certain aspects of the offering of the Notes of which prospective investors should be aware. Prior to making an investment decision, prospective investors should consider carefully all of the information set out in this Pricing Supplement and in the Offering Circular, including in particular the following investment considerations detailed below. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and prospective investors should make their own independent evaluations of all investment considerations and should also read the detailed information set out elsewhere in this Pricing Supplement and in the Offering Circular. Terms defined in the Conditions shall have the same meaning where used below. The Notes are Deeply Subordinated Obligations The Issuer s obligations under the Notes are deeply subordinated obligations of the Issuer which are the most junior debt instruments of the Issuer, subordinated to and ranking behind the claims of all other unsubordinated and ordinary subordinated creditors of the Issuer, lenders in relation to prêts participatifs granted to the Issuer and holders of titres participatifs issued by the Issuer. The Issuer's obligations under the Notes rank in priority only to any classes of shares of the Issuer. Undated Securities The Notes are undated securities, with no specified maturity date. The Issuer is under no obligation to redeem the Notes at any time (except as provided in the Conditions). The Noteholders have no right to require redemption of the Notes, except if a judgment is issued for the judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) of the Issuer or if the Issuer is liquidated for any other reason. Restrictions on Payment Interest For so long as the compulsory interest provisions do not apply, the Issuer may elect, and in certain circumstances shall be required, not to pay interest falling due on the Notes on any Optional Interest Payment Date, with a view to allowing the Issuer to ensure the continuity of its activities without weakening its financial structure. Any interest not so paid on any such Optional Interest Payment Date shall be forfeited and shall therefore no longer be due and payable by the Issuer, save as otherwise provided. Principal The Original Nominal Amount or then Nominal Amount of the Notes may be reduced, as required, on one or more occasions following a Solvency Event. No Limitation on Issuing Debt There is no restriction on the amount of debt which the Issuer may issue or guarantee. The Issuer and its subsidiaries and affiliates may incur additional indebtedness or grant guarantees in respect of indebtedness of third parties, including indebtedness or guarantees that rank senior in priority of payment to the Notes. If the Issuer s financial condition were to deteriorate, the Noteholders could suffer direct and materially adverse consequences, including reduction of the Original Nominal Amount or then Nominal Amount of the Notes, suspension of interest and, if the Issuer were liquidated (whether voluntarily or involuntarily), loss by Noteholders of their entire investment. Redemption Risk The Notes are undated securities with no specified maturity date. Nevertheless, the Notes may be redeemed in whole (but not in part), at the option of the Issuer, (i) on 20 December 2009 and on any Interest Payment Date thereafter or (ii) at any time for certain tax or regulatory reasons. There can be no assurance that, at the relevant time, Noteholders will be able to reinvest the amounts received upon redemption at a rate that will provide the same return as their investment in the Notes. 16

17 Recent Developments Since the date of the First Supplemental Offering Circular, the Issuer issued the following press release: January 6, 2005 On January 6, 2004 AXA held a presentation to explain the accounting policy changes arising from the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards ( IFRS ) principles and their anticipated implications for AXA. There remains a degree of uncertainty on some key standards and their interpretation and until completion of AXA s 2004 consolidation process. As a result, this press release and the presentation contain unaudited figures and information which are subject to change. Final figures for the 2004 balance sheet and income statement will be reported in June Key points from the presentation: IFRS is a technical accounting change to the way AXA will report and present consolidated financial statements: there is no underlying change to the economics of our business. Key performance indicators should remain largely unchanged: underlying earnings, new business contribution, embedded value, margin analysis, cost-income ratio and cash flows for the life business, combined ratio for the P&C business, assets under management and net inflows for the asset management business. IFRS will not change AXA s asset allocation philosophy which is driven by strict Asset and Liability Management (ALM) guidelines. Main accounting policy changes anticipated for AXA: The scope of consolidation will be extended to include Investment and Real Estate funds which were exempted under French accounting principles (FGAAP). Most invested assets will be accounted for at fair value under IFRS. Going forward, change in fair value of these assets will impact mainly shareholders equity and, to a lesser extent, the income statement, depending on asset classification. This impact will be largely mitigated by an adjustment of the insurance liabilities called shadow accounting. Past business combinations will not be restated. Goodwill resulting from past acquisitions will no longer be amortized. Goodwill will be subject to impairment tests at least once a year as it is already the case in FGAAP and US GAAP. Goodwill will be booked in the local currency of the acquired entity with retroactive adjustment for currency fluctuation on opening shareholders equity. Past employee benefit actuarial gains and losses previously disclosed in AXA s annual report (Document de Référence) will be amortized in the opening shareholders equity. Future earnings should benefit from the absence of amortization of these losses, which will be partly offset by share-based compensation costs in line with new IFRS requirements. Under IFRS, certain Life insurance contracts (Investment contracts without discretionary participation features) will see their accounting treatment changed. These contracts represent approximately 9% of 2003 insurance reserves and 6% of 2003 AXA FGAAP gross insurance revenues. Under IFRS, they will be accounted for as fees and not premiums. As a result of all of the above, the estimated global impact on AXA s 2004 opening shareholders equity is expected to be around -5%. 17

18 Estimated impacts on other key metrics: Overall, AXA s financial structure should be unaffected. The French regulator is not looking at IFRS but still at French GAAP for European consolidated solvency margin purposes. AXA s dividend capacity will be unchanged. In 2004 and compared to French GAAP, IFRS underlying earnings should be broadly unchanged while adjusted earnings and net income should be up. RESPONSIBILITY The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Pricing Supplement. Signed on behalf of AXA: By: DENIS DUVERNE Duly authorised 18