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AXA Earnings Release 2011

Feb 16, 2012

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Full Year 2011 Earnings

Underlying earnings up 2% to Euro 3.9 billion Net Income up 49% to Euro 4.3 billion Dividend stable at Euro 0.69 per share

"Thanks to the diversification of our businesses, we delivered a strong set of results, increased our operating free cash flows and maintained a robust balance sheet, despite difficult market conditions. On this basis, AXA's Board of Directors will propose a stable dividend of 0.69 Euro per share to shareholders", said Henri de Castries, Chairman and CEO of AXA.

"This year was also characterized by the first achievements of our strategic plan Ambition AXA. We improved new business margins in both Life & Savings and Property & Casualty. We also made strong progress in increasing the Group's operational efficiency and we are on track in delivering on our cost savings initiatives. Finally, thanks to several strategic disposals, we have actively reallocated capital towards high growth markets and deleveraged the Group."

"The Ambition AXA plan is well suited to the challenges of the current environment. Going forward, our focus remains on its execution, and on balance sheet strength and cash flows management, while we continue to build on the engagement of our employees, the quality of our distribution partners and the trust of our customers."

In Euro million unless otherwise specified FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported basis
Change on a
comparable basis
Total revenues 89,412 86,107 -4% -2%
NBV margin (%) 22.3% 25.2% +2.9 pts +0.4 pt
Combined ratio 99.5% 97.9% -1.6 pts -1.4 pts
Current year combined ratio 102.6% 99.6% -3.0 pts -2.9 pts
Underlying Earnings 3,731 3,901 +5% +2%
Adjusted Earnings 4,150 3,589 -14% -15%
Net income 2,749 4,324 +57% +49%
Group operating free cash flows (Euro bn) 3.7 4.2 +14% -
Dividend per share (Euro) 0.69 0.69 0%
In Euro million unless otherwise specified FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported basis

KEY FIGURES

In Euro million unless otherwise specified FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported basis
Shareholders' equity 49,698 48,561 -2%
Adjusted ROE 11.5% 10.0% -1.5 pts
Group Embedded Value per share (Euro) 14.9 13.5 -9%
Debt gearing (%) 28% 26% -2 pts
Solvency I ratio (%) 182% 188% +6 pts
Economic solvency ratio (%) 178% 148% -29 pts

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Contents:
Group key highlights………………2
Revenues………….………………………………4
Earnings……………………………….…………10
Group EV, free cash flows & dividend…15
Balance sheet……………………………………16
Notes & Other information……18
Appendices…………….……………19

All comments are on a comparable basis for activity indicators (constant Forex, scope and methodology) and at constant Forex for earnings, unless otherwise specified.

Revenues

  • Total Revenues were down 2% to Euro 86,107 million.
  • Life & Savings revenues were down 4% to Euro 52,431 million.

APE1 was down 1% to Euro 5,733 million, mainly driven by a strong performance in General Account ("G/A") Protection & Health business up 13%, more than offset by a 20% decrease in G/A Savings business. Unit-Linked business was down 3%.

New Business Value (NBV2) was up 1% to Euro 1,444 million, as continued improvement in business mix towards G/A Protection & Health was partly offset by deteriorated investment market conditions.

As a result, new Business margin increased from 22.3% in FY10 to 25.2% in FY11, mainly driven by a positive scope effect from the buyout of high margin Asian minorities and improvement in business mix partly offset by deteriorated investment market conditions.

  • Property & Casualty revenues increased by 3.5% to Euro 27,046 million. Personal lines grew 4%, largely driven by a 5% average price increase. Commercial lines grew 3% mainly driven by a 2% average price increase. Overall, the average price increase was 3.8%.
  • Asset Management revenues were stable at Euro 3,269 million. AXA IM revenues increased by 5%, mainly driven by higher real estate transaction fees and higher performance fees. AllianceBernstein revenues were down 3%, as higher distribution fees were more than offset by lower management fees. Average assets under management decreased slightly, down 2% to Euro 836 billion. Net outflows amounted to Euro -30 billion (vs. Euro -64 billion in FY10), mainly from institutional clients at AllianceBernstein.

Earnings

Underlying Earnings were up 2% to Euro 3,901 million.

Life & Savings Underlying Earnings were down 9% to Euro 2,267 million. Restated for main scope effects (partial sale of the UK Life operations in 2010 and AXA APH transaction in 2011), Underlying Earnings were down 2%, mainly driven by an increase in Unit-Linked management fees and loadings on premiums, more than offset by a decrease in net technical margin, mainly on US Variable Annuity.

Property & Casualty Underlying Earnings were up 16% to Euro 1,848 million with a combined ratio down 1.4 points to 97.9% and a current year combined ratio down 2.9 points to 99.6%.

Asset Management Underlying Earnings were up 20% to Euro 321 million, mainly driven by AXA IM due to both the non repeat of 2010 AXA Rosenberg coding error provision allowance and higher gross revenues.

  • Adjusted Earnings were down 15% to Euro 3,589 million, mainly impacted by higher impairment charges, notably on Greek government bonds and equities.
  • Net Income was up 49% to Euro 4,324 million. FY10 Net Income included Euro -1,642 million exceptional loss related to the partial sale of the UK Life operations, while FY11 Net Income included Euro -943 million goodwill reduction attributable to the US Accumulator Variable Annuity book of business, following the fall in US long term interest rates as well as the reduction in lapses, and Euro +2,326 million exceptional realized gains related to the sale of Australian and New Zealand operations, Canadian operations and the stake in Taikang Life.

Group Embedded Value (EV), free cash-flow & Dividend

  • Group EV was down Euro 2.6 billion from Euro 34.2 billion in FY10 to Euro 31.5 billion in FY11, or Euro 13.5 per share.
  • Group Operating Free Cash Flows3 were up 14% on a reported basis, from Euro 3.7 billion to Euro 4.2 billion, driven by both Life & Savings and Property & Casualty.
  • A dividend of Euro 0.69 per share (stable vs. FY10) will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that will be held on April 25, 2012. The dividend is expected to be paid on May 9, 2012 with an ex-dividend date of May 4, 2012.

Non-GAAP measures such as Underlying Earnings and Adjusted Earnings are reconciled to Net Income on page 10 of this release. AXA's 2011 financial statements have been examined by the Board of Directors on February 15, 2012 and are subject to completion of audit procedures by AXA's statutory auditors.

Notes are on page 18

Balance sheet

  • Shareholders' equity was Euro 48.6 billion, down Euro 1.1 billion vs. December 31, 2010, benefiting from Euro 4.3 billion Net Income for the period, Euro 0.5 billion positive forex movements net of hedging instruments, more than offset by Euro 2.5 billion negative impact from the goodwill deduction related to the acquisition of AXA APH Asia Life minority interests, Euro 1.6 billion decrease in net unrealized capital gains, Euro 1.6 billion 2010 dividend payment and Euro 0.6 billion change in pension deficit. At December 31, 2011, net unrealized capital gains included in shareholders' equity4 amounted to Euro 5.1 billion while net unrealized capital gains on real estate & loans5 (not included in shareholders' equity) increased by Euro 0.3 billion to Euro 3.2 billion.
  • Solvency I ratio was 188%, up 6 points vs. December 31, 2010, notably benefiting from Underlying Earnings (+17 points), partly offset by proposed dividend (-7 points).
  • Economic capital ratio was down from 178% as at December 31, 2010 to 148% as at December 31, 2011 notably due to decrease in interest rates, widening of sovereign bond spreads and widening of credit spreads, net of change in liquidity premium.
  • Debt gearing6 decreased by 2 points to 26% mainly as a result of disposals/acquisitions (-1 point) as well as cash dividends from entities to Group Holding company, net of dividend paid to shareholders and debt interest (-1 point).

DAC accounting methodology change from January 1, 2012

Deliberations at joint meetings of IASB and FASB regarding the Insurance Contracts Phase II project as well as change in interpretation of USGAAP (ASU-2010-26) applicable as at January 1, 2012 indicate that accounting standards are moving to lower deferral of acquisition expenses. Consequently, a change in accounting policy in the IFRS consolidated Group financial statements is expected to be adopted retrospectively, limiting the amount of capitalized deferred acquisition costs ("DAC"). The estimated impact of this change would lead to a reduction of net DAC balance of approximately Euro 2.0 billion group share net of tax, policyholder participation and URR, as well as to approximately Euro -0.1 billion impact on Underlying Earnings.

Changes in scope

  • Sale of Canadian operations: Canadian operations sold on September 26, 2011 are treated as discontinued operations in AXA's consolidated financial statements. As a consequence, their revenues are restated from the overall Group revenues and their earnings are accounted for in the "Exceptional and discontinued operations" aggregate in Net Income. For more details please refer to Appendix 10.
  • AXA APH transaction: FY11 APE and NBV of Australia & New Zealand, Hong Kong, South-East Asia, India & China are restated for AXA APH transaction in reported figures.

Change in presentation

• In order to improve visibility on P&C Direct activities, Direct P&C is reported as a separate business unit and no longer as part of countries or regions. FY10 figures were restated to reflect this change. For more details please refer to Appendix 10.

Revenues: Key figures
Change
Euro million, except when otherwise specified FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported basis
Comp.(a) basis Scope &
Other
FX
impact(b)
Life & Savings revenues 56,792 52,431 -7.7% -4.2% -5.4% +1.9%
Net inflows (Euro billion) 8.4 3.3
APE1 (Group share) 5,780 5,733 -0.8% -0.6% -0.6% +0.4%
NBV2 (Group share) 1,290 1,444 +12.0% +1.1% +8.6% +2.3%
NBV to APE margin (Group share) 22.3% 25.2% +2.9 pts +0.4 pt
Property & Casualty revenues 25,986 27,046 +4.1% +3.5% +0.1% +0.5%
Asset Management revenues 3,328 3,269 -1.8% -0.3% +0.7% -2.2%
Net inflows (Euro billion) -64.1 -29.6
International Insurance revenues 2,847 2,876 +1.0% +1.5% +0.0% -0.5%
Total revenues(c) 89,412 86,107 -3.7% -1.5% -3.4% +1.3%

(a) Change on a comparable basis was calculated at constant FX and scope.

(b) Mainly due to the depreciation of the Euro against main currencies.

(c) Include banking revenues up 5% to Euro 485 million in FY11 (vs. Euro 459 million in FY10).

Life & Savings

Life & Savings revenues were down 4% to Euro 52,431 million, with increases in the US and Switzerland, more than offset by decreases in MedLA, France and Belgium.

New Business Volume (APE1) and margin by business
---------------------------------------------------
Life & Savings: analysis by business
NBV margin APE
Euro million FY11 FY10 FY11 Change on a
comparable
basis
G/A Protection & Health 47% 1,802 2,184 +13%
G/A Savings -4% 1,453 1,155 -20%
Unit-Linked 23% 1,776 1,809 -3%
o/w Continental Europe7 22% 439 444 +4%
Mutual funds & Other 5% 749 586 +10%
Total 25% 5,780 5,733 -1%

Strong improvement in business mix

  • G/A Protection & Health APE (38% of total) was up 13% to Euro 2,184 million, mainly driven by the US up 52% (with the success of the new Indexed Universal Life product), France up 12% (mainly increase in Group Protection sales and success of the Family Protection product), Switzerland up 31% (strong sales in Group Life driven by higher demand for full Protection schemes) and Germany up 24% (favourable change in regulation facilitating access to private Health insurance).
  • G/A Savings APE (20% of total) was down 20% to Euro 1,155 million, mainly driven by Italy down 52% (mostly non repeat of the 2010 fiscal amnesty, higher competition from banking products and stronger focus on Unit-Linked products), France down 18% (mainly market uncertainty and higher competition from banking products impacting large contracts at AXA Wealth Management) and Belgium down 25% (more conservative offer in a low profitability environment).

Unit-Linked APE (32% of total) was down 3% to Euro 1,809 million, with:

(i) Continental Europe7 up 4%, mainly in Italy, primarily through the AXA MPS Joint-Venture up 56%, and France up 20% notably driven by the "Bonus Euro+" initiative, partly offset by Germany, down 28% mainly as a result of Variable Annuity product repricing, non-repeat of 2010 marketing campaign on UL savings products and difficult financial markets conditions;

(ii) South-East Asia, India & China up 15% driven by strong sales through Bank Mandiri branches in Indonesia;

(iii) the US up 5%, mainly driven by an increase in "Retirement Cornerstone" and "Structured Capital Strategy" sales, partly offset by a 29% decrease in "Accumulator" sales;

(iv) the UK, down 16% due to lower volumes in pension products following change in minimum pension age adopted in 1H10 as well as lower sales of offshore bonds due to uncertain economic conditions, and

(v) CEE down 16% mainly driven by lower new business contribution from Pension Funds following new regulations in Poland.

Mutual funds & Other APE (10% of total) was up 10% to Euro 586 million as the strong performance of the Elevate wrap platform in the UK (+75%) was partly offset by lower sales in CEE, reflecting closing of new business in Pension Funds following new regulations in Hungary.

New business value (NBV2) was up 1% to Euro 1,444 million, as continued improvement in business mix towards G/A Protection & Health was partly offset by deteriorated investment market conditions.

As a result, NBV margin increased from 22.3% in FY10 to 25.2% in FY11, with mature markets at 22.0% and high growth markets8 at 41.7%. The increase was mainly driven by both a positive scope effect from the minority interests buyout of high-margin Asian entities, as well as an improvement in business mix, partly offset by deteriorated investment market conditions.

NBV margin increased despite adverse market conditions

New Business Volume (APE1) by country

  • New Business Volume (APE1) was down 1% to Euro 5,733 million.
  • Mature markets were down 1% to Euro 4,808 million, as strong sales in Switzerland (+25%), the US (+7%) and Germany (+9%) were more than offset by decreases in Italy (-27%), Belgium (-21%), France (-3%) and Japan (-8%).
  • High growth markets were up 2% to Euro 925 million, as strong increases in Hong Kong (+16%) and South-East Asia, India & China (+15%) were partly offset by lower sales in CEE (-23%), as a result of the impact on Pension Funds new business of new regulations in Hungary and Poland .
Annual Premium Equivalent by country/region
Euro million FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported
basis
Change on a
comparable
basis
France 1,384 1,340 -3% -3%
United States 986 1,018 +3% +7%
United Kingdom 545 535 -2% -1%
NORCEE (a) 1,239 1,289 +4% 0%
of which Germany 464 506 +9% +9%
of which Switzerland 283 397 +40% +25%
of which Belgium 218 173 -21% -21%
of which Central & Eastern Europe 274 213 -22% -23%
Asia Pacific 1,073 1,119 +4% +5%
of which Japan 465 463 0% -8%
of which Australia/ New Zealand 283 - - -
of which Hong Kong 159 330 +107% +16%
of which South-East Asia, India & China 166 326 +96% +15%
MedLA(b) 553 432 -22% -22%
of which Spain 87 76 -12% -12%
of which Italy 361 264 -27% -27%
of which other 105 92 -12% -11%
Total Life & Savings APE1 5,780 5,733 -1% -1%
o/w mature markets 5,114 4,808 -6% -1%
o/w high growth markets8 667 925 +39% +2%

(a) Northern Central and Eastern Europe: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe. Luxembourg's APE and NBV are not modelled.

(b) Mediterranean and Latin American Region: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Mexico, Morocco and Greece.

P&C revenues growth supported by price increases

Property & Casualty

Property & Casualty revenues increased by 3.5% to Euro 27,046 million. Personal lines grew 4%, largely driven by a 5% average price increase. Commercial lines grew 3% mainly driven by a 2% average price increase.

Overall, the average price increase was 3.8%.

Property & Casualty revenues increased strongly in high growth markets8 (+16%), mainly driven by Turkey (+32%) and Mexico (+15%), as well as in Direct (+8%).

Net new personal contracts in high growth markets and Direct amounted to +910k and +266k respectively, representing 77% of total net new personal contracts which amounted to +1,522k.

In Euro million FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported
basis
Change on a
comparable
basis
NORCEE(a) 7,974 8,486 +6% +3%
of which Germany 3,458 3,607 +4% +4%
of which Belgium 2,031 2,080 +2% +2%
of which Switzerland 2,327 2,637 +13% +1%
MedLA(b) 6,621 6,816 +3% +5%
of which Spain 2,135 2,029 -5% -5%
of which Italy 1,475 1,488 +1% +1%
of which other 3,011 3,299 +10% +15%
France 5,485 5,553 +1% +1%
United Kingdom & Ireland 3,605 3,670 +2% +2%
Asia 372 419 +12% +2%
Direct 1,928 2,102 +9% +8%
Total P&C revenues 25,986 27,046 +4% +3%
of which mature markets 21,067 21,609 +3% +1%
of which Direct 1,928 2,102 +9% +8%
of which high growth markets8 2,990 3,335 +12% +16%

Property & Casualty : IFRS revenues by country/region

(a) Northern Central and Eastern Europe: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe and Luxembourg (b) Mediterranean and Latin American Region: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Mexico, Gulf region, Greece and Morocco.

Personal lines revenues (60% of total P&C revenues) were up 4% mainly benefiting from a 4.8% average price increase.

  • Personal Motor revenues (36% of total P&C revenues) increased by 4% mainly driven by:
  • MedLA (+7%) with Turkey up 35% led by the success of Motor products driven by increased car sales, Italy up 7% due to higher volumes and tariff increases, partly offset by Spain, down 7%, mainly due to lower volumes in a context of difficult economic environment and severe price competition,
  • Germany (+9%), as a result of both (i) the launch of two new product ranges with higher tariffs and (ii) higher volumes benefiting from a slowdown in price competition,
  • Direct (+6%) mainly driven by the UK, primarily as a result of tariff increases, as well as a strong growth in Italy, Japan and France.

Motor net new contracts amounted to +1,176k.

Personal non-Motor revenues (24% of total P&C revenues) increased by 2%, in particular Direct business (+31%), mainly in the UK, supported by the launch of Household products in 2010 and 2011, and Germany (+4%), mainly as a result of higher volumes in Property.

Household net new contracts amounted to +347k.

Commercial lines revenues (39% of total P&C revenues) were up 3% mainly driven by a 2.3% average price increase.

  • Commercial Motor revenues (8% of total P&C revenues) increased by 7%, notably driven by Mexico (+22%) and the UK (+17%) as a result of both tariff increases and better retention. This was partly offset by selective underwriting in other MedLA region countries.
  • Commercial non-Motor revenues (31% of total P&C revenues) increased by 2%, largely driven by (i) MedLA (+6%), in particular Turkey (+28%) and Mexico (+15%), mainly driven by large accounts in Property, and the Gulf Region (+12%) with strong new business in Health, as well as (ii) France (+3%) supported by tariff increases in Property. These effects were partly offset by Spain (-5%), in a context of difficult economic environment.

Asset Management

Stable Asset Management revenues • Asset Management revenues were stable at Euro 3,269 million. AXA IM revenues increased by 5%, mainly driven by higher real estate transaction fees and higher performance fees. AllianceBernstein revenues were down 3%, as higher distribution fees were more than offset by lower management fees.

Asset management revenues
In Euro million FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported
basis
Change on a
comparable
basis
AXA IM 1,219 1,306 +7% +5%
AllianceBernstein 2,109 1,963 -7% -3%
Total Asset management 3,328 3,269 -2% 0%

Assets Under Management were down Euro 31 billion versus December 31, 2010 to Euro 847 billion9 mainly as a result of:

  • § Net outflows of Euro -30 billion:
  • § Euro -28 billion at AllianceBernstein, primarily from institutional clients, including a Euro 16 billion net inflow from an advisory mandate from AXA Japan,
  • § Euro -1 billion at AXA IM. Excluding AXA Rosenberg (Euro -5 billion outflows) and the voluntary exit from unprofitable employee shareholding plan schemes (Euro -2 billion), net inflows amounted to Euro +6 billion, mainly driven by AXA Private Equity, AXA Real Estate and AXA Framlington.
  • § Market impact of Euro -10 billion due to market depreciation
  • § Scope impact of Euro -6 billion mainly due to the partial sale of UK Life operations and disposal of Canadian operations
  • § Forex impact of Euro +15 billion due to the appreciation of the USD versus the Euro.
Assets Under Management Roll-forward
In Euro billion Alliance
Bernstein
AXA IM Total
AUM at FY10 362 516 878
Net flows -28 -1 -30
Market impact -7 -3 -10
Scope & other impacts -2 -4 -6
Forex impact +10 +5 +15
AUM at FY11 335 512 847
Average AUM over the period 333 503 836
Change of average AUM on a reported basis -8% 0% -3%
Change of average AUM on a comparable basis -5% -1% -2%

International Insurance

International Insurance revenues were up 1% to Euro 2,876 million, mainly driven by AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance up 3% mostly driven by Marine (+9%) and Aviation/Space (+10%) businesses, partly offset by Liability (-3%).

International Insurance revenues
In Euro million FY10 FY11 Change on a
reported
basis
Change on a
comparable
basis
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance 1,931 1,986 +3% +3%
AXA Assistance 772 750 -3% -2%
Other International activities 145 139 -4% -3%
Total International Insurance 2,847 2,876 +1% +1%
Earnings : Key figures
Change
In Euro million FY10 FY11 Reported At constant
Forex
Life & Savings 2,445 2,267 -7% -9%
Property & Casualty 1,553 1,848 +19% +16%
Asset Management 269 321 +19% +20%
International Insurance 290 276 -5% -6%
Banking 9 32 +240% +256%
Holdings10 (836) (843) -1% -1%
Underlying Earnings11 3,731 3,901 +5% +2%
Realized capital gains/losses 900 682
Impairments (377) (840)
Equity portfolio hedging (104) (154)
Adjusted Earnings11 4,150 3,589 -14% -15%
Change in fair value of assets 212 114
Goodwill and related intangibles (81) (1,167)
Restructuring and integration costs (76) (281)
Exceptional operations (1,456) 2,069
Net income 2,749 4,324 +57% +49%
Earnings per share
In Euro FY10 FY11 Reported
Underlying EPS12 1.51 1.57 +4%
Adjusted EPS12 1.69 1.43 -15%
Net income per share12 1.08 1.75 +62%

Underlying Earnings, Adjusted Earnings, NBV and items of the analysis of change in fair value are non-GAAP measures and as such are not audited

Underlying Earnings

Underlying Earnings were up 2% to Euro 3,901 million.

Life & Savings Underlying Earnings were down 9% to Euro 2,267 million. Restated for main scope effects (partial sale of the UK Life operations in 2010 and AXA APH transaction in 2011), Underlying Earnings were down 2% mainly driven by an increase in Unit-Linked management fees and loadings on premiums, more than offset by a decrease in net technical margin, mainly on US Variable Annuity hedging result.

Property & Casualty Underlying Earnings were up 16% to Euro 1,848 million with a combined ratio down 1.4 points to 97.9% and a current year combined ratio down 2.9 points to 99.6%.

Asset Management Underlying Earnings were up 20% to Euro 321 million, mainly driven by AXA IM due to both the non repeat of 2010 AXA Rosenberg coding error provision allowance (Euro 66 million) and higher gross revenues.

Life & Savings Underlying Earnings were down 9% to Euro 2,267 million.

Underlying Earnings: margin analysis

Life & Savings Underlying Earnings : margin analysis
Change
In Euro million FY10 FY11 At constant
Forex
At constant
Forex and
scope13
Margin on revenues 4,761 4,742 -3% +4%
Margin on assets 5,336 4,845 -8% +4%
Of which Unit-Linked management fees 2,033 1,998 +1% +7%
Of which General Account investment margin 2,528 2,428 -4% +1%
Of which other fees 774 419 -46% +1%
Technical margin 751 (205) n.a. n.a.
Of which mortality, morbidity & other 1,569 1,452 -8% -6%
Of which Variable Annuity technical margin (818) (1,657) n.a. n.a.
Expenses, net of DAC/DOC (7,136) (6,236) -13% -5%
Of which acquisition expenses (3,653) (3,221) -13% -5%
Of which administrative expenses (3,483) (3,015) -14% -5%
VBI amortization (250) (239) -8% -1%
Tax and minority interests (1,017) (641) -39% -30%
Life & Savings Underlying Earnings 2,445 2,267 -9% -2%

Restated for Forex and for main scope effects, with the partial sale of UK Life operations, AXA APH Asia Life minority interests buyout and disposal of Australia and New Zealand operations, Life & Savings underlying earnings were down 2%.

  • Margin on revenues was up 4% to Euro 4,742 million as the decrease in revenues (-4%) was more than offset by higher margins (+9%), with an increased contribution to revenues from G/A Protection & Health business.
  • Margin on assets was up 4% to Euro 4,845 million:
  • - Unit-Linked management fees were up 7% to Euro 1,998 million, mainly benefiting from both higher average reserves (+2%) and improved business mix.

  • General Account investment margin was up 1% to Euro 2,428 million mainly due to higher average reserves more than offsetting a slight deterioration in average margin to 73 bps. Investment yield was down from 4.0% in 2010 to 3.9% in 2011.

  • Other fees were up 1% to Euro 419 million.
  • Technical margin was down Euro 979 million to Euro -205 million mainly driven by (i) Euro 830 million lower Variable Annuity technical margin in the US, reflecting lower hedging result due to higher basis and volatility costs, as well as GMxB reserves strengthening to reflect lower lapse assumptions in line with experience, (ii) Euro 111 million decrease in France, mainly following regulatory change in "CMU" levy and (iii) Euro 64 million in Japan mainly due to the impact of the Great East Japan earthquake.
  • - Expenses, net of DAC/DOC were down 5% to Euro 6,236 million. Administrative expenses were down 5% driven by both positive one-off impacts, notably the change in "CMU" levy in France, as well as cost savings from various productivity programs, mainly leaner operations in the US, Germany and France, partly offset by inflation and volume. Acquisition expenses were down 5% mainly due to decrease in DAC amortization, notably following the decrease of the technical margin in the US.
  • VBI amortization was down 1% to Euro 239 million.
  • Tax and minority interests were down 30% to Euro 641 million, mainly driven by lower pre-tax earnings and higher positive tax one-offs vs. FY10. Positive tax one-offs amounted to Euro 143 million (vs. Euro 89 million in FY10).

Life & Savings Pre-tax Underlying Earnings by business

Life & Savings Pre-tax Underlying Earnings by business
In Euro million FY10
excluding UK
sold operations
FY11 Change at
constant Forex
and scope13
G/A Protection & Health 2,065 2,240 +8%
G/A Savings 511 581 +18%
Unit-Linked excl. US Variable Annuities GMxB 511 504 +4%
US Variable Annuities GMxB 147 (383) n.a.
Mutual funds & Other 49 10 -69%
Life & Savings Pre-tax Underlying Earnings 3,284 2,951 -9%

Pre-tax Underlying Earnings were down 9% to Euro 2,951 million.

  • G/A Protection & Health were up 8% to Euro 2,240 million, mainly driven by higher loadings on premiums reflecting increase in sales.
  • G/A Savings were up 18% to Euro 581 million. Excluding favourable claims experience in Switzerland, G/A Savings were up 5%.
  • Unit-Linked excl. US Variable Annuities GMxB were up 4% to Euro 504 million, mainly driven by an increase in average assets and an improved business mix.
  • US Variable Annuities GMxB were down Euro 544 million to Euro -383 million, mainly driven by higher basis and volatility costs as well as GMxB reserves strengthening to reflect lower lapse assumptions in line with experience.
  • Mutual funds & Other were down 69% to Euro 10 million.

P&C current year combined ratio improving 2.9 points

Property & Casualty Underlying Earnings were up 16% to Euro 1,848 million with a combined ratio down 1.4 points to 97.9% and a current year combined ratio down 2.9 points to 99.6%.

Property & Casualty : Combined ratio by country/region
In % FY10 FY11 Change at constant
Forex
NORCEE(a) 98.4 97.7 -0.4 pt
of which Belgium 98.8 99.1 +0.3 pt
of which Switzerland 88.8 89.2 +0.4 pt
of which Germany 104.6 103.2 -1.4 pts
MedLA(b) 97.2 97.6 +0.5 pt
France 98.9 95.7 -3.2 pts
UK & Ireland 102.1 98.4 -3.7 pts
Asia 102.5 97.2 -5.3 pts
Direct 108.3 105.4 -2.8 pts
Total P&C 99.5 97.9 -1.4 pts

(a) Northern Central and Eastern Europe: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe, and Luxembourg

(b) Mediterranean and Latin American Region: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Mexico, Gulf region, Greece and Morocco.

Loss ratio decreased by 0.6 point to 70.9% as a result of:

  • -2.1 points in current year loss ratio to 72.6% of which
  • -1.0 point from natural catastrophes, which impact decreased from 1.7 points in FY10 to 0.7 point in FY11, including 0.2 point from hail storms in Switzerland and 0.2 point from floods in Thailand,
  • -1.1 points in current year loss ratio excluding natural catastrophes, mainly due to price increases (improvement of -2.5 points) and lower frequency (-1.6 points), partly offset by higher severity (+2.4 points),
  • +1.5 points in prior year reserve developments, with reserving ratio up 1 point to 187%.

Enlarged expense ratio down 0.8 point to 31.8%

Expense ratio decreased by 0.8 point to 27.0%.

Enlarged expense ratio (sum of expense ratio and claims handling cost ratio) decreased by 0.8 point to 31.8%. Acquisition expense ratio improved by 0.5 point (mainly thanks to renegotiation of brokers' commission rates in the UK and Spain as well as reduced exposure to highly commissioned business in the UK), while administrative expense and claims handling costs ratio improved by 0.3 point benefitting from both positive one-off impacts and cost savings from various productivity programs, mainly leaner operations in Germany, MedLA and France, partly offset by inflation and volume.

Investment income14 was down 1 % to Euro 2,034 million, mainly due to a slight decrease of investment yield down 1bp to 4.0%.

Tax and minority interests were up 20% to Euro 743 million reflecting higher pre-tax earnings while positive tax one-offs remained stable at Euro 13 million.

Asset Management underlying earnings up 20%

Asset Management Underlying Earnings were up 20% to Euro 321 million, mainly driven by AXA IM due to both the non repeat of 2010 AXA Rosenberg coding error provision allowance and higher gross revenues.

AllianceBernstein Underlying Earnings were down 23% to Euro 106 million, mainly due to lower revenues reflecting lower average assets under management.

AXA Investment Managers Underlying Earnings were up 69% to Euro 215 million, mainly due to the non repeat of AXA Rosenberg coding error provision allowance (Euro 66 million). Excluding this movement in provision, Underlying Earnings would have been up 11%, mostly driven by higher revenues (mainly higher carried interests), partly offset by higher expenses notably reflecting increase in revenues.

  • International Insurance Underlying Earnings were down 6% to Euro 276 million. AXA Corporate Solution Assurance recorded a 7% decrease in Underlying Earnings, driven by a 1.0 point increase in combined ratio to 97.9%.
  • Banking Underlying Earnings increased to Euro 32 million (vs. Euro 9 million in FY10), excluding the contribution of AXA Bank Hungary, reclassified to Net Income, following the discontinuation of lending activities.
  • Holdings10 Underlying Earnings were down 1% to Euro -843 million.

Adjusted Earnings

Adjusted Earnings were down 15% to Euro 3,589 million, strongly impacted by higher impairment charges, notably on Greek government bonds and equities.

  • FY11 realized capital gains/losses amounted to Euro 682 million down from Euro 900 million in FY10 mainly due to the non repeat of the change in French tax regulation on "réserve de capitalisation".
  • Impairments amounted to Euro 840 million vs. Euro 377 million in FY10, including
  • Euro 424 million on fixed income assets, of which Euro 387 million on Greek government bonds, and
  • Euro 308 million on equities.

Net Income

Net Income up 49%

Down 15% mainly driven by higher impairments

Net Income was up 49% to Euro 4,324 million. FY10 Net Income included Euro -1,642 million exceptional loss related to the partial sale of the UK Life operations, while FY11 Net Income included Euro -943 million goodwill reduction attributable to US Accumulator Variable Annuity book of business following the fall in US long term interest rates as well as the reduction in lapses, and Euro +2,326 million exceptional realized gains related to the sale of Australian and New Zealand operations, Canadian operations and the stake in Taikang Life.

FY11 Net Income included mainly the following items:

  • Change in fair value of assets amounted to Euro +114 million.
  • Goodwill and related intangibles charges amounted to Euro -1,167 million including Euro -943 million goodwill reduction attributable to US Accumulator Variable Annuity book of business following the fall in US long term interest rates as well as the reduction in lapses.
  • Restructuring and integration costs amounted to Euro -281 million, of which Euro -136 million impact from the accelerated vesting of AllianceBernstein deferred compensation plans, and Euro -145 million impact from other restructuring and integration costs.
  • Exceptional operations and other impacts amounted to Euro +2,069 million, including
  • Euro +2,326 million exceptional realized capital gains on:
  • (i) Euro +626 million from the sale of Australian and New Zealand operations,
  • (ii) Euro +798 million from the sale of the stake in Taikang Life and (iii) Euro +902 million from the sale of discontinued Canadian operations
  • Euro +99 million related to FY11 net income of Canadian operations and
  • Euro -144 million losses at AXA Bank Hungary (impact of legislation and discontinuation of lending activities).

Group Embedded Value

Group EV at €13.5 per share

Group EV was down Euro 2.6 billion from Euro 34.2 billion to Euro 31.5 billion, or Euro 13.5 per share. This was mainly driven by an operating return of Euro 6.3 billion (or 19% of opening Group EV), more than offset by Euro -8.0 billion investment experience given market conditions.

In Euro million FY10 In % of
Group EV
FY11 In % of
Group EV
Opening Group EV 30,422 34,152
Opening adjustments -106 -293
Operating return 7,156 +24% 6,346 +19%
Investment experience -2,228 -7% -8,001 -24%
Total return on Group EV 4,928 +16% -2,192 -5%
Dividend paid -1,259 -1,601
Exchange rate movement impact -193 382
Capital increases 385 475
Change in scope and other -25 89
Closing Group EV 34,152 31,548
o/w VIF 20,087 17,098
o/w TNAV 14,065 14,451

Operating return amounted to Euro 6.3 billion. The decrease vs. FY10 was mainly driven by higher new business contribution in Life & Savings and higher Property & Casualty underlying earnings, more than offset by the non repeat of a favourable operational assumption changes of Euro 1.8 billion in FY10.

Investment experience amounted to Euro -8.0 billion, mainly due to decrease in interest rates, increase in interest rate volatilities, widening sovereign bond spreads and widening credit spreads, partly mitigated by a higher liquidity premium (Euro 8.3 billion vs. Euro 1.7 billion in 2010).

Operating Free Cash Flows

Group Operating Free Cash Flows3 were up 14% on a reported basis, from Euro 3.7 billion to Euro 4.2 billion driven by the increase in the Life & Savings Operating Free Cash Flows, up from Euro 1.4 billion to Euro 1.8 billion, due to the increase in expected inforce surplus generation, mainly from better recurring operational experience, as well as the increase in Property & Casualty Operating Free Cash Flows.

Dividend

A dividend of Euro 0.69 per share (stable vs. FY10) will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that will be held on April 25, 2012. The dividend is expected to be paid on May 9, 2012 with an ex-dividend date of May 4, 2012.

Shareholders' Equity & Solvency & Debt

Shareholders' equity was Euro 48.6 billion, down Euro 1.1 billion vs. December 31, 2010, benefiting from Euro 4.3 billion Net Income for the period, Euro 0.5 billion positive forex movements net of hedging instruments, more than offset by Euro 2.5 billion negative impact from the goodwill deduction related to the acquisition of AXA APH Asia Life minority interests, Euro 1.6 billion decrease in net unrealized capital gains, Euro 1.6 billion 2010 dividend payment and Euro 0.6 billion change in pension deficit.

At December 31, 2011, net unrealized capital gains included in shareholders' equity4 amounted to Euro 5.1 billion while net unrealized capital gains on real estate & loans5 (not included in shareholders' equity) increased by Euro 0.3 billion to Euro 3.2 billion.

Solvency I ratio was 188%, up 6 points vs. December 31, 2010, notably benefiting from Underlying Earnings (+17 points) partly offset by proposed dividend (-7 points), as well as market effects (of which -8 points on equity and +3 points on fixed income assets). Solvency I ratio up 6 points to 188%

Indicative sensitivities to market movements are: -7 pts to -25% in equity markets and -5 pts to -10% in real estate markets.

On fixed income assets, sensitivities to market movements are: -40 pts to 100 bps increase in interest rates, -15 pts to 75 bps increase in credit spreads, with the combination of both impacts capped at -40 pts of Solvency.

  • Economic capital ratio was down from 178% as at December 31, 2010 to 148% as at December 31, 2011 notably due to decrease in interest rates, widening of sovereign bond spreads and widening of credit spreads, net of change in liquidity premium.
  • Financial structure

AXA's net financial debt was down Euro 1.8 billion to Euro 13.4 billion.

Debt gearing down 2 pts to 26%

Debt gearing6 decreased by 2 points to 26% mainly as a result of disposals/acquisitions (-1 point) as well as cash dividends from entities to Group Holding company, net of dividend paid to shareholders and debt interest (-1 point).

Interest coverage ratio increased to 9.1x in FY11 from 8.5x in FY10.

Invested assets

AXA's invested assets amounted to Euro 640 billion including Euro 467 billion in the General Account, invested in a diversified portfolio mainly comprised of fixed income investments (82%), cash (6%), real estate (5%) and listed equities (3%).

General Account asset movements included:

  • (i) Net inflows and investment income: invested mainly in fixed income;
  • (ii) Mark to market effect: government bonds assets benefiting from interest rate decrease while market value of equity decreases;
  • (iii) Scope effect: Euro -3 billion related to the sale of the Canadian operations;
  • (iv) Forex: depreciation of the Euro mainly against JPY and CHF.

Exposure to Eurozone peripheral countries Available For Sale through OCI (AFS OCI) Government bonds

Key figures – AFS OCI
In Euro billion Book
value
Gross market
value
Gross market value
in % of book value
Net(a) unrealized
gains/losses
Italy 16.1 13.9 86% -0.4
Spain 8.5 7.9 93% -0.1
Portugal 2.0 1.2 60% -0.2
Ireland 1.1 1.0 87% 0.0
Greece 0.3 0.3 0.0

(a) Net of tax and policyholder participation, after impairment

  • Fixed income assets are marked to market in AXA's balance sheet. Unrealized losses on the above exposures are therefore reflected in AXA's Shareholders' Equity.
  • Unrealized losses are also reflected in Solvency I ratio and Economic Capital ratio.

Details on Greek government bonds impairment of Euro 387 million

  • Euro 92 million in 1H11 based on mark to market of maturities ≤ 2020.
  • Euro 295 million in 2H11 based on mark to market of all maturities.

Total FY11 impairment of Euro 387 million reflected 78% haircut on book value.

Notes

  • 1 Annual Premium Equivalent (APE) represents 100% of new business regular premiums + 10% of new business single premiums. APE is Group share
  • 2 New Business Value is Group share
  • 3 Operating Free Cash Flows correspond: (i) for Life & Savings, to the expected inforce surplus generation (cash and capital) net of New Business investment (capital and cash strain), (ii) for Property & Casualty and Asset Management, to the underlying earnings, realized capital gains and changes in local solvency requirements related to internal growth
  • 4 Excluding Forex, minority interests and other

  • 5 Excluding net unrealized gains on bank loans. Total off balance sheet net unrealized gains, including net unrealized gains on bank loans, amounted to Euro 3.6 billion in FY10 and Euro 4.3 billion in FY11

  • 6 (net financing debt + undated subordinated debt) / (shareholders' equity, including undated subordinated debt excluding fair value recorded in shareholders' equity + net financing debt)
  • 7 Life & Savings Continental Europe is France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece
  • 8 Life & Savings high growth markets are: Hong Kong, Central & Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), South-East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippine and Thailand), China, India, Morocco, Mexico and Turkey Property & Casualty high growth markets are: Morocco, Mexico, Turkey, Gulf region, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, Ukraine and Poland (exc. Direct)
  • 9 The difference with Euro 1,079 billion of total assets under management corresponds to assets directly managed by AXA insurance companies
  • 10And Other Companies
  • 11Underlying Earnings are Adjusted Earnings, excluding net capital gains attributable to shareholders. Adjusted Earnings represent Net income before the impact of exceptional and discontinued operations, goodwill and related intangibles amortization/impairments, and profit or loss on financial assets (classified under the fair value option) and derivatives. Life & Savings NBV and APE, Adjusted and Underlying Earnings are non-GAAP measures and as such are not audited, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, and should be read together with our GAAP measures. Management uses these non-GAAP measures as key indicators of performance in assessing AXA's various businesses and believes that the presentation of these measures provide useful and important information to shareholders and investors as measures of AXA's financial performance
  • 12Net of interest charges on undated subordinated notes (TSDI) and undated deeply subordinated notes (TSS). Net income includes discontinued operations.
  • 13 Changes are adjusted for the Forex and scope effects related to the partial sale of UK Life operations and the AXA APH transaction. Full details are provided in the activity report
  • 14 Net of financial charges

About AXA

The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management serving 101 million clients. For full year 2011, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 86.1 billion and IFRS underlying earnings to Euro 3.9 billion. AXA had Euro 1,079 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2011.

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). AXA's American Depositary Share is also quoted on the OTC QX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY. The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD. This press release is available on the AXA Group website: www.axa.com

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IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements that are predictions 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. Please refer to the section "Cautionary statements" in page 2 of AXA's Document de Référence for the year ended December 31, 2010, 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.

APPENDIX 1: AXA Group IFRS revenues – FY11 vs. FY10 /

AXA Group IFRS revenues – contributions & growth by segment and country/region
In Euro million FY10 FY11 IFRS revenues change
IFRS IFRS Reported Comp. basis
United States 9,458 9,656 +2.1% +5.9%
France 14,624 13,644 -6.7% -6.3%
NORCEE 15,047 15,869 +5.5% +0.9%
of which Germany 6,867 6,985 +1.7% +1.7%
of which Switzerland 5,082 6,151 +21.0% +7.6%
of which Belgium 2,504 2,142 -14.5% -14.5%
of which Central & Eastern Europe 512 513 +0.3% -0.8%
United Kingdom 2,040 651 -68.1% +22.5%
Asia Pacific 8,676 7,822 -9.8% -0.2%
of which Japan 5,560 5,747 +3.4% -4.0%
of which Australia/New-Zealand 1,551 355 -77.1% -
of which Hong Kong 1,321 1,465 +10.9% +15.2%
of which South-East Asia & China 244 255 +4.2% +1.8%
MedLA 6,944 4,789 -31.0% -30.9%
of which Spain 724 645 -10.9% -10.9%
of which Italy 5,483 3,463 -36.8% -36.8%
of which other 738 681 -7.7% -6.4%
Life & Savings 56,792 52,431 -7.7% -4.2%
of which mature markets 54,307 49,814 -8.3% -4.8%
of which high growth markets8 2,485 2,617 +5.3% +7.5%
NORCEE 7,974 8,486 +6.4% +2.8%
of which Germany 3,458 3,607 +4.3% +4.3%
of which Belgium 2,031 2,080 +2.4% +2.4%
of which Switzerland 2,327 2,637 +13.3% +0.7%
France 5,485 5,553 +1.2% +1.2%
MedLA 6,621 6,816 +2.9% +5.4%
of which Spain 2,135 2,029 -5.0% -5.0%
of which Italy 1,475 1,488 +0.8% +0.8%
of which other
United Kingdom & Ireland
3,011
3,605
3,299
3,670
+9.6%
+1.8%
+15.0%
+2.3%
Asia 372 419 +12.5% +2.3%
Direct 1,928 2,102 +9.0% +8.2%
Property & Casualty 25,986 27,046 +4.1% +3.5%
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance 1,931 1,986 +2.9% +3.4%
Others 917 890 -3.0% -2.6%
International Insurance 2,847 2,876 +1.0% +1.5%
AllianceBernstein 2,109 1,963 -6.9% -3.5%
AXA Investment Managers 1,219 1,306 +7.2% +5.2%
Asset Management 3,328 3,269 -1.8% -0.3%
Banking 459 485 +5.7% +5.3%
Total 89,412 86,107 -3.7% -1.5%

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APPENDIX 2: Life & Savings – Breakdown of APE between Unit-Linked non Unit-Linked and mutual funds /

Breakdown of APE

12
main countries,
regions
and
modelled
businesses
in Euro
million
FY11 APE %
Unit-Linked
in APE %
G/A
Protection &
Health
in
APE
G/A
Protection
&
Health
G/A Savings Unit-Linked Mutual
Funds &
Other
FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11
France 568 582 190 0 11% 14% 37% 42%
United States 195 73 446 304 45% 44% 13% 19%
United
Kingdom
32 335 169 74% 63% 5% 6%
Japan 341 122 0 26% 26% 74% 74%
Germany 223 158 93 32 28% 18% 39% 44%
Switzerland 359 14 23 0 10% 6% 86% 90%
Belgium 37 125 11 0 9% 6% 16% 22%
MedLA 101 182 134 14 19% 31% 21% 23%
Hong Kong 164 7 113 47 45% 34% 51% 50%
Central
&
Eastern Europe
10 14 168 20 73% 79% 5% 5%
South-East
Asia, India &
China
153 173 0 51% 53% 49% 47%
Total 2,184 1,155 1,809 586 31% 32% 31% 38%
Net
Inflows
by
country/region
Euro
billion
FY10 FY11
France +2.8 +0.7
NORCEE(a) +3.3 +2.2
United States -1.1 -0.7
United
Kingdom
-0.5 +0.7
Asia Pacific(b) +2.0 +2.2
MedLA(c) +1.9 -1.9
Total
L&S
Net Inflows
+8.4 +3.3
Of which
mature
markets
+6.5 +1.5
Of which
high growth
markets8
+1.9 +1.8

(a) NORCEE: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe and Luxembourg

(b) Asia Pacific: Hong Kong, Japan, South-East Asia, India & China

(c) MedLA: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Mexico, Greece and Morocco

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APPENDIX 4: AXA Group IFRS Revenues in local currency – Discrete quarters /

(In million local
currency
except
Japan in
billion)
1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11
Life
& Savings
United States 3,084 3,174 3,138 3,249 3,390 3,285 3,445 3,270
France 3,824 3,502 3,500 3,799 3,665 3,429 3,142 3,408
NORCEE
of
which Germany
1,696 1,786 1,628 1,757 1,656 1,663 1,796 1,870
of
which Switzerland
4,325 899 868 978 4,697 1,066 865 979
of
which Belgium
731 605 549 618 655 455 489 543
of
which Central
&
Eastern
Europe
119 118 123 151 137 138 119 119
United
Kingdom
605 612 417 123 136 148 147 132
Asia Pacific
of
which Japan
154 210 154 158 158 163 157 170
of
which Australia/New-Zealand
559 646 544 513 479 - -
of
which Hong Kong
3,368 3,493 3,659 3,196 3,774 3,905 4,017 4,118
MedLA 2,355 1,879 1,464 1,245 1,272 1,059 1,175 1,284
Property
&
Casualty
NORCEE
of
which Germany
1,584 593 692 588 1,659 586 722 640
of
which Switzerland
2,645 256 182 154 2,653 272 175 160
of
which Belgium
617 486 462 465 636 487 479 478
France 1,808 1,170 1,303 1,205 1,842 1,195 1,296 1,220
MedLA 1,681 1,626 1,402 1,912 1,712 1,658 1,427 2,018
United
Kingdom
& Ireland
765 863 766 711 783 875 801 721
Asia 92 90 108 82 114 98 110 97
Direct 455 507 500 467 517 542 546 497
International
Insurance
AXA
Corporate Solutions Assurance
933 338 326 334 932 338 355 360
Others 279 212 208 217 277 192 194 227
Asset Management
AllianceBernstein 701 712 685 722 723 716 681 603
AXA Investment
Managers
302 303 263 350 299 335 304 369
Banking
&
Holdings
105 113 126 115 130 119 87 150

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Property
&
Casualty
revenues

contribution &
growth by
business
line
Personal Motor Personal Non-Motor Commercial Motor Commercial Non-Motor
in % %
Gross revenues
Change
on
comp.
basis
%
Gross revenues
Change
on
comp.
basis
%
Gross revenues
Change
on
comp.
basis
%
Gross revenues
Change
on
comp.
basis
France
United
Kingdom
& Ireland
29%
15%
-1%
+1%
29%
40%
+1%
+1%
8%
9%
+3%
+17%
33%
37%
+3%
+3%
NORCEE
Of
which Germany
Of
which Belgium
Of
which Switzerland
31%
29%
28%
36%
+4%
+9%
+1%
+2%
23%
27%
22%
17%
+3%
+4%
+4%
+2%
7%
6%
13%
4%
+5%
+5%
+5%
+1%
36%
30%
38%
43%
0%
0%
+1%
-1%
MedLA
Of
which Spain
Of
which
Italy
Of
which other
(a)
42%
46%
60%
31%
+7%
-7%
+7%
+22%
20%
28%
23%
13%
0%
-1%
-8%
+10%
11%
8%
0%
18%
+8%
-6%
-49%
+13%
28%
19%
17%
39%
+6%
-5%
-4%
+13%
Asia 38% +10% 10% +4% 12% -8% 42% -3%
Direct 89% +6% 10% +31% - - - -
Total 36% +4% 24% +2% 8% +7% 31% +2%

(a) Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Gulf region and Morocco

APPENDIX 6: Life & Savings quarterly New Business Value (NBV) and NBV margin

restated based on FY11 profitability factors /

in
Euro
million
1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 4Q11
NBV APE NBV
margin
NBV APE NBV
margin
NBV APE NBV
margin
NBV APE NBV
margin
United States 30 245 12% 34 258 13% 35 246 14% 36 269 13%
France 46 329 14% 47 335 14% 39 292 13% 59 385 15%
United
Kingdom
11 138 8% 8 158 5% 5 123 4% 6 117 5%
NORCEE 136 483 28% 66 261 25% 62 267 23 68 278 24%
Germany 41 161 26% 22 96 23% 24 119 20% 25 129 19%
Switzerland 81 204 40% 30 73 41% 25 61 41% 24 59 41%
Belgium (0) 49 0% 3 31 10% 5 48 11% 11 45 25%
Central
&
Eastern Europe
14 69 20% 11 60 19% 8 39 20% 8 45 18%
ASIA
PACIFIC
150 276 54% 154 265 58% 198 280 71% 181 299 61%
Japan 68 108 63% 70 104 67% 118 124 95% 90 127 71%
Australia/New-Zealand - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hong Kong 53 84 63% 50 82 61% 47 77 61% 58 87 67%
South-East
Asia &
China
30 84 35% 34 78 43% 33 79 42% 33 85 39%
MedLA 14 112 12% 17 91 19% 16 99 16% 26 131 20%
Of
which Spain
5 23 22% 4 16 26% 3 15 19% 4 21 18%
Of
which
Italy
6 67 10% 10 53 20% 12 64 18% 17 80 22%
Of
which other
2 21 10% 3 22 12% 2 20 9% 5 30 16%
TOTAL 386 1,582 24% 327 1,366 24% 355 1,307 27% 377 1,479 25%
Of
which high
growth
markets8
97 247 39% 97 234 42% 89 208 43% 103 237 43%
Of
which mature
markets
289 1,335 22% 229 1,132 20% 266 1,099 24% 274 1,241 22%

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In % Personal Commercial(a)
France +4.1% +5.2%
Germany +1.1% +0.2%
United
Kingdom
& Ireland
+9.8% +4.2%
Switzerland -0.4% -0.4%
Belgium +4.4% +1.2%
MedLA +3.0% +1.6%
Direct +12.0% -
Total +4.8% +2.3%

(a) New business only

APPENDIX 8: Life & Savings New Business Volume (APE), Value (NBV) and NBV to APE margin /

APE, NBV
&
NBV
margin -
main
countries,
regions
and
modelled
businesses
in
Euro
million
FY10
APE
FY11
APE
Change
on a
comparable
basis
FY10
NBV
FY11
NBV
Change
on a
comparable
basis
FY11
NBV/APE
margin
Change
on a
comparable
basis
United States 986 1,018 +7.0% 122 136 +15.0% 13.3% +0.9
pts
France 1,384 1,340 -2.7% 159 190 +19.3% 14.2% +2.6
pts
United
Kingdom
545 535 -1.3% 29 29 -0.5% 5.4% O
pt
NORCEE 1,239 1,289 +0.4% 299 332 +5.4% 25.8% +1.2
pts
Germany 464 506 +9.1% 96 112 +16.9% 22.1% +1.5
pts
Switzerland 283 397 +24.8% 124 160 +14.8% 40.4% -3.5
pts
Belgium 218 173 -20.8% 22 19 -12.7% 11.3% +1.0
pt
Central
&
Eastern Europe
274 213 -22.6% 56 41 -27.6% 19.1% -1.3
pts
ASIA
PACIFIC
1,073 1,119 +5.3% 589 684 -4.4% 61.1% -6.2
pts
Japan 465 463 -7.6% 354 346 -9.4% 74.7% -1.5
pts
Australia/New-Zealand 283 - - 44 - - - -
Hong Kong 159 330 +16.4% 114 208 +2.3% 62.9% -8.7
pts
South-East
Asia, India &
China
166 326 +15.0% 77 130 -1.8% 40.0% -6.9
pts
MedLA 553 432 -21.6% 91 73 -20.1% 16.8% +0.3
pt
Spain 87 76 -12.4% 10 16 +61.3% 20.9% +9.6
pts
Italy 361 264 -26.9% 60 46 -23.9% 17.3% +0.7
pt
Other 105 92 -11.2% 21 11 -45.0% 11.9% -7.7
pts
TOTAL 5,780 5,733 -0.6% 1,290 1,444 +1.1% 25.2% +0.4
pt
Of
which high
growth
markets8
667 925 +2.0% 254 386 -3.2% 41.7% -2.3
pts
Of
which mature
markets
5,114 4,808 -1.1% 1,035 1,059 +2.9% 22.0% +0.8
pt

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APPENDIX 9: Earnings summary after taxes and minority interests /

Consolidated Earnings
(in Euro million)
Exceptional and
Net income
discontinued
Group Share
operations
Goodwill and
Integration costs
related intangibles
Profit or loss
(incl. change on
financial assets
(under Fair Value
option) &
derivatives
Adjusted
Earnings
Net realized capital
gains attributable
to shareholders
Underlying Earnings Underlying earnings
change
FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 FY10 FY11 Reported at constant
FX
Life & Savings 1,396 2,193 (1,634) 745 (16) (42) (22) (1,015) 347 273 2,721 2,232 276 (35) 2,445 2,267 -7% -9%
France 917 741 - - - - - - 63 (83) 854 825 247 193 607 632 4% 4%
United States 410 (343) - - (3) (29) (1) (944) 73 330 340 301 (138) (11) 478 312 -35% -32%
United Kingdom (1,468) (93) (1,642) (37) (1) (3) (12) (50) 59 3 128 (5) (6) 2 134 (6) -105% -105%
Japan 377 354 - - (9) - - - 46 19 340 335 5 12 335 323 -4% -10%
Germany 214 152 1 - (0) (1) - - 29 2 185 151 11 (42) 174 192 11% 11%
Switzerland 361 1,172 51 798 - - (6) (7) 69 100 247 280 34 (13) 212 293 38% 23%
Belgium 265 (9) (4) - (3) (7) - - 33 (70) 239 68 69 (88) 170 155 -9% -9%
Central & Eastern Europe 6 6 - - (0) - (3) (2) (1) (0) 10 8 1 (0) 9 9 4% 2%
MedLA 127 24 - (0) - (2) (0) (12) (24) 14 152 24 35 (80) 117 104 -11% -11%
Asia excl. Japan 117 200 (50) (18) - - - - - (45) 167 263 22 (10) 145 273 88% 94%
Other countries 71 (11) 11 2 (0) (0) - - 1 5 59 (18) (4) 2 64 (19) -130% -131%
Property & Casualty 1,750 1,700 153 147 (22) (78) (59) (66) 29 (90) 1,649 1,786 96 (62) 1,553 1,848 19% 16%
France 452 431 - - - - - - (7) (14) 459 445 34 (52) 424 496 17% 17%
United Kingdom & Ireland 83 97 - 53 (10) (20) (1) (1) 5 (120) 89 184 (9) (26) 98 211 115% 116%
Germany 190 186 - - (3) (8) (0) (4) 7 25 185 172 8 (49) 177 221 25% 25%
Switzerland 370 375 9 - - - (26) (29) (12) 2 400 402 40 5 359 397 11% -2%
Belgium 145 233 (2) - (9) (22) (2) (2) 20 17 137 240 (15) 98 153 142 -7% -7%
Central & Eastern Europe 31 17 - - - - - (3) (0) 2 31 18 - (19) 30 37 21% 22%
MedLA 379 306 (1) - - (21) (24) (22) 13 14 391 336 23 (17) 368 353 -4% -3%
Direct (65) (63) - - - (7) (5) (4) 2 (15) (62) (36) (0) (4) (62) (33) 47% 46%
Other countries 166 118 147 93 (0) - - - (0) (0) 19 25 13 2 6 23 285% 279%
International Insurance 378 276 3 1 - (4) - - 32 (15) 343 294 53 17 290 276 -5% -6%
AXA Corporate Solutions
Assurance
192 142 - - - - - - 26 (13) 166 155 5 5 161 150 -7% -7%
Other 186 134 3 1 - (4) - - 6 (2) 177 138 48 12 129 126 -2% -4%
Asset Management 255 153 2 (3) (31) (137) - - 21 (25) 264 318 (5) (2) 269 321 19% 20%
AllianceBernstein 116 (38) 2 - (29) (136) - - 0 (7) 143 106 - - 143 106 -26% -23%
AXA Investment Managers 139 191 - (3) (2) (1) - - 20 (18) 120 212 (5) (2) 125 215 72% 69%
Banking 9 (237) - (144) (6) (21) (0) (86) 9 (13) 7 27 (3) (5) 9 32 240% 256%
Holdings & other (1,040) 240 20 1,324 (0) (0) - - (226) (17) (834) (1,067) 2 (224) (836) (843) -1% -1%
TOTAL 2,749 4,324 (1,456) 2,069 (76) (281) (81) (1,167) 212 114 4,150 3,589 419 (312) 3,731 3,901 5% 2%

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Sale of Canadian operations

In
Euro
million
except
when
otherwise
specified
FY10
published
Canada FY10
discontinued
Life
& Savings revenues
56,923 (132) 56,792
Property
&
Casualty revenues
27,413 (1,428) 25,986
Combined ratio
(%)
99.1% 91.8% 99.5%
Current
year
combined ratio
(%)
102.4% 98.5% 102.6%
Property
&
Casualty underlying
earnings
1,692 (139) 1,553
Underlying earnings 3,880 (149) 3,731
Adjusted
earnings
4,317 (167) 4,150
Net Income 2,749 2,749
Underlying earnings
per share
(€)
1.57 1.51

Change in presentation

Gross revenues Combined ratio
(%)
In
Euro
million
FY10
discontinued
FY10 restated FY10
published
FY10 restated
NORCEE 8,085 7,974 98.5% 98.4%
of
which Germany
3,458 3,458 104.6% 104.6%
of
which Belgium
2,099 2,031 98.5% 98.8%
of
which Switzerland
2,327 2,327 88.8% 88.8%
MedLA 6,888 6,621 97.7% 97.2%
of
which Spain
2,348 2,135 - -
of
which Italy
1,508 1,475 - -
of
which other
3,031 3,011 - -
France 5,849 5,485 99.1% 98.9%
United
Kingdom
& Ireland
4,147 3,605 103.9% 102.1%
Asia 1,016 372 103.6% 102.5%
Direct - 1,928 - 108.3%
Total
P&C
25,986 25,986 99.1% 99.5%
of
which Direct
1,836 1,928 - 108.3%
of
which
mature
markets
21,160 21,067 98.3% 98.8%
of
which high growth
markets8
2,990 2,990 99.3% 99.3%
AXA
Group
Assets
AXA
Group
liabilities
In Euro
billion
FY10 FY11
(preliminary)
In Euro
billion
FY10 FY11
Goodwill 16.7 15.9 Shareholders' Equity,
Group share
49.7 48.6
VBI 3.1 3.1 Minority
interests
4.2 2.4
DAC
&
equivalent
19.6 21.8 SH
EQUITY
& MINORITY INTERESTS
53.9 50.9
Other intangibles 3.6 3.4 Financing debt 10.5 10.4
Investments 594.6 604.3 Technical reserves 563.9 583.9
Other assets
& receivables
71.6 50.5 Provisions for
risks &
charges
10.5 10.8
Cash
&
cash
equivalents
22.1 31.3 Other payables &
liabilities
92.6 74.2
TOTAL ASSETS 731.4 730.1 TOTAL LIABILITIES 731.4 730.1
(preliminary) In Euro
billion
FY10 FY11
(preliminary)

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  • 10/27/2011 9M 2011 Activity Indicators
  • 10/28/2011 AXA announces the subscription prices for its 2011 employee share offering (Shareplan 2011)
  • 11/25/2011 Termination of negotiations between AXA, Bharti and Reliance Industries
  • 12/01/2011 François Pierson, a member of AXA Group's Management Committee and Chairman & CEO of AXA Global P&C to retire first of the year
  • 12/12/2011 Results of the AXA Group employee share offering in 2011
  • 01/16/2012 Thomas Buberl is appointed Chief Executive Officer of AXA Germany and will join AXA Group's Executive Committee

Please refer to the following web site address for further details: http://www.axa.com/en/press/pr/

APPENDIX 13: 4Q11 operations on AXA shareholders' equity and debt /

Shareholders' Equity

No significant operations.

Debt

No significant operations.

APPENDIX 14: Next main investor events /

  • 04/25/2012 Shareholders' meeting
  • 05/11/2012 First Three Months 2012 Activity Indicators Release
  • 08/03/2012 Half Year 2012 Earnings Release
  • 10/25/2012 First Nine Months 2012 Activity Indicators Release

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