AXA Reference Document 2015

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
2015
CONTENTS
CERTAIN PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT
THE AXA GROUP
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
4
6
20
89
Selected consolidated financial data

Information on the Company
Activity report
Liquidity and capital resources
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
95
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
96
115
145
152
REGULATION, RISKFACTORS
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5
A
Corporate officers, executives andemployees

Full disclosure on executive compensation and share ownership
Major shareholders and related party transactions
The offer and listing
153
Certain disclosures about marketrisksand related matters

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
Regulation
Risk factors
Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about risk factors
Investment community andorganization
Consolidated statement of financial position

Consolidated statement of income
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
Consolidated statement ofcashflows
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of the Statutory Auditors on the Consolidated Financial Statements
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

5.1 Charter
5.2 Description of AXAs share capital
APPENDICES
AppendixI
Appendix II
Appendix III
AppendixIV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Appendix VIII
Appendix IX
AppendixX
Chairman of the Board ofDirectors report

Managements annual evaluation of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Statement of the person responsible fortheAnnualReport
Financial authorizations
AXA parent Company financial statements
Group Embedded Value
Social and environmental information
Board of Directors report Correspondence table
Commission regulation of April29, 2004 Correspondencetable
Annual Financial Report Correspondence table
154
160
177
194
197
198
200
201
202
206
208
343
345
346
350
351
352
362
365
366
368
394
395
415
416
418
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
This Registration Document was filed with the Autorit des marchs financiers (AMF) on March31, 2016, in accordance
with the provisions of Article212-13 of its General Regulations. It may be used in support of a financial transaction
if supplemented by an information memorandum approved by the AMF. This document has been prepared by the
issuer, and its signatories are responsible for its content.
This Annual Report also includes (i)all the components of the Annual Financial Report (Rapport Financier Annuel) referred
to in paragraph I of ArticleL.451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code montaire et financier) as well
as in Article222-3 of the AMF General Regulations (Rglement Gnral de lAMF) (please refer to the table page418
of this Annual Report which indicates the relevant sections of this Registration Document corresponding to disclosures
required under Article222-3 of the AMF General Regulations), and (ii)all disclosure matters required to be included in
the Board of Directors Report to AXAs Shareholders Meeting to be held on April27, 2016, established pursuant to
ArticlesL.225-100 and L.225-100-2 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) (the relevant sections of this
Registration Document corresponding to these required disclosures have been approved by AXAs Board of Directors
and are presented in the table page415 of this Annual Report).
CERTAIN PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT

Presentation of the information
In this Annual Report unless provided otherwise, (i)the Company,
AXA and/or AXA SA refer to AXA, a socit anonyme organized
under the laws of France, which is the publicly traded parent
company of the AXA Group, and (ii)AXA Group, the Group
and/or we refer to AXA SA together with its direct and indirect
consolidated subsidiaries. The Companys ordinary shares are
referred to in this Annual Report as shares, ordinary shares
or AXA ordinary shares. The principal trading market for the
Companys ordinary shares is the Compartment A of Euronext
Paris, which we refer to in this Annual Report as Euronext Paris.
The Companys American Depositary Shares are referred to in this
Annual Report as ADS. Since the delisting of AXAs ADS from

the New York Stock Exchange on March26, 2010, AXAs ADS are
traded on the U.S. over-the-counter market and are quoted on
the OTCQX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY. Each ADS
represents one AXA ordinary share.
Unless otherwise specied, various amounts in this document
are shown inmillions for presentation purposes. Such amounts
have been rounded. Rounding differences may also exist for
percentages.
...
I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I
Exchange rate information

The Company publishes its Consolidated Financial Statements in
Euro (Euro, euro or ). Unless otherwise stated, all amounts
in this Annual Report are expressed in Euro. The currency of
the United States will be referred to as U.S.dollars or USD
or U.S.$ or $.
The average and closing exchange rates used in the preparation

of the consolidated nancial statements, to translate into Euro
the results of operations of the principal subsidiaries that are not
denominated in Euro, are set out in the table below:
End of Period Exchange Rate
U.S. Dollar
Average Exchange Rate
2015
2014
2015
2014
(for 1)
(for 1)
(for 1)
(for 1)
1.09
1.21
1.12
1.33
Japanese Yen
131
145
135
141
British Sterling Pound
0.74
0.78
0.73
0.81
Swiss Franc
1.09
1.20
1.08
1.22
For a discussion on the impact of foreign currency uctuations on the AXA Groups nancial condition and results of operations,
please see Part1 The AXA Group, Section1.3 Activity Report of this Annual Report.
Cautionary statements concerning the use of non-GAAP measures and

forward-looking statements
This Annual Report includes certain terms that are used by AXA
in analyzing its business operations and presenting its nancial
results which may not be comparable with terms used by other
companies. These terms are dened in the glossary provided
at the end of Section1.3 in Part1 The AXA Group of this
Annual Report.
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 they are by nature subject to known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by other
factors that could cause actual results and AXAs plans and
objectives to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in the forward-looking statements (or from past results). These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the risk of
future catastrophic events including possible future weatherrelated catastrophic events or terrorist related incidents. Please
refer to Part3 Regulation, risk factors, certain disclosures
about market risks and related matters of this Annual Report for
a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties
that may affect AXAs business and/or results of operations. AXA
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any of these
forward-looking statements, whether to reect new information,
future events or circumstances or otherwise.
THE AXA GROUP

1.1 SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
Key Figures
Dividends
1
4
4
5
1.2 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
Introduction
History and development
Table of principal subsidiaries with Group equity interests and voting rights percentages
Ratings
Business overview
Segment information
1.3 ACTIVITY REPORT
6
6
7
7
9
11
20
Insurance and asset management markets

Financial market conditions in 2015
Operating highlights
Events subsequent to December31, 2015
Revenues & earnings summary
Consolidated underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income Group share
Consolidated shareholders equity
Shareholder value
Life & Savings segment
Property & Casualty segment
International Insurance segment
Asset Management segment
Banking segment
Holdings and other companies
Outlook
Glossary
1.4 LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Internal sources of liquidity: AXAs subsidiaries
Liquidity position and risk management framework
Uses of funds
Solvency I margin
Global Systemically Important Insurer GSII
Credit rating
Subsequent events after December31, 2015 impactingAXAs liquidity
20
23
25
30
31
35
38
39
40
60
75
78
81
83
85
85
89
89
90
92
92
94
94
94
THE AXA GROUP

1.1SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
1.1 SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL

DATA
The selected historical consolidated nancial data presented
below has been derived from AXAs consolidated nancial
statements and related notes for the years ended December31,
2015 and 2014 in accordance with IFRS.
The table of historical data set out below is only a summary.

You should read it in conjunction with the consolidated nancial
statements and related notes for the years ended December31,
2015 and 2014 included in Part 4 Consolidated Financial
Statements of this Annual Report.
I Key Figures
2015
(In Euromillion except per share data)
2014
Income Statement Data

Total Revenues
98,534
91,988
Net investment result excluding nancing expenses (a)
18,218
29,810
Income from operating activities before tax
8,009
7,710
Net income from operating activities before tax
7,735
7,128
Result from discontinued operations net of tax
Net consolidated income
5,987
5,337
Net consolidated income Group Share
5,617
5,024
basic
2.19
1.95
diluted
2.18
1.94
887,070
840,069
68,475
65,219
24.3
23.0
Number of outstanding shares
2,426
2,442
Average share price
22.96
18.62
Share price
25.23
19.21
1.10
0.95
Net income per share (b)
Balance Sheet Data

Total assets
Shareholders equity Group share
Shareholders equity per share
(c)
Other Data
Dividend per share (d)
(a) Includes investment income net of investment management costs, impairments, net realized investment gains and losses and net unrealized investment gains and
losses on assets with nancial risk borne by the policyholders and on assets designated as at fair value through prot & loss.
(b) The calculation of net income per share is based on the weighted average number of outstanding shares for each period presented. The calculation of net income
per share including from discontinued operations is presented in Note27 Net Income per Ordinary Share to AXAs consolidated nancial statements.
(c) Shareholders equity per share is calculated based on the actual number of outstanding shares at each period-end presented. Shares held by AXA and its
subsidiaries (i.e. treasury shares) are deducted for the calculation of outstanding shares. Undated debt is excluded from Shareholders equity for this calculation.
(d) An annual dividend is generally paid each year in respect of the prior year after the Annual General Shareholders Meeting (customarily held in April or May) and
before September of that year. Dividends are presented in this table in the year to which they relate and not in the year in which they are declared and paid. A
dividend of 1.10 per share will be proposed at AXAs Shareholders Meeting that will be held on April27, 2016. The dividend will be paid out on May10, 2016, with
an ex-dividend date of May6, 2016.
THE AXA GROUP

1.1SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
I Dividends
The Company pays dividends in Euro. Future dividends

will depend on a variety of factors including AXAs earnings,
consolidated nancial condition, applicable capital and
solvency requirements, prevailing nancial market conditions
and the general economic environment. Proposals for dividend
payments are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors
and are submitted for nal approval to the Shareholders
Meeting.
AXA determines its dividend policy on the basis of its adjusted
earnings minus interest charges on its outstanding undated
debt securities. During the last quarter of 2015, AXA indicated
that it targets to pay aggregate dividends in a general range
of 45% to 55% of this amount (which represents an increase
from the prior indicative range of 40% to 50% that had guided
AXAs dividend policy over the past several years). The dividend
proposed by the Board of Directors in any particular year may
vary considerably depending on a variety of factors (as noted
above) which may have an impact on this target from one
year to another. In assessing the dividend to be paid in any
given year, Management tries to strike the appropriate balance
between (i) prudent capital management, (ii) reinvestment of
previous results to support business development and (iii) an
attractive dividend for shareholders.
A dividend of 1.10 per share for the 2015 scal year will
be proposed to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on
April27,2016.
The following table sets forth information on the dividends declared and paid in respect of the last ve scal years:
Fiscal year
2011
2012
Net dividend
Dividend per share
pershare eligible for a tax relief
Gross dividend
pershare
Distribution
Number of shares
(in Euromillion)
(on December31)
(in Euro)
(in Euro)
(in Euro)
1,626
2,357,197,520
0.69 (b)
0.69 (b)
0.69 (b)
2,388,610,984
0.72
(c)
0.72
(c)
0.72 (c)
(d)
0.81
(d)
0.81 (d)
1,720
2013
1,958
2,417,865,471
0.81
2014
2,320
2,442,276,677
0.95 (e)
0.95 (e)
0.95 (e)
2015
(a)
2,426,458,242
(f)
(f)
1.10(f)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
2,669
1.10
1.10
Proposal to be submitted to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on April27, 2016.

Individual shareholders who were residents of France for tax purposes were eligible for a tax relief of 40% on the dividend, i.e. 0.28 per share for scal year 2011.
Proposal to be submitted to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on April27, 2016. Individual shareholders who are residents of France for tax purposes will be eligible
for a tax relief of 40% on the dividend, i.e. 0.44 per share for scal year 2015.
Dividends not claimed within ve years after the payout date become the property of the French Treasury Department.
For further information on AXAs dividend policy, see Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements and Part5 Certain Additional
Information, Section Dividends of this Annual Report.
THE AXA GROUP

1.2INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
1.2 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

I Introduction
AXA is a French socit anonyme (a public company) existing
under the laws of France. The Companys registered ofce
is located at 25, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France
and its telephone number is +33 (0) 1 40 75 57 00. AXA was
incorporated in 1957 but the origin of its activities goes back
to 1852. The Companys corporate existence will continue,
subject to dissolution or prolongation, until December31,2059.
The Companys number in the Paris Trade and Companies
Register is 572093920.
The following documents may be consulted at the AXA Group

Legal Department (21, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France)
until the ling of AXAs next Annual Report (Document de
Rfrence): (i) the Charter of the Company, (ii) the reports or
other documents prepared by any expert at the Companys
request which are (in whole or in part) included or referred to
in this Annual Report, and (iii) the parent Company nancial
statements as well as the consolidated nancial statements of
the Company for each of the two nancial years preceding the
publication of this Annual Report.
I History and development

AXA originated from several French regional mutual insurance
companies: les Mutuelles Unies.
1982
life insurance company, Nippon Danta Life Insurance

Company;and
Sale of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (United States) to Credit
Suisse Group.
Takeover of the Groupe Drouot.

2004
1986
Acquisition of the American insurance group MONY.
Acquisition of the Groupe Prsence.

2005
1988
Transfer of the insurance businesses to Compagnie du Midi
(which subsequently changed its name to AXA Midi and then
AXA).
1992
Acquisition of a controlling interest in The Equitable Companies
Incorporated (United States), which subsequently changed its
name to AXA Financial,Inc. (AXAFinancial).
1995
Acquisition of a majority interest in National Mutual Holdings
(Australia), which subsequently changed its name to AXA Asia
Pacic Holdings Ltd. (AXA APH).
1997
Merger with Compagnie UAP.
2000
Acquisition of (i) Sanford C. Bernstein (United States) by
AXAs asset management subsidiary Alliance Capital, which
subsequently changed its name to AllianceBernstein (now
AB); (ii)theminority interest in AXA Financial; and (iii)Japanese
FINAXA (AXAs principal shareholder) merged into AXA.

2006
Acquisition of the Winterthur Group.
2008
Acquisition of Seguros ING (Mexico).
2010
Voluntary delisting of AXA SA from the New York Stock
Exchange and deregistration with the SEC; and
Sale by AXA UK of its traditional Life and Pensions businesses
to Resolution Ltd.
2011
Sale of (i) AXAs Australian & New Zealand operations and
acquisition of the AXA APH Asia Life operations; and (ii)AXA
Canada to Canadian Insurance Group Intact.
2012
Launch of ICBC-AXA Life, a new life insurance joint venture in
China with ICBC; and
Acquisition of HSBCs non-life insurance operations in Hong
Kong and Singapore.
THE AXA GROUP

2013
Acquisition of HSBCs non-life insurance operations in
Mexico; and
Sale by (i)AXA Investment Managers of a majority stake in AXA
Private Equity and (ii)AXA Financial of a closed MONY portfolio.
2014
Acquisition of (i) 50% of Tian Ping, a Chinese Property &
Casualty insurance company; (ii)51% stake in the composite
insurance operations of Grupo Mercantil Colpatria in Colombia;
and (iii)a majority stake in Mansard Insurance plc in Nigeria.
2015
Acquisition of (i)7% of African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa
Re), the leading reinsurer in Africa (1); (ii) BRE Insurance,
mBanks Property & Casualty subsidiary in Poland; (iii)the P&C

large commercial risks insurance subsidiary of SulAmrica in
Brazil; (iv)Commercial International Life, the Life & Savings jointventure between Commercial International Bank (CIB) and
Legal & General in Egypt and conclusion of an exclusive Life
& Savings distribution partnership with CIB; and (v)Genworth
Lifestyle Protection Insurance, the 7thcreditor insurance player
in Europe(2);
Launch of (i) AXA Strategic Ventures, a 230 million venture

capital fund dedicated to emerging strategic innovations in
nancial services; and (ii) Kamet, a 100 million InsurTech
incubator dedicated to conceptualizing, launching and
accompanying disruptive products and services for insurance
clients; and
Sale of Hong Kongs mandatory retirement schemes business
to The Principal Financial Group.
I Table of principal subsidiaries with Group equity interests

and voting rights percentages
For information concerning Group subsidiaries (including the Groups equity interest and voting rights percentages), please see
Note2 Scope of consolidation included in Part 4 Consolidated Financial Statements of this Annual Report.
I Ratings
PRINCIPAL RATINGS OF THE GROUP AS AT JANUARY20, 2016
The Company and certain of its insurance subsidiaries are rated by recognized rating agencies. The signicance and the meaning of
individual ratings vary from agency to agency.
At January20, 2016, the relevant ratings for the Company and its principal insurance subsidiaries were as follows:
Agency
Rating
Outlook
Standard &Poors
A+
Positive
Insurer Financial Strength Ratings

The Companys principal insurance subsidiaries
Moodys
Aa3
Stable
Fitch Ratings
AA-
Stable
Standard &Poors
A-
Positive
Ratings of the Companys Long Term and Short Term Debt

Counterparty credit rating/Senior Debt
Short Term Debt
Moodys
A2
Stable
Fitch Ratings
Stable
Standard &Poors
A-2
Moodys
P-1
Fitch Ratings
F-1
(1) Source: Africa Re Information Memorandum, based on 2013 gross written premiums.
(2) Source: Finaccord Creditor Insurance in Europe PartnerBASE and market model (2014).
THE AXA GROUP

The ratings set forth before may be subject to revision or

withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. None
of these ratings is an indication of the historic or potential
performance of AXAs ordinary shares, ADSs, ADRs or debt
securities and should not be relied upon for purpose of making

an investment decision with respect to any of these securities.
The Company accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or
reliability of the ratings.
SRI RATINGS
AXAs social, societal, and environmental and governance
performance is rated by a number of specialists, including
investors, brokers and rating agencies that focus specically on
the socially responsible investment (SRI)market. AXA is ranked
above the average for its industry and is included in the three
major global ethical indices:
DJSI World and DJSI Europe (based on RobecoSAM

research);
World 120, Europe 120 and France 20 (based on Vigeo

research);
FTSE4GOOD (based on FTSE ESG research).
AXAs current ratings, which are subject to change, are set forth below:
Agency
Theme
RobecoSAM (2015)
General score
83% (sector avg.: 48%)
Economy
Social
Environment
Vigeo Eiris(a) (2014)
FTE ESG (2014)
Bronze class category
Member 2015
General score
62% Sector leader
Human resources
58% (rating: ++)
Human rights
57% (rating: +)
Community involvement
71% (rating: ++)
Environment
74% (rating: ++)
Business behaviour
57% (rating: +)
Corporate governance
60% (rating: =)
General Score
3.1/5
Environmental Management Theme
5/5
Human and Labor Rights Theme
2.8/5
Corporate governance Theme
2.6/5
(a) Denition of Vigeo Eiris ratings:

--: least advanced;
-: companies that fall below the average for their sector;
=: companies that are within the average for their sector;
+: active companies;
++: the most committed companies in the sector.
AXA rating
THE AXA GROUP

I Business overview
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Company is the holding company for the AXA Group, a
worldwide leader in nancial protection. Based on available
information at December 31, 2015, the AXA Group was the
worlds largest insurance group with total assets of 887billion
and consolidated gross revenues of 99 billion for the year
ended December 31, 2015. Based on available information
at December31, 2015, the AXA Group was the worlds 10th
largest asset manager (1) with total assets under management
of 1,363billion.
AXA operates primarily in Europe, North America, the AsiaPacic Region and, to a lesser extent, in other regions including
the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
AXA has ve operating business segments: Life & Savings,
Property & Casualty, International Insurance, Asset
Management, and Banking. In addition, various holding
companies within the AXA Group conduct certain nonoperating activities.
AXA ACTIVITY INDICATORS AND EARNINGS

The table below summarizes certain key nancial data by segment for the last two years.
Years ended December31,
(in Euromillion, except percentages)
2015 (a)
2014 (a)
Consolidated gross revenues

Life & Savings
- Mature markets
- High growth markets
Property & Casualty
- Mature markets
59,211
60%
55,345
60%
55,210
56%
52,136
57%
4,001
4%
3,209
3%
31,265
32%
29,460
32%
23,374
24%
22,378
24%
- Direct
2,732
3%
2,361
3%
- High growth markets
5%
5,159
5%
4,721
International Insurance
3,615
4%
3,292
4%
Asset Management
3,822
4%
3,326
4%
621
1%
564
1%
0%
0%
98,534
100%
91,988
100%
Banking
Consolidated gross revenues
Annual Premium Equivalent (APE)
7,376
6,477
New Business Value (NBV)
2,490
2,220
Underlying earnings
Life & Savings
3,503
63%
3,132
62%
Property & Casualty
43%
2,230
40%
2,158
193
3%
208
4%
Asset Management
458
8%
403
8%
97
2%
106
2%
Banking
Underlying earnings
Net capital gains
Adjusted earnings
Exceptional operations (including discontinued operations)
Goodwill and other related intangible impacts
(906)
-16%
(947)
-19%
5,574
100%
5,060
100%
433
442
6,008
5,503
91
(188)
(74)
(345)
(1) Ranking established by AXA based on the information available as of September30, 2015.
THE AXA GROUP


2015 (a)
2014 (a)
Prot or loss on nancial assets (under fair value option) & derivatives
(229)
225
Integration and restructuring costs
(178)
(170)
5,617
5,024
Net income
Life & Savings
3,808
57%
3,524
60%
Property & Casualty
2,132
32%
1,734
29%
226
3%
261
4%
Asset Management
482
7%
419
7%
Banking
Net income from operating segments
49
1%
(49)
-1%
6,697
100%
5,888
100%
(1,080)
(864)
5,617
5,024
NET INCOME
The main indicators disclosed in the table are dened in the glossary in Section 1.3 Activity Report.
(a) Net of intercompany eliminations.
AXAS TOTAL ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

The table below sets forth the total assets managed by AXAs subsidiaries, including assets managed on behalf of third parties:
At December31,
2015
2014
General account assets
598,174
573,919
Assets backing contracts with nancial risk borne by policyholders (Unit-linked)
194,601
181,082
Subtotal
792,775
755,001
(in Euromillion)
AXA:
Managed on behalf of third parties (a)

TOTAL ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
570,060
522,308
1,362,835
1,277,309
(a) Includes assets managed on behalf of Mutuelles AXA.
For additional information on AXAs revenues by segment

and geographic area, see Note 21 Information by segment
included in Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements of this
Annual Report.
10
For additional information on AXAs business segments, see

Part 1 The AXA Group, Section 1.3 Activity Report and
Note 3 Consolidated statement of income by segment
included in Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements of this
Annual Report.
THE AXA GROUP

I Segment information
Life & Savings segment

AXA offers a broad range of Life & Savings products including Individual and Group savings products, as well as Life and Health
products for both individual and commercial clients.
The table below summarizes AXAs Life & Savings consolidated gross revenues and gross insurance liabilities by geographic region
for the periods and at the dates indicated:
GROSS REVENUES BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Gross revenues (a)
2015
Gross insurance
liabilities at
December31, 2015
2014
France
15,994
27%
15,121
27%
147,309
United States
13,620
23%
11,469
21%
161,397
United Kingdom
700
1%
639
1%
29,987
Japan
4,194
7%
3,801
7%
37,771
Germany
6,650
11%
6,640
12%
76,072
Switzerland
7,170
12%
6,720
12%
64,998
Belgium
1,715
3%
1,813
3%
32,115
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (b)
5,705
10%
6,384
12%
39,641
Others
3,462
6%
2,758
5%
19,472
3,029
5%
2,280
4%
16,938
298
1%
320
1%
1,614
59,211
100%
55,345
100%
608,763
55,210
93%
52,136
94%
587,544
4,001
7%
3,209
6%
21,218
o/w. Asia excl. Japan

o/w. Central & Eastern Europe (c)
TOTAL
o/w. mature markets
o/w. high growth markets
Of which:
Gross written premiums
Fees and charges relating to investment contracts
with no participating feature
Fees, commissions and others revenues (d)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
57,376
53,806
371
327
1,464
1,211
Net of intercompany eliminations.

Includes Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Mexico and Colombia.
Includes Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Includes revenues from other activities (mainly commissions and related fees on Mutual funds sales).
MARKETS AND COMPETITION
various distribution channels, as described in the Distribution

channels section below.
In the Life & Savings segment, AXA operates primarily in

Western Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacic. In
addition, AXA offers Investment and Saving products as well
as Life and Health products in a number of other jurisdictions
including Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and
Middle East. The products in these markets are offered through
The nature and level of competition vary among the countries

in which AXA operates for all the types of Individual and Group
Life & Savings products sold by AXA. Many other insurance
companies offer similar products to those offered by AXA,
and, in some cases, also use similar marketing techniques and
distribution methods.
11
THE AXA GROUP

The principal competitive factors affecting the Life & Savings

business include:
size, strength and quality of the distribution channels, in

particular the quality of advisors;
range of product lines and product quality, feature

functionality and innovation;
price;
quality of service;
investment management performance;
historical levels of bonuses with respect to participating

contracts;
crediting rates on General Account products;
reputation, visibility and recognition of brand;
ratings for nancial strength and claims-paying ability; and
changes in regulations that may affect the policy charge

structure relating to commission and administrative charges
and modify attractiveness to customers.
AXA competes with insurance companies and also with banks,

asset management companies, investment advisers and other
nancial institutions for sales of savings-related investment
products and, to a lesser extent, life insurance products.
For additional information on markets, see Section Insurance
and Asset Management Markets included in Section 1.3
Activity Report of this Annual Report.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

AXAs Life & Savings products include a broad range of
Investment and Savings products as well as Protection and
Health products marketed to individual and commercial
clients. The Life & Savings products offered by AXA include
term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, deferred
annuities, immediate annuities, and other investment-based
products. The Health products offered include critical illness
and permanent health insurance products. The types and
specicities of the products offered by AXA vary from market
to market.
The table below presents consolidated gross written premiums (after inter-segment elimination) and gross insurance liabilities by
major product:
GROSS WRITTEN PREMIUMS & INSURANCE LIABILITIES PER PRODUCT LINE

Gross written premiums by main product
lines (a) Years ended December31,
(in Euro million, except percentages)
Investment & Savings

Individual
Group
Life contracts (including endowment contracts)
Health contracts
Other
Sub-Total
Fees and charges relating to investment contracts with
noparticipating features
Fees, commissions and other revenues (b)
2015
2014
Gross insurance
liabilities at
December31, 2015
24,035
42%
22,365
42%
304,808
21,699
38%
20,153
37%
269,237
2,336
4%
2,212
4%
35,571
22,727
40%
21,493
40%
178,343
8,073
14%
7,747
14%
25,531
2,541
4%
2,202
4%
12,634
57,376
100%
53,806
100%
521,316
371
327
1,464
1,211
40,102
Liabilities arising from policyholders participation
45,939
Unearned revenues and unearned fees reserves
3,066
Derivatives relating to insurance and investment contracts

TOTAL WRITTEN PREMIUMS AND LIABILITIES
(1,660)
59,211
55,345
608,763
o/w.
Contracts with nancial risk borne by policyholders
(Unit-Linked)
17,383
30%

(b) Includes revenues from other activities (mainly commissions and related fees on Mutual funds sales).
12
15,650
29%
195,005
THE AXA GROUP

NEW PRODUCT INITIATIVES

To attract and retain clients, especially in the segments identied
as strategic, AXA has developed solutions designed to meet
the needs of the targeted customer groups. In addition, new
products are designed to support AXAs cross-selling strategy
and thus improve client retention and enhance value for the
clients. AXA also aims to reuse across markets successful
products and experiences developed for individual country
markets.
Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs) are individuals or rms

that provide nancial advice to customers and negotiate
related policies with insurance companies on behalf of
customers. IFAs usually work with different insurance
companies;
Aligned distributors are independent individuals or rms

who have chosen AXA to provide them with a full range of
dealership services. They negotiate, on behalf of customers,
policies of various insurance companies among a range of
products selected by AXA;
Distribution partnerships are generally structured as sales

agreements between an insurance company and another
company from the nancial services industry, especially
banks, or from other industries. This may take the form of a
joint venture between the insurance company and its partner
or an exclusive or non-exclusive distribution arrangement.
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
AXA distributes its products through exclusive and nonexclusive channels that vary from country to country.
Proprietary channels include exclusive agents, salaried sales
forces and direct sales. Non-proprietary channels include
brokers, independent nancial advisors, aligned distributors or
wholesale distributors and partnerships.
Exclusive agents are individuals or rms commissioned by a

single insurance company to sell its products exclusively (or
principally) on its behalf. Tied agents are generally exclusive
agents;
Salaried sales forces are salespeople employed by a single

insurance company (or an afliated company) to sell the
Companys products on an exclusive basis;
Direct sales relate to all sales made through mail, telephone

or internet;
Brokers are independent rms that negotiate with insurance

companies, in return of a commission, on behalf of customers
seeking coverage. As opposed to exclusive agents, brokers
usually work with different insurance companies;
AXAs distribution strategy focuses on strengthening traditional

channels and developing new ones, such as direct selling
and partnerships. Staff hiring, retention of veteran staff,
professionalism and commercial performance are the main
initiatives to strengthen traditional distribution channels. To
serve increasingly sophisticated and demanding customers,
AXA believes that the diversication of its distribution
channels through the development of new channels improves
opportunities for increased penetration and more frequent
contacts with AXAs target customer base.
The split of distribution channels used by AXAs principal Life & Savings operations, based on consolidated gross revenues for the
years ended December31, 2015 and 2014, is presented below:
Based on gross revenues
in2015
France
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Mediterranean & Latin American Region
SURRENDERS AND LAPSES

For most Life & Savings products, fees and revenues accrue
over time, while costs to the issuing company in the rst year
are generally higher than costs in subsequent years due to rst
year commissions and the costs of underwriting and issuing a
contract. Consequently, the rate of policies remaining in-force
and not lapsing, also known as the persistency rate, plays an
important role in protability. The majority of individual Life &
Savings products issued by AXA may be surrendered for a cash

in2014
Proprietary
Network
Non
Proprietary
network
Proprietary
Network
Non
Proprietary
network
45%
62%
40%
64%
55%
54%
0%
23%
55%
38%
60%
36%
45%
46%
100%
77%
45%
63%
36%
65%
54%
51%
0%
19%
55%
37%
64%
35%
46%
49%
100%
81%
surrender value. Most of the individual Life & Savings products

issued by AXA have front-end charges to the policyholder (or
subscription fees), which are assessed at the inception date
of the contract and/or surrender charges (charges assessed
in the case of early surrender). Both front-end charges and
surrender charges are intended to offset a portion of the
acquisition costs.
Total surrenders and lapses for 2015 amounted to
28,638 million (2014: 28,096 million) and the ratio of
surrenders and lapses was 6.3% (2014: 6.8%).
13
THE AXA GROUP

AXA Global Life also provides reinsurance services to some of

AXAs insurance subsidiaries (please see Section International
Insurance segment).
AXA GLOBAL LIFE

The Group has implemented an organization by global business
line since 2010 to support a new stage of its development. AXA
Global Life, as part of its role to dene a group-wide strategy
has set the following priorities:
focus on inforce optimization;
In addition, the Group announced in December 2014 the

creation of a third global business line (alongside the global
business lines Life & Savings and Property & Casualty)
dedicated to Health insurance business with the following
priorities:
increase productivity and efciency;
reshape the Savings business; and
become a health benchmark in up to 11 countries where

AXA is present;
develop the Protection business.
become a leader in the international health insurance niche;

and
develop a new health business model focused on advice.
Property & Casualty segment

AXAs Property & Casualty segment offers a broad range of
products including Motor, Household, property and general
liability insurance for both Personal and Commercial customers,
targeting mainly small-to medium-sized companies. In certain

countries, Health products are classied as Property & Casualty
products(1).
The table below summarizes AXAs Property & Casualty consolidated gross revenues (after inter-segment eliminations) and gross
insurance liabilities by geographic region for the periods and at the indicated dates.
GROSS REVENUES BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Gross revenues Years ended
December31, (a)
France
2015
6,020
Gross insurance
liabilities at
December31, 2015
2014
19%
6,034
20%
15,424
United Kingdom & Ireland
4,792
15%
4,034
14%
5,829
Germany
3,909
13%
3,779
13%
7,024
Switzerland
3,100
10%
2,783
9%
7,979
Belgium
2,010
6%
2,026
7%
5,828
7,496
24%
7,440
25%
9,413
Direct
2,732
9%
2,361
8%
3,706
Other Countries
1,203
4%
1,002
3%
1,547
TOTAL
31,265
100%
29,460
100%
56,750
o/w. mature markets
23,374
75%
22,378
76%
46,873
o/w. direct
2,732
9%
2,361
8%
3,706
o/w. high growth markets
5,159
16%
4,721
16%
6,171
Of which:
Other revenues
31,194
29,397
71
63

(b) Includes Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia and the Gulf Region.
(1) Some countries classify Health activity in the Property & Casualty segment, while other countries classify it in the Life & Savings segment. AXA
chooses to follow local classication.
14
THE AXA GROUP

MARKETS AND COMPETITION

In the Property & Casualty segment, AXA operates mainly in the
largest Western European markets. AXA also offers Personal
and Commercial Property & Casualty insurance products in
other countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in Asia
(notably Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Thailand),
the Middle East and Latin America (Mexico, and Colombia). In
addition, AXA operates in Direct insurance mainly in the United
Kingdom, France, South Korea, Japan and Spain.
The nature and level of competition vary among the countries
where AXA operates. AXA competes with other insurers in
each of its Property & Casualty products and in all the markets
where it operates. In general, the Property & Casualty insurance
industry tends to be cyclical with surplus underwriting capacity
leading to lower premium rates.
The principal competitive factors are as follows:
price;
quality of service;
distribution network;
brand recognition;
ratings for nancial strength and claims-paying ability; and
changes in regulations, which may affect premium rates

charged or claims settlement costs paid.
For additional information on markets, see Section Insurance

and Asset Management Markets included in Section 1.3
Activity Report of this Annual Report.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

AXAs Property & Casualty insurance operations offer a broad
range of products including Motor, Household, property and
general liability insurance for both Personal and Commercial
customers (targeting mainly small-to medium-sized companies)
and, in certain countries, Health products. In addition, AXA
offers engineering services to support prevention policies in
companies.
The tables below sets forth gross written premiums and gross insurance liabilities by major product for the periods and as at the
dates indicated:

Gross Written Premiums Years ended
December31, (a)
2015
2014
Gross insurance
liabilities at
December31, 2015
Personal lines
Motor
10,405
33%
10,383
35%
17,685
Homeowners/Household
4,034
13%
3,870
13%
3,552
Other
3,419
11%
2,963
10%
5,053
2,783
9%
2,623
9%
4,453
Property damage
3,245
10%
3,042
10%
3,154
Liability
1,776
6%
1,668
6%
8,170
Other
4,968
16%
4,338
15%
13,319
563
2%
509
2%
1,044
31,194
100%
29,397
100%
56,431
Commercial lines
Motor
Other
TOTAL
Liabilities arising from policyholders participation
284
18

TOTAL
18
56,750
15
THE AXA GROUP

AXA distributes its Property & Casualty insurance products
through a number of channels that vary from country to country,
including exclusive agents, brokers, salaried sales forces, direct
sales, banks and other partnerships, including car dealers. In
Continental Europe, the same distribution channels may be

used by both AXAs Life & Savings and Property & Casualty
operations. For a description of these distribution channels,
please refer to the Distribution channels section in the Life &
Savings segment of this Section1.2.
Development of distribution channels is key to reach targeted
customers and overall for the protability of the activity.
The split of distribution channels used by AXAs Property & Casualty operations (excluding Direct), based on gross revenues for the
year ended December31, 2015 and 2014, is presented below:
in2015
Proprietary
network
Non
Proprietary
network

in2014
Proprietary
network
Non
Proprietary
network
France
66%
34%
66%
34%
United Kingdom and Ireland
26%
74%
25%
75%
Germany
49%
51%
50%
50%
Switzerland
78%
22%
78%
22%
1%
99%
1%
99%
38%
62%
40%
60%
Belgium
Mediterranean and Latin American Region
AXA GLOBAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY

Since 2010, the global business line AXA Global Property &
Casualty (AXA Global P&C) denes the Group-wide Property
& Casualty strategy and objectives. AXA Global P&C is
responsible for managing activities that have been identied
as being critical to the protability and growth of the Groups
Property & Casualty business: cost control, optimized claims

management, creation of a professional family made up of
Property & Casualty professionals to enhance the quality of
technical expertise, dedicated offer to small and medium size
entities, excellence in underwriting standards and pricing policy.
In addition, AXA Global P&C provides reinsurance services
to AXAs insurance subsidiaries (see Section International
Insurance segment).
International Insurance segment

Operations in this segment are principally focused on large
risks, reinsurance and assistance.
16
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance is the AXA Group

subsidiary dedicated to large corporations in terms of
Property and Casualty, loss prevention, risk management,
underwriting and claims handling and to specialty markets
(Marine, Aviation, Space) worldwide;
AXA Global Life and AXA Global Property & Casualty,
alongside their role of global business lines, are in charge of
analysis, structuring and placement of reinsurance treaties
on behalf of AXA Group insurance companies to a selection
of third party reinsurers. AXA Global P&C activity is mainly
driven by its Property pool which provides AXA entities with
cover on natural catastrophes;
AXA Assistance is the Group subsidiary committed to

servicing its customers in emergencies and everyday
situations. AXA Assistance operates through four business
lines (Vehicle, Travel, Health and Home) to offer customer
focused services;
AXA Liabilities Managers is the Groups specialized unit in

charge of managing the AXA Groups Property & Casualty
run-off portfolios;
AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company is a

reinsurance company in the United States, in run-off, notably
managing a book of reinsurance contracts of Variable
Annuities guarantees.
THE AXA GROUP

MARKET, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance also offers loss-prevention

and risk management services.
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance: In the global risks

market, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance is acting at a
worldwide level with multinational clients placing their risks
beyond their countries of origin via international programs or in
key global market places. AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance
underwrites large insurance risks such as property damage,
liability, construction risks, Motor eet, marine and aviation.
AXA Assistance is one of the leading worldwide assistance

companies (1). In this market where traditional assistance
companies are developing their activities outside their home
markets, new players are focusing on limited product lines.
AXA Assistance provides services to banking and insurance
companies, tour operators, telecommunication operators, gas,
water and electricity utilities and automobile manufacturers.
The table below presents the International Insurance segments gross written premiums and gross insurance liabilities by major
product for the periods and at the dates indicated:

Gross written premiums Years ended
December31, (a)
2015
2014
Gross insurance
liabilities at
December31, 2015
Property damage
847
25%
780
25%
1,941
Motor, Marine, Aviation
913
27%
903
29%
2,485
Casualty/Civil Liability
496
15%
524
17%
3,589
Other
1,112
33%
857
28%
1,598
TOTAL
3,368
100%
3,064
100%
9,613
TOTAL
9,614
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance mainly distributes its
products through international brokers, but also domestic
brokers. Marine and aviation business is distributed through
specialized brokers.
AXA Assistance mainly operates as a business-to-business
company although it also uses direct sales and marketing to
sell its products. In countries in which AXA offers Property &
Casualty insurance products such as France, Mediterranean
and Latin American Region, Belgium, the United Kingdom and
Germany, AXA distribution networks offer assistance services
among their portfolio of insurance products. AXA Assistance
aims at integrating service providers and developing capacities
of distribution to nal customers.
CEDED REINSURANCE
ANDRETROCESSION
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance reviews annually its
exposure to ensure that the risks underwritten are diversied
geographically and by lines of business in order to manage
concentration risk. In 2015, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance
ceded 909million of premiums (2014: 779million) to thirdparty reinsurers.
Also, in 2015, approximately 717 million of premiums were
placed externally by AXA Global Life and AXA Global
Property & Casualty on behalf of AXAs insurance subsidiaries
(2014: 760million), mainly for Property & Casualty business
but also for Life & Savings business.
(1) Ranking established by AXA based on information available for the year 2015.
17
THE AXA GROUP

Asset Management segment

The development of asset management activities is a key part
of AXAs nancial services strategy, which seeks to capitalize on
existing strengths and expand its client base. This strategy is
based on the managements belief that its asset management
expertise will enable AXA to benet in the future from the
expected growth in savings-related products in the markets
where it operates. For the year ended December31, 2015, the

Asset Management segment accounted for 3.8billion (2014:
3.3 billion), or 4% of AXAs consolidated gross revenues
(2014: 4%).
AXAs principal asset management companies are AB and AXA
Investment Managers.
The table below sets forth the total assets managed by AXAs asset managers, including assets managed on behalf of third parties,
and the fees earned by such companies on these assets for the indicated dates and periods.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT & REVENUES

(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
570,060
522,308
Assets managed by AXAs assets managers at December31, (a)

Managed on behalf of third parties (b)
Assets backing contracts with nancial risk borne by policyholders (Unit-Linked)
57,179
51,999
497,063
461,269
1,124,302
1,035,576
AB
454,866
412,568
AXA Investment Managers
669,436
623,008
AB
2,690
2,259
1,604
1,462
Sub-total
4,295
3,722
Other invested assets

TOTAL
Of which
Commissions and fees earned for the years ended December31,
Intercompany eliminations
CONTRIBUTION TO AXAS CONSOLIDATED GROSS REVENUES
(473)
(396)
3,822
3,326
(a) Based on estimated fair value at the dates indicated. Assets under management presented in this table are based on asset management companies only. AXA
Group (including insurance companies) assets under management amounted to 1,363billion as of December31, 2015.
(b) Includes assets managed on behalf of Mutuelles AXA.
MARKET AND COMPETITION, PRODUCTS

AND SERVICES, AND DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS
ABs offering includes:
diversied investment management services through

separately managed accounts, hedge funds, Mutual funds,
and other investment vehicles to private clients (such as high
net worth individuals and families, trusts and estates, and
charitable foundations);
management of retail Mutual funds for individual investors;
management of investments on behalf of institutional clients;

and
fundamental research, quantitative services and brokeragerelated services in equities and listed options for institutional
investors.
AB
AB, a 62.8% subsidiary, is a leading global investment
management rm based in the United States. AB provides
diversied investment management and related services
to individual investors, private clients and to a variety of
institutional clients, including AXA and its insurance subsidiaries
(which collectively are ABs largest client). AB Holding L.P. (AB
Holding) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol AB.
18
THE AXA GROUP

At December31, 2015, AB had 454.9billion of assets under

management, including 323.6 billion of assets managed
on behalf of third party clients (2014: 412.6 billion and
300.0 billion, respectively). AB accounted for 2,580 million
or 68% of the Asset Management segment consolidated
gross revenues for the year ended December31, 2015 (2014:
2,175million or 65%).
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM)

AXA IM, headquartered in Paris, is a signicant player in the
international Asset Management business. AXA IM provides
its clients with a wide range of global products and expertise
principally via Mutual funds and dedicated portfolios. AXA IMs
clients include (i)institutional investors, (ii)individual investors to
whom Mutual funds are distributed through AXA and external

distribution networks, and (iii) AXAs insurance subsidiaries
both for main fund and Unit-Linked fund backing insurance
products. AXA IMs expertises include (i) Fixed Income,
(ii)Framlington, (iii)Rosenberg, (iv)Real Assets, and (v)MultiAsset Client Solutions.
At December 31, 2015, AXA IM had 669.4 billion of assets

under management, including 246.5 billion of assets
managed on behalf of third party clients (2014: 623.0billion
and 222.3 billion, respectively). AXA IM accounted for
1,242 million or 32% of Asset Management segment
consolidated gross revenues for the year ended December31,
2015 (2014: 1,151million or 35%).
Banking segment
The operations in the Banking segment are conducted
primarily in Belgium, France and Germany. For the years
ended December 31, 2015 the Banking segment accounted
for 621million (2014: 564million), or less than 1% of AXAs
consolidated gross revenues (2014: less than 1%).
This segments operations principally include the following
businesses:
FRANCE
AXA Banque had approximately 715,000 registered
customers (1) at the end of 2015, with a retail banking product
offer. Directly linked with the Groups insurance business,
banking products are offered to AXA France clients through its
distribution networks. AXA Banque also manages direct clients
through internet banking relationships.
BELGIUM
GERMANY
AXA Bank products and services in Belgium are mainly
distributed by a network of 615 exclusive independent(1) bank
agents. The banks products and offers are linked with insurance
business and are primarily focused on retail products.
AXA Bank targets private customers in retail banking and is an

important element of pension and Asset Management business
of AXA Germany. The bank had approximately 43,000 clients(1)
at year-end 2015. The major activities of AXA Bank are loans,
deposits and investment funds. These products are mainly sold
through the tied agent network of AXA Germany.
(1) Information established by AXA based on data available for the year 2015.
19
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
1.3 ACTIVITY REPORT

I Insurance and asset management markets
LIFE & SAVINGS
Mature markets
20
have also made savings-type insurance more expensive

through measures such as higher capital requirements for
long-term guarantees, decreasing their attractiveness for both
policyholders and insurers.
In mature markets, premium income growth slowed down in

2015. Growth decelerated in most countries in Europe and in
Japan, but picked up in the UK. The modest increase in new
business was mainly driven by sales of Protection products,
while the savings business was pressured by low interest rates,
equity market volatility, and pension reforms such as in the UK.
The US market experienced moderate growth, with demand
still weakened by higher prices.
High growth markets
In Europe and in the US, the sustained low interest rate

environment led to a continuing shift in insurers investment
portfolio mix towards higher-risk assets such as equities, and
less liquid assets such as infrastructure and private equity.
Low interest rates have driven insurers in many countries to
reduce guarantees and prot sharing. Regulatory changes
In Latin America, growth was driven by Brazils large variable

life insurance market, while premiums in Central and Eastern
Europe declined, impacted by continued economic weakness.
Russia was the main contributor to the decline, with negative
premium growth due to the economic recession and high
ination.
Growth accelerated in most emerging markets, especially in

China, India and most other Asian countries. In China, premium
income growth was supported mostly by sales of traditional
life policies, while Unit-Linked investment products and
participating life policies were negatively hit in 2015 by stock
market volatility.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Rankings and market shares
Please nd below AXAs ranking and market shares in the main countries where it operates:
2015
Ranking
France
2014
Market
share (%)
Ranking
Market
share (%)
Sources
8.9
8.8
FFSA as of January31, 2016 andJanuary31, 2015.
United States Life
17
1.7
18
1.8
LIMRA Life sales as

andDecember31, 2014.
of
September 30,
2015
United States
Variable Annuities
7.1
6.8
Morningstar VARDS as
of
September 30,
2015
2.5
Platforum reports for UK platform market as of

September30, 2015 andSeptember30, 2014.
18
1.7
Life Insurance Association Japan of Insurance Research

Institute (excluding Kampo Life) for the 12 months ended
September30, 2015 andDecember31, 2014.
Germany Life
3.8
Market Factbook 2014. 2015 information not available.
Germany Health
7.5
Market Factbook 2014. 2015 information not available.
2.6
United Kingdom
Platform funds
under management
Japan
18
1.6
Switzerland
27.0
28.5
SIA (Swiss Insurance Association) as of December 31,

2015 and December 31, 2014; Market share based on
statutory premiums andmarket estimations by the SIA.
Belgium
12.6
11.9
Assuralia (Belgium Professional Union of Insurance

companies) based on gross written premium as of
Spain
3.0
11
3.0
Spanish Association of Insurance Companies. ICEA as of

12
1.5
11
1.2
ASF (Autoridade de Superviso de Seguros e

Fundos de Penses) as of December 31, 2015
andDecember31,2014.
Italy
5.1
Associazione Nazionale Imprese Assicuratrici (ANIA).

Ranking and Market Share as of December 2014. 2015
information not available.
Greece
3.2
Hellenic association of Insurance Companies as of

December31 2014. 2015 information not available.
Portugal
Hong Kong
8.1
9.0
Ofce of Commissioner statistics as of September 30,

2015 and December 31, 2014 based on gross written
premium for the individual life in-force business.
Indonesia
9.8
10.3
AAJI Statistic as of September30, 2015 andDecember31,

2014 measured on Weighted New Business Premium.
Thailand
11.9
13.4
TLAA statistics report as of November 30, 2015

andDecember31, 2014 (measured on APE).
Singapore
4.0
3.2
LIA statistics report as of September 30, 2015

andDecember31, 2014 (measured on APE).
India
18
1.4
14
1.5
IRDA statistics as of November30, 2015 andDecember31,

2014 measured on rst year premium.
China
14
1.4
14
1.2
CIRC statistics as of November 30, 2015 and 2014

measured on total premium income.
11.6
Insurance Commission as of December 31, 2014

measured on total premium income. 2015 information not
available.
Philippines
21
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY

In 2015, the global Property & Casualty (P&C) market
experienced a slower growth than in 2014 both in mature and
high growth markets, continuing the downward trend from last
year, driven by softening prices, notably in Commercial lines.
In most European countries, the P&C market showed a limited
slowdown, with growth sustained by moderate tariff increases
in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. On the contrary,
Italy saw its premium income decrease sharply in a very soft
Motor insurance market environment. In high growth markets,

unfavorable economic conditions in Asia resulted in slower
growth with the exception of China, which experienced robust
growth supported by strong demand in Motor, while markets
remained at in Latin America and experienced a contraction
in Central & Eastern Europe. Underwriting protability remained
globally at a relatively high level with a stabilizing trend in
Europe still beneting from prior year releases and low level of
natural catastrophes. However, protability was impacted by
lower reinvestment yields in most economies.
Rankings and market shares

Please nd below AXAs ranking and market shares in the main countries where it operates:
2015
Ranking
France
2014
Market
share (%)
Ranking
15.0
15.1 FFSA as of January31, 2016 andJanuary31, 2015.
United Kingdom
7.9 Based on 2014 PRA Returns. 2015 information not

available.
Ireland
Central Bank of Ireland Statistical Review 2014. 2015

Germany
5.9 Market Factbook 2014. 2015 information not available.
Switzerland
13.0
13.0 SIA (Swiss Insurance Association) as of December31,

2015 andDecember31, 2014; Market share based on
statutory premiums andmarket estimations by the SIA.
Belgium
18.1
18.6 Assuralia (Belgium Professional Union of Insurance

companies). Based on gross written premium as of
Spain
5.7
6.3 Spanish Association of Insurance Companies. ICEA as

of September30, 2015 andDecember31, 2014.
Portugal
6.2
7.4 ASF (Autoridade de Superviso de Seguros e

Fundos de Penses) as of December 31, 2015
andDecember31,2014.
Italy
4.9 Associazione Nazionale Imprese Assicuratrici (ANIA).

Ranking andMarket Share as of December31, 2014.
2015 information not available.
Greece
5.5 Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies as of

December2014. 2015 information not available.
Mexico
11.6
13.6 AMIS (Asociacion Mexicana de instituciones de

Seguros) as of September30, 2015 andDecember31,
2014.
Turkey
11.3
13.6 Turkish Association of Insurance Companies as of

November30, 2015 andDecember31, 2014.
Morocco
14.5 Moroccan Association of Insurance Companies as of

December31, 2014. 2015 information not available.
The Gulf Region
4.4 Regulator report as of December 31, 2014. 2015

Singapore
11.6
11.8 General Insurance Association as of September 30,

2015 andDecember31, 2014.
Malaysia
7.8
6.7 ISM (Insurance Services Malaysia Berhad) as of

October31, 2015 andDecember31, 2014.
Hong Kong
11.8 Ofce of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) as of

September30, 2015 andDecember31, 2014. Market
share not available.
17
1.5 TGIA as of October31, 2015 (based on Direct Premium)

Thailand
22
Market
share (%) Sources
17
1.6
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE
Players in the global risks market are acting at a worldwide
level with multinational clients placing their risks far beyond
their countries of origin via international programs or in key
global market places. In this market, AXA Corporate Solutions,
AXAs subsidiary dedicated to worldwide Property, Liability,
Aviation, Marine and Space insurance, prevention and claims
management of large national and multinational corporations,
ranks amongst the main carriers worldwide.
After several years of soft underwriting conditions, corporate
risks insurance pricing conditions continued to tighten in 2015,
across all business lines.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
In a market environment characterized by low interest rates
and high volatility, Institutional investors focusing on balance
sheet management have implemented further risk-mitigating

strategies and transferred risk from the institutions balance
sheet to the end investor, mainly translating into a shift from
Main Funds to Unit-Linked for Insurance Companies. With
more funding or solvency exibility, Institutional investors have
reconsidered equity investments and further increased and
diversied their allocation to credit assets such as High Yield,
loans and private debt, and to Real Estate and Infrastructure
investments. Moreover, in the context of the COP21 conference,
Institutions have continued to increase their attention on ESG
factors in their risk management framework.
Outows by retail investors were observed in the emerging

and Asian sectors, mainly from equities and bonds sectors.
Meanwhile, they increased their exposure in the European
markets. Their appetite for exible multi-assets products has
remained unabated over the year. More specically in the US,
investors have increased the international diversication of their
equity portfolios.
In the asset management market, AXA Investment Managers
ranked 20th(1) and AB 25th(1) based on volume of assets under
management. On a combined basis, AXA ranked 10th(1).
I Financial market conditions in 2015

In 2015, markets were impacted by the monetary policy
divergence between the Fed and the European Central Bank
(ECB), another bout of uncertainty in Greece, the migrant crisis
in Europe, further declines in commodity prices, and concerns
about China and emerging markets more generally. 2015
started with the implementation of new policies by the Swiss
National Bank (SNB) and the ECB which both had signicant
consequences on the nancial markets.
In the US, economic growth was stable in 2015 compared
to 2014, at around 2.5%, driven mainly by Household
consumption and construction investment. Fixed investment
was hampered by lower corporate prots, because of the
US dollars appreciation and, for the energy sector, decline
in oil prices. Labour markets normalized further, with the
unemployment rate falling from 5.6% in late 2014 to 5.0% at
the end of 2015. In spite of low ination and concerns about the
global economy over the summer, the Fed held its course and
eventually raised interest rates by 25 basis points in December.
In the Eurozone, economic expansion accelerated to 1.5% in
2015. Private consumption, especially in Spain, contributed
most while public spending proved more dynamic than in
previous years. The Euro depreciation, fall in oil prices and low
interest rates, especially in peripheral countries, counted as
additional tailwinds. Ination surprised again on the downside
(0.0% on average in 2015), dragged lower by energy prices,
while core ination remained subdued. On January 22, the
ECB announced its intention to expand its asset purchase

programme to sovereign bonds in order to full the ECBs
price stability mandate; its deposit rate was cut to -0.3% in
December. Greece experienced another episode of major
stress in the rst half of the year, as the newly elected Syrizaled government opposed the conditions of the assistance
programme offered by European partners. An agreement was
eventually found in July, but only after capital controls were put
in place in June.
In Switzerland on January 15, 2015, the SNB decided to
discontinue the minimum exchange rate of 1.20 Swiss Franc
per Euro and to decrease the interest rate on sight deposit
balances to -0.75%. As a consequence, the Swiss Franc
increased sharply against the Euro.
The Japanese economy disappointed again in 2015 with growth
of around 0.7%, as both Household and corporate spending
remained anaemic. The slowdown in Asian regional trade
also weighed on exports. The Bank of Japan strengthened its
quantitative easing programme in December by lengthening
the maturity of sovereign bonds purchases and increasing the
size of its equity ETF purchases.
Emerging markets endured a difcult year. China registered a
sharp equity market correction over the summer that authorities
struggled to contain. Worries about a greater-than-expected
slowdown in the economy were only partially reassured by
(1) Ranking established by AXA based on information available as of September30, 2015.
23
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
actual growth landing close to the ofcial target at 6.8%. In

August, markets struggled to digest the communication around
changes of the foreign exchange regime towards a more exible
Yuan. Other emerging economies suffered from the Chinese
situation, either through trade (Asia) or lower commodity prices
(Latin America, Middle East). Expectations around US monetary
policy also triggered volatility that hit emerging markets through
capital outows. Finally, political instability in Brazil, Turkey and
in the Middle East added to these worries.
STOCK MARKETS
Equity markets had mixed performance in 2015 as Japan and
Europe posted gains while the US stocks remained at. The
MSCI World Index increased by a marginal 0.2%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index decreased by 2.2%
and the S&P 500 index decreased by 0.7% in 2015. The
FTSE 100 index in London decreased by 4.9% in 2015. The
EUROSTOXX 50 index in Eurozone increased by 3.8% and the
Nikkei index in Tokyo increased by 9.1%.
The MSCI G7 index remained stable and the MSCI Emerging
index decreased by 8.0%. The S&P 500 implied volatility index
(VIX) decreased from 19.2% on December31, 2014 to 18.2%
on December31, 2015.
The S&P 500 realized volatility index increased from 13.8% on

December31, 2014 to 18.6% on December31, 2015.
BOND MARKETS
In most mature economies, government bond yields increased
slightly in 2015, as a strong decline in the rst part of the year
was fully reversed in the latter part of the year: the US 10year T-bond yield increased by 10bps to 2.27%, the 10-year
German Bund yield by 9 bps to 0.63%, the French 10-year
government bond yield by 16bps to 0.99% and the 10-year
Belgium government bond yield by 15bps to 0.98%.
Conversely, the 10-year government bond yields in the
Eurozone peripheral countries decreased steeply: -28 bps
to 1.60% in Italy, -121 bps to 8.39% in Greece, -15 bps to
2.54% in Portugal and -10bps to 1.15% in Ireland. The Swiss
10-year government bond yield also decreased by 44bps to
-0.07% following the SNBs decisions announced early 2015.
In Europe, the iTRAXX Main spreads increased by 14 bps to
77 bps compared to December 31, 2014 while the iTRAXX
Crossover decreased by 31 bps to 315 bps. In the United
States, the CDX Main spread Index increased by 22 bps to
88bps.
The Euro interest rates implied volatility index (based on 10x10
Euro swaptions) decreased from 38.4% as of December 31,
2014 to 33.8% as of December31, 2015.
EXCHANGE RATES
Euro depreciated against main currencies compared to 2014, as shown below:
End of Period Exchange Rate
Average Exchange Rate
December31, December31, December31, December31,

2015
2014
2015
2014
U.S. Dollar
24
(for 1)
(for 1)
(for 1)
(for 1)
1.09
1.21
1.12
1.33
Japanese Yen
131
145
135
141
British Sterling Pound
0.74
0.78
0.73
0.81
Swiss Franc
1.09
1.20
1.08
1.22
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Operating highlights
SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS
AXA to strengthen materially its presence in the Direct Motor

channel in Poland.
AXA completed the acquisition of a 7%

stake in Africa Re
This transaction also allows AXA to widen its distribution

reach in Poland through access to mBanks innovative and
fast-growing multi-channel distribution model, while shifting
its business mix towards more Property & Casualty and Life
Protection products in line with its Ambition AXA strategy.
On March 17, 2015, AXA announced that it completed the

acquisition of a 7.15% stake in African Reinsurance Corporation
(Africa Re), the leading reinsurance company in Africa(1), for a
total consideration of USD 61million (or 54million(2)).
Africa Re is the #1 reinsurer in Africa, operating across the
continent. It was founded in 1976 by the member states of
the African Union and the African Development Bank (ADB).
Africa Res current shareholding comprises 41member states,
the ADB and more than 100 African insurance and reinsurance
companies, together holding a 75% stake in the company, as
well as other development nance institutions and strategic
partners. Africa Re is a growing and protable company, with
gross written premiums of 539 million and net income of
89million in 2014(3). Africa Re has strong reinsurance market
shares across the continent(4), notably in countries identied as
key priorities for AXA, such as Nigeria and Egypt.
This transaction allows AXA to increase its exposure to the
fast growing reinsurance and insurance markets in Africa,
in line with its Ambition AXA strategy, by participating in the
successful and protable development of Africa Re. Moreover,
AXA expects to benet from the extensive knowledge of the
local markets and the expertise of Africa Res management
team.
AXA completed the acquisition of BRE

Insurance, mBanks Property & Casualty
subsidiary in Poland
On March30, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed the
acquisition of 100% of BRE Insurance (5), mBanks Property &
Casualty subsidiary in Poland. Consequently, AXA and mBank
have launched their 10-year exclusive Property & Casualty and
Life Protection distribution agreements in the country. Final
consideration amounted to PLN 580million (or 140million(6)).
BRE Insurance is mBanks Property & Casualty captive
insurance subsidiary which underwrites mainly Motor, Payment
Protection and Household Insurance. It is a fast-growing
company with 15% annual premium growth from 2010 to
2013. With most of its Motor policies sold online, it allows
AXA completed the acquisition of the private

medical insurance business of Simplyhealth
On August 3, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed
the acquisition of the private medical insurance business of
Simplyhealth. Simplyhealth has been operating in the UK PMI
market for 13years. Employing around 400people in Bristol, it
provides health cover for over 200,000people, individually and
through its SME and corporate customers. The acquisition will
further strengthen AXAs presence in the UK healthcare market
and clearly evidences its continuing commitment to being the
preferred provider in each of its key strategic business areas.
AXA accelerates its development

in thePhilippines by extending its
successful partnership with Metrobank
toProperty&Casualty
On November5, 2015, AXA announced that it would expand
its existing relationship with GT Capital Holdings, Inc. (GT
Capital) and its component company Metropolitan Bank &
Trust Company (Metrobank) to cover Property & Casualty
insurance. As part of the transaction, AXA Philippines would
acquire 100% of Charter Ping An Insurance Corporation
(CPA) from GT Capital. The total cash consideration to be
paid by AXA Philippines would amount to PHP 2.3 billion
(or 45 million (7)). This would allow AXA Philippines to offer
Property & Casualty insurance products, alongside its current
range of Life & Savings products, and distribute them notably
through the extensive network of Metrobank branches.
CPA is the #5 Property & Casualty insurance player in the
Philippines with GWP of 68million in 2014 (8) and offers a full
range of re, Motor, marine, personal accident and engineering
insurance products. It is a fast-growing company which realized
a 21% annual average growth in GWP between 2011 and
2014, beneting from a successful bancassurance agreement
creating synergies with Metrobank.
(1) Source: Africa Re Information Memorandum, based on 2013 gross written premiums.
(2) EUR 1 = USD 1.13.
(3) EUR 1 = USD 1.33 (2014 average exchange rate).
(4) Africa Res 2013 Property & Casualty reinsurance market shares: Nigeria, 28.5%; Egypt, 9.1%. Source: Africa Re Information Memorandum,
based on 2013 gross written premiums.
(5) BRE Ubezpieczenia Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen I Reasekuracji S.A.
(6) EUR 1 = PLN 4.1275.
(7) EUR 1 = PHP 51.3309 as of November3, 2015.
(8) Source: Philippines Insurance Commission/2014 average forex rate EUR 1 = PHP 58.98.
25
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Metrobank is the #2 bank in the Philippines in terms of assets

and deposits (1), relying on a nationwide network of 938
branches. It offers a full range of banking services to large
local and multinational corporations, SMEs, high net-worth
individuals and retail clients. Metrobank has already been
distributing AXA Philippines Life & Savings insurance products
since 1999.
Due to the excellent positioning of Metrobank in the Philippines,
this transaction would allow AXA to benet from a new
promising Property & Casualty market which offers signicant
potential with a very low insurance penetration rate (0.45% of
GDP in 2014(2)), expected to increase over the next years.
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing
conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and is
expected to take place in the rst half of 2016.
AXA completed the acquisition of CIL

inEgypt
On November30, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed
the acquisition of 100% of Commercial International Life
Insurance Company (CIL), a leading Egyptian Life insurance
player, for a cash consideration of EGP 763 million (or
92 million (3)). In conjunction with the acquisition, CIL has
entered into a 10-year exclusive Life & Savings distribution
agreement with Commercial International Bank (CIB),
focusing in particular on Unit-Linked and Protection & Health
insurance. On the basis of materiality, this acquisition is not
consolidated in AXAs Full Year 2015 consolidated nancial
statements.
CIB is the #1 private-sector bank in Egypt (4) with ca.
628,000 retail and 60,000 corporate customers, relying
on an extensive network composed of 166 branches and
10,000points of sales. It has built a highly reputable brand and
a robust market position with a clear ambition to accelerate its
presence in the retail Banking segment. Thus, CIB represents
a unique partner for AXA to benet from the high growth
prospects of the Egyptian market.
CIL is the #3 Life & Savings insurance player in Egypt with a
15% market share(5) and offers both Unit-Linked and Protection
products. It is a fast-growing company with 23% annual
premium growth from 2012 to 2014, and a strong business

performance over the scal year 2015(6).
Thanks to the excellent positioning of CIB in Egypt, this
transaction allows AXA to accelerate its development in Egypt,
following the grant of its non-life insurance license, and more
generally to pursue the strengthening of its footprint in the
Middle East and Africa. It will also support the shift in business
mix towards more Unit-Linked and Protection & Health
products, in line with the Ambition AXA strategy.
AXA strengthened its presence in India

byreinforcing its successful partnership
with Bharti
On December1, 2015, AXA and Bharti Enterprises announced
that AXA had increased its stake from 26% to 49% in its life
and general insurance joint-ventures in India, Bharti AXA Life
Insurance Co. Ltd (Bharti AXA Life) and Bharti AXA General
Insurance Co. Ltd (Bharti AXA GI). This operation further
strengthens the existing partnership between Bharti and AXA
in India, and demonstrates the agility and commitment of both
parties in further expanding their operations in the country.
In scal year 2014-2015 (7), Bharti AXA Life recorded INR
4.7 billion (or 70 million (8)) of new business collected
premiums, achieving a yearly growth of 28% on average over
the past 3 years. In the same scal year, Bharti AXA GI recorded
INR 14.6 billion (or 214 million (8)) of gross direct premiums,
achieving a growth of 18% on average over the past 3 years.
AXA completed the acquisition of Genworth

Lifestyle Protection Insurance
On December2, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed
the acquisition of 100% of Genworth Lifestyle Protection
Insurance (Genworth LPI), for a total consideration of
465 million. This transaction is a key milestone for AXA to
become a European leader in credit and lifestyle protection, a
business operated today by AXA Creditor.
AXA Creditor and Genworth LPI operations will represent a key
pillar of AXA Partners, which has been launched earlier this
(1) Source: Central Bank of Philippines.

(2) Source: The Philippines Insurance Market, February2015, Swiss Re.
(3) EUR 1 = EGP 8.31 as of November26, 2015.
(4) Source: CIB nancial communication as of March2015.
(5) Source: Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority Excluding Health insurance.
(6) CILs scal year ends on June30 of each year.
(7) April1, 2014 March31, 2015: Premiums are expressed in Indian GAAP (source: companies public disclosure).
(8) Using average Forex rate from April1, 2014 to March31, 2015. EUR 1 = INR 68.05 (source: Bloomberg).
26
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
year to develop and accelerate global partnership businesses.

The combined operations rank #3 within the creditor insurance
market in Europe, with a 9% market share (1), and will be a
European leader in credit and lifestyle protection.
Genworth LPI is the #7 creditor insurance player in Europe (with
4% market share (1)), providing credit and lifestyle protection
insurance. The company benets from a broad distribution
network based on well-established relationships with a wide
range of leading nancial institutions. Over the past years, it
has built a strong competitive advantage with its proprietary IT
platform providing centralized data and strong scalability.
This transaction complements AXAs credit and lifestyle
protection activities presence in key mature markets such
as France, Germany and Italy and provides entry into new
markets with strong fundamentals, notably the Nordics and
Southern Europe. It will also support the Groups acceleration
in high growth markets such as China, Latin America, Turkey
and Poland. Moreover, with Genworth LPIs strong and lasting
relationships with major banks, insurance companies and auto
nance providers, AXA credit and lifestyle protection activities
will be able to double the portfolio of strategic partners in
Europe.
AXA completed the acquisition of the P&C

large commercial risks insurance subsidiary
of SulAmrica in Brazil
On December28, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed
the acquisition of SulAmrica Companhia de Seguros Gerais,
the Large Industrial and Commercial risks insurance subsidiary
of SulAmrica S.A., for a total consideration of BRL 135million
(or 31million(5)).
This transaction increases AXAs exposure to the Brazilian
market and its strong growth prospects. SulAmricas Large
risks insurance business would bring signicant positions in
Marine (#2 player in Hull in Brazil(6)) and a strong footprint over
Rio and South Brazil, thus complementing AXA CS Brazils
current coverage of the Sao Paulo state and accelerating its
development. Moreover, SulAmricas highly experienced
underwriting teams would reinforce AXAs local expertise and
know-how.
SulAmricas Large Industrial and Commercial risks insurance
operations have a successful growth track record in the
Brazilian market, achieving a 12% average annual growth in
terms of revenues over the past two years.
AXA increases its presence

inPoland through the acquisition
ofLibertyUbezpieczenia
SIGNIFICANT DISPOSALS
On December 18, 2015, AXA announced that it would

acquire Liberty Ubezpieczenia, the Polish Property & Casualty
operations of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group for a total
consideration of PLN 92.3million (or 21million(2)) plus the net
asset value outstanding as of the date of closing.
Termination of the sale and

purchaseagreement between AXA,
Certinvest and SIF Transilvania
Liberty Ubezpieczenia is a Polish P&C insurer which recorded

gross written premiums of PLN 315million (or 75million(3)) in
2014. It benets from a distribution mix well balanced between
agencies, direct and car dealers.
This transaction would allow AXA to further strengthen its
presence in Poland, which is one of the most attractive
insurance markets in Central and Eastern Europe. AXA would
reach 4.4% market share in Property & Casualty, up from 3.2%
currently(4).
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing
conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and
is expected to take place before the end of the third quarter
of 2016.
On July 3, 2015, the agreement with Certinvest and SIF

Transilvania to sell AXAs Life & Savings insurance operations
in Romania, which was announced on December 18, 2014,
lapsed. AXA is reviewing its strategic options considering the
interests of its clients and employees in Romania.
AXA to sell its Portuguese operations

Following Ageas irrevocable offer on August 7, 2015, AXA
and Ageas signed on October16, 2015, the disposal of AXAs
Portuguese operations, including in particular AXAs entire
stake in AXA Portugal Companhia de Seguros SA (P&C
business), AXA Portugal Companhia de Seguros de Vida
SA (Life & Savings business) as well as AXA Global Direct
(1) Source: Finaccord Creditor Insurance in Europe PartnerBASE and market model (2014). Market shares and rankings based on the weighted
share of non-captive partnerships across the creditor insurance market related to consumer nance and credit cards in Europe.
(2) EUR 1 = PLN 4.2953 as of December17, 2015. Source: Bloomberg.
(3) EUR 1 = PLN 4.1853 (average 2014 EUR/PLN exchange rate). Source: Bloomberg.
(4) Based on 2014 GWP. Source: KNF, companies reports, AXA estimates.
(5) EUR 1 = BRL 4.3276 as of December25, 2015. Source: Bloomberg.
(6) Source: Superintendncia de Seguros Privados (SUSEP Superintendence of Private Insurance).
27
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Seguros y Reaseguros, the Portuguese branch of its direct

operations (Direct business)(1).
The proposed transaction would value 100% of AXAs
Portuguese operations at 197.5 million, representing an
implied 1.2x book value multiple as of June 30, 2015. The
net cash consideration received by AXA at completion would
amount to 190.8million.
Finalization of the transaction is expected during the rst
semester of 2016, subject to required regulatory approvals.
The transaction should generate a positive exceptional P&L
impact of approximately 0.1 billion upon nalization, which
would be accounted for in Net Income. AXAs Portuguese
operations affected by this proposed transaction are treated
as held for sale in AXAs Full Year 2015 consolidated nancial
statements.
AXA completed the sale of its retirement

schemes business in Hong Kong
On September 1, 2015, AXA announced that it had
completed the sale of its Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)
and Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO)
business in Hong Kong to The Principal Financial Group (The
Principal). In conjunction with the sale, The Principal has
entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with AXA
for the distribution of the relevant MPF and ORSO schemes
through AXAs proprietary distribution networks in Hong Kong
for 15years. The total cash consideration amounted to HKD
2.6billion (or 296million(2)).
AXA recorded 0.2billion exceptional capital gain at the closing
date, which is accounted for in Net Income.
CAPITAL OPERATION
SharePlan 2015
On August 25, 2015 AXA announced the launch of its 2015
employee share offering (SharePlan 2015), a capital increase
reserved to its employees worldwide.
Approximately 24,000 employees in 36 countries, representing
over 20% of the eligible employees, subscribed to
SharePlan2015.
The aggregate proceeds from the offering amounted to
approximately 375 million, for a total of approximately
19million newly-issued shares, subscribed at a price of 17.74
for the classic plan and 20.27 for the leveraged plan. The new
shares were created with full rights as of January 1st, 2015.
As at December31, 2015, AXAs employees held 6.15% of the
share capital and 8.11% of the voting rights.
In order to eliminate the dilutive effect of the Shareplan 2015
offering and as announced in its press release published on
September 22, 2015, AXA undertook a cancellation of its

shares on December 17, 2015 in accordance with its share
repurchase program as authorized by the Shareholders
Meeting of April30, 2015.
OTHER
AXA launched a 230million Venture Capital
Fund to foster innovation and improve
customer experience
On February 25, 2015, AXA announced the launch of AXA
Strategic Ventures (AXA SV), a 230 million venture capital
fund dedicated to investing AXA Group money in budding
strategic innovations in the insurance, asset management,
nancial technology and healthcare service industries. With a
presence in San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Zurich
and Berlin, and some plans to launch a presence in Asia in
the near future, AXA SV will have on-the-ground coverage of
investment opportunities across the globe on behalf of AXA
Group companies.
AXA is launching AXA SV in order to harness technological
disruption for the benet of AXA Group companies. The
Group will aim to provide these start-up companies with
funding expertise and market access, bringing together their
entrepreneurial agility and the experience of a global leader in
nancial services.
AXA launched Kamet, a 100million

InsurTech incubator
On September 7, 2015, AXA announced the creation of
Kamet, a 100 million InsurTech incubator dedicated to
conceptualizing, launching and accompanying disruptive
products and services for insurance clients. Selected projects
will be led by either AXA employees or external entrepreneurs.
They will all benet from both the agility of the incubator and
AXAs expertise across the world.
AXA Global Life announced the successful

placement of 285million of bonds to
protect the Group against extreme events in
Life
On April28, 2015, AXA Global Life announced the successful
placement by a newly formed Irish special purpose vehicle
(Benu Capital) of 285 million of excess mortality notes to
institutional investors. There are two different classes of notes
with a scheduled maturity in January2020: the Class A notes,
for an amount of 135million, and the Class B notes, for an
amount of 150 million, each class providing protection at
different risk levels.
(1) AXA owns 99.7% of the P&C business, 95.1% of the Life business and 100.0% of the Direct business.
(2) EUR 1 = HKD 8.7080 as of August27, 2015. Source: Bloomberg.
28
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
The notes use an index trigger structure specic to each

covered country. Each country index is based on mortality
data published by ofcial statistical agencies and weighted by
gender and age bands to closely replicate the risk of the AXA
Groups portfolio.
This transaction provides AXA Global Life with two fully
collateralized, 5-year protections against extreme mortality risk
in France, Japan, and the United States.
Solvency II and capital management

framework
On December3, 2015, AXA held an investor conference and
announced a Solvency II ratio of 212% as of September 30,
2015, under its approved internal model(1). The resilience of the
Solvency II ratio to a wide range of nancial and non-nancial
shocks was also underlined.
AXA dened a clear framework for its capital management
policy, with a 170%-230% as Solvency II ratio central target
range. AXA also indicated that it targets to pay aggregate
dividends in a general range of 45% to 55% of Adjusted
Earnings net of Undated Subordinated Debt interest charges
(which represents an increase from the prior indicative range
of 40% to 50% that had guided AXAs dividend policy over
the past several years). The dividend proposed by the Board
of Directors in any particular year may vary considerably
depending on a variety of factors.
AXA also conrmed its remittance ratio (2) target at 75%-85%
and emphasized that Life & Savings new business capital
consumption under Solvency II is lower than under Solvency I,
which will result in ca. 0.5billion higher annual operating free
cash ow.
AXA ratings
On October 29, 2015, S&P reafrmed the nancial strength
ratings on AXA Group core subsidiaries at A+ with a positive
outlook.
On October6, 2015, Fitch reafrmed all AXA entities Insurer
Financial Strength ratings at AA- with a stable outlook.
On January 20, 2016, Moodys Investors Services reafrmed

the Aa3 insurance nancial strength ratings of AXAs main
operating subsidiaries with a stable outlook.
Share repurchase program

Between December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, AXA
has repurchased 52.5 million of its own shares for a total
amount of 1,186 million principally to neutralize the dilutive
impact of shares issued in connection with equity compensation
arrangements and employee share plan offerings. The Board
of Directors cancelled 10.8 million shares on June 19, 2015
and 40.3million on December17, 2015. The remaining shares
were held as treasury shares as of December31, 2015.
US Department of Labor rule

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule in
April 2015 that could, if adopted, substantially expand the
range of activities that would be considered to be duciary
investment advice under ERISA. Depending on the breadth of
the nal rule, the investment-related information and support
that AXA US afliated advisors and employees could provide
to plan sponsors, participants, and IRA holders on a nonduciary basis could be substantially limited compared to
what is allowed under current law. This could have an adverse
impact on the level and type of services AXA US can provide,
as well as the nature and amount of compensation and fees
that AXA US and its afliated advisors receive for investmentrelated services to plans and IRAs. Management believes that
the DOL is likely to adopt a nal rule in early 2016 with an
effective date in the second half of 2016. The exact nature and
scope of the impact under any new nal rule is indeterminable
at this time. Consequently, management is not in a position at
this time to quantify the potential impact of these rules on the
new sales of AXA US with any degree of precision, however,
based on the information currently available, management
estimates that the range of potential impacts on the new sales
of AXA US could be from 10% to 30% of APE (which would
have represented 2% to 7% of the Groups consolidated APE
as of December31st, 2015). This estimate does not reect any
potential mitigating actions such as reducing expenses and
expanding sales of products unaffected by these rules.
(1) Approved by the ACPR (Autorit de contrle prudentiel et de rsolution) which is AXAs lead supervisor.
(2) Cash dividends remitted from entities (including debt repayments) to the Group divided by Group Operating Free Cash Flows.
29
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Events subsequent to December31, 2015

In order to meet its obligation to deliver shares and to eliminate
the dilutive effect of certain share-based compensation
schemes (1), AXA bought on February 2nd, 2016, 20,100,000
shares for 460 million. These shares will either be delivered
to the beneciaries of share-based compensation schemes or
cancelled, all in accordance with the share repurchase program(2).
AXA to sell its Hungarian bankingoperations

On February3, 2016, AXA announced that it has entered into
an agreement with OTP Bank Plc to sell its Hungarian banking
operations.
AXA Bank Hungary is a branch of AXA Bank Europe, managing
a credit portfolio put in run-off in 2011, as well as daily banking
operations. As this transaction is expected to result in an
exceptional loss of 80 million accounted for in Net income,
a provision was booked in the Group consolidated nancial
statements as of December31, 2015.
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary
conditions, including obtaining required regulatory approvals,
and should be nalized during the second semester of 2016.
Africa Internet Group and AXA Partner to

provide insurance products and services
to African customers
On February8, 2016, AXA and Africa Internet Group (AIG), a
leading e-commerce group in Africa announced a partnership
whereby AXA would become the exclusive provider of insurance
products and services through Jumia and other AIG online and
mobile platforms in Africa. As part of the partnership, AXA will
also invest 75million and own approximately 8% of the capital
of AIG. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary
closing conditions, including the closing of a previous investment
round, and is expected to take place in the rst quarter of 2016.
Disposal of two real estate properties inthe US

In 2015, AXA undertook a review of its historical strategic real
estate ownership in New York City. On December2, 2015, AXA
signed an agreement to sell its 50% interest in a property located
at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, for a price of $825 million,
with completion expected during the rst semester of 2016.
On January 27, 2016, AXA completed the sale of a property

located at 787 7th Avenue, for a price of $1,950million. As a
consequence, both properties have been reclassied as held
for sale as of December31, 2015. AXA expects to realize an
exceptional gain of ca. $1.1billion (or ca. 1.0billion) after tax
on these disposals, which will therefore be accounted for in net
income during the rst half of 2016.
AXA launched a global initiative to scale

up its protection oftomorrows Emerging
MiddleClass
On February11, 2016, AXA announced a business initiative to
contribute to nancial inclusion and better serve the middle class
of tomorrow by accelerating the development of its Emerging
Customer insurance offer across high-growth markets.
Building upon its existing micro-insurance schemes developed
locally across Asia, Africa and Latin America that currently
protect over 3 million emerging customers, AXA has decided
to allocate dedicated resources and expertise to address this
growth segment, and develop offerings encompassing Life
& Savings, Health, Property & Casualty insurance as well as
Assistance. This business is expected to develop innovative
solutions, be it in terms of partnerships, products and services,
distribution channels or operating models, in order to better
address the needs of this client segment.
To accelerate the scaling-up of this initiative, AXA has increased
to 46% its participation in MicroEnsure, a UK-based leader in the
mobile micro-insurance space serving over 20million emerging
customers through partnerships with mobile network operators,
banks and micronance institutions in 17 countries across Asia
and Africa. MicroEnsure will become the platform of choice for
AXA to develop its emerging customer insurance offer.
Henri de Castries, Chairman and Chief

Executive Ofcer of AXA, will retire on
September 1st, 2016 - Thomas Buberl will
be appointed Chief Executive Ofcer of
AXA - Denis Duverne will be appointed
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors
On March 21st, 2016, AXA announced that Mr. Henri de Castries,
Chairman and Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA, announced his
intention to retire and to step down from the Board of Directors
on September 1st, 2016.
(1) Stock-options plans and performance shares plans (including the AXA Miles plan).
(2)
30
AXA share repurchase program has been authorized by the Shareholders Meeting of April30, 2015.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Following a comprehensive succession planning process led

by AXAs Compensation and Governance Committee, at a
special Board meeting held on March 19, 2016, AXAs Board
of Directors unanimously decided to separate the functions
of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Ofcer, and approved the following appointments effective
upon Mr. Henri de Castries retirement on September 1st:
(i) Mr. Denis Duverne as Chairman of the Board of Directors,
and (ii) Mr. Thomas Buberl as Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA
and a member of AXAs Board of Directors coopted to replace
Mr. Henri de Castries.
Until September 1st, 2016, Mr. Thomas Buberl will be Deputy
CEO of AXA (Directeur Gnral Adjoint). He will work closely
with Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne to nalize
AXAs new strategic plan, and to ensure an effective leadership
transition.
AXA announced the successful placement

of EUR 1.5 billion dated subordinated
notes due 2047
On March 24, 2016, AXA announced the successful placement

of EUR 1.5 billion of Reg S subordinated notes due 2047 to
institutional investors to renance, in advance, part of its
outstanding debt. The initial spread over swap is 275 basis
points. The initial coupon has been set at 3.375% per annum
corresponding to a reoffer yield of 3.462%. It will be xed until
the rst call date in July 2027 and oating thereafter with a
margin including a 100 basis points step-up.
Settlement of the notes is expected to take place on March
30, 2016.
The notes will be treated as capital from a regulatory and rating
agencies perspective within applicable limits. The transaction
has been structured for the notes to be eligible as Tier 2 capital
under Solvency II.
I Revenues & earnings summary

CONSOLIDATED GROSS REVENUES
(in Euromillion)
Life & Savings

o/w. gross written premiums
o/w. fees and revenues from investment contracts with no participating feature
Property & Casualty
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015/
December31,
2014 (a)
59,211
55,345
0.4%
57,376
53,806
371
327
1.5%
31,265
29,460
3,615
3,292
6.6%
Asset Management
3,822
3,326
1.4%
621
564
10.0%
Banking (b)
TOTAL
n/a
98,534
91,988
1.0%
Revenues are disclosed net of intercompany eliminations.

(a) Changes are on a comparable basis.
(b) Excluding (i)net realized capital gains or losses and (ii)change in fair value of assets under fair value and of options and derivatives, net banking revenues and
total consolidated revenues would respectively amount to 616million and 98,529million as of December31, 2015 and 559million and 91,982million as of
December31, 2014.
Consolidated gross revenues amounted to 98,534million as

of December 31, 2015, up 7% compared to December 31,
2014 on a reported basis or up 1% on a comparable basis.
The comparable basis mainly consisted in the adjustment
of: (i) the foreign exchange rate movements (-5.1 billion or
-5.5 points) mainly due to depreciation against USD, CHF

and GBP, (ii)the acquisition of Colpatrias insurance operations
in Colombia in 2014 (-0.2 billion or -0.2 point) and (iii) the
acquisition of Simplyhealth in the United Kingdom & Ireland in
2015 (-0.2billion or -0.2 point).
31
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS ANNUAL PREMIUM EQUIVALENT(1)
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015/
December31,
2014 (a)
TOTAL
7,376
6,477
5.4%
G/A Protection & Health
2,681
2,395
4.2%
943
999
-7.4%
2,811
2,298
11.5%
941
786
7.2%
Mature markets
6,075
5,341
6.2%
High growth markets
1,301
1,136
1.5%
(in Euromillion)
G/A Investment & Savings

Unit-Linked
Funds & Other
Total Life & Savings New Business APE amounted to

7,376 million, up 14% on a reported basis or up 5% on
comparable basis. The increase in Unit-Linked sales was
primarily driven by the ongoing success of hybrid products (2)
and commercial initiatives in Continental Europe and in SouthEast Asia, India & China as well as higher sales in the Corporate
Pension Investment business in the United Kingdom, partly
offset by the impact of unfavorable regulatory changes in
Hong Kong. The growth in Protection & Health products was
primarily due to higher sales in France and South-East Asia,
India & China, partly offset by the continuing repositioning of the
Swiss Group Life product mix. Funds & Other increased mainly
following an exceptional sale of a large contract in France. This
was partly offset by a signicant decrease in General Account
Savings, in line with the strategic focus on Protection & Health
and Unit-Linked products.
In high growth markets, APE grew by 1% mainly driven
by South-East Asia, India & China (+21% or +99 million),
partly offset by Hong Kong (-12% or -57 million). In mature
markets, APE grew by 6% mainly driven by France (+12% or
+183 million), the United Kingdom (+20% or +142 million)
and Japan (+12% or +43million), partly offset by Switzerland
(-16% or -51million) and Belgium (-20% or -25million).
Unit-Linked APE (2,811 million, 38% of total) up 12%

(or +265 million) mainly driven by (i) the United Kingdom
(+126million) due to higher sales in the Corporate Pension
Investment business, (ii)France (+73million) driven by the
commercial success of hybrid products(2) and new structured
funds offers, (iii)Japan (+48million) mainly driven by higher

Unit-Linked Protection sales reecting client appetite and
increased commercial efforts, (iv) AXA MPS (+24 million)
driven by higher sales of Pure Unit-Linked products and
(v) Germany (+23 million) mainly due to new business
from Unit-Linked hybrid savings products (2), partly offset
by (vi)Hong Kong (-99million) due to the implementation
of regulatory changes impacting products features and
commission levels starting from January1st, 2015.
G/A Protection & Health APE (2,681 million, 36% of

total) up 4% (or +101 million) stemming from (i) France
(+134 million) mainly resulting from an increase in both
International Employee Benets and traditional French
businesses and (ii) China (+55 million) from both single
premium term and New Whole Life products, partly offset
by (iii)Switzerland (-58million) reecting the strategic shift
from full protection schemes to semi-autonomous employee
benets solutions.
G/A Savings APE (943 million, 13% of total) down 7%

(or -74million) driven by (i)France (-56million), (ii)Belgium
(-23 million), (iii) AXA MPS (-20 million) and (iv) Germany
(-19million) in line with the strategy of curtailing sales, partly
offset by (v)Hong Kong (+31million) driven by the launch of
a new generation savings plan.
Funds & Other APE (941 million, 13% of total) up 7%

(or +55 million) notably from France (+31 million) mainly
stemming from the exceptional sale of a large contract.
(1) Annual Premium Equivalent (APE) represents 100% of new regular premiums plus 10% of single premium, in line with EEV methodology. APE is
Group share.
(2) Hybrid products: savings products allowing clients to invest in both Unit-Linked and General Account funds.
32
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY REVENUES
1
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015/
December31,
2014 (a)
TOTAL
31,265
29,460
1.5%
Personnal Lines
18,057
17,162
2.0%
o/w Motor
2.7%
(in Euromillion)
10,357
9,872
o/w Non-Motor
7,701
7,290
1.0%
Commercial lines
13,005
12,104
0.2%
-2.1%
o/w Motor
2,783
2,648
10,222
9,456
0.9%
23,374
22,378
0.5%
Direct
2,732
2,361
7.4%
High growth markets
5,159
4,721
3.2%
o/w Non-Motor
Mature markets
Property & Casualty gross revenues were up 6% on

a reported basis and up 1% on a comparable basis to
31,265 million. Personal lines revenues increased by 2%,
primarily in Direct, Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland and
France. Commercial lines revenues were stable with growth in
the United Kingdom & Ireland, Asia and Germany, offset by the
Mediterranean & Latin American Region and France. Overall,
tariffs increased by 3%.
Personal lines (58% of P&C gross revenues) increased by
2% (or +346million) on a comparable basis.
Motor revenues increased by 3% (+269 million) as a result
of higher volumes in Direct and Asia, and tariff increases in
mature markets and Direct, partly offset by lower volumes in
the Mediterranean & Latin American Region:
Direct (+9%) driven by higher new business in the United

Kingdom, France and Japan, and tariff increases in the
United Kingdom and South Korea along with France and
Italy following a price re-positioning;
Asia (+10%) reecting growth in Personal Accident policies

in Malaysia and campaign for Travel insurance in Singapore
and Hong Kong;
Partly offset by:
United Kingdom & Ireland (-2%) mainly due to the loss of a

partnership agreement in Travel.
Commercial lines (42% of P&C gross revenues) were stable

(or +25million) on a comparable basis.
Motor revenues decreased by 2% (or -57million):
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (-12%) from

lower volumes reecting selective underwriting in Spain
and Mexico, the loss of large accounts in Mexico and tariff
increases in Turkey;
Partly offset by:
UK & Ireland (+11%) principally due to increased new

business volumes and higher retention rates;
Asia (+15%) from new large accounts in Singapore and
volume increases in Malaysia.
United Kingdom & Ireland (+18%) mainly driven by tariff

increases (+13%);
Germany (+6%) driven by higher volumes and tariff increases;
Asia (+6%) driven by a strong increase in car and motorcycle

sales in Malaysia;
Non-Motor revenues increased by 1% (or +82 million)

reecting tariff increases across the board:
United Kingdom & Ireland (+3%) reecting growth in Health

and in Property;
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (+2%) mainly

driven by Health reecting tariff increases in Mexico and in
the Gulf Region, as well as higher volumes in Turkey;
Asia (+6%) driven by higher volumes in Health;
Germany (+2%) mainly driven by Property;
Partly offset by:
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (-4%) reecting

lower volumes in mature markets mainly in Spain following
pruning actions.
Non-Motor revenues increased by 1% (or +76million) mainly

driven by tariff increases across the board, partly offset by
lower volumes in mature markets:
Partly offset by:
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (+4%) driven by

tariff increases in Health in Mexico;
France (-2%) from lower volumes notably in Construction in

a context of selective underwriting;
France (+2%) mainly driven by tariff increases in Household

and Other Property;
Belgium (-3%) mainly due to less favorable premium

adjustments principally in Workers Compensation.
33
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE REVENUES
exchange rate impact, 3 billion net inows mainly from

institutional clients, offset by 7billion market depreciation.
International Insurance revenues up 10% on a reported basis

and 7% on a constant exchange rate basis (or +215million)
to 3,615 million driven by (i) AXA Assistance up 18% (or
+183million) to 1,226million due to higher new business in
the United Kingdom, France and emerging markets and (ii)AXA
Corporate Solutions Assurance up 2% (or +43 million) to
2,255million mainly driven by positive portfolio development
in Property as well as positive volume impacts and new
business in Liability.
AXA Investment Managers revenues increased by 8% (or

+91million) on a reported basis or +4% (or +51million) on
a comparable basis to 1,242million, mainly driven by higher
management fees (+41million or +4%) as a result of higher
average assets (+7%) despite lower management fee rates
(-0.5 bp) and higher real estate transaction fees (+4 million
or +14%), partly offset by lower performance fees (-8million
or -14%).
ASSET MANAGEMENT REVENUES AND

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
Asset Management revenues increased by 15% on a
reported basis or by 1% (or +45 million) on a comparable
basis to 3,822 million mainly from AXA IM driven by higher
management fees as a result of higher average Asset Under
Management (AUM), partly offset by AB mainly driven by lower
performance and distribution fees.
AB revenues were up 19% (or +405 million) on a reported
basis or stable (or -6 million) on a comparable basis to
2,580 million mainly driven by lower performance fees and
lower distribution fees due to outows in retail Mutual funds.
AB AUM increased by 10% (or +42 billion) from year-end
2014 to 455billion as a result of 47billion favorable foreign
34
AXA Investment Managers AUM increased by 7% (or

+46billion) from year-end 2014 to 669billion mainly driven
by (i) +42 billion net inows mostly from Third party clients
(+41 billion) mainly from Asian Joint Ventures (+34 billion),
(ii) +19 billion market appreciation and (iii) +18 billion
favorable foreign exchange rate impact, partly offset by (iv) a
-33 billion negative scope impact mainly related to a partial
withdrawal of the Friends Life assets.
NET BANKING REVENUES

Net banking revenues were up 10% (or +57million) mainly
driven by higher net revenues from banking activities.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Consolidated underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and
net income Group share

December31, December31,
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)

Fees and revenues from investment contracts without participating feature
Revenues from insurance activities
Net revenues from banking activities
Revenues from other activities
TOTAL REVENUES
Change in unearned premium reserves net of unearned revenues and fees
Net investment result excluding nancing expenses (a)
Technical charges relating to insurance activities (a)
Net result of reinsurance ceded
Bank operating expenses
Insurance acquisition expenses
Amortization of value of purchased life business in force
Administrative expenses
Valuation allowances on tangible assets
Change in value of goodwill
Other
Other operating income and expenses
OPERATING EARNINGS BEFORE TAX
Net income from investments in afliates and associates
Financing expenses
UNDERLYING EARNINGS BEFORE TAX
Income tax expenses
Minority interests
UNDERLYING EARNINGS GROUP SHARE
Net realized capital gains or losses attributable to shareholders
ADJUSTED EARNINGS GROUP SHARE
Prot or loss on nancial assets (under fair value option) & derivatives
Goodwill and other related intangible impacts
NET INCOME GROUP SHARE
91,938
86,267
371
327
92,309
86,595
560
452
5,609
4,834
98,478
91,880
(247)
(289)
16,875
27,917
(85,045)
(92,229)
(881)
(762)
(71)
(78)
(10,406)
(9,605)
(153)
(120)
(9,752)
(9,030)
(4)
(3)
(588)
(220)
(106,900)
(112,047)
8,205
7,462
174
164
(500)
(519)
7,879
7,107
(1,943)
(1,726)
(362)
(321)
5,574
5,060
433
442
6,008
5,503
(229)
225
91
(188)
(74)
(345)
(178)
(170)
5,617
5,024
(a) For the periods ended December31, 2015 and December31, 2014, the change in fair value of assets backing contracts with nancial risk borne by policyholders
impacted the net investment result for respectively +1,426million and +9,520million, and benets and claims by the offsetting amounts respectively.
35
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
GROUP UNDERLYING EARNINGS

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Life & Savings
3,503
3,132
Property & Casualty
2,230
2,158
193
208
Asset Management
458
403
97
106
Banking
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
Group underlying earnings amounted to 5,574 million, up
10% versus 2014 on a reported basis. On a constant exchange
rate basis, underlying earnings increased by 2% mainly driven
by Life & Savings, Asset Management and Holdings segments.
Life & Savings underlying earnings amounted to
3,503million. On a reported basis, Life & Savings underlying
earnings were up 371million (or +12%). Excluding Colombia
and on a constant exchange rate basis, Life & Savings underlying
earnings increased by 99million (or +3%) mainly attributable
to France (+56 million), the United Kingdom (+40 million),
Japan (+34million) and Hong Kong (+15million), partly offset
by the United States (-42million), the Mediterranean & Latin
American Region (-20million) and Switzerland (-16million),
mainly resulting from:
higher investment margin (+52 million or +2%) with

(i)Germany (+62million) mainly driven by lower policyholder
participation and (ii) Japan (+34 million) mainly due to
exceptional dividends from private equity funds reecting
the good performance of the Japanese stock market, partly
offset by (iii)Belgium (-24million) reecting lower investment
income on xed income assets.
higher fees and revenues (+276million or +4%):
36
loadings on premiums and Mutual funds were up

187 million mainly in (i) France (+197 million) mainly
due to a 134 million opening adjustment in Unearned
Revenues Reserves as a result of lower interest rates
assumptions (more than offset in Deferred Acquisition
Costs) and (ii)the Mediterranean & Latin American Region
(+46million) mainly as consequence of a reclassication
from net technical margin in Mexico, partly offset by
(iii)Germany (-38million) mainly due to higher policyholder
participation and lower new business in Health,
(906)
(947)
5,574
5,060
Unit-Linked management fees were up 52 million

mainly driven by (i) the Mediterranean & Latin American
Region (+25million), (ii)the United States (+19million)
and the United Kingdom (+10million) as a result of higher
average separate account balances,
other revenues were up 37 million mainly driven by

(i)Central & Eastern Europe (+13million), (ii)the United
States (+9 million) and (iii) the Mediterranean & Latin
American Region (+9million);
lower net technical margin (-89 million or -12%) mainly

attributable to (i) the United States (-185 million) primarily
explained by a reserve strengthening on Variable Annuity
GMxB products for lapses and other policyholder behavior
assumption changes, (ii)the Mediterranean & Latin American
Region (-71million) mainly due to lower mortality margin in
Mexico (partly due to the above-mentioned reclassication),
partly offset by (iii) France (+128 million) mainly due to
higher positive prior year reserve developments in Group
Protection as well as a favorable change in assumptions in
Individual Protection and (iv)Switzerland (+38million) as a
consequence of a favorable development of the disability
and mortality claims experience as well as a higher surrender
margin;
higher expenses (-112million or +2%) as a result of:
higher acquisition expenses (-135million) mainly in France

(-229million) reecting higher Deferred Acquisition Costs
amortization as a result of lower interest rates assumptions
(partly offset by a change in Unearned Revenue Reserve),
lower administrative expenses (+23 million) mainly due

to the effects of cost savings programs, partly offset by
the combined effects of ination, business growth and
investments;
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Property & Casualty underlying earnings amounted to

2,230 million. On a reported basis, Property & Casualty
underlying earnings were up 72 million (or +3%). Excluding
Colombia and Ukraine and on a constant exchange rate
basis, Property & Casualty underlying earnings decreased
by 19 million (or -1%) as lower underlying earnings in the
Mediterranean & Latin American Region (-183 million) were
partly offset by higher underlying earnings across mature
entities.
in the Mediterranean & Latin American Region and

higher commissions in France, partly offset by (ii) the
administrative expenses ratio down 0.1point as the effects
of cost savings programs was partly offset by ination and
investment costs,
higher tax expenses and minority interests (-18 million

or +2%) driven by higher pre-tax underlying earnings, partly
offset by higher positive tax one-off in the United Kingdom
(+43million in 2015 vs. +15million in 2014) while tax oneoff remained stable in the United States (104million in 2015
vs. 128million in 2014).
higher net technical result (+189million or +21%) driven

by:
current year loss ratio improved by 0.3 point as a result

of lower Nat Cat charges (-1.3points) mainly in the United
Kingdom & Ireland (75million due to Desmond storm) and
in France (33million due to French Riviera oods) while
2014 was notably impacted by ELA hailstorm (271million)
in Europe and Odile hurricane (256 million) in Mexico,
both impacting most entities through the Group Nat Cat
risks pool program. This was partly offset by deteriorated
claims experience (+1.0 point) notably in Germany mainly
due to higher natural events, including Niklas storm
(36 million, not qualifying as Nat Cat event), in Belgium
with higher attritional and large losses in Commercial lines,
and the United Kingdom & Ireland due to higher attritional
claims in both Personal and Commercial Motor as well as
higher natural events (of which 34million due to Eva and
Frank storms in the United Kingdom),
higher positive prior year reserve developments by 0.4
point to -1.0point (compared to -0.6 point in 2014) with
positive developments in mature markets, partly offset by
adverse prior year reserve developments (-128 million)
in the Mediterranean & Latin American Region, mainly
in Turkey (-179 million), due to the increase in both
frequency and average costs of bodily and material claims
in Motor and Liability following evolutions in regulation and
jurisprudence in 2015,
higher expense ratio by 0.1 point to 26.1% driven
by (i) the acquisition expense ratio up 0.2 point
mainly as a consequence of negative volume effects
as a result, the combined ratio improved by 0.6 point

to 96.2% while current year combined ratio improved by
0.2point to 97.3%;
lower investment result (-161 million or -8%) primarily

driven by (i) France (-87 million) mainly due to the nonrepeat of exceptional distributions from Mutual funds in
2014 (-71 million) and (ii) Germany (-35 million) with
lower reinvestment yields as well as the non-repeat of an
exceptional interest prot on a tax claim in 2014;
higher tax expenses and minority interests (-43 million

or +5%) driven by higher pre-tax underlying earnings and the
unfavorable effect of the increase in tax rate in Italy.
International Insurance underlying earnings amounted to

193 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying
earnings decreased by 14million (or -7%) mainly attributable
to (i) AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance (-21 million)
mainly due to less favorable developments on run-off portfolios,
(ii)AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance (-13million) mainly as
a consequence of a lower investment result from xed income
assets as well as the non-repeat of an exceptional distribution
from Mutual funds in 2014 and (iii)AXA Global Life (-11million)
mainly reecting higher expenses related to its development,
partly offset by (iv)AXA Global P&C (+32million) mainly driven
by an improved technical result.
Asset Management underlying earnings amounted to
earnings increased by 6million (or +1%) attributable to AXA
Investment Managers (+10million) due to higher management
fees mainly reecting higher average AUM, partly offset by AB
(-4million) as higher management fees were more than offset
by lower performance fees.
Banking underlying earnings amounted to 97million. On a
constant exchange rate basis, underlying earnings decreased
by 9million (or -9%) mainly attributable to Belgium (-9million)
as a consequence of lower operating net banking revenues.
Holdings and other companies underlying earnings
amounted to -906million. On a constant exchange rate basis,
underlying earnings increased by 43 million (or +5%) mainly
driven by higher investment income and lower expenses.
37
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
GROUP ADJUSTED EARNINGS TO NET

INCOME
lower negative impact from exceptional operations and

restructuring costs (+235million) to -87million;
lower negative impact from goodwill and other intangibles

(+277 million) to -74 million mainly reecting the nonrepeat of the impairment of part of the value of Reso
(subsidiary consolidated under the equity method) in 2014,
partly offset by;
an unfavorable change in the fair value of nancial assets and

derivatives in 2015 compared to a favorable change in fair
value of derivatives net of foreign exchange rate movements
in 2014; down 436 million to -229 million which can be
analyzed as follows:
Group net realized capital gains attributable to shareholders

amounted to 433million. On a constant exchange rate basis,
Group net realized capital gains and losses attributable to
shareholders decreased by 24million mainly due to:
-64 million lower realized capital gains to 725 million

mainly driven by lower realized gains on alternative
investments (-29million) and real estate (-19million);
+31 million lower impairments to -278 million mainly

driven by xed income assets (+43million);
+9 million less unfavorable intrinsic value to -14 million

related to equity hedging derivatives.
As a result, adjusted earnings amounted to 6,008million (or

+9%). On a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted earnings
increased by 83million (or +2%).
Net income amounted to 5,617 million (or +12%). On a
constant exchange rate basis, net income increased by
160million (+3%) mainly as a result of:
higher adjusted earnings (+83million);
-212 million from the change in fair value of assets

accounted for under fair value option driven by the increase
in interest rates and credit spread widening,
-158 million from the change in fair value of hedging

derivatives not eligible for hedge accounting under IAS39,
mainly attributable to interest rates increases,
+141million following foreign exchange rate movements

notably driven by a favorable change in fair value of
economic hedge derivatives not eligible for hedge
accounting under IAS39.
I Consolidated shareholders equity

As of December31, 2015, consolidated shareholders equity totalled 68.5billion. The movements in shareholders equity since
December31, 2014 are presented in the table below:
Shareholders
Equity
At December31, 2014
Share Capital
(36)
Capital in excess of nominal value
(450)
Equity-share based compensation
30
Treasury shares sold or bought in open market

Deeply subordinated debt (including interests charges)
Fair value recorded in shareholders equity
Impact of currency uctuations
Payment of N-1 dividend
Other
Net income for the period
Actuarial gains and losses on pension benets
At December31, 2015
38
65,219
(45)
(305)
(2,584)
3,387
(2,317)
22
5,617
(63)
68,475
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Shareholder value
EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
(in Euro except ordinary shares inmillion)
Basic
Fully
diluted
Basic
Fully
diluted
Weighted average number of shares
December31, 2015/
December31, 2014
Basic
Fully
diluted
2,429
2,441
2,420
2,432
Net income (Euro per Ordinary Share)
2.19
2.18
1.95
1.94
12%
12%
Adjusted earnings (Euro per Ordinary Share)
2.35
2.34
2.15
2.14
9%
9%
Underlying earnings (Euro per Ordinary Share)
2.17
2.16
1.96
1.95
10%
10%
RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE)
December31,
2015
(in Euromillion)
December31,
2015/
2014
2014
ROE
8.8%
9.0%
Net income
5,617
5,024
Average shareholders equity
63,721
56,100
Adjusted ROE
14.1%
14.5%
Adjusted earnings
(a)
5,703
5,196
Average shareholders equity (b)
40,303
35,827
Underlying ROE
13.1%
13.3%
Underlying earnings
(a)
Average shareholders equity (b)
5,269
4,754
40,303
35,827
-0.1 pt
-0.4 pt
-0.2 pt
(a) Including an adjustment to reect net nancial charges related to undated debt (recorded through shareholders equity).
(b) Excluding fair value of invested assets and derivatives and undated debt (both recorded through shareholders equity).
39
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Life & Savings segment

The following tables present the consolidated gross revenues, underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income Group share
attributable to AXAs Life & Savings segment for the periods indicated:
LIFE & SAVINGS SEGMENT
(in Euromillion)
GROSS REVENUES (a)
59,403
55,469
APE (Group share)
7,376
6,477
Investment margin
2,784
2,609
Fees & revenues
8,386
7,461
Net technical margin

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
UNDERLYING EARNINGS BEFORE TAX
Income tax expenses/benets
Minority interests
UNDERLYING EARNINGS GROUP SHARE
Net capital gains or losses attributable to shareholders net of income tax
ADJUSTED EARNINGS GROUP SHARE
Prot or loss on nancial assets (under FV option) & derivatives
609
769
(7,246)
(6,726)
(153)
(120)
138
111
4,518
4,105
(917)
(887)
(98)
(86)
3,503
3,132
259
292
3,762
3,424
(121)
114
212
30
Goodwill and other related intangibles impacts
(11)
(13)

(a) Before intercompany eliminations.
40
2015
2014
(35)
(31)
3,808
3,524
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
1
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
France
16,077
15,148
United States
13,622
11,470
United Kingdom
706
645
Japan
4,194
3,801
Germany
6,684
6,670
Switzerland
7,177
6,726
Belgium
1,716
1,813
298
320
5,709
6,389
2,540
1,972
South-East Asia, India & China (c)
522
336
Other (d)
160
180
TOTAL
59,403
55,469
Central & Eastern Europe (a)

(b)
Hong Kong
Intercompany transactions
Contribution to consolidated gross revenues
High growth markets
Mature markets
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(192)
(124)
59,211
55,345
4,001
3,209
55,210
52,136

Mediterranean & Latin American Region includes Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Mexico and Colombia.
South-East Asia, India & China revenues include Singapore and non bancassurance subsidiaries in Indonesia.
Other correspond to Luxembourg, AXA Life Invest Services, Architas and Family Protect.
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
France
824
768
United States
854
760
75
28
Japan
412
363
Germany
165
162
Switzerland
328
307
Belgium
163
156
United Kingdom
Central & Eastern Europe
(a)
33
40
173
193
Hong Kong
353
282
145
119
South-East Asia, India & China
(c)
Other (d)
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
High growth markets
Mature markets
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(22)
(45)
3,503
3,132
548
459
2,955
2,673

Mediterranean & Latin American Region includes Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Mexico and Colombia.
South-East Asia, India & China earnings include Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, China, India and Singapore.
Other correspond to Luxembourg, AXA Life Invest Services, Architas and Family Protect.
41
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS FRANCE

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
16,077
15,148
APE (Group share)
1,767
1,584
Investment margin
1,191
1,195
Fees & revenues
1,815
1,624
714
586
(2,523)
(2,317)

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
11
1,207
1,098
(380)
(328)
Underlying earnings before tax

Minority interests
Underlying earnings Group share
(2)
(2)
824
768
114
108
Adjusted earnings Group share
939
876
67

(18)
(4)

988
878
(a) Before intercompany eliminations. Gross Revenues amounted to 15,994million net of intercompany eliminations as of December31, 2015.
On December2nd, 2015, AXA announced the completion of the

acquisition of Genworth Life Style Protection Insurance. There
was no income statement contribution for this company for
2015 as it was not deemed material at Group level.
Gross revenues increased by 929 million (+6%) to
16,077million:
Unit-Linked revenues (20% of gross revenues) increased

by 674 million (+27%), mainly as a result of increased
commercial efforts and the success of both hybrid products(1)
and the new structured funds offers. The Unit-Linked share
in Individual Savings premiums increased by 6 points to
37%, above the market average of 21%(2);
G/A Protection & Health revenues (42% of gross revenues)
increased by 318 million (+4%), driven by a 293 million
increase in Group Protection driven by both tariff and
volume increases and a 47 million increase in Individual
Protection reecting a signicant growth in new contracts.
Individual Health decreased by 22 million, following the
termination of an assumed business with a French mutual
insurer (-10 million) and negative portfolio developments
(-12 million), ahead of a change in regulation resulting in
the implementation of the Accord National Interprofessionel
(ANI)starting on January 1st, 2016;
G/A Savings revenues (36% of gross revenues) decreased

by 375 million (-6%), in line with the strategy to focus on
Unit-Linked products, and as a result of the non-repeat of
large contracts underwritten in 2014 on Group Retirement
(-19%);
Other revenues (2% of gross revenues) increased by

313million, mainly following an exceptional sale of a large
contract.
APE increased by 183million (+12%) to 1,767million:
Unit-Linked sales (20% of APE) increased by 73 million

(+26%), driven by Individual Savings as a result of the
commercial success of both hybrid(1) and the new structured
funds products;
G/A Protection & Health sales (47% of APE) increased by

134million (+19%), mainly driven by 124million increase
(+24%) in Group Protection & Health sales mainly resulting
from both an increase in International Employee Benets
and traditional French businesses as well as an exceptional
sale of a large contract (60 million). Individual Protection
sales increased by 11million (+15%), reecting an increase
in volumes and an improved product mix. Individual Health
sales were stable, reecting an increase in selectivity ahead
of the Accord National Interprofessionel (ANI) starting on
January 1st, 2016;
(2) Source FFSA as of December end 2015.
42
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
G/A Savings sales (31% of APE) decreased by 56 million

(-9%), in line with the strategy to focus on Unit-Linked
products and as a result of the non-repeat of large contracts
underwritten in 2014 in Group Retirement;
Other sales (2% of APE) increased by 31 million, mainly
stemming from the exceptional sale of a large contract.
Investment margin decreased by 4million to 1,191million

as the decrease in investment income driven by lower
reinvestment yields was partly offset by the decrease in
interests credited to policyholders.
Fees & revenues increased by 191 million (+12%) to
1,815million mainly due to a 134million opening adjustment
in Unearned Revenues Reserves as a result of lower interest
rates assumptions (more than offset in Deferred Acquisition
Costs) as well as 53million increase in loadings on premiums
driven by higher volumes mostly in Protection and Unit-Linked.
Net technical margin increased by 128 million (+22%) to
714 million mainly due to higher positive prior year reserve
developments in Group Protection (+102 million) as well as
a favorable change in assumptions in Individual Protection
(+50million).
Expenses increased by 205million (+9%) to -2,523million

mostly due to the above-mentioned increase in the amortization
of Deferred Acquisition Costs (165 million, mostly offset
in Unearned Revenue Reserves) and higher commissions
(93million) in line with higher volumes, partly offset by lower
general expenses (52million).
As a result, the underlying cost income ratio decreased by

0.2 point to 67.8%.
Income tax expenses increased by 51 million (+16%) to
-380 million driven by the increase in pre-tax underlying
earnings combined with a lower level of non-taxable revenues.
Underlying earnings increased by 56 million (+7%) to
824million.
Adjusted earnings increased by 63 million (+7%) to
939million, driven by higher underlying earnings and higher
net realized capital gains mostly on equities.
Net income increased by 110million (+12%) to 988million,
mainly driven by higher adjusted earnings and a positive change
in the fair value of foreign exchange derivatives not eligible to
hedge accounting (+48million).
43
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS UNITED STATES

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
13,622
11,470
APE (Group share)
1,656
1,355
Investment margin
581
493
2,572
2,185
(725)
(425)
(1,505)
(1,403)
(2)
(9)
921
842
(67)
(81)
Fees & revenues

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
Minority interests
854
760
(5)
(14)
849
746
(29)
19
26

(0)
(1)
(2)
(9)
818
782
1.119
1.332

Average exchange rate: 1.00 = $
Gross revenues increased by 2,152 million (+19%) to

13,622 million. On a comparable basis, gross revenues
decreased by 20million (0%):
44
Variable Annuity revenues (70% of gross revenues) decreased

by 99 million (-1%) due to the non-repeat of premium
adjustment in annuity separate account in 2014, partly offset
by strong sales of Employer Sponsored products;
Life revenues (21% of gross revenues) increased by
62 million (+3%) primarily driven by higher sales of G/A
Protection products;
Asset Management fees (7% of gross revenues) increased
by 10million (+1%), reecting improved market conditions
and higher asset balances;
Mutual funds revenues (2% of gross revenues) increased by
7 million (+3%), reecting higher average asset balances
throughout the year.
APE increased by 301million (+22%) to 1,656million. On a

comparable basis, APE increased by 37million (+3%):
Variable Annuity sales (57% of APE) increased by 34million

(+5%) mainly due to higher sales in non-GMxB investmentonly individual product and Employer Sponsored business;
Life sales (12% of APE) increased by 10million (+7%) driven

by higher sales in G/A Protection products, reecting the
strong performance of Indexed Universal Life products;
Mutual funds sales (31% of APE) decreased by 9 million

(-2%), reecting lower advisory account sales in line with the
strategy to focus on existing customer base.
Investment margin increased by 87 million (+18%) to

581 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, investment
margin decreased by 5 million (-1%) mainly explained by
lower distributions from private equity investments and lower
reinvestment yields on xed income assets, partially offset by
higher income from indexed products due to higher average
asset base.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

2,572 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, fees &
revenues decreased by 23million (-1%) due to an acceleration
of the amortization of deferred premiums loadings, partly offset
by higher Unit-Linked management fees reecting higher
average balances.
Net technical margin decreased by 300 million (+71%) to
-725million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net technical
margin decreased by 185 million (+43%) mainly due to a
reserve strengthening on Variable Annuity GMxB products for
lapses and other policyholder behavior assumption changes.
Expenses increased by 102million (+7%) to -1,505million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, expenses decreased by
138million (-10%):
expenses excluding Deferred Acquisition Costs amortization

increased by 34million as a result of investment in Employee
Benets business in line with strategy as well as an increase
in legal expenses, partly offset by the effects of cost saving
programs;
Deferred Acquisition Costs amortization decreased by

173million mainly following the revision of lapse and other
policyholder behavior assumptions.
Amortization of VBI decreased by 7 million (-79%) to

-2million. On a constant exchange rate basis, amortization of
VBI decreased by 7million (-83%).
As a result, the underlying cost income ratio improved by 0.6

point to 62.1%.
-67 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, income tax
expenses decreased by 25 million (-30%), reecting lower
pre-tax underlying earnings, partly offset by lower positive tax
settlements (104million vs. 128million in 2014).
earnings decreased by 42million (-6%).
849 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted
earnings decreased by 32 million (-4%) driven by lower
underlying earnings, partly offset by lower impairments on xed
income assets.
Net income increased by 37 million (+5%) to 818 million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, net income decreased by
94 million (-12%) due to lower adjusted earnings as well as
the non-repeat of the 2014 gain related to the closed MONY
portfolio transaction (26million).
45
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS UNITED KINGDOM
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
Gross revenues (a)
706
645
APE (Group share)
935
704
Investment margin
336
316
13
(1)
Fees & revenues

Expenses
(325)
(310)
Amortization of VBI
Other
30
45
19
Minority interests
(0)
(0)
75
28
75
29
(2)

(0)
(0)
(2)
(4)
72
28
0.731
0.809
Average exchange rate: 1.00 =
(a) Before intercompany eliminations. Gross Revenues amounted to 700million net of intercompany eliminations as of December31, 2015.

706 million. On a comparable basis, gross revenues
decreased by 6 million (-1%) driven by the removal of
advisor charges from gross revenues following a change in
legislation with a corresponding reduction in commission paid
(-13million) and lower new business on the Variable Annuity
products (-6million). This was partly offset by higher revenues
from SunLife Protection business (+16million).
APE increased by 232 million (+33%) to 935 million. On a
comparable basis, APE increased by 142million (+20%) mainly
driven by higher sales in the Corporate Pension Investment
business (+177million) due to a large scheme implemented
in the third quarter of 2015, and higher volumes on the Elevate
platform (+13million), partly offset by a decrease in offshore
sales.
Investment margin increased by 2million to 6million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, investment margin increased
by 1million.
46
Fees & revenues increased by 20million (+6%) to 336million.

On a constant exchange rate basis, fees & revenues decreased
by 12million (-4%) mainly due to a reclassication of SunLife
revenues to technical margin and the above-mentioned
removal of advisor charges from gross revenues, partly offset
by the growth of regular fees from the Elevate and Architas
businesses.
Net technical margin increased by 14million to 13million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, net technical margin
increased by 13 million mainly due to the above-mentioned
reclassication of SunLife revenues from fees & revenues to
technical margin.
Expenses increased by 15 million (+5%) to -325 million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, expenses decreased by
17million (-5%) mainly due to lower commissions driven by
the above-mentioned removal of advisor charges as well as the
effects of the cost savings programs.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

5.7points to 91.5%.
Income tax benefits increased by 25million to 45million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, income tax benet increased
by 21million due to higher positive tax one-offs.
Underlying earnings increased by 47million to 75million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying earnings
increased by 40million.
Adjusted earnings increased by 46million to 75million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted earnings increased
by 39million mainly due to higher underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 44 million to 72 million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, net income increased by
37million mainly due to higher adjusted earnings.
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS JAPAN

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
4,194
3,801
APE (Group share)
418
361
Investment margin
35
1,319
1,264
Fees & revenues

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
48
69
(782)
(729)
(23)
(48)
Other
597
556
(180)
(189)
(5)
(4)
412
363
Minority interests
(0)
(5)
411
358
(119)
(13)

Average exchange rate: 1.00 = Yen
292
344
135.357
140.509

increased by 239million (+6%):
Protection revenues (43% of gross revenues) increased by

33 million (+2%) mainly reecting higher revenues from
the in-force of Term, Term Rider and Whole Life products,
and new business sales in Unit-Linked Protection products
(+93 million), partly offset by a decrease in the in-force
revenues from the portfolios of Increasing Term products,
Endowment products (run-off portfolios), and Group Life
products (-60million);
Health revenues (38% of gross revenues) increased by

65million (+4%) driven by higher revenues from the in-force
portfolio reecting a steady growth and improved retention,
partly offset by lower new business sales;
Investment & Savings revenues (19% of gross revenues)

increased by 142million (+23%) mainly due to the success
of Single Premium Whole Life products (+213 million)
launched in the second half of 2015, partly offset by lower
sales of Variable Annuity products (-47million) in line with
the strategy of curtailing sales and a decrease in both the inforce portfolio of Group Annuity products (-13million) and
the run-off portfolio of Fixed Annuity products (-10million).
47
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

comparable basis, APE increased by 43million (+12%):
Protection sales (56% of APE) increased by 32 million

(+16%) driven by strong sales of Unit-Linked Protection
products (+52 million) reecting client appetite and
increased commercial efforts, partly offset by lower G/A
Protection new business sales due to strong competition;
Health sales (34% of APE) decreased by 8 million (-5%)
mainly due to lower sales of Medical Whole Life products
due to increased competition, partly offset by increased sales
of the Cancer Therapy product supported by commercial
efforts;
Investment & Savings sales (9% of APE) increased by
19 million (+108%) driven by Single Premium Whole Life
products launched in the second half of 2015 (+24million),
partly offset by lower sales of Variable Annuity products
through the bancassurance channel following the abovementioned curtailing strategy.
Investment margin increased by 35million to 35million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, investment margin increased
by 34million mainly due to exceptional dividends from private
equity funds reecting the good performance of the Japanese
stock market.
1,319 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, fees &
revenues increased by 6 million mainly driven by higher
account value and increased new business in Unit-Linked
products.
Net technical margin decreased by 22 million (-31%) to
48million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net technical
margin decreased by 23million (-34%) mainly due to the nonrepeat of positive assumption changes related to longevity in
48
2014 as well as negative assumption changes in 2015 mainly

related to annuitization, partly offset by improved hedging
results in Variable Annuity reecting lower equity market
volatility.
On a constant exchange rate basis, expenses increased by
25 million (+3%) mainly reecting higher digital investments,
as well as higher commissions in line with APE growth, partly
offset by the effects of the cost savings programs.
-23million. On a constant exchange rate basis, amortization
of VBI decreased by 26million (-55%) following assumption
changes in 2014.
0.9 point to 57.4%.
Income tax expenses decreased by 10 million (-5%) to
-180million. On a constant exchange rate basis, income tax
expenses decreased by 16 million (-9%) due to a positive
impact following the decrease in corporate tax rate, partly
offset by higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
earnings increased by 34million (+9%).
earnings increased by 39million (+11%) mainly due to higher
underlying earnings.
Net income decreased by 52million (-15%) to 292million.
On a constant exchange rate basis, net income decreased
by 62million (-18%) as higher adjusted earnings were more
than offset by an unfavorable change in the fair value of Mutual
funds and impacts from the widening of credit spreads.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS GERMANY
1
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
6,684
6,670
APE (Group share)
373
373
Investment margin
178
116
Fees & revenues
269
303
37
43
(184)
(211)
(50)
(21)
249
230
(84)
(68)

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
Minority interests
(0)
165
162
30
19
195
181
(10)
51
(0)
11

(1)
(1)
184
242

Gross revenues increased by 14million (0%) to 6,684million:
Life revenues (58% of gross revenues) decreased by

56million (-1%) to 3,897million driven by lower single and
regular premiums in G/A Savings. This was partly offset by
higher new business from Unit-Linked hybrid (1) savings and
Pure Protection products;
Health revenues (42% of gross revenues) increased by
70million (+3%) to 2,787million due to tariff increases in
full benet insurance and volume growth in supplementary
benet insurance.

178million mainly due to a lower policyholder participation.
Fees & revenues decreased by 34 million (-11%) to
269 million mainly due to a higher policyholder participation
and lower new business in both Health and G/A Savings, partly
offset by higher Unit-Linked asset base.
37 million mainly due to a lower mortality margin in Health,
partly offset by an improved mortality margin in Life and an
improved hedging result from Variable Annuity GMxB products.
Life sales (72% of APE) increased by 8 million (+3%) to

268million due to new business from Unit-Linked hybrid(1)
savings and Pure Protection products, partly offset by the
decrease in G/A Savings;
Expenses decreased by 27 million (-13%) to -184 million

mainly driven by lower administrative expenses due to the
effects of the cost savings programs and to a lesser extent
from a higher allocation of policyholder participation, partly
offset by accelerated Deferred Acquisition Costs amortization
as a result of lower interest rate assumptions.
Health sales (28% of APE) decreased by 8million (-7%) to

105 million driven by lower sales of full benet insurance
products.
Amortization of VBI increased by 30 million (+141%) to

-50 million due to a one-off impact from updated lower
interest rate assumptions.
APE remained stable (0%) at 373million:
49
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

1.7points to 48.5%.
-84million mainly due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
165million.

195million due to higher net realized capital gains from xed
income assets.
Net income decreased by 58million (-24%) to 184million as
the increase in adjusted earnings was more than compensated
by an unfavorable change in the fair value of xed income
securities and economic hedge derivatives not eligible for
hedge accounting as a result of higher interest rates and wider
credit spreads.
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS SWITZERLAND

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
7,177
6,726
APE (Group share)
313
329
Investment margin
205
187
Fees & revenues
348
305
225
162
(326)
(271)
(44)
(7)
408
376
(80)
(69)
(0)
328
307
Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
Minority interests
42
43
370
351
(5)
50

Average exchange rate: 1.00 = Swiss Franc
(7)
(7)
358
394
1.078
1.215

decreased by 357million (-5%):
50
Group Life revenues (85% of gross revenues) decreased

by 201 million (-4%) to 6,072 million driven by lower
single premiums from full protection scheme contracts (144 million) due to the strategic shift from full protection
schemes to semi-autonomous employee benet solutions;
Individual Life revenues (15% of gross revenues) decreased

by 156 million (-14%) to 1,104 million driven by lower
sales of single premium products mainly due to repricing
measures.
APE decreased by 16 million (-5%) to 313 million. On a

comparable basis, APE decreased by 51million (-16%):
Group Life sales (64% of APE) decreased by 38 million

(-18%) driven by the strategic shift from full protection
schemes to semi-autonomous employee benet solutions;
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Individual Life sales (36% of APE) decreased by 13million

(-11%) driven by lower sales of single premium products
mainly due to repricing measures.

205 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, investment
margin decreased by 5 million (-3%) mainly due to lower
reinvestment yields on xed income assets and higher foreign
exchange hedging costs, partly offset by a lower allocation of
policyholder participation.
348 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, fees &
revenues increased by 4 million (+1%) mainly resulting from
higher loadings on premiums in Individual Life.
margin increased by 38 million (+23%) mainly due to a
favorable development of the disability and mortality claims
experience as well as higher surrender margin.
On a constant exchange rate basis, expenses increased
by 19 million (+7%) mainly due to accelerated Deferred
Acquisition Costs amortization as a result of lower interest rate
assumptions.
Amortization of VBI increased by 37million to -44million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, amortization of VBI increased
by 32million mainly driven by updated model assumptions in
Individual and Group Life attributable to the above-mentioned
decrease in interest rates.
As a result, the underlying cost income ratio increased by

5.1points to 47.6%.
expenses increased by 2 million (+3%) driven by the nonrepeat of a 2014 tax one-off, partly offset by lower pre-tax
earnings decreased by 22million (-6%) mainly driven by lower
underlying earnings and lower net realized capital gains.
Net income decreased by 36 million (-9%) to 358 million.
77 million (-19%) mainly driven by lower adjusted earnings
as well as unfavorable changes in the fair value of interest rate
and foreign exchange hedging derivatives not eligible for hedge
accounting.
51
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS BELGIUM

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
1,716
1,813
APE (Group share)
100
125
Investment margin
318
342
Fees & revenues
139
139
32
16
(243)
(268)
(5)
(9)
241
220
(78)
(64)

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
Minority interests
(0)
163
156
62
111
225
266
(39)
27

(0)
(11)
(7)
174
287
Gross revenues decreased by 98 million (-5%) to

1,716million.
G/A Protection & Health revenues (50% of gross revenues)

increased by 38 million (+5%) mainly driven by higher
renewals in Group Life Protection;
Unit-Linked revenues (27% of gross revenues) increased by

6million (+1%) mainly driven by higher sales of the Oxylife
Invest hybrid product(1);
G/A Savings revenues (23% of gross revenues) decreased

by 141 million (-26%) mainly due to lower sales of the
Oxylife Secure hybrid product(1).
APE decreased by 25million (-20%) to 100million.
G/A Protection & Health sales (24% of APE) decreased by

1million (-5%) mainly due to lower new business in Group
Life Protection;
Unit-Linked sales (46% of APE) decreased by 1 million

(-1%);
G/A Savings sales (30% of APE) decreased by 23 million

(-43%) mainly due to lower new business in the Oxylife
Secure hybrid product(1) and pension products.
Investment margin decreased by 24 million (-7%) to

318million as a lower investment income was partly offset by
lower credited interests.
(1) Hybrid products: Savings product allowing clients to invest in both Unit-Linked and General Account funds.
52
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Fees & revenues were stable at 139million.

32million due to lower reserve strengthening.
Expenses decreased by 25million (-9%) to -243million:
acquisition expenses decreased by 9 million (-8%) to

-111million mainly due to lower Deferred Acquisition Costs
amortization;
administrative expenses decreased by 15 million (-10%)

to -133 million driven by lower overhead costs as a
consequence of cost savings programs as well as lower
commissions.

-5million as a result of less unfavorable nancial assumptions
update.

5.0points to 50.7%.

-78million due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings as well
as the increase in the effective tax rate.
163million.
Adjusted earnings decreased by 42 million (-16%) to
225million mainly due to lower net realized capital gains and
losses (-51 million) principally on xed income assets partly
offset by higher underlying earnings.
Net income decreased by 113million (-39%) to 174million
mainly due to lower adjusted earnings, an unfavorable change
in the fair value of both consolidated Mutual funds mainly
invested in xed income assets (-36million) and interest rate
derivatives not eligible for hedge accounting (-23million).
53
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
Gross revenues (a)
298
320
APE (Group share)
78
82
Investment margin
160
143
40
39
(166)
(138)
(1)
(1)
40
48
(7)
(8)
Minority interests
(0)
(0)
33
40
Fees & revenues

Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
(0)
32
40
(0)
(0)

(3)
(1)
(2)
(1)
28
38
Gross revenues decreased by 22million (-7%) to 298million.

On a comparable basis, gross revenues decreased by
23 million (-7%) mainly driven by lower Unit-Linked single
premium sales in the Czech Republic (-20million) and Poland
(-13million) resulting from a deteriorated environment, partially
offset by strong sales in G/A Protection & Health in the Czech
Republic and Poland (+13million).
comparable basis, APE decreased by 5million (-6%) mainly
driven by Poland (-5 million) stemming from lower UnitLinked sales (-6 million), partly offset by higher sales in G/A
Protection & Health (+1 million) due to higher inows from
Bancassurance partnerships.
54
Underlying earnings decreased by 7 million (-18%) to

earnings decreased by 7 million mainly driven by the nonrepeat of the one-off partial release of the guaranteed fund
following a change of regulation in the pension funds in Poland,
partly offset by higher fees & revenues in the Czech Republic.
earnings decreased by 8million (-20%) mainly driven by lower
11million (-28%) mainly due to lower adjusted earnings.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS MEDITERRANEAN & LATIN AMERICAN REGION
1
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
5,709
6,389
APE (Group share)
560
570
Investment margin
246
242
Fees & revenues
586
506
124
198
(611)
(576)
(11)
(11)
338
359
(74)
(86)
Minority interests
(90)
(80)
173
193
Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other

29
176
222
(23)

(0)
(0)

(2)
(2)
184
196
Scope: (i) Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Mexico,

Morocco, and Colombia are fully consolidated; (ii) Nigeria is
consolidated under the equity method and contributes only to
the underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income in
2015; (iii)Colombia was fully consolidated since April2, 2014.
In the comments below, the comparable basis includes
Colombia for 2014 contribution (100%) only for gross revenues.

mature markets sales were up 11 million (+2%) to

507 million driven by Unit-Linked (+35 million) mainly
driven by AXA MPS with higher sales of Pure Unit-Linked,
partly offset by lower Protected Unit sales, partly offset
by lower G/A Savings (-28 million) due to lower sales of
Pure G/A Savings and Pension products at AXA MPS and
in Spain;
high growth markets sales decreased by 20million (-28%)

to 52million, mainly driven by the non-repeat of large Group
Protection accounts underwritten in Mexico in 2014.

mature markets were down 744 million (-13%) mainly

driven by (i)lower sales of Unit-Linked (-497million) mainly
due to lower Protected Unit product sales at AXA MPS and
(ii)G/A Savings (-342million) driven by lower sales at AXA
MPS and Spain, partly offset by (iii)G/A Protection & Health
(+94million) driven by the launch of a new product in Spain
and higher sales at AXA MPS;
high growth markets increased by 28million (+4%) mainly

due to higher sales in G/A Savings (+23million) in Morocco
and Colombia.
55
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

246million. Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange
rate basis, investment margin decreased by 1million.
rate basis, fees & revenues increased by 81 million (+16%),
mainly driven by higher Unit-Linked management fees following
higher sales at AXA MPS, as well as higher loadings on
premiums in Mexico (mainly following a reclassication from net
technical margin) and at AXA MPS.
rate basis, net technical margin decreased by 73 million
(-42%) mainly due lower mortality margin in Mexico (partly due
to the above-mentioned reclassication) and in Spain.
Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange rate basis,
expenses increased by 34million (+6%) mainly driven by AXA
MPS and Mexico mostly due to higher commissions, in line
with volume growth.
Amortization of VBI remained stable at -11million. Excluding
Colombia and on a constant exchange rate basis, amortization
of VBI remained stable.

2.8 points to 64.9%. Excluding Colombia and on a constant
exchange rate basis, the underlying cost income ratio increased
by 3.2points.
-74million. Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange
rate basis, income tax expenses decreased by 3million (-3%)
mainly driven by lower pre-tax earnings.
rate basis, underlying earnings decreased by 26 million
(-11%).
rate basis, adjusted earnings decreased by 53million (-21%)
driven by lower underlying earnings and lower net realized
capital gains.
Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange rate basis,
net income decreased by 19million (-10%) mainly driven by
lower adjusted earnings, partly offset by the non-repeat of
unfavorable change in fair value of interest rate derivatives not
eligible for hedge accounting mainly at AXA MPS and in Spain.
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS HONG KONG
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
2,540
1,972
APE (Group share)
525
515
Investment margin
Fees & revenues
678
541
100
70
(392)
(301)
(18)
(13)
Expenses
Amortization of VBI
Other
369
300
(16)
(19)
Minority interests
353
282
353
282
(10)
236
(1)

Average exchange rate : 1.00 = Hong Kong Dollar
591
270
8.679
10.328
56
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

increased by 194million (+10%) mainly due to higher revenues
from G/A Protection & Health products (+111 million)
stemming from both new business sales and in-force growth,
Unit-Linked products (+41 million) due to strong in-force
growth and G/A Savings products (+36 million) due to the
launch of a new generation savings plan.
Unit-Linked sales (24% of APE) decreased by 99 million

(-48%) mainly due to the implementation of signicant
regulatory changes impacting products features and
commission levels starting from January 1st, 2015, partly
offset by exceptional sales of several large contracts;
G/A Savings sales (8% of APE) increased by 31 million
mainly driven by the launch of a new generation savings
plan; and
G/A Protection & Health sales (59% of APE) increased by
6million (+2%) demonstrating the continued focus on this
protable segment.
Investment margin decreased by 2million to 0million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, investment margin decreased
by 2 million as higher investment income driven by higher
average asset base was more than offset by higher interest
credited to policyholders.
678 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, fees &
revenues increased by 29 million (+5%) mainly driven by an
increase in loadings on premiums stemming from both new
business and in-force growth, as well as higher Unearned
Revenue Reserve amortization (offset in Deferred Acquisition
Costs amortization).

margin increased by 14million (+19%) mainly driven by higher
surrender margin from G/A Protection & Health products.

On a constant exchange rate basis, expenses increased by
28million (+9%) mainly due to higher investments in business
infrastructure and transformation projects, and higher Deferred
Acquisition Costs amortization driven by volume growth and
temporary reactivity to market experience (offset in Unearned
Revenue Reserve amortization).
Amortization of VBI increased by 5million to -18million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, amortization of VBI increased
by 2million mainly due to one-off assumption changes.
1.5points to 52.6%.
expenses decreased by 5million mainly due to lower taxable
income.
earnings increased by 15 million (+5%) due to higher
Net income increased by 320 million (+118%) to
591million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net income
increased by 226 million (+84%) driven by higher adjusted
earnings (+15million) and the exceptional capital gain on the
disposal of the retirement schemes business completed on
September1,2015 (+199million).
57
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS SOUTH-EAST ASIA, INDIA & CHINA

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
522
336
APE (Group share)
646
466
145
119
14
(0)
159
118

10
(5)
(6)
(5)
(7)
(6)
151
108

Scope: (i)for gross revenues: Singapore and non-bancassurance

subsidiaries in Indonesia, on a 100% share basis; (ii)for APE,
underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income: China,
India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore, on a
Group share basis. Malaysian operations are not consolidated.
522million. On a comparable basis, gross revenues increased
by 141million (+42%) driven by higher revenues from UnitLinked products in Singapore (+136million) following the new
partnership with SingPost implemented in January2015. G/A
Protection & Health products were up by 32million due to
higher renewals in Singapore and Indonesia.
APE increased by 180million (+39%) to 646million. On a
comparable basis, APE increased by 99million (+21%) mainly
driven by:
58
strong sales in China (+55million), particularly from G/A

Protection & Health products;
higher sales in Indonesia (+25 million), Singapore

(+19million) and the Philippines (+6million) mainly from
Unit-Linked products;
partly offset by a decrease in Thailand (-8million) reecting

a focus on more protable products.

145 million. On a comparable basis, underlying earnings
increased by 13million (+11%) mainly due to:
in-force portfolio growth in Indonesia (+7million) and Thailand

(+5million);
strong business growth in the Philippines (+2million);
continuous expense management in India (+2million);
partly offset by lower investment performance in Singapore

(-3million).

159 million. On a comparable basis, adjusted earnings
increased by 25 million (+21%) mainly driven by higher
underlying earnings and higher net realized capital gains in China
(+13million).
Net income increased by 43million (+40%) to 151million.
On a comparable basis, net income increased by 27million
(+25%) mainly due to higher adjusted earnings.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
LIFE & SAVINGS OPERATIONS OTHER
The following tables present the operating results for the other Life & Savings operations of AXA:
Consolidated Gross Revenues

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Luxembourg
AXA Life Invest Services
Family Protect
Other
126
143
27
23
14
(0)
TOTAL
160
180
(24)
(22)
136
159
Underlying, Adjusted earnings and Net Income Group share

(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
Luxembourg
AXA Life Invest Services
Family Protect
Other
Prot or loss on nancial assets (under Fair Value option) & derivatives
Goodwill and related intangible impacts
(8)
(18)
(20)
(34)
(1)
(0)
(22)
(45)
(22)
(45)
(1)
(0)
(8)
(31)
(44)
Family Protect
AXA Life Invest Services(1)
Underlying earnings and adjusted earnings increased

by 15million to -20million mainly due to lower expenses
following the strategic decision to redeploy insurance portfolios
and resources within the Group and to close the entity at the
end of 2016.
Underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income

increased by 10million (+56%) to -8million due to increase
in revenues and reduced expenses.
Net income increased by 6million to -28million mainly driven

by higher adjusted earnings, partly offset by restructuring costs
in line with the above-mentioned strategic decision.
(1) AXA Life Invest Services aim to promote Unit-Linked products with guarantees through third party partnerships.
59
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Property & Casualty segment

attributable to AXAs Property & Casualty segment for the periods indicated.
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
Gross revenues (a)
31,518
29,762
Current accident year loss ratio (net)
71.2%
71.5%
All accident year loss ratio (net)
70.1%
70.9%
Net technical result before expenses
9,340
8,660
26.1%
26.0%
Net investment result
2,019
2,133
3,194
3,044
(955)
(883)
30
47
Expense ratio

Minority interests
(39)
(50)
2,230
2,158
131
142
2,361
2,300
(48)
(128)
(5)
(3)
(64)
(332)
(113)
(104)
2,132
1,734
60
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
1
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
France
6,077
6,101
4,879
4,132
Germany
3,945
3,824
Switzerland
3,109
2,795
Belgium
2,029
2,051
Central & Eastern Europe Luxembourg (a)
104
149
7,533
7,486
Direct (c)
2,735
2,361
Asia (d)
1,108
862
TOTAL
31,518
29,762
(254)
(303)
31,265
29,460
High growth markets
5,159
4,721
Direct
2,732
2,361
23,374
22,378
Mature markets
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Central & Eastern Europe includes Ukraine.

Mediterranean & Latin American Region includes other than Direct operations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Gulf Region, Mexico and Colombia.
Direct business in France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan.
Asia includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
COMBINED RATIO
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
TOTAL
96.2%
96.9%
France
95.3%
97.2%
97.6%
98.4%
Germany
93.6%
95.6%
Switzerland
86.0%
89.1%
Belgium
91.0%
93.8%
97.0%
104.6%
102.8%
100.1%
Direct (c)
98.0%
98.2%
Asia (d)
94.0%
93.9%
High growth markets
105.6%
100.2%
Direct
98.0%
98.2%
Mature markets
94.0%
96.1%
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Excluding RESO RESO combined ratio amounted to 94.1% for 2015.

Mediterranean & Latin American Region includes other than Direct operations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Gulf Region, Mexico and Colombia.
Direct business in France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan.
Asia includes Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
61
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
France
507
471
273
234
Germany
378
347
Switzerland
503
397
Belgium
241
215
37
29
103
279
Direct (c)
135
124
Asia (d)
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
High growth markets
Direct
Mature markets
53
61
2,230
2,158
(32)
199
135
124
2,127
1,835
(a) Central & Eastern Europe includes Ukraine and Reso (Russia).
(b) Mediterranean & Latin American Region includes other than Direct operations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Gulf Region, Mexico, Lebanon and
Colombia.
(c) Direct business in France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan.
(d) Asia includes India, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
6,077
6,101
72.2%
74.1%
71.7%
74.2%
1,699
1,557
23.6%
23.0%
503
589
786
756
(279)
(284)
Expense ratio

Minority interests
(1)
(1)
507
471
44
56
551
528
(19)
(69)


532
458
62
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Gross revenues decreased by 24million to 6,077million. On

a comparable basis, gross revenues increased by 20million:
Expense ratio increased by 0.6 point to 23.6% mainly due to

the non-repeat of lower commissions in 2014.
Enlarged expense ratio increased by 0.2 point to 29.5% mainly

due to the non-repeat of reduced commissions, partly offset by
lower claims handling costs.
Personal lines (57% of gross revenues) were up 1% to

3,460million as tariff increases in all segments were partly
offset by lower volumes driven by a strong market competition
in the context of the implementation of a new regulation
(Hamon law);
Commercial lines (43% of gross revenues) were down 1% to
2,561million as tariff increases in all segments and higher
new business in Creditor business were more than offset by
lower volumes notably in Construction in a context of selective
underwriting.
Net technical result increased by 141 million (+9%) to

1,699million:
the current accident year loss ratio decreased by 1.9points

to 72.2% mainly driven by lower Nat Cat charge (141million
in 2014, including participation to the Group pool related to
ELA hailstorm and Odile hurricane in Mexico, compared to
33million in 2015 related to oods in the French Riviera),
partly offset by an increase in average cost in Motor and major
claims in industrial risks;
the all accident year loss ratio decreased by 2.5 points
to 71.7% due to less unfavorable prior year reserve
developments in Construction and favorable developments
in other businesses.
As a result, the combined ratio improved by 2points to 95.3%.

Net investment result decreased by 87 million (-15%)
to 503million mainly due to the non-repeat of exceptional
distributions from Mutual funds in 2014 (-71million).
-279million mainly due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings
(-7million) more than offset by a +12million non-recurring
tax adjustment.
As a result, underlying earnings increased by 35million (+8%)
to 507million.
551million driven by higher underlying earnings, partly offset by
lower net realized capital gains mostly on equities (-21million).
Net income increased by 74million (+16%) to 532million
driven by higher adjusted earnings, a positive change in the fair
value on private equity funds (+17million) and a positive change
in the fair value of foreign exchange derivatives not eligible to
hedge accounting (+38million).
63
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
4,879
4,132
69.8%
69.4%
69.4%
69.1%
1,438
1,284

Expense ratio
28.3%
29.3%
227
223
339
290
(66)
(56)
(0)
(0)
273
234
Minority interests
10
(2)
283
231
(32)
(9)

(2)
(2)
(31)
(11)
219
210
0.731
0.809
Average exchange rate: 1.00 =

increased by192million (+5%):
64

2,225 million. (i) Motor was up 18% to 658 million
principally due to tariff increases as well as a new partnership
in the Republic of Ireland.(ii)Non-Motor was down 2% to
1,568million. (a)Health was up 4% to 859million following
strong growth in Great Britain and internationally. (b)Property
was down 2% to 497million due to tariff cuts reecting
competitive market conditions and the run-off of some
partnership agreements.(c)Personal Other was down 20%
to212million principally due to the loss of a partnership
agreement in Travel;
Commercial lines (54% of gross revenues) were up 5%

to 2,652 million. (i) Motor was up 11% to 539 million
principally due to increased new business volumes and
higher retention rates.(ii)Non-Motor was up 3%. (a)Health
was up 4% to 1,092million due to growth in Great Britain
and internationally. (b)Property was up 4% to 616million
due to an increase in new business and improved retention.
(c)Liability was up 11% to 230million driven by an increase
in new business volumes and improved retention. (d)Other
was down 37% to 47 million due to a reduction in the
retrocession of Group pool.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

1,438million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net technical
result increased by 26million (+2%):
the current year loss ratio increased by 0.6 point to 69.8%

driven by higher attritional claims in both Personal and
Commercial Motor (+1.7points), while higher Nat Cat charges
and other weather-related claims following severe storm
activity in December2015 (69million) were more than offset
by lower charges from the Group pool (-1.3points together);
the all accident year loss ratio increased by 0.4 point to 69.4%
mainly driven by the increase in current year loss ratio partly
offset by higher positive prior year reserve developments.
Expense ratio decreased by 1.2points to 28.3% mainly driven

by a decrease in the acquisition expense ratio (-0.9 point)
reecting a decrease in commissions (-0.6 point) and a decrease
in the administrative expense ratio (-0.3 point) as a consequence
of lower pension costs as well as the effects of the cost savings
programs.
Enlarged expense ratio was down 1.8points to 30.6%.
As a result, the combined ratio was down 0.7 point to 97.6%.
Net investment result increased by 4 million (+2%) to

227million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net investment
result decreased by 15million (-7%) mainly due to lower income
from alternative assets.
Income tax expenses increased by 10million (+18%) to

expenses increased by 4million (+7%) reecting higher pre-tax
273million. On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying
283million. On a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted
earnings increased by 28 million (+12%) reflecting higher
underlying earnings as well as higher net realized capital gains,
mainly from equities.
10million (-5%) due to higher adjusted earnings more than
offset by the unfavorable change in the fair value of interest rates
derivatives not eligible for hedge accounting (-21million) and
an increase in restructuring costs (-17million).
65
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS GERMANY
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
3,945
3,824
67.4%
66.8%
65.4%
66.7%
1,364
1,274

Expense ratio
28.2%
28.9%
290
326
543
494
(165)
(146)

(1)
(1)
378
347
Minority interests
(13)
365
356
(32)
(9)
(1)
(5)
(4)
(11)
(11)
315
332


2,249million driven by higher volumes in Motor and tariff
increases in both Motor and Non-Motor;
Commercial lines (34% of gross revenues) were up 2% to

1,327million, mainly in Property;
Other lines (9% of gross revenues) were up 7% to 369million

mainly driven by Art insurance.

1,364million:
66
the current accident year loss ratio increased by 0.7 point to

67.4% mainly due to higher attritional claims driven by natural
events, notably Niklas storm (36million, not qualifying as Nat
Cat event) and higher claims handling costs, partly offset by
lower Nat Cat events;
to 65.4% mostly due to higher positive prior year reserve
development, mainly in Property.
Expense ratio decreased by 0.8 point to 28.2% mainly due to

the effects of the cost savings programs.
Enlarged expense ratio increased by 0.5 point to 32.7% due
to higher claims handling costs.
As a result, the combined ratio improved by 1.9points to
93.6%.
Net investment result decreased by 36million (-11%) to
290million driven by lower income from xed income assets
and alternative investments as well as the non-repeat of an
exceptional interest prot on a tax claim in 2014.
-165million due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
As a result underlying earnings increased by 31million (+9%)
to 378million.
Adjusted earnings increased by 9million (+3%) to 365million
as the increase in underlying earnings was partly offset by lower
net realized capital gains mainly from equities.
Net income decreased by 16million (-5%) to 315million as
the increase in adjusted earnings was more than offset by the
unfavorable change in the fair value of xed income funds as a
result of higher interest rates and corporate spreads widening.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS SWITZERLAND
1
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
3,109
2,795
67.3%
68.3%
61.0%
64.3%
1,216
996

Expense ratio
25.0%
24.8%
194
196
631
500
(124)
(100)

(4)
(3)
503
397
Minority interests
45
43
548
441
(19)
(0)

(26)
(25)

Average exchange rate: 1.00 = Swiss Franc
504
416
1.078
1.215

Personal lines (55% of gross revenues) were down 1% to

1,712million as a consequence of negative price effects in
Motor and Household as well as the loss of a large assistance
contract;

1,410million due to a highly competitive market.

1,216million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net technical
the current accident year loss ratio decreased by 1.0 point to

67.3% driven by lower Nat Cat events as well as large claims;
the all accident year loss ratio decreased by 3.2points to

61.0% as a consequence of an improved current accident
year loss ratio and a higher positive prior year reserve
development.
Expense ratio slightly deteriorated by 0.2 point to 25.0%.

The administrative expense ratio and the acquisition expense
ratio both increased by 0.1 point as the effects of cost savings
programs were more than offset by a negative impact from
changes in the valuation of employee pension liabilities as a
result of lower interest rate assumptions.
Enlarged expense ratio remained stable at 28.9%.

86.0%.
Net investment result decreased by 1 million (-1%) to
result decreased by 23million (-12%) mainly driven by the
appreciation of the Swiss Franc and lower reinvestment yields
on xed income assets.
expenses increased by 10million (+10%) driven by higher pretax underlying earnings.
earnings increased by 46million (+10%) mainly driven by higher
On a constant exchange rate basis, net income increased by
31million (+7%) mainly driven by higher adjusted earnings,
partly offset by an unfavorable change in the fair value of foreign
exchange hedging derivatives not eligible for hedge accounting.
67
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS BELGIUM
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
2,029
2,051
67.7%
67.7%
60.4%
63.1%
805
759

Expense ratio
30.6%
30.7%
178
193
361
321
(120)
(106)

Minority interests
241
215

37
34
278
249
13
(64)

(1)
(2)
(28)
(20)
261
163

2,029million:
Expense ratio improved by 0.1 point to 30.6% driven by lower

administrative expenses.
Enlarged expense ratio increased by 0.1 point to 38.6%.
Personal lines (50% of gross revenues) were down 2million

to 1,023million mainly driven by negative net new contracts,
partly offset by tariff increases;

977million mainly due to less favorable premium adjustments
principally in Workers Compensation;

178million mainly due to lower revenues from xed income
assets.
Other lines (2% of gross revenues) were down 2% to

40million.

-120million as a result of higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
Net technical result increased by 46million to 805million:
68

91.0%.
the current accident year loss ratio increased by 0.1 point

to 67.7% driven by an increase in both attritional losses
(+1.7 points) and large losses (+1.6 points) mainly in
Commercial lines, almost fully offset by the non-repeat of Nat
Cat events (-3.5points);
to 60.4% as a result of higher positive prior year reserve
developments.

241million.
278million mainly due to higher underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 98million (+60%) to 261million
mainly due to higher adjusted earnings and a favorable change
in the fair value of ination derivatives not eligible for hedge
accounting (+73million).
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE AND

LUXEMBOURG
Consolidated Gross Revenues

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Luxembourg
Ukraine
Reso (Russia)
TOTAL
104
101
48
104
149
104
149
Underlying, Adjusted earnings and Net Income Group share

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Luxembourg
Ukraine
Reso (Russia)
(a)
31
26
37
29
(6)
31
34
11

Goodwill and related intangibles impacts
(0)
(270)
42
(233)
(a) Reso accounted for using the equity method. AXAs share of prot is recognized in the income statement.
Reso (Russia)
Underlying earnings increased by 4million to 31million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, underlying earnings increased
by 16million, driven by higher net technical result due to higher
sales and loss ratio improvement, as well as higher investment
income, partly offset by higher expenses and taxes.
Net income increased by 254million to 36million. On a

constant exchange rate basis, net income increased by
268million, mainly due to the non-repeat of the -251million
impairment of part of the value of Reso in 2014 (subsidiary
consolidated under the equity-method), as well as a favorable
change in fair value of hedging derivatives not eligible for hedge
accounting.
The combined ratio improved by 2.9pts to 94.1%.

Adjusted earnings decreased by 5million to 25million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted earningsincreased
by 4million mainly driven by higher underlying earnings, partly
offset by lower net realized capital gains.
69
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS MEDITERRANEAN & LATIN AMERICAN REGION

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
7,533
7,486
73.9%
73.6%
76.5%
74.7%
1,803
1,924

Expense ratio
26.3%
25.5%
462
455
247
445
(130)
(134)

Minority interests
(21)
(35)
103
279

11
(2)
114
277
34
14
(3)
(3)
(8)
(17)
(30)
(26)
107
246
Scope: (i) Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Mexico,

Morocco, the Gulf Region and Colombia are fully consolidated;
(ii)Nigeria (starting from 2015) and Lebanon are consolidated
under the equity method and contribute only to the underlying
earnings, adjusted earnings and net income; (iii)Colombia was
fully consolidated since April2, 2014.
Net technical result decreased by 120 million (-6%) to

1,803million. Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange
rate basis, net technical result decreased by 164million (-9%):
the current accident year loss ratio increased by 0.2 point to

73.9%, mainly due to adverse claims experience in Motor in
Turkey, including -77million following evolutions in regulation
and jurisprudence, partly offset by improvements in (i)Mexico
following tariff increases in Health and lower average costs
in Property, (ii)Personal lines in Spain with lower average
costs in Motor and lower frequency in Non-Motor, as well
as (iii) Portugal from selective underwriting especially in
Commercial lines; this was partly offset by the non-repeat of
Nat Cat events which occurred in 2014 (-0.9 point);
the all accident year loss ratio increased by 2.0points to

76.5% with adverse prior year reserve developments (128 million), mainly in Turkey (-179 million) due to the
increase in both frequency and average costs of bodily and
material claims following the above-mentioned evolutions in
regulation and jurisprudence in Motor, partly offset by more
favorable prior year reserve developments in mature markets
(+52million).
In the comments below, the comparable basis includes

Colombia for 2014 contribution only for gross revenues.
decreased by 108million (-1%) due to a decline in mature
markets (-5% or -183million) especially in Spain (-182million),
partly offset by high growth markets (+2% or +75million):
Personal lines (53% of gross revenues) were down 1% to

4,034million mainly due to lower volumes in mature markets,
mainly in Spain, partly offset by high growth markets especially
in Mexico mainly from tariff increases in Health and Motor;
Commercial lines (46% of gross revenues) were down 2%

to 3,474million mainly due to (i)Motor from lower volumes
reecting selective underwriting in Spain and Mexico, the loss
of large accounts in Mexico and tariff increases in Turkey,
partly offset by (ii)Health driven by tariff increases in Mexico
and in the Gulf Region, as well as higher volumes in Turkey;
70
Other lines (0% of gross revenues) were up 155% to

25million.
Expense ratio increased by 1.0 point to 26.3%. Excluding

Colombia and on a constant exchange rate basis, expense
ratio increased by 0.8 point driven by both a higher acquisition
expense ratio (+0.7 point) and a higher administrative expense
ratio (+0.2 point). Mature markets increased by 0.9 point as the
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
effects of the cost savings programs were more than offset by

negative volume effects. High growth markets increased by 0.9
point mainly due to higher commissions.
offset by a negative one-off effect in Italy (-16million) following

the change in tax rate voted in 2015 that will be applicable
starting in 2017.
Enlarged expense ratio increased by 1.2points to 29.1%.
Underlying earnings decreased by 176million (-63%) to

As a result, the combined ratio deteriorated by 3.0points to

102.8%. Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange rate
basis, the combined ratio increased by 2.8points.
rate basis, net investment result was stable.
-130million. Excluding Colombia and on a constant exchange
rate basis, income tax expenses decreased by 14 million
(-11%) mainly driven by lower pre-tax underlying earnings, partly

earnings decreased by 173million (-65%) mainly driven by
lower underlying earnings, partly offset by higher net realized
capital gains mainly on xed income and real estate.
148million (-63%) mainly due to lower adjusted earnings, partly
offset by a favorable foreign exchange impact.
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS DIRECT BUSINESS
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
2,735
2,361
78.2%
78.2%
76.9%
76.7%
607
539
21.1%
21.5%
124
115
176
157
(50)
(41)
Expense ratio

Minority interests
(0)
(0)
135
124
(2)
(3)
132
121
(5)
(1)
(7)
(2)
(12)
(8)
108
117
71
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Direct business includes operations in the United Kingdom

(25% of total Direct gross revenues), South Korea (22%), France
(20%), Japan (14%), Spain (6%), Italy (5%), Poland (5%), Belgium
(3%) and Portugal (1%).

Expense ratio decreased by 0.3 point to 21.1% mainly driven

by a decrease in commissions in the United Kingdom and cost
saving initiatives in Spain and South Korea, partly offset by higher
commissions in Poland following a change in business mix.
Personal Motor (86% of gross revenues) was up 177million

(+9%) to 2,355million mainly driven by improved retention
and higher new business in the United Kingdom (+57million
or +12%), tariff increase with a high renewal rate in South
Korea (+32 million or +7%), business growth in France
(+34million or +9%) driven by a change in regulation (Hamon
law) and increase in cross selling, tariff increase and business
growth in Japan (+38million or +12%) and better retention
in Spain (+14million or +9%) due to the enhanced pricing
capabilities;
Personal Non-Motor (14% of gross revenues) was up
9million (+3%) to 392million mainly supported by a good
performance in France on Household, and in Poland mainly
due to new synergies achieved through the acquisition and
partnership concluded in March2015.

72
the current accident year loss ratio decreased by 0.1 point to

78.2% due to (i)a decrease in attritional and large loss ratios
(-0.8 point together) mainly due to a strong improvement in
frequency in Non-Motor in France (-1.0 point) and in Motor in
Spain due to above-mentioned enhanced pricing capabilities,
partly offset by higher reinsurance costs in Personal Property
in the United Kingdom, partly offset by (ii)higher Nat Cat
charge (+0.5 point) due to Desmond storm in the United
Kingdom (6million) and the French Riviera oods during the
second half of 2015;
the all accident year loss ratio remained stable at 76.9% mainly
as a result of unfavorable prior year reserve developments in
South Korea, partly offset by higher prior year reserve releases
in the United Kingdom and in France.
Enlarged expense ratio decreased by 0.3 point to 26.8%.

As a result, the combined ratio improved by 0.2 point to 98.0%.
result increased by 2million (+1%) mainly due to a higher
average asset base as well as an improved investment yield
following a change in asset allocation.
expenses increased by 7million (+18%) mainly reecting higher
pre-tax underlying earnings.
earnings increased by 4million (+3%) mainly due to higher
On a constant exchange rate basis, net income decreased
by 15million (-13%) as higher adjusted earnings were more
than offset by recurring amortization of intangible assets and
integration costs relating to the transaction with mBank in
Poland.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
PROPERTY & CASUALTY OPERATIONS ASIA
1
2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
1,108
862
67.0%
68.4%
64.6%
66.2%
377
281
29.3%
27.7%
36
23
100
74
(19)
(13)
(16)
10
Minority interests
(12)
(10)
53
61

Expense ratio

59
63
(1)

(15)
(9)
(1)
(28)
44
26
Scope: (i)for gross revenues and combined ratio: Hong Kong,

Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, on a 100% share basis; (ii)for
underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income: China,
India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, on a Group
share basis. Indonesia operations are not consolidated. China
and India are consolidated through equity method. Thailand is
changed from equity method to full consolidation in 2015. China
was consolidated through equity method for the rst time in
2014 as of February 20th.
In the comments below, the comparable basis includes (i)the
12-month results (January-December) in 2014 for Thailand
following a change in consolidation methodology, (ii)the restated
12-month results in 2014 for China and (iii)the one month
restatement in 2015 reecting the change of the Group share
in Bharti from 26% to 49% in December2015.
Personal lines (49% of gross revenues) were up 35million

(+8%) to 540million driven by (i)Non Motor (+20million)
due to growth in Health and Travel in Hong Kong and
Malaysia as well as Personal Accident in Malaysia and

(ii)Motor (+16million) as a result of positive new business
growth notably reecting the increase in both private car and
motorcycle sales in Malaysia;
Commercial lines (51% of gross revenues) were up 35million

(+7%) to 569million mainly driven by (i)Health (+19million)
from new large accounts and volume increases in Malaysia
and Hong Kong as well as volume increases in Thailand
and Singapore and (ii)Motor (+12million) from new large
accounts in Singapore and volume increases in Malaysia.
Net technical result increased by 97million to 377million.

On a comparable basis, net technical result increased by
31million (+10%):
the current accident year loss ratio improved by 1.5points

to 67.0% thanks to the non-repeat of a Nat Cat charge in
Hong Kong and Singapore driven by Odile hurricane in Mexico
and ELA hailstorm in 2014 (participation to Group pool);
improvement in large losses mainly driven by Commercial
Property in Thailand and Singapore, partly offset by a
deterioration of the attritional loss ratio in Personal Health
driven by higher frequency in Hong Kong;
73
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
the all accident year loss ratio improved by 1.0 point to 64.6%
despite lower positive prior year reserve developments arising
from oods in Thailand.
Income tax expenses increased by 6million to -19million.

On a comparable basis, income tax expenses increased by
3million due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
Expense ratio deteriorated by 1.7 points to 29.3%. On a

comparable basis, expense ratio deteriorated by 1.3points
driven by higher acquisition expenses (+0.9 point) mainly in
Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand and higher administrative
expenses (+0.4 point) mainly reecting digital investments in
Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Underlying earnings decreased by 8million to 53million.

On a comparable basis, underlying earnings decreased by
9million, including a 13million decrease from afliates and
associates, driven by India (-11million) mainly due to reserves
strengthening and Chennai ood, and China (-2million) mainly
due to higher brand promotion and marketing expenses.
Enlarged expense ratio deteriorated by 1.1 points on a

comparable basis to 32.1%.

a comparable basis, adjusted earnings decreased by 5million
driven by lower underlying earnings, partly offset by higher net
realized capital gains in China.
As a result, the combined ratio deteriorated by 0.4 point on a

comparable basis to 94.0%.
Net investment result increased by 13million to 36million.
On a comparable basis, net investment result increased by
8million mainly benetting from a higher asset base in Malaysia
as well as a higher yield following a change in asset mix in
Singapore and Hong Kong.
74
Net income increased by 19 million to 44 million. On a

comparable basis, net income increased by 21million driven
by lower integration costs in Hong Kong and China, partly offset
by a decrease in adjusted earnings.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I International Insurance segment
for the International Insurance segment for the periods indicated:
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance
2,265
AXA Global Life and AXA Global P&C
2,131
85
102
1,371
1,155
Other (a)
51
52
TOTAL
3,772
3,440
AXA Assistance
(157)
(148)
3,615
3,292
(a) Including AXA Liabilities Managers and AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company.
UNDERLYING, ADJUSTED EARNINGS AND NET INCOME GROUP SHARE
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
134
AXA Global Life and AXA Global P&C
21
(1)
AXA Assistance
25
23
Other (a)
147
13
39
193
208
34
35
227
244
11
23
(1)
(2)
(11)
(4)
226
261
(a) Including AXA Liabilities Managers and AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company.
75
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS ASSURANCE
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
2,265
2,131
85.8%
86.1%
82.8%
81.4%
391
386

Expense ratio
15.8%
16.5%
173
181
205
225
(69)
(76)
(2)
(2)
134
147
Minority interests
21
31
155
178
24


(6)
156
201

2,265million. On a comparable basis, gross revenues increased
by 41million (+2%), notably in Property (+10%) mainly driven
by new business and in Liability (+6%) with positive volume
impacts and new business, partly offset by negative evolution
in premiums in Motor (-7%) due to focus on protability, and
Aviation/Space (-8%) due to market rate decrease.
the current accident year loss ratio decreased by 0.3 point

to 85.8% driven by lower large losses in Construction and
Property despite the explosion in Tianjin in China (49million
net of reinsurance, +2.2points);
the all accident year loss ratio increased by 1.4points to
82.8% mainly due to lower prior year reserve developments.
Expense ratio decreased by 0.7 point to 15.8% reecting a

strict control of expenses in a context of revenues growth.
Enlarged expense ratio decreased by 1.7points to 19.2% due
to release of claims handling reserve.
76
As a result, the combined ratio increased by 0.7 point to 98.6%.

result decreased by 8million (-4%) mainly due to lower income
from xed income assets in a low interest rates environment
and the non-repeat of an exceptional distribution from Mutual
funds in 2014.
expenses decreased by 7million (-9%) mainly due to lower
pre-tax underlying earnings.
As a consequence, underlying earnings decreased by
13million (-9%) to 134million. On a constant exchange rate
basis, underlying earnings decreased by 13million (-9%).
155million driven by lower underlying earnings (-13million)
and lower realized capital gains mainly on equities.
Net income decreased by 45million (-23%) to 156million
mainly driven by lower adjusted earnings as well as unfavorable
foreign exchange impacts driven by the depreciation of the Euro
against major currencies.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
AXA GLOBAL LIFE AND AXA GLOBAL

P&C(1)

25million mainly driven by a strong growth of business and
better expense management in all regions.
Underlying earnings increased by 21million to 21million

mainly driven by an improved technical result in AXA Global P&C,
partly offset by higher expenses related to the development of
AXA Global Life.
Adjusted earnings increased by 2million (+8%) to 26million

mainly driven by higher underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 1million (+8%) to 19million mainly

driven by higher adjusted earnings.
Adjusted earnings increased by 21million to 21million driven

by higher underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 25million to 27million mainly driven
by higher adjusted earnings as well as a favorable change in fair
value of nancial assets.
AXA ASSISTANCE
1,371 million. On a comparable basis, primarily adjusted
from the disposal of ADHAP, gross revenues increased by
195million (+17%) mainly driven by the strong developments
in new business & e-Commerce business combined with inforce growth in Motor, Home and Travel activities.
OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Underlying earnings decreased by 26million to 13million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, underlying earnings decreased
by 24million mainly driven by unfavorable developments on
run-off portfolios.
a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted earnings decreased
by 16million driven by lower underlying earnings, partly offset
by higher net realized capital gains.
Net income decreased by 15 million to 24 million. On
a constant exchange rate basis, net income decreased by
14million driven by lower adjusted earnings.
(1) Gathers both central teams from Life & Savings and Property & Casualty global business lines in addition to Group reinsurance operations.
77
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
I Asset Management segment

for the Asset Management segment for the periods indicated:
(in Euromillion)
2015
2014
AB
2,690
2,259
1,604
1,462
TOTAL
4,295
3,722
(473)
(396)
3,822
3,326
(in Euromillion)
AB
224
193
234
211
458
403
458
403
10
25
27
(2)
78
2015
2014
(13)
(7)
482
419
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
AB
1
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)

Total revenues
General expenses
2015
2014
2,690
2,259
(13)
(7)
2,678
2,252
(2,105)
(1,771)
573
481
(138)
(116)
Minority interests
(210)
(172)
224
193

224
193
(1)
(2)

(10)
(2)

Average exchange rate: 1.00 = $
213
188
1.119
1.332
Assets under Management (AUM) increased by 42billion

from year-end 2014 to 455billion at December31, 2015 as a
result of 47billion favorable foreign exchange rate impact and
3billion net inows from Institutional clients, partly offset by
7billion market depreciation.
As a result, underlying cost income ratio decreased by 0.1

point to 75.1%.

decreased by 6million as (i)higher investment management
fees (+2%) resulting from a 3% increase in average AUM and
(ii)higher Institutional Research Services fees (+2%) were more
than offset by (iii)lower distribution fees (-4%) due to outows
in retail Mutual funds.
Underlying earnings and adjusted earnings increased by

32million (+16%) to 224million. On a constant exchange
rate basis, underlying earnings and adjusted earnings decreased
by 4million (-2%).

-13million. On a constant exchange rate basis, net investment
result decreased by 3million (-46%).

9million (-5%) due to lower adjusted earnings as well as higher
restructuring costs.
General expenses increased by 334 million (+19%) to

-2,105million. On a constant exchange rate basis, general
expenses increased by 2 million as higher compensation
expenses resulting from higher revenues were partly offset by
lower promotion and servicing expenses.

expenses were stable.
AXA ownership of AB at December31, 2015 was 62.8%,

compared to 62.7% at December31, 2014.
79
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS (AXA IM)
(in Euromillion)
Gross revenues (a)
2015
2014
1,604

Total revenues
General expenses
1,462
(12)
1,606
1,450
(1,226)
(1,123)
380
328
(135)
(108)
Minority interests
(10)
(10)
234
211
234
211
11
27
27
(2)
(2)
(5)
269
231

Comparable basis in the comments below refers to constant

foreign exchange rate restatement, excluding distribution fees
retroceded.
transaction fees (+4million or +14%), partly offset by lower

performance fees (-8million or -14%) mainly due to unfavorable
timing effect in 2015.
Assets under Management (AUM) increased by 46billion

from year-end 2014 to 669billion as of December31, 2015,
mainly as a result of 42billion net inows mostly from Third
party clients (+41billion) mainly from Asian Joint Ventures
(+34billion) and 37billion combined market and foreign
exchange rate impact. They were partly offset by -33billion
negative scope impact, mainly related to a partial withdrawal of
the Friends Life assets.
Net investment result increased by 13million to 1million.

On a comparable basis, net investment result increased
by 16million due to an exceptional realized capital gain of
16million in 2015.
Gross revenues increased by 91million (+8%) to 1,242million.

On a comparable basis, net revenues increased by 51million
(+4%), mainly driven by higher management fees (+41million
or +4%) as a result of higher average assets (+7%) despite
lower management feebps (-0.5bp) and higher Real Assets
80
General expenses increased by 103 million (+9%) to

-1,226million. On a comparable basis, general expenses
increased by 29million (+4%) mainly due to higher non-staff
costs.
The underlying cost income ratio improved by 1.3points to
69.3%. On a comparable basis, the underlying cost income
ratio remained stable.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT

-135million. On a comparable basis, income tax expenses
increased by 20 million (+18%) driven by higher pre-tax
underlying earnings and unfavorable tax one-offs (-12million).

234 million. On a comparable basis, adjusted earnings
increased by 10million (+5%) in line with higher underlying
earnings.

234 million. On a comparable basis, underlying earnings
increased by 10million (+5%).
Net income increased by 38million (+17%) to 269million. On

a comparable basis, net income increased by 22million (+10%)
mainly driven by higher adjusted earnings as well as exceptional
fees relating to the partial withdrawal of the Friends Life assets.
I Banking segment
attributable to AXAs banking activities for the periods indicated:

2015
2014
(in Euromillion)
AXA Banks (a)
581
533
Belgium (b)
402
356
France
152
119
Hungary
37
Germany
22
21
Other
TOTAL
586
538
35
26
621
564
(a) Of which AXA Bank Europe and its branches: 407million.

(b) Includes commercial activities in Belgium and shared services of AXA Bank Europe (treasury and support functions).
81
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
(in Euromillion)
AXA Banks
99
108
Belgium
90
99
France
Hungary
Germany
Other
(2)
(2)
97
106

BELGIUM
Net banking revenues increased by 46million (+13%) to
402million mainly driven by a positive change in fair value of
interest rates derivatives and own debt.
Operating net banking revenues decreased by 10million
(-3%) as (i) higher commercial results from improved retail
commercial margin and strong new credit production, as well
as (ii)higher intermediation activities were more than offset
by (iii)lower net realized capital gains and (iv)higher level of
prepayments and renancings.
82
2015
2014
97
106
33
(19)
(71)
(126)
(10)
(11)
49
(49)

90 million mainly driven by lower operating net banking
revenues (-10million).
Adjusted earnings decreased by 9million (-9%) to 90million
driven by lower underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 22million (+29%) to 100million as
lower adjusted earnings (-9million) were more than offset by
a favorable change in fair value of both own debt (+19million)
and interest rates derivatives not eligible for hedge accounting
(+12million).
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
FRANCE
HUNGARY
Net banking revenues increased by 32million (+27%) to

152million.
Net income increased by 58 million to -67 million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, net income increased by
58million mainly due to the non-repeat of the 101million
one-off provision in 2014, partly offset by a one-off provision
of 77million booked in 2015 in anticipation of the exceptional
loss related to the sale of the Hungarian operations announced
on February 3rd, 2016.
Operating net banking revenues increased by 6million to

136million mainly driven by higher interest income on retail
loans, primarily on mortgages as a consequence of growth of inforce business following the strong level of new credit production
during the last three years, and by higher commissions due to
the increase in early repayment of loans.
1million to 5million, as the signicant improvement in cost
of risk and the increase in operating net banking revenues were
partly offset by the increase in operating expenses to support
business growth.
GERMANY
Net income increased by 18million to 15million, as a result

of the increase in adjusted earnings and of a favorable change in
fair value of debt instruments driven by credit spread widening.
Underlying earnings decreased by 1million to 4million.
Net banking revenues increased by 1 million (+4%) to

22million.
Adjusted earnings decreased by 1million to 4million.

Net income decreased by 1million to 4million.
I Holdings and other companies

The Holdings and other companies consist of AXAs non-operating companies, including mainly the AXA parent company, AXA France
Assurance, AXA Financial, AXA United Kingdom Holdings, AXA Germany Holdings and AXA Belgian Holding.
(in Euromillion)
AXA
2015
2014
(833)
(680)
Other French holding companies
(16)
(33)
Foreign holding companies
(58)
(234)
(906)
(947)
Other
(27)
(897)
(974)
(115)
210
(71)
(85)

(14)
(1,080)
(864)
83
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
AXA SA(1)
Underlying earnings decreased by 153million to -833million
mainly driven by (i) lower interest income following the
renegotiation of entities nancing conditions (mainly the US
Holdings) in the context of a lower interest rate environment,
largely offset in the AXA US Holdings segment, as well as
(ii)increased investment in the Group digital capabilities.
Adjusted earnings decreased by 130million to -833million
mainly driven by lower underlying earnings, partly offset by lower
impairment on equities.
Net income decreased by 472million to -1,005million mainly
driven by lower adjusted earnings as well as an unfavorable
change in the fair value of economic derivatives not eligible
for hedge accounting under IAS39 (-339million) of which
-188million due to lower interest rates and -151million from
foreign exchange movements.
OTHER FRENCH HOLDING COMPANIES
FOREIGN HOLDING COMPANIES

AXA Financial Inc.
-18million. On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying
earnings increased by 129million (+89%) mainly driven by
(i)lower interest expense following the renegotiation of nancing
conditions with AXA SA in the context of a lower interest rate
environment, (ii)lower debt positions and (iii)positive one-off
correction of real estate income, partly offset by (iv)higher sharebased compensation expenses.
-18 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted
earnings increased by 129million (+89%), in line with underlying
earnings evolution.
Net income increased by 113million (+87%) to -16million.
115million (+89%) reecting higher adjusted earnings and a
favorable change in fair value of foreign exchange derivatives
not eligible for hedge accounting.
AXA France Assurance
AXA UK holdings
Underlying earnings increased by 5million to -15million

due to lower tax expenses resulting from lower intercompany
dividends received.
Underlying earnings increased by 17million to -1million.

On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying earnings
increased by 17million mainly driven by higher investment
result attributable to more favorable asset allocation.
Adjusted earnings and net income increased by 4million

to -15million in line with the increase in underlying earnings.
Other French holdings

mainly due to lower nancial charges.
Adjusted earnings increased by 11million to -1million driven
by higher underlying earnings.
Net income increased by 44million to -3million mainly due to
a decrease in costs linked to the restructuring of the participation
in Bharti AXA General Insurance.
Adjusted earnings increased by 11million to -2million. On

a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted earnings increased
by 12million mainly due to higher underlying earnings, partly
offset by lower net realized capital gains.
Net income increased by 16million to 8million. On a constant
exchange rate basis, net income increased by 15million due
to higher adjusted earnings and a favorable change in fair value
of foreign exchange hedging derivatives not eligible for hedge
accounting.
German holding companies

due to higher investment income from xed income assets and
participations as well as lower expenses related to pensions.
(1) All the gures are after tax.
84
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
Adjusted earnings increased by 38million to 6million driven

by higher underlying earnings and higher net realized capital
gains.
Net income increased by 66million to 7million driven by
higher adjusted earnings and a favorable change in fair value of
hedging derivatives related to pensions not eligible for hedge
accounting.
Belgian holding company

3million to -6million.

holdings

-31million. On a constant exchange rate basis, underlying
-33 million. On a constant exchange rate basis, adjusted
earnings increased by 7million (+18%), mainly driven by higher
3million (+5%) mainly driven by higher adjusted earnings as
well as the non-repeat of 2014 acquisition and integration costs,
partly offset by a one-off receivable write-off.
I Outlook
AXAs successful Ambition AXA plan has positioned the
Group well to remain resilient and strong in an environment
characterized by continued market volatility and extremely low
rates.
AXAs Solvency II position should remain strong and resilient to
external shocks.
AXA is working actively on its new strategic plan, building the

foundations of future growth.The company will continue to
allocate capital effectively between markets and business lines,
invest in its digital transformation and pursue expense efciency
programs.
These elements should enable AXA to continue creating lasting
shareholder value and offer an attractive return.
I Glossary
The split between high growth markets and mature markets is
detailed below:
The notion of high growth markets includes the following
countries: Central & Eastern countries (Poland, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Russia), Hong Kong, South-East Asia (Singapore,
Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia), India, China, and
the Mediterranean & Latin American Region (Morocco, Turkey,
the Gulf Region, Mexico, Lebanon, Colombia), excluding Direct
operations.
The notion of mature markets includes the following countries:
the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium,
Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Greece and France.
COMPARABLE BASIS FOR REVENUES

AND ANNUALIZED PREMIUMS
EQUIVALENT
On a comparable basis means that the data for the current
period were restated using the prevailing foreign currency
exchange rates for the same period of prior year (constant
exchange rate basis). It also means that data in one of the
two periods being compared were restated for the results
of acquisitions, disposals and business transfers (constant
structural basis) and for changes in accounting principles
(constant methodological basis).
85
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
ADJUSTED EARNINGS
Adjusted earnings represent the net income (Group share)
before the impact of:
exceptional operations (primarily change in scope and

discontinued operations);
integration and restructuring costs related to material newly

acquired companies as well as restructuring and associated
costs related to productivity improvement plans;
goodwill and other related intangibles; and
prot or loss on nancial assets accounted for under fair

value option (excluding assets backing liabilities for which the
nancial risk is borne by the policyholder), foreign exchange
impacts on assets and liabilities, and derivatives related to
invested assets.
Derivatives related to invested assets:
DAC and VBI amortization or other reactivity to those elements

if any (Life & Savings business) and net of hedging if any.
EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share (EPS) represent AXAs consolidated earnings
(including interest charges related to undated debts recorded
through shareholders equity), divided by the weighted average
number of outstanding ordinary shares.
Diluted earnings per share (diluted EPS) represent AXAs
consolidated earnings (including interest charges related to
undated debts recorded through shareholders equity), divided
by the weighted average number of outstanding ordinary
shares, on a diluted basis (that is to say including the potential
impact of all outstanding dilutive stock options being exercised,
performance shares, and conversion of existing convertible debt
into shares, provided that their impact is not anti-dilutive).
include all foreign exchange derivatives, except the ones

related to currency options in earnings hedging strategies
which are included in underlying earnings;
RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE)
exclude derivatives related to insurance contracts evaluated

according to the selective unlocking accounting policy; and
The calculation is prepared with the following principles:
exclude derivatives involved in the economic hedging of

realized gains and impairments of equity securities and real
estate backing general account and shareholders funds,
for which cost at inception, intrinsic value and pay-off ow
through adjusted earnings, and only time value ows through
net income when there is no intention to sell the derivatives
in the short term (if not, ows through adjusted earnings).
for net income ROE: Calculation is based on consolidated

financial statements, + shareholders equity including
undated subordinated debt (Super Subordinated Debts
TSS/Undated Subordinated Debts TSDI) and Other
Comprehensive Income OCI, and net income not reecting
any interest charges on TSS/TSDI;
for adjusted and underlying ROE:
all undated subordinated debts (TSS/TSDI) are treated as

nancing debt, thus excluded from shareholders equity,
interest charges on TSS/TSDI are deducted from earnings,
OCI is excluded from the average shareholders equity.
UNDERLYING EARNINGS
Underlying earnings correspond to adjusted earnings excluding
net capital gains or losses attributable to shareholders.
Net capital gains or losses attributable to shareholders include
the following elements net of tax:
86
realized gains and losses and change in impairment valuation

allowance (on assets not designated under fair value option
or trading assets);
cost at inception, intrinsic value and pay-off of derivatives

involved in the economic hedging of realized gains and
impairments of equity securities and real estate backing
general account and shareholders funds;
related impact on policyholder participation (Life & Savings

business); and
LIFE & SAVINGS MARGIN ANALYSIS

Life & Savings margin analysis is presented on an underlying
basis.
Even though the presentation of Margin Analysis is not the same
as the Statement of Income (underlying basis), it is based on
the same GAAP measures as used to prepare the Statement
of Income in accordance with IFRS. As a result, the operating
income under the Margin Analysis is equal to that reported in
AXAs Statement of Income for the segment.
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
There are certain material differences between the detailed

line-by-line presentation in the Statement of Income and the
components of Margin Analysis as set out below.
For insurance contracts and investment contracts with
Discretionary Participation Features (DPF):
gross premiums (net of deposits), fees and other revenues are

allocated in the Margin Analysis based on the nature of the
revenue between Fees and Revenues and Net Technical
Margin;
policyholders interest in participating contracts is reected as
a change in insurance benets in the Statement of Income.
In the Margin Analysis, it is allocated to the related margin,
+ primarily Investment Margin and Net Technical Margin;
the Investment margin represents the net investment result in
the Statement of Income and is adjusted to take into account
the related policyholders participation (see above) as well as
changes in specic reserves linked to invested assets returns
and to exclude the fees on (or contractual charges included
in) contracts with the nancial risk borne by policyholders,
which are included in Fees and Revenues;
change in URR (Unearned Revenues Reserves capitalization
net of amortization) is presented in the line Change in
unearned premiums net of unearned revenues and fees in
the underlying Statement of Income, whereas it is located in
the line Fees & Revenues in the Margin analysis.
For investment contracts without DPF:
deposit accounting is applied. As a consequence, fees and

charges related to these contracts are presented in the
underlying Statement of Income within Gross consolidated
revenues on a separate line, and in Margin analysis in the lines
Fees & Revenues and Net Technical margin;
change in UFR (Unearned Fees Reserves capitalization net
of amortization) is presented in the line Change in unearned
premiums net of unearned revenues & fees in the underlying
Statement of Income, whereas it is located in the line Fees &
Revenues in the Margin analysis.
Underlying Fees & Revenues include:
revenues derived from mutual fund sales (which are part of

consolidated revenues);
loadings charged to policyholders on premiums/deposits and

fees on funds under management for separate account (UnitLinked) business;
loadings on (or contractual charges included in) premiums/

deposits received on all general account product lines;
deferral income such as capitalization net of amortization of

URR (Unearned Revenue Reserve) and UFR (Unearned Fee
Reserve); and
other fee revenues, e.g., fees received on nancial planning

or sales of third party products.
Underlying Net Technical margin includes the following

components:
mortality/morbidity margin: t he amount charged to the

policyholder in respect of mortality/morbidity for the related
period less benets and claims. It is equal to the difference
between income for assuming risk and the actual cost of
benets. This margin does not include the claims handling
costs and change in claims handling cost reserves;
surrender margin: the difference between the benet reserve

and the surrender value paid to the policyholder in the event
of early contract termination;
GMxB (Variable Annuity guarantees) active financial risk

management is the net result from GMxB lines corresponding
to explicit charges related to these types of guarantees less
cost of hedge. It also includes the unhedged business result;
policyholder bonuses if the policyholder participates in the

risk margin;
ceded reinsurance result; and
other changes in insurance reserves are all the reserves

strengthening or release coming from changes in valuation
assumptions, additional reserves for mortality risk and other
technical impacts such as premium deciency net of derivative
if any.
Underlying Investment margin includes the following items:
net investment income; and
interests and bonuses credited to policyholders and

unallocated policyholder bonuses (and the change in specic
reserves purely linked to invested assets returns) related to
the net investment income.
Underlying Expenses are:
acquisition expenses, including commissions and general

expenses allocated to new business, related to insurance
products as well as to other activities (e.g., mutual fund sales);
87
THE AXA GROUP

1.3ACTIVITY REPORT
capitalization of acquisition expenses linked to new business:

Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC) and net rights to future
management fees only for investment contracts without DPF;
all accident years claims charge gross of reinsurance +

claims handling costs + result of reinsurance ceded on all
accident yearsexcluding the recurring interests credited to
the insurance annuity reserves; to
earned revenues, gross of reinsurance.
amortization of acquisition expenses on current year and prior

year new business, including the impact of interest capitalized:
amortization charge for Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC) and
net rights to future management fees only for investment
contracts without DPF;
Underlying expense ratio is the ratio of:
administrative expenses;
underlying expenses (excluding claims handling costs); to
claims handling costs; and
policyholder bonuses if the policyholder participates in the

expenses of the Company.
Underlying expenses include two components: expenses

(including commissions) related to acquisition of contracts (with
the related acquisition expense ratio) and all other expenses
(with the related administrative expense ratio). Underlying
expenses exclude customer intangible amortization and
integration costs related to material newly acquired companies.
Underlying VBI amortization includes VBI (Value of Purchased

Life Business In-force) amortization related to underlying
margins, as well as amortization of other intangibles related to
the in-force business.
Life & Savings underlying cost income ratio: Underlying
expensesplus underlying VBI amortization divided by underlying
operating margin, where Underlying operating margin is the
sum of (i)Underlying Investment margin, (ii)Underlying Fees
and revenues, and (iii)Underlying Net technical Margin (all items
dened above).
PROPERTY & CASUALTY (INCLUDING

AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
ASSURANCE)
Underlying net investment result includes the net investment
income less the recurring interests credited to insurance annuity
reserves.
Underlying net technical result is the sum of the following
components:
earned premiums, gross of reinsurance;
claims charges, gross of reinsurance;
change in claims reserves, including claims handling costs

reserves, gross of reinsurance, excluding the recurring
interests credited to insurance annuity reserves;
claims handling costs; and
net result of ceded reinsurance.
Current accident year loss ratio net of reinsurance is the ratio

of:
88
All accident year loss ratio net of reinsurance is the ratio of:
current year claims charge gross of reinsurance + claims

handling costs + result of reinsurance ceded on current
accident year,excluding the recurring interests credited to
the insurance annuity reserves; to
The enlarged expense ratio is the sum of the expense ratio

and claims handling cost ratio.
The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying
expense ratio and the all accident year loss ratio.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Net New Money: Inows of client money less outows of client
money. Net New Money measures the impact of sales efforts,
product attractiveness (mainly dependent on performance
and innovation), and the general market trend in investment
allocation.
Underlying Cost Income ratio : (general expenses net of
distribution revenues)/(gross revenues excluding distribution
revenues).
Assets Under Management (AUM) are dened as the assets
whose management has been delegated by their owner to an
asset management company such as AXA Investment Managers
and AB. AUM only includes funds and mandates which generate
fees and exclude double counting.
BANKING
Net New Money is a banking volume indicator. It represents the
net cash ows of customers balances in the bank, with cash
inows (collected money) and cash outows (exiting money). It
includes market effect and capitalized interests over the period.
Net operating revenues are disclosed before intercompany
eliminations and before realized capital gains/losses or changes
in fair value of fair-value-P&L assets and of hedging
derivatives.
THE AXA GROUP

1.4LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
1.4 LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Information in this section should be read in conjunction with
Note4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements included in
Part4 of this Annual Report which is covered by the Statutory
Auditors Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Liquidity management is a core part of the Group financial
planning including debt prole schedule and, more broadly, the
capital allocation process. Liquidity resources result principally
from Life &Savings, Property &Casualty and Asset Management
operations, as well as from capital raising activities, and
committed bank credit lines.
Over the past several years, AXA has expanded its core operations
(insurance and asset management) through a combination
of organic growth, direct investments and acquisitions. This
expansion has been funded primarily through a combination of
(i)dividends received from operating subsidiaries, (ii)proceeds
from debt instruments issuance (principally subordinated debt)
and borrowings (including debt issued by subsidiaries), (iii)the
issuance of ordinary shares, and (iv)proceeds from the sale of
non-core businesses and assets.
Each of the major operating subsidiaries is responsible
for managing its liquidity position, in coordination with the
Company. The Company, as the holding company for the AXA

Group, coordinates funding and liquidity management and,
in this role, participates in nancing the operations of certain
subsidiaries. Certain of AXAs subsidiaries, including AXA France
Assurance, AXA Financial, AXA Konzern AG, AXA UK Plc. and
AXA Mediterranean Holding SA, are also holding companies
and, consequently, are dependent on dividends received from
their own subsidiaries to meet their obligations. The Groups
operating insurance companies are required to meet multiple
regulatory constraints, in particular, a minimum solvency ratio.
The level of internal dividends paid by operating entities must
therefore take into account these constraints as well as potential
future regulatory changes. Cash positions also uctuate as a
result of cash-settled margin calls from counterparties related
to collateral agreements on derivatives, and the Companys
statutory (parent only) results may be signicantly impacted by
unrealized gains and losses on derivatives used to hedge notably
currency and interest rate risks. The Company anticipates that
cash dividends received from operating subsidiaries and other
nancing sources available to the Company will continue to
cover its operating expenses and dividend payments during
each of the next three years.
I Internal sources of liquidity: AXAs subsidiaries

The principal sources of funds for AXAs insurance operations
are premiums, investment income and proceeds from sales of
invested assets. These funds are mainly used to pay policyholder
benets, claims and claims expenses, policy surrenders and
other operating expenses, and to purchase investment assets.
The liquidity of the Groups insurance operations is affected by,
among other things, the overall quality of AXAs investments
and the Groups ability to liquidate its investment assets to meet
policyholder benets and insurance claims as they fall due.
The Group regularly reviews the quality of its assets to ensure
adequate liquidity in stress scenarios.
Information on projected payments and surrenders related to
Life &Savings and Property &Casualty insurance contracts are
disclosed in Note14.9.1 of Part4 Consolidated Financial
Statements.
LIFE & SAVINGS

Liquidity needs can be affected by a number of factors including
uctuations in the level of surrenders, withdrawals, maturities
and guarantees to policyholders including guarantees in the
form of minimum income benets or death benets, particularly
on Variable Annuity business (see Part1.2 Information on the
Company Segment Information Life &Savings Surrenders
and lapses).
The investment strategy of AXAs Life &Savings subsidiaries
is designed to match the investment returns and estimated
maturities of their investments with expected payments on
their insurance contracts. Entities regularly monitor the valuation
and duration of their investments and the performance of their
nancial assets. Financial market performance may affect the
level of surrenders and withdrawals on life insurance policies,
as well as immediate and projected long-term cash needs. As a
result of close monitoring of surrender rates, Group subsidiaries
are able to adjust their investment portfolios to reect such
considerations and react in a targeted manner.
89
THE AXA GROUP

PROPERTY & CASUALTY AND

Liquidity needs can be affected by actual claims experience.
Insurance net cash flows are generally positive but can be
negative in the case of exceptional events. A portion of these
cash ows is invested in liquid, short-term bonds and other
listed securities in order to manage the liquidity risk that may
arise from such events.
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND BANKING

These subsidiaries principal sources of liquidity are operating
cash ows, proceeds from the issuance of ordinary shares
(where applicable), drawings on credit facilities, repurchase
agreements and other borrowings from credit institutions,
banking clients or others.
The nancing needs of asset management subsidiaries arise
principally from their activities, which require working capital,
in particular to nance prepaid commissions on some mutual
fund-type products at AB or to constitute seed money for new
funds at both AB and AXA Investment Managers.
I Liquidity position and risk management framework

In 2015, AXA continued to manage its liquidity risk carefully and
conservatively. At year-end 2015, AXA has:
a large cash position across all business lines (information

on cash ows from operations is provided in Note12 to the
Financial Statements included in Part 4 of this Annual Report).
As of December31, 2015, AXAs consolidated statement
of nancial position included cash and cash equivalents of
25.6billion, net of bank overdrafts of 0.6billion;
broad access to various markets via standardized debt

programs: for example, at the end of 2015, this included
a maximum capacity of 6.0billion of French commercial
paper, $2.0billion of US commercial paper, 15.0billion
under a Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) program (of which
12.4bn issued) and 1.5bn of French Bons moyen terme
ngociables (BMTN);
a debt profile characterized by (i) a debt being mostly

subordinated, with a long maturity prole and partly nanced
through the EMTN program. 3.4billion of debt repayments(1)
are expected over the next two years out of a total net
nancing debt (2) of 14.3billion at year-end 2015; and (ii)a
decrease in the debt ratios (debt gearing(3): 23% at year-end
2015, versus 24% at year-end 2014; interest coverage (4):
10.7x at year-end 2015, versus 9.9x at year-end 2014).
AXA has a robust liquidity risk management framework that it

reviews on a regular basis. Its assessment is performed through
a quarterly monitoring of liquidity and solvency requirements in
stressed environments both at local and Group level. At yearend 2015, Group entities held, in this aggregate, more than
190billion government bonds issued by Eurozone countries,
which enables them to address local liquidity needs through
highly liquid assets. AXA SA also held 12.7billion of committed
undrawn credit lines at year-end 2015. The Group has its own
liquidity requirements which are mainly coming from solvency
needs of Group entities under severe stress scenarios and
collateralized derivatives held by AXA SA. The derivatives book
is monitored and managed on a daily basis by the AXA Group
Treasury Department.
In addition, as part of its risk control system, AXA remains
vigilant regarding contractual provisions, such as rating triggers
or restrictive covenants, in nancing and other documentation
that may give lenders, security holders or other counterparties,
rights to accelerate repayment, demand collateral or seek other
similar remedies under circumstances that could have a material
adverse effect on AXAs consolidated nancial position. At yearend 2015, AXA had no rating triggers and no nancial covenants
in its credit facilities.
(1) Estimated taking into account the rst date of step-up calls on subordinated debt.
(2) Total net nancing debt =senior debt and commercial paper outstanding net of cash available at central holdings levels +dated subordinated
debt +undated subordinated debt.
(3) Total net nancing debt/shareholders equity excluding undated subordinated debt and excluding unrealized gains &losses recorded through
shareholders equity +total net nancing debt.
(4) Including interest charge on undated subordinated debt.
90
THE AXA GROUP

SUBORDINATED DEBT
On a consolidated basis, dated subordinated debt (including
derivative instruments) totalled 7,465million as of December31,
2015 after taking into account all intra-group eliminations and
excluding undated subordinated debt (TSS/TSDI, which are
included in shareholders equity, as described in Note1.13.2
of Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements), compared
to 7,146million at December31, 2014. The increase was
319million, or 320million on a constant exchange rate basis.
Since January2007, AXAs only convertible debt outstanding is
AXAs 2017 convertible bonds (6.6million bonds at December31,
2015 representing a carrying value of 1,701million for its debt
component, as described in Note17 of Part 4 Consolidated
Financial Statements). To neutralize the dilutive impact of the
2017 convertible bonds, AXA has purchased from a banking
counterparty call options on the AXA ordinary share with an
automatic exercise feature. Under this arrangement, one call
option is automatically exercised upon each conversion of
a convertible bond. Consequently, each issuance of a new
ordinary share resulting from the conversion of a bond will be
offset by the delivery to AXA of an existing ordinary share under
the call option (which ordinary share AXA intends to cancel in
order to avoid any increase in the number of its outstanding
shares and/or dilution).
At December31, 2015, the number of ordinary shares issuable
upon conversion of outstanding bonds was 29.2million.
Movements in these items are described in Note17 of Part4
Consolidated Financial Statements.
The contractual maturities of nancing debts are detailed in
Note17.3 of Part 4 Consolidated Financial Statements.
OTHER DEBT
(OTHER THAN FINANCING DEBT)
Other debt instruments issued

At December31, 2015, other debt instruments issued totalled
2,612million, up from 1,164million at the end of 2014. The
increase of 1,448million mainly resulted from the increase of
commercial paper.
Other debt owed to credit institutions

(including bank overdrafts)
At December31, 2015, other debt owed to credit institutions
totalled 927million (including 645million of bank overdrafts),
an increase of 236million compared to 691million at the end
of 2014 (including 418million of bank overdrafts).
Movements in this item are described in Note18 of Part4
ISSUANCE OF ORDINARY SHARES

For several years, the AXA Group has been offering to its
employees in and outside France, the opportunity to subscribe
for shares issued through a capital increase reserved for
employees. In 2015, employees invested a total of 375million
that led to a total of approximately 19million newly issued
shares. Employee shareholders represented 6.15% of the
outstanding share capital at December31, 2015.
DIVIDENDS RECEIVED
FINANCING DEBT INSTRUMENTS ISSUED
On a consolidated basis, AXAs total nancing debt outstanding
amounted to 624million at December31, 2015, an decrease
of 962million from 1,586million at the end of 2014. On a
constant exchange rate basis, the decrease was 1,002million.
Movements in this item are described in Note17 of Part 4
FINANCING DEBT OWED TO CREDIT

INSTITUTIONS
Dividends received by the Company from its subsidiaries

amounted to 2,552million in 2015 (3,342million in 2014),
of which 733million were in currencies other than the Euro
(775million in 2014).
As a holding company, AXA is not subject to legal restrictions
on dividend payments, provided that its accumulated prots
are sufcient to cover them and that the Group solvency ratio
does not decrease below 100% after dividend payment in
cash. However, many Group subsidiaries, particularly AXAs
insurance subsidiaries, are subject to restrictions on the
amount of dividends they can pay to their shareholders. For
more information on these restrictions, see Note29.4 of Part4
At December31, 2015, the amount of debt owed by AXA and

its subsidiaries to credit institutions was 0million.
91
THE AXA GROUP

The Company anticipates that cash dividends received from

operating subsidiaries and other nancing sources available
to the Company will continue to cover its operating expenses
(including interest payments on its outstanding debt and
borrowings) and dividend payments during each of the next
three years. AXA expects that anticipated investments in
subsidiaries and existing operations, future acquisitions and

strategic investments will be funded from available cash ow
remaining after payments of dividends and operating expenses,
proceeds from the sale of non-strategic assets and businesses
as well as future issues of debt and/or equity instruments.
I Uses of funds
Interest paid by the Company in 2015 totaled 1,094million
(1,128million in 2014) or 1,132million after the impact of
hedging derivative instruments (1,158 million in 2014), of
which interest on undated subordinated debt of 431million
Dividends paid to AXA SAs shareholders in 2015 in respect

of the 2014 nancial year totaled 2,317million, or 0.95 per
share, versus 0.81 per share paid in 2014 in respect of the
2013 nancial year (1,960million in total). These dividends
were paid in cash.
I Solvency I margin
The Companys operating insurance subsidiaries are required
by local regulations to maintain a minimum solvency margin.
The primary objective of the solvency margin requirements is
to protect policyholders. AXAs insurance subsidiaries monitor
compliance with these requirements on a continuous basis and
are in compliance with the applicable solvency requirements as
of December31, 2015.
The various components of what the Group considers as

available capital are determined in accordance with these
regulatory requirements under SolvencyI, which are not yet
harmonized throughout Europe while waiting for Solvency II. At
December31, 2015, available capital amounted to 67.1billion
(67.3billion at December31, 2014) of which:
consolidated shareholders equity after dividend proposal:

50.7billion (44.9billion at December31, 2014), including
minority interests, but excluding reserves relating to changes
in fair value through equity (available for sale assets) and
undated subordinated debt;
gross unrealized capital gains and other: 34.1 billion

(36.2billion at December 31, 2014);
admitted subordinated debt: 13.6billion (12.6billion at

December31, 2014);
locally admitted assets: 2.6 billion (2.5 billion at

December31, 2014);
less intangible assets (excluding goodwill on AB as it is part

of its net consolidated book value) of 26billion (22.7billion
at December31, 2014) and less the net consolidated book
value of its equity interests in credit institutions, investment
companies and other financial institutions: 6.6 billion
(4.9billion at December31, 2014).
The solvency margin calculation is based on a formula that

contains variables related to economic, nancial and technical
parameters.
A European Directive dated October 27, 1998 requires a
consolidated solvency margin calculation effective for periods
ending on or after December31, 2001. France implemented this
directive under an ordinance dated August29, 2001, decreed
on March 14, 2002 and applicable from 2002. Additional
supervision of credit institutions, investment companies and
insurance companies belonging to nancial conglomerates was
introduced by the European Parliament and Council Directive
2002/87/EC of December16, 2002. France implemented this
directive through an ordinance dated December12, 2004,
which introduced the notion of nancial conglomerate into the
French Insurance Code. According to article 20 of the Insurance
Code, the provisions of this ordinance applied for the rst time
to periods starting on or after January1, 2005.
92
THE AXA GROUP

The Autorit de contrle prudentiel et de rsolution (ACPR)

currently considers that AXA SA is not subject to requirements
relating to nancial conglomerates. Consequently, in accordance
with applicable regulations, as AXA is not subject to the additional
supervision applicable to a nancial conglomerate, its solvency
margin is reduced by the amount of its equity interests in credit
institutions, investment companies or nancial institutions in
which the Group holds more than 20% of the share capital.
Dated and undated subordinated notes issued by the Company
qualify for favorable capital treatment from the ACPR, which
oversees the Companys consolidated solvency position, and
rating agencies.
The Company has issued dated subordinated notes (TSR),
undated subordinated notes (TSDI), and undated deeply
subordinated notes (TSS), which include provisions designed
to allow the Company to ensure the continuity of its activities in
the event its nancial position deteriorates.
In particular, the Companys TSS include loss absorption
mechanisms which provide that under certain circumstances
relating to the consolidated solvency margin of the Group, the
principal amount of each of the relevant TSS will be written
down. In such a case, interest will become payable on the
reduced principal amount. The principal can be reinstated in
the future, following the Companys return to nancial health as
dened by the term of the TSS.
In addition, subordinated notes include mechanisms to defer or
cancel interest payments either on a mandatory or an optional
basis.
Some TSR include clauses which permit or force the Company
to defer interest payments. In addition, redemption at maturity
of some TSR is subject to approval by the ACPR and to
the absence of any event having an adverse effect on the
Companys solvency margins, its own funds regulatory capital,
or the Companys nancial situation, which would justify taking
specic measures related to the payment due under the notes.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of AXAs TSDI, the
Company may, at its option, in certain circumstances and
shall, in other circumstances, defer interest payment upon the
occurrence of certain events (e.g. absence of dividend payment
voted in the preceding Annual Shareholders Meeting or receipt
by the Company or by certain of its principal subsidiaries of a
regulatory demand to restore their applicable minimum solvency
margin level). Payment of deferred interest becomes due in
certain specied cases (e.g. payment of a dividend, notication
of the end of a regulatory demand to restore solvency, liquidation

or redemption of the TSDI, etc.).
In addition, for most of the Companys TSS, upon the occurrence

of certain events relating to the Companys consolidated net
earnings and shareholders equity, the Company is required
to defer payment of interest. In such events, the Company
may satisfy mandatory deferred interest by way of alternative
settlement mechanisms (such as, subject to applicable limits,
issuance of new shares or other securities including TSS or
preference shares, sale of treasury shares, or an increase in
the principal amount of the relevant notes) within ve years,
failing which the interest is forfeited. However, the settlement of
deferred interest becomes due, on a best efforts basis, in certain
circumstances including redemption of the notes, liquidation,
payment of a dividend or interest on any other TSS, any share
buy back outside the Companys buy-back program, or any
redemption or repurchase of other TSS.
Finally, under its TSS, the Company has an option to cancel
payments of interest upon the deterioration of its financial
position, unless certain events have occurred in the preceding
year (e.g. a dividend payment or interest payment on any TSS,
any share buy-back outside the Companys share buy-back
program or a repurchase or redemption of any TSS). However,
upon the occurrence of certain circumstances relating to the
consolidated regulatory solvency margin of the Company, the
Company is required to cancel the payment of interest.
In accordance with the methods of calculation implemented by
AXA in line with existing regulations, AXAs consolidated solvency
ratio under the current solvency I regime amounted to 246% at
December31, 2015 compared to 266% at the end of 2014. This
change resulted mainly from lower unrealized capital gains on
xed income assets and adverse forex movements, partly offset
by the contribution of underlying earnings. This 2015 solvency
margin calculation will be reviewed by the ACPR.
In the event the Company and/or any of its insurance subsidiaries
fails to meet minimum regulatory capital requirements,
insurance regulators have broad authority to require or take
various regulatory actions. A failure of any of the Companys
insurance subsidiaries to meet their minimum regulatory capital
requirements and/or a reduction in the level of their regulatory
capital that may negatively impact their competitive position may
also result in the Company having to inject signicant amounts of
new capital into its insurance subsidiaries, which could adversely
affect the Companys liquidity position.
93
THE AXA GROUP

I Global Systemically Important Insurer GSII

AXA Group has been designated a Global Systemically Important
Insurer (GSII). The framework policy measures for GSIIs include
a number of requirements on GSIIs amongst which the notion of
a specic capital regime for GSIIs, and the requirement to submit

a Systemic Risk Management Plan, a Liquidity Risk Management
Plan and a Recovery Plan to their Group supervisor.
I Credit rating
Claims paying and credit strength ratings have become
increasingly important factors in establishing the competitive
position of insurance companies. Rating agencies review their
ratings and rating methodologies on a recurring basis and may
change their ratings at any time. Consequently, our current
ratings may be subject to change in the future.
On January20, 2016, Moodys reafrmed the Aa3 rating for
nancial strength on AXAs principal insurance subsidiaries
and the A2 rating for counterparty credit on the Company,
maintaining a stable outlook.
On October29, 2015, S&P reafrmed the A+ nancial strength
rating on the core operating entities of the AXA Group and the
A- long-term counterparty credit ratings on AXA SA and AXA

Financial, Inc., maintaining a positive outlook.
On October6, 2015, Fitch reafrmed the AA- nancial strength
ratings of AXAs principal insurance subsidiaries and the A rating
for counterparty credit on the Company, maintaining a stable
outlook.
Management closely monitors the Groups ratings and
currently expects that these ratings should remain at levels
sufcient for the Company and its insurance subsidiaries to
compete effectively. However, given continuing high volatility
and uncertainty in financial markets and general economic
conditions, management cannot predict with any degree of
certainty the timing and/or magnitude of future ratings actions.
I Subsequent events after December31, 2015

impactingAXAs liquidity
A dividend per share of 1.10 will be proposed at AXAs Annual Shareholders Meeting that will be held on April27, 2016. The dividend
will be payable on May10, 2016 with an ex-dividend date of May6, 2016.
Please refer to Note32 of Part 4 Consolidated Financial Statements for other subsequent events.
94
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
2.1 CORPORATE OFFICERS, EXECUTIVES ANDEMPLOYEES
Governance structure
Board of Directors
Board of Directors Committees
Executive Management
The Management Committee
The Executive Committee
Employees
2
96
96
97
109
112
112
113
114
2.2 FULL DISCLOSURE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND SHARE

OWNERSHIP
Corporate officers and executives compensation
Stock options
Performance Shares and International Performance Shares
Share ownership policy for executives of the Group
Transactions involving Company securities completed in2015
bythemembersoftheBoardofDirectors
Commitments made to executive officers
115
116
124
134
139
141
142
2.3 MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
145
Capital ownership
AXA subordinated convertible bonds onDecember31, 2015
Related party transactions and employee shareholders
Special report of the Statutory Auditors on regulated agreements and commitments
145
147
147
149
2.4 THE OFFER AND LISTING

Markets
152
152
95
2.1CORPORATE OFFICERS, EXECUTIVES ANDEMPLOYEES
2.1 CORPORATE OFFICERS, EXECUTIVES

ANDEMPLOYEES
Implementing sound corporate governance principles has been
a priority at AXA for many years. In this context, AXA chose
to adopt, in 2008, the Corporate Governance Code for listed
corporations (Code de gouvernement dentreprise des socits
cotes) published by the Afep (Association franaise des
entreprises prives) and the Medef (Mouvement des entreprises
de France) (hereinafter the Afep-Medef Code) as its Corporate
Governance Code of reference. The Board of Directors believes
that the recommendations of the Afep-Medef Code and its

accompanying guide are fully in line with AXAs own corporate
governance practice. The Company also carefully follows the
evolutions of corporate governance practices, in France and
abroad, as well as the recommendations and standards of
shareholders, regulators, proxy advisors, rating agencies and
other stakeholders.
I Governance structure
Since April2010, AXA has operated with a unitary Board of
Directors with Mr.Henri de Castries acting as both Chairman
and Chief Executive Ofcer.
Upon the recommendation of its Compensation & Governance
Committee, AXAs Board of Directors unanimously approved,
onFebruary20,2014, the decision to maintain the Companys
current unitary Board structure with Mr.Henri de Castries as
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer and Mr.DenisDuverne as
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer.
Prior to its decision, the Board of Directors, together with
its Compensation & Governance Committee, have taken
into consideration and analyzed several factors including
(i) the Groups particular circumstances at this stage of its
development, (ii) the advantages and disadvantages of the other
types of governance structures, (iii) Messrs. de Castries and
Duvernes experience, professional and personal qualications
as well as the complementary nature of their experience and
profiles. After considering these factors and the preceding
four years, the directors unanimously decided to maintain the
Companys current governance structure which had proved
both the reactivity and efciency of the Group despite a difcult
macroeconomic environment for nancial institutions.
96
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
Following the re-appointment of Messrs. Henri de Castries
and Denis Duverne as directors by the 2014Shareholders
Meeting, the Board of Directors decided to re-appoint
(1)Mr.HenrideCastries as Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer and (2) Mr. Denis Duverne as
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer. The Board considered these
appointments to be in the best interest of AXA, its shareholders
and other stakeholders. The Board also considered that
having twoexecutive ofcers on the Board is benecial to the
efciency and overall quality of the Companys governance and
its operations because having a Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
focused primarily on management of the Groups operational
activities permits the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer to focus
his time primarily on global strategic initiatives and representing
the Group with the full spectrum of its stakeholders.
Finally, the Board made clear that its decision to continue with
the Companys current governance structure (a unitary Board
with the roles of Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer combined)
is specic to the circumstances of the Group at this stage of its
evolution and to the unique qualities of Mr.HenrideCastries and
that it will consequently continue to re-examine this question as
circumstances evolve.
A BALANCED AND EFFICIENT

GOVERNANCE
When the Board of Directors appointed Mr.Henri de Castries
as Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer in2010, it implemented
various measures designed to ensure an appropriate balance
of powers within the Board consistent with best governance
practices including adopting certain provisions in the Bylaws
which go beyond regulatory requirements and market practices,
providing that:
the Board must be composed of a majority of independent

directors;
each of the three Committees of the Board must be chaired

by an independent director;
certain Committees (the Audit Committee and the

Compensation & Governance Committee) must be composed
only of independent directors; and
a Vice-Chairman acting as Lead Independent Director must

be appointed when the positions of Chairman of the Board
of Directors and Chief Executive Ofcer are held by the same
person (this is also provided in AXAs Charter approved by
the shareholders).
Mr.Norbert Dentressangle was appointed Lead Independent

Director of AXA in April2010. The Lead Independent Director
has a number of specic powers, described more fully hereafter
in this Section2.1, and plays an important role in the preparation
of the meetings of the Board and its Committees.
These measures, including the active role played by AXAs Lead
Independent Director and the other independent directors,
have resulted in a well-balanced governance dynamic within
the Board and its Committees and proven to be efcient and
effective over the past years.
I Board of Directors
of Directors work as well as the internal control and Risk
Management procedures set up by the Company;
ROLE AND POWERS

The Board of Directors determines the strategic orientations
of the Companys activities and ensures their implementation.
Subject to the powers specically reserved to shareholders
under French law and within the limit of the Companys purpose,
the Board is responsible for considering all material questions
and taking all material decisions related to the Company and its
business. It exercises the following powers in particular:
chooses between the two forms of Executive Management

(separation or combination of the roles of Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer);
appoints and determines the respective compensation of the

Chief Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer;
appoints the Vice-Chairman Lead Independent Director.

According to AXAs Charter, this appointment is mandatory
when the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Ofcer are combined;
reviews and sets (arrte) the Companys and the Groups halfyear and annual nancial statements;
approves the report of the Companys Chairman on the

composition of the Board including gender balance, the
conditions of preparation and organization of the Board
convenes Shareholders Meetings;
grants stock options and/or performance shares to Group

employees and corporate ofcers within the authorizations
approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting;
authorizes regulated agreements (conventions rglementes).
The Board of Directors is also required to approve certain types

of material transactions including sales or acquisitions over
500million; signicant nancing operations and other types
of material transactions that are not within the Companys
announced strategy.
In order to ensure that the personal interests of the members
of the Board of Directors and those of the Company are
appropriately aligned, the Boards Bylaws provide that each
member of the Board of Directors must hold, within two years
following his/her rst appointment, a number of AXA shares
with a value at least equal to the directors gross fees earned
in respect of the previous scal year. For this purpose, AXA
shares are valued using the closing price of the AXA share on
December31 of the preceding scal year.
97
OPERATING PROCEDURES
The guidelines governing the operation, organization and
compensation of the Board of Directors and its Committees
are set out in the Boards Bylaws. The Bylaws detail, in particular,
the powers, missions and obligations of the Board of Directors
and its Committees.
The Board of Directors meets as often as it deems necessary.
Board members may also meet among themselves without the
presence of the Executive Management and these executive
sessions are systematically scheduled at each Board of
Directors meeting. Prior to each meeting, the Board members
receive documentation concerning matters to be reviewed,
generally eight days in advance. In accordance with the Board
of Directors Bylaws, the Chief Executive Ofcer reports to the
Board on a regular basis on the Companys nancial condition
as well as on any signicant event or transaction involving the
Company or the Group.
Training sessions are provided to new and existing members
of the Board of Directors to familiarize them with the Groups
principal activities and issues. These sessions mainly focus
on the Groups nancial structure, strategy, governance, main
activities and the evolution of the insurance regulatory context.
(regardless of whether he is a Committee member), to inform

the Chairman and the Board of Directors of any potential conict
of interests, to report to the Shareholders Meeting with respect
to all corporate governance related matters, to require the
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer to convene full meetings of
the Board on a specic agenda at any time, to convene meetings
of the Non-Executive Directors at his discretion at any time
without the presence of the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer
and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer (executive sessions).
These executive sessions are chaired by the Vice-Chairman.
During the 2015 scal year, the Lead Independent Director
attended all meetings of the Board of Directors (nine meetings)
as well as twelve Committee meetings.
In this context, he:
maintained regular dialogue with the members of the Board

of Directors, in particular the independent members, and with
the Executive Management, including frequent meetings with
the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer, the Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer, members of the Management and Executive
Committees and more generally the main executives of the
Group;
was actively involved in the preparation of Board meetings,

working closely with Executive Management and other Board
members. In particular, he examined, during preliminary
sessions, the frequency and the dates of the meetings,
ensured the quality of the information delivered to the
members of the Board and Committees before their meetings
as well as the relevance of the agendas; and
was closely associated with the work of the Compensation &

Governance Committee. In particular, he was involved in the
selection process of the future members of the Board and
Committees, the organization of the periodic self-assessment
of the Board as well as the work of the Committee regarding
corporate governance related matters such as the functioning
of the Board, the succession plans for Executive Management
and any communications made to shareholders on these
subjects.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS LEAD INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR
The Companys Charter and the Board of Directors Bylaws
provide for the mandatory appointment of a Vice-Chairman
acting as Lead Independent Director in the event that the
positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer are held
by a single individual. In April2014, the Board of Directors reappointed Mr.NorbertDentressangle as Vice-Chairman Lead
Independent Director. This Lead Independent Director has a
number of specic powers including supervising the contribution
of the independent directors to the Boards work and acting
as their spokesperson with the Executive Management to the
extent necessary or appropriate. In particular, he examines,
during preliminary sessions and with Executive Management,
the agenda and planning of Board meetings as well as the quality
of the information provided to the Board and its Committees.
The Lead Independent Director specically has the power to
attend and participate in all meetings of the Board Committees
98
The Lead Independent Director also reported on his activities to

the shareholders during their meeting of April30, 2015.
The time spent by the Lead Independent Director on his activities
within the AXA Group represented 49 full days of work in 2015.
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD

Pursuant to Article10 of the Companys Charter, the members
of the Board of Directors are appointed by the Shareholders
Meeting for four years.
On December31, 2015, the Board of Directors was comprised
of fourteen members: ve women and nine men. Four directors
were citizens of countries other than France.
The proportion of women within the Board of Directors was
36% at December31, 2015, in compliance with the provisions
of law n 2011-103 of January 27, 2011 and with the
recommendations of the Afep-Medef Code regarding gender
balance within boards. Following the Shareholders Meeting of
April27,2016 and subject to the approval of the shareholders,
the Board of Directors will be comprised of seven women and
nine men, i.e. over 40% of women, which goes beyond the
thresholds set in the Afep-Medef Code and the provisions of
the January27,2011 law.
As most of AXAs revenues are generated outside France, the
Board believes that having international experience and proles
is essential for an effective Board of Directors. The Board is
currently comprised of 29% of members who are nationals
of countries other than France. Following the Shareholders
Meeting of April 27, 2016 and subject to the approval of the
shareholders, the Board of Directors will be comprised of 38%
of members who are nationals of countries other than France.
This diversity fosters open debates within the Board and brings
a broader perspective to Board discussions.
More generally, the Board of Directors pays particular attention to

the diversity among its members. Criteria set in connection with
the selection process of future directors include the denition
of an appropriate mix within the Board of technical skills and
professional experience as well as diversity in terms of age,
nationality and culture.
One member of the Board of Directors (currently
Mrs. Doina Palici-Chehab) is the employee shareholders
representative. This representative is appointed by shareholders
every fouryears from a list of candidates selected by the Groups
employee shareholders, following an internal selection process
(ArticleL.225-23 of the French Commercial Code (Code de
commerce)). The presence, since 2004, of an employee
shareholder representative within the Board helps enrich the
Boards work by taking into account, in a more direct and
concrete way, the point of view of the Groups employees, in
France and abroad. The Board of Directors does not have any
non-voting members (censors).
Each year, the Board of Directors assesses the independence

of each of its members on the basis of the recommendations
contained in the Afep-Medef Code. On February24,2016, the
Board of Directors determined that, on December31, 2015,
ten of the fourteen Board members were independent after
assessing the criteria of the Afep-Medef Code: Mmes Isabelle
Kocher, SuetFernLee, Deanna Oppenheimer and Dominique
Reiniche and Messrs. Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Norbert
Dentressangle, Jean-Martin Folz, Paul Hermelin(1), Stefan Lippe,
and Ramon de Oliveira. The proportion of independent directors
within the Board of Directors was 71% on December31, 2015.
(1) Mr.Paul Hermelin is Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of Capgemini, a company which provides services to the AXA Group in the course of its
ordinary business. Considering that (i) the conditions of these services are negotiated at arms length, (ii) the revenues for Capgemini generated by
these services do not exceed 0.5% of its consolidated total revenues and (iii) Mr.Paul Hermelin does not directly take part in negotiating any of the
contracts with AXA, AXAs Board of Directors considered that these business relationships are not signicant either for AXA or for Capgemini and
they do not create a situation of economic dependence. Therefore, these relationships are not likely to question Mr.Paul Hermelins independence
as a member of AXAs Board of Directors.
99
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER31, 2015

Name (age) and principal function
Principal business address
Nationality
100
Position within
the Board of Directors
First appointment/
term of ofce
Henri de Castries (61)

Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA
25, avenue Matignon 75008 Paris France
French nationality
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer
April 2010/2018
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Norbert Dentressangle (61)

Chairman of Dentressangle Initiatives (SAS)
30 bis, rue Sainte-Hlne 69287 Lyon Cedex 02 France
French nationality
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Lead Independent Director
May 2006/2018
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Denis Duverne (62)

Director, Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA
inchargeoFinance,Strategy and Operations
25, avenue Matignon 75008 Paris France
French nationality
Director
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
in charge of Finance, Strategy
andOperations
April 2010/2018
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu (57)

Chairman of the Executive Committee and director of Solvay
(Belgium)
Rue de Ransbeek 310 1120 Brussels Belgium
French nationality
Independent director
Member of the Compensation
&Governance Committee
October 2012/2019
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Jean-Martin Folz (68)

Companies director
AXA 25, avenue Matignon 75008 Paris France
French nationality
Chairman of the Compensation
Member of the Audit Committee
May 2007/2019
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Paul Hermelin (63)

Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of Capgemini
11, rue de Tilsitt 75017 Paris France
French nationality
April 2013/2017
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Mrs. Isabelle Kocher (49)

Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer, Chief Operating Ofcer
and director of ENGIE
1, place Samuel de Champlain
92930ParislaDfensecedexFrance
French nationality
April 2010/2018
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Mrs. Suet Fern Lee (57)

Managing Partner of Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC (Singapore)
10 Collyer Quay #27-00 Ocean Financial Centre
Singapore049315 Singapore
Singaporean nationality
Member of the Finance Committee
April 2010/2018
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Stefan Lippe (60)
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Paperless Chairman of the Audit Committee
Inc. (Switzerland) and co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the Board Member of the Finance Committee
of Directors of Acqupart Holding AG (Switzerland)
Baarerstrasse 8 CH 6300 Zug Switzerland
German and Swiss nationalities
April 2012/2016
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Franois Martineau (64)

Attorney at Law
Lussan/Socit davocats
282, boulevard Saint Germain 75007 Paris France
French nationality
Director
April 2008/2016
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Ramon de Oliveira (61)

Managing Director of Investment Audit Practice, LLC
(UnitedStates)
580 Park Avenue New York NY 10065 United States
French nationality
Chairman of the Finance Committee
April 2009/2017
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Name (age) and principal function

Principal business address
Nationality
Position within
First appointment/
term of ofce
Mrs. Deanna Oppenheimer (57)

Founder of CameoWorks (United States)
1215 4th Avenue, Suite 935 Seattle WA 98161
United States
American and British nationalities
April 2013/2017
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Mrs. Doina Palici-Chehab (58)

Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Insurance Singapore
PteLtd(Singapore)
8, Shenton Way #27-01 AXA Tower
Singapore068811Singapore
German and French nationalities
Director, representing the employee

Shareholders
Member of the Finance Committee
April 2012/2016
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Mrs. Dominique Reiniche (60)

Companies director
AXA 25, avenue Matignon 75008 Paris France
French nationality
April 2005/2017
Annual Shareholders
Meeting
Mr.Claude Bbar, who was the Honorary Chairman of the

Supervisory Board as of April22,2008, has been Honorary
Chairman of the Board of Directors since April29,2010. He
does not receive any fees for this directorship.
The Shareholders Meeting to be held on April27,2016 will
be asked to vote on the re-appointment of three members
of the Board of Directors whose terms of office will end
(Mrs. Doina Palici-Chehab and Messrs. Stefan Lippe and
Franois Martineau) as well as on the appointment of two
members of the Board of Directors. In this context, the Board
of Directors has proposed, based on the recommendation of
its Compensation & Governance Committee:
sector in the Netherlands for the Robeco and ING Groups,

where she initially held the position of Global Chief Investment
Officer and subsequently Chief Executive Officer for the
European region before joining APG Group N.V. where she
currently holds the position of Chief Finance & Risk Ofcer.
The Board of Directors reviewed the situation of Mrs.DoinaPaliciChehab and Messrs.StefanLippe and FranoisMartineau as
well as Mmes Irene Dorner and Angelien Kemna in light of
the Afep-Medef Code and considered Mr.StefanLippe and
MmesIrene Dorner and Angelien Kemna as independent.
the re-appointment as director of Mrs.DoinaPalici-Chehab,

upon the recommendation of the employee shareholders
of the AXA Group, for a four-yearterm (her biography is
presented below in this Section2.1);
Subject to the approval of the Shareholders Meeting, the Board

of Directors will consequently be comprised of sixteen members
including twelvemembers considered independent by the Board
of Directors in accordance with the criteria of the Afep-Medef
Code, corresponding to a proportion of independent directors
of 75%.
the re-appointment as director of Messrs.StefanLippe and

FranoisMartineau each for a four-yearterm (their respective
biographies are presented below in this Section2.1);
BOARD ACTIVITIES IN2015
the appointment as director of Mrs.Irene Dorner for a fouryear term. Mrs.Irene Dorners candidacy was proposed by the
Board of Directors in particular because of her international
prole as well as her signicant experience in the nancial
industry. Mrs.Irene Dorner worked for nearly thirtyyears in the
banking sector for the HSBC Group in Europe, Asia and the
United States, holding several positions until 2014 including
the position of President & Chief Executive Ofcer of HSBC
USA; and
the appointment as director of Mrs. Angelien Kemna for

a four-year term. Mrs. Angelien Kemnas candidacy was
proposed by the Board of Directors in particular because of
her international experience and her expertise in the nancial
eld and more precisely on asset management. Mrs.Angelien
Kemna worked during almost twenty years in the nancial
Within the framework of its principal assignments such

as described above, the Board focused, in particular, on
the following matters during 2015: review of the Groups
strategy, examination of the 2014financial statements and
the 2015 half-year nancial statements, review of the Board
Committees reports, review of proposed signicant acquisitions
and disposals, review of the ORSA (Own Risk and Solvency
Assessment) report, AXAs Internal Model, and written policies
required under the SolvencyII regulation, dividend policy, selfassessment of the Board of Directors, independence of the
Board members and the succession plan of the executive
ofcers.
Since 2014, the Board of Directors holds each year a two-day
off-site strategy session with presentations by members of the
Groups management on a variety of key strategic topics.
101
DIRECTORS ATTENDANCE AT BOARD AND COMMITTEES MEETINGS IN 2015

In 2015, the Board met nine times and the average attendance rate was 96%. The Board meetings had an average duration of three
and a half hours.
Board of Directors
Directors
Audit Committee
Compensation &
Governance Commitee
Finance Committee
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
attendance/
attendance/
attendance/
attendance/
Number of Attendance Number of Attendance Number of Attendance Number of Attendance
meetings
rate
meetings
rate
meetings
rate
meetings
rate
Henri de Castries
9/9
100%
Norbert Dentressangle
9/9
100%
Denis Duverne
9/9
100%
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu
9/9
100%
6/6
100%
Jean-Martin Folz
9/9
100%
5/5
100%
8/8
100%
Paul Hermelin
7/9
77.8%
Mrs.Isabelle Kocher
7/9
77.8%
2/2
100%
Mrs.Suet Fern Lee
9/9
100%
5/5
100%
Stefan Lippe
9/9
100%
7/7
100%
5/5
100%
100%
Franois Martineau
9/9
100%
4/4
Ramon de Oliveira
8/9
88.9%
7/7
100%
5/5
100%
Mrs.Deanna Oppenheimer
9/9
100%
6/7
85.7%
8/8
100%
Mrs.Doina Palici-Chehab
9/9
100%
5/5
100%
Mrs.Dominique Reiniche
9/9
100%
7/8
87.5%
TOTAL ATTENDANCE RATE
96%
INFORMATION ON CURRENT MEMBERS

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS(1)
Henri de CASTRIES
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA
Expertise and experience
Mr. Henri de Castries is a graduate of the cole des
hautes tudes commerciales (HEC) and obtained a law
degree before completing preparatory studies at the cole
nationale dadministration (ENA). After graduating from ENA,
Mr. de Castries began his career with the French Finance
Ministry Inspection Office. Mr. de Castries joined AXAs
Corporate Finance Department on September1st,1989. He was
appointed Corporate Secretary in1991 and Senior Executive
Vice-President for the Groups asset management, nancial and
real-estate businesses in1993. In1997, Mr.HenrideCastries
was appointed Chairman of The Equitable Companies
Incorporated (now AXA Financial, Inc.). From May 2000 to
April2010, Mr.HenrideCastries was Chairman of the AXA
Management Board. Since April2010, Mr.HenrideCastries has
been Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA.
96.4%
100%
97%
Directorships currently held within the AXA Group

Chairman& Chief Executive Officer: AXA*
Chairman of the Board of Directors: AXA Assurances IARD
Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Financial,Inc.
(United States)
Director or member of the Management Committee: AXA ASIA
(SAS), AXA France IARD, AXA France Vie, AXA uvres dArt
(SAS), Lor Patrimoine (SAS), AXA America Holdings,Inc. (United
States), AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (United States),
AXA UKplc (United Kingdom), MONY Life Insurance Company
of America (United States)
Directorships currently held outside the AXA Group(2)
Director: HSBC Holdings Plc* (United Kingdom), Nestl*
(Switzerland)
Directorships held during the last ve years
Director: AllianceBernstein Corporation (United States), MONY
Life Insurance Company (United States)
(1) The current directorships held by members of the Board of Directors within a listed company are indicated by the following symbol: *.
The current directorships held by members of the Board of Directors within companies belonging to the same group are indicated by the following
symbol: **.
(2) In accordance with the Afep-Medef recommendations, Mr.HenrideCastries requested the Board of Directors advice before accepting a new
directorship in a listed company outside the AXA Group.
102
NorbertDENTRESSANGLE
Vice-Chairman of the AXA Board of Directors, Lead
Independent Director
In 1979, Mr. Norbert Dentressangle founded the Norbert
Dentressangle Group, a transportation and logistic specialist,
and served as Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer until1998;
then as Chairman of the Supervisory Board until June2015,
date of the disposal of the controlling interests to the company
XPO Logistics. Mr. Norbert Dentressangle is Chairman of
Dentressangle Initiatives, an investment holding company
which, in addition to his majority stake in the company
Norbert Dentressangle SA until June 2015, holds, since
its creation in 1988, equity interests in real estate, industrial
and business services rms. FromApril2008 to April2010,
Mr. Norbert Dentressangle was Vice-Chairman of the AXA
Supervisory Board and since April 2010, has been ViceChairman- Lead Independent Director, of the AXA Board of
Directors.
Directorship currently held within the AXA Group
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors: AXA*
Directorships currently held outside the AXA Group
Chairman: Dentressangle Initiatives (SAS)**, ND Investissements
(SAS)**
director and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA, in charge of

Finance, Strategy and Operations. In 2014, Mr.Denis Duverne
became a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG),
which brings together international leaders of the private sector
whose shared goal is to help developing countries improve
their corporate governance and was co-founded in 1999 by
the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD).
Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer: AXA*
Chairman& Chief Executive Officer: AXA America Holdings,Inc.
(United States)
Chairman: AXA Millsimes (SAS)

Director or member of the Management Committee: AXA
ASIA (SAS), AllianceBernstein Corporation (United States),
AXA AssicurazioniS.p.A. (Italy), AXA BelgiumSA (Belgium),
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (United States),
AXA Financial,Inc. (United States), AXA MPS Assicurazioni
DanniS.p.A. (Italy), AXA MPS Assicurazioni VitaS.p.A. (Italy),
AXA UKplc (United Kingdom), MONY Life Insurance Company
of America (United States)
Co-manager: Versailles Richaud ND (SARL)**
Not applicable.
Director or member of the Supervisory Board: HLD (SCA)**,

SOGEBAIL
Director: AXA ItaliaS.p.A. (Italy), MONY Life Insurance Company

(United States)
Member and Chairman of the Super visor y Board:

NorbertDentressangle (SA)
Jean-Pierre CLAMADIEU
Chairman: Financire NorbertDentressangle (SAS)
Chief Executive Officer: SOFADE (SAS)
Mr.Jean-PierreClamadieu is a graduate of the cole nationale

suprieure des mines of Paris and ingnieur du Corps des
Mines. He began his career in various positions within the French
Civil Service, in particular for the Ministry of Industry and as
technical adviser in the Ministry of Labour. In1993, he joined
the Rhne-Poulenc Group and held various executive positions.
In2003, he was appointed Chief Executive Ofcer of the Rhodia
Group and in2008, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. In
September2011, further to the combination between the Rhodia
and Solvay groups, Mr.Clamadieu became Vice-Chairman of the
Executive Committee of Solvay and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Rhodia. Since May2012, Mr.Clamadieu has been
Chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Board
of Directors of Solvay.
Director: SEB
Denis DUVERNE
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA
Mr. Denis Duverne is a graduate of the cole des hautes
tudes commerciales (HEC). After graduating from the cole
nationale dadministration (ENA), he started his career in1984
as commercial counsellor for the French Consulate General in
NewYork before becoming director of the Corporate Taxes
Department for the French Ministry of Finance in1986. In1988,
he became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy for the
French Ministry of Finance and, in1991, he was appointed
Corporate Secretary of Compagnie Financire IBI. In1992,
he became a member of the Executive Committee of Banque
Colbert, in charge of operations. In1995, Mr.DenisDuverne
joined the AXA Group and assumed responsibility for supervision
of AXAs operations in the US and the UK and managed
the reorganization of AXA companies in Belgium and the
United Kingdom. From February2003 until December2009,
Mr.Duverne was the Management Board member in charge
of Finance, Control and Strategy. From January 2010 until
April2010, Mr.Duverne assumed broader responsibilities as
Management Board member in charge of Finance, Strategy
and Operations. SinceApril2010, Mr.DenisDuverne has been
Chairman of the Board of Directors: AXA Holdings Belgium

(Belgium)
Member of the AXA Board of Directors

Director: AXA*
Chairman: Cytec Industries Inc.** (United States)
Director: Faurecia*, Solvay* ** (Belgium)
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Rhodia
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Rhodia
Director: SNCF
103
Jean-Martin FOLZ
Director: AXA*
Mr.Jean-MartinFolz is a graduate of the cole polytechnique

and ingnieur du Corps des Mines. Between 1975 and 1978,
he has held various French Administration cabinet positions, his
last position being head of cabinet of the Secretary of State for
Industry. In1978, he joined Rhne-Poulenc to run the Saint-Fons
plant before being promoted Senior Executive Vice-President
of Rhne-Poulenc for the Specialty Chemicals business unit.
In1984, he became Senior Executive Vice-President and then
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Jeumont-Schneider
(a Schneider subsidiary). In 1987, he was appointed Chief
Executive Ofcer of Pchiney and Chairman of Carbone Lorraine
(in1988). In1991, he became Group Chief Executive Ofcer of
Eridania Bghin-Say and Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of
Bghin-Say. Mr.Jean-MartinFolz joined PSA Peugeot Citron
in 1995 and became Chairman of the Management Board
in1997. He left PSA in February2007. From June2007 to
March2010, Mr.Jean-MartinFolz was Chairman of the Afep.
From November2011 to September2013, Mr.Jean-Martin
Folz was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eutelsat
Communications.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Cap Gemini SA* **,

Capgemini North America Inc.** (United States)
Director: Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd (Australia), CPM BRAXIS

SA (Brazil), SOGETI SA (Belgium)
Director or member of the Management Committee: AXA*, AXA

Millsimes(SAS)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Capgemini N.V.**

(Netherlands),
Chairman: Capgemini Latin America SAS**, Sogeti France 2005
SAS**, Capgemini 2015 SAS**
Chief Executive Officer: Capgemini Service SAS**
Director: Capgemini Financial Services International Inc.**
(United States), CGS Holdings Ltd** (United Kingdom), IGATE
Corporation** (United States)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Capgemini Holding Inc.
(United States)
Chairman: Capgemini Energy GP LLC (United States),
Capgemini 2010
Isabelle KOCHER
Directorship currently held outside the AXA Group
Director: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain*
Mrs. Isabelle Kocher is a graduate of the cole normale

suprieure (ENS-Ulm), ingnieur du Corps des Mines and
holds an aggregation in Physics. From 1997 to 1999, she was
in charge of the budget of Telecommunication and Defense
at the French Ministry of Economy. From 1999 to 2002, she
was Advisor on Industrial Affairs of the French Prime Minister
Ofce (Lionel Jospin). In2002, she joined the Suez group where
she held various positions: from 2002 to 2005, at Strategy&
Development; from 2005 to 2007, director of Performance
and Organisation; from2007 to2008, Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer of Lyonnaise des Eaux. From2009 to September2011,
Mrs.IsabelleKocher was Chief Executive Ofcer of Lyonnaise
des Eaux, also in charge of developing the activities in Europe.
From October2011 to November2014, Mrs.IsabelleKocher
was Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Ofcer of GDF
SUEZ. Since November2014, Mrs.Isabelle Kocher has been
director, Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer and Chief Operating
Ofcer of GDF SUEZ, which became ENGIE on April2015.
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Eutelsat Communications

Director or member of the Supervisory Board: Alstom, Carrefour,
ONF-Participations (SAS), Socit Gnrale, Solvay (Belgium)
Paul HERMELIN
Mr.PaulHermelin is a graduate of the cole polytechnique
and cole nationale dadministration (ENA). Mr.PaulHermelin
spent the rst fteenyears of his professional life in the French
government, primarily in the Ministry of Finance. He held a
number of positions in the Budget Ofce and on various ministry
staffs, including that of Finance Minister Jacques Delors. He
was chief of staff to the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade,
from 1991 to 1993. Mr.PaulHermelin joined the Capgemini
Group in May1993, where he was rst in charge of coordinating
central functions. In May1996, he was appointed member of
the Management Board of Cap Gemini and Chief Executive
Ofcer of Cap Gemini France. In May2000, following the merger
between Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young Consulting (which he
initiated), he became Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer of the Group
and member of the Board of Directors. As of January1st, 2002,
he became Chief Executive Ofcer of the Capgemini Group.
Since May2012, Mr.PaulHermelin has been Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer of Capgemini.
104
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Capgemini America, Inc.**

(United States), Capgemini US LLC** (United States)

Director: AXA*
Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer: ENGIE* **
Vice-Chairman: Electrabel** (Belgium)
Director: ENGIE E.S.**, Environnement Company**, International
Power Ltd** (United Kingdom)
Stefan LIPPE
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Eau et Force
Chief Executive Officer: Lyonnaise des Eaux
Executive Vice-President: ENGIE
Mr.StefanLippe is a graduate in mathematics and business

administration from the University of Mannheim. He obtained his
doctorate in 1982 being awarded the Kurt Hamann foundation prize
for his thesis. In October1983, he joined Bavarian Re (a former
Swiss Re subsidiary). From1985, he was involved in the casualty
departments operations in the German-speaking area. In1986, he
became Head of the non-proportional underwriting department. He
was appointed member of the Management Board in 1988 when he
assumed responsibility for the companys casualty line of business
in the German-speaking area. In 1993, he became Chairman of
the Management Board of Bavarian Re. Mr.Stefan Lippe was
appointed a member of Swiss Res Executive Board in1995, as
Head of the Bavarian Re Group. In2001, he was assigned the role
of Head of the Property & Casualty Business Group and appointed
a member of Swiss Res Executive Committee. Early2005, he led
Swiss Res Property & Casualty and Life & Health Underwriting
activities; and in September2008, he took over as Chief Operating
Ofcer of Swiss Re and was also appointed Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer of Swiss Re. In2009, he was appointed Chief Executive
Ofcer of Swiss Re and stayed in this function until January2012.
Mr.StefanLippe was named Reinsurance CEO of the year2011 by
the leading industry publication, Reaction, and he was recognized
at the Worldwide Reinsurance Awards 2013 ceremony with the
Lifetime Achievement Award. After nearly 30years with Swiss Re,
he turned to other activities. In2011, Mr.StefanLippe co-founded
Acqupart Holding AG of which he serves as Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors, and Acqun AG. In May2013, he co-founded
Paperless Inc. and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of this company. In October2013, Mr.StefanLippe was
elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CelsiusPro AG.
Since May2014, Mr.StefanLippe has been a member of the
Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG.
Director: Arkema France, Sita France, R+i alliance, Safege,

Degremont
Suet Fern LEE
Mrs.SuetFernLee graduated with a double rst in law from
Cambridge University in1980 and qualied as a Barrister-atLaw at Grays Inn London in1981. She was admitted to the
Singapore Bar in1982 and has practiced law in London and
Singapore since then. Since 2000, and until its combination
in 2015 with the law rm Morgan Lewis in the United States,
she has been founder and managing partner of Stamford Law
Corporation, a major law rm in Singapore. She is a member
of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Academy of
Law, where she also chairs the group on Legal Education and
Studies, a member of the Advisory Board to the Law School at
Singapore Management University, where she also chairs the
Expert Panel Centre of Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia
and a trustee for Nanyang Technological University as well as a
Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors. She also sits on
the Board of The World Justice Project, a global organization
for the promotion of the rule of law.
Director or member of the Management Committee: AXA*, AXA
ASIA (SAS)
Managing Partner: Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC** (Singapore)
(formerly Stamford Law Corporation)
Director or member of the Management Committee: Sano*,
Rickmers Trust Management PteLtd (Singapore), Stamford
Corporate Services PteLtd** (Singapore), The World Justice
Project (United States)

Director: AXA*
Trustee: Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Chairman of the Board of Directors: CelsiusPro AG (Switzerland),

Paperless Inc. (Switzerland)
Member of the Accounting Advisory Board: National University

of Singapore Business School (Singapore)
Chairman of the Advisory Board: German Insurance Association

for Vocational Training (BWV) (Germany)
Member of the Advisory Board: Singapore Management

University School of Law (Singapore)
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors: Acqupart Holding AG

(Switzerland)
Member of the Executive Committee: Singapore Academy of

Law (Singapore)
Member of the Supervisory Board: Commerzbank AG*

(Germany)
President: IPBA (Singapore)
Chairman of the Management Board: Swiss Re Ltd. (Switzerland),

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Switzerland)
Chairman: Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore)

Director: Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund Ltd
(Bermuda), National Heritage Board (Singapore), Sembcorp
Industries Ltd (Singapore)
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Swiss Re Corporate

Solutions Ltd. (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors: Acqufin AG
(Switzerland)
Director: Extremus Insurance Ltd. (Germany), Swiss Re
Foundation (Switzerland), Swiss Re Germany AG (Germany),
Swiss Re Life Capital Ltd. (Switzerland)
105
Franois MARTINEAU
Managing Director: Investment Audit Practice,LLC (United

States)

Mr. Franois Martineau is a graduate of the University
Paris IV (Philosophy Degree), University Paris I (Masters
degree in law) and of the Institut dtudes politiques de Paris.
Mr. Franois Martineau has been an a ttorney since 1976.
In1981, he was Secrtaire de la Confrence. In1985, he was
a lecturer at the University ParisI (Civil Procedure). In1995, he
was a Professor at the Paris Bar School (EFB) and since1998,
he is Honorary Professor at the Law and Political Sciences
School of Lima (Peru). In1996, he became an Expert at the
Council of Europe and fulfilled various missions in Eastern
Europe countries regarding the reform of the Code of Judicial
Organization, the reform of the magistrates and lawyers training
and the revision of the Civil Procedure Code. He also taught
professionals at the cole nationale de la magistrature (ENM).
Since1987, Mr.FranoisMartineau has been a partner of the
law firm Lussan/Socit davocats, and Managing Partner
since1995.
Director: AXA*, AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle, AXA Assurances
Vie Mutuelle
Vice-Chairman: JACCAR HoldingsSA (Luxembourg)

Chairman of the Board of Directors: Friends of Education (nonprot organization) (United States)
Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee: The
Kauffman Foundation (United States)
Director or member of the Supervisory Board: American
Century Companies Inc. (United States), JP Morgan Suisse
(Switzerland), MONY Life Insurance Company(United States),
Quilvest (Luxembourg), SunGard Data Systems (United States),
Taittinger-Kobrand USA (United States), The Hartford Insurance
Company (United States)
Member of the Investment Committee: The Red Cross (United
States)
Deanna OPPENHEIMER
Managing Partner: Lussan/Socit davocats
Mrs. Deanna Oppenheimer graduated from the University

of Puget Sound with degrees in political science and urban
affairs. She completed the Advanced Executive Programme
at the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University. Mrs. Deanna Oppenheimer started her career
in Banking at Washington Mutual (United States) in 1985,
retiring in March2005 as President, Consumer Banking. In
October2005, Mrs.DeannaOppenheimer joined Barclays (UK)
as UK Banking Chief Operating Ofcer. In December2005, she
became Chief Executive of UK Retail and Business Banking
(UK RBB). In recognition of her importance to retail banking
at Barclays, she was given the additional title of Vice Chair,
Global Retail Banking in2009 where she shared the UK RBB
best practice throughout Europe and Africa. In September2010,
Mrs.Oppenheimer added the role of Chief Executive of Europe
Retail and Business Banking. At the end of 2011, she left
Barclays. In2012, Mrs.DeannaOppenheimer founded the
advisory rm CameoWorks (United States).
Vice-Chairman and member of the Supervisory Board:

Associations Mutuelles Le Conservateur**, Assurances Mutuelles
Le Conservateur**
Vice-Chairman and director: Bred Banque Populaire
Director: Conservateur Finance**
Not applicable.
Ramon de OLIVEIRA
Mr.Ramon de Oliveira is a graduate of the University of Paris
and of the Institut dtudes politiques (Paris). Starting in1977,
Mr.deOliveira spent 24years at JP Morgan& Co. From1996
to2001, Mr.de Oliveira was Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer
of JP Morgan Investment Management. Mr.de Oliveira was
also a member of the rms Management Committee since its
inception in1995. Upon the merger with Chase Manhattan
Bank in 2001, Mr. de Oliveira was the only executive from
JPMorgan& Co. asked to join the Executive Committee of
the new rm with operating responsibilities. Between2002
and 2006, Mr. de Oliveira was an Adjunct Professor of
Finance at both Columbia University and NewYork University.
Mr.RamondeOliveira is the Managing Director of the consulting
rm Investment Audit Practice,LLC, based in NewYork.
106
Chairman of the Investment Committee: Fonds de Dotation du

Muse du Louvre

Director: AXA*
Founder: CameoWorks (United States)
Director: NCR Corporation* (United States), Tesco PLC* **
(United Kingdom), Tesco Personal Finance Group Limited**
(Tesco Bank) (United Kingdom)
Trustee: University of Puget Sound (United States)
Director: AXA*, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (United

States), AXA Financial,Inc. (United States), MONY Life Insurance
Company of America (United States)
Not applicable.
Doina PALICI-CHEHAB
Member of the AXA Board of Directors, representing the

employee shareholders
Director: AXA*

Mrs.Doina Palici-Chehab is a graduate of the University of
Bucarest (Romania) (Magister Artium) and of the Deutsche
Versicherungsakademie of Munich (Germany) (Degree in
insurance management (Versicherungsbetriebswirt (DVA)).
From1980 to1983, she was a teacher for foreign languages in
Romania. From 1983 to 1990, she was subject Matter Expert in
AGF (now Allianz) in Cologne (Germany). In1990, she joined the
AXA Group as reinsurance Director of AXA Germany (Germany).
In2000, she became Head of Group Reinsurance of AXA Global
P&C in Paris (France). From2010 to March2013, she was
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Business Services in Bangalore
(India). SinceApril2013, she has been Chief Executive Ofcer
of AXA Insurance Singapore (Singapore). SinceApril2012,
Mrs.Doina Palici-Chehab has been the employee shareholder
representative to the AXA Board of Directors.
Chief Executive Officer: AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd
(Singapore)
Chairman of the Board of Directors: AXA Life Insurance
Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Director: Peugeot SA*, Chr. Hansen* (Denmark), MONDI plc*
(United Kingdom)
Chairman: UNESDA (Union of European Beverages Associations)
(Belgium)
Vice-Chairman: ECR Europe (Belgium), FDE (FoodDrinkEurope)
(Belgium)
SERVICE CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE

AXA GROUP AND MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs.DoinaPalici-Chehab, who is the employee shareholder
representative to the AXA Board of Directors, is currently an
employee of AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd, which is one of
AXAs principal Singaporean subsidiaries.
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
Director: AXA Financial Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Director, representing the employee shareholders: AXA*
To the best of the Companys knowledge, there are no family

relationships among the members of the Board of Directors or
with members of the Executive Management.
President: French Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)

Representative of the General Insurance Association of
Singapore to the Board of governors: Singapore College of
Insurance (Singapore)
Member of the Advisory Board: Singapore Management
University Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Singapore)
Chief Executive Officer: AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd. (India)
Director: AXA MATRIX Risk Consultants India Private Limited
(India)
Dominique REINICHE
Mrs.DominiqueReiniche is a graduate of the Essec. In1978,
she joined Procter& Gamble and became Associate Advertising
Manager in1983. In1986, she joined Kraft Jacobs Suchard
and was appointed Marketing& Strategy Manager. In1992,
she joined Coca-Cola Beverages as Marketing& Responsible
Compte-cl Manager. In1998, she was appointed Chairman&
Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Entreprise and ViceChairman of Coca-Cola Enterprises Groupe Europe in2002.
From January 2003 to May 2005, she was Chairman of
Coca-Cola Enterprises Groupe Europe. From May2005 to
March2014, Mrs.DominiqueReiniche was Chairman Europe
of The Coca-Cola Company.
OTHER INFORMATION ON MEMBERS OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Conicts of interests
According to the provisions of the Board of Directors Bylaws and
the recommendations of the Afep-Medef Code, each member
of the Board of Directors is required to inform the Company of
any situation concerning her/him which may create a conict of
interests with the Company or the companies of the AXA Group
and to abstain from voting on the related resolution.
The Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer do not currently carry out any professional
activity or hold any directorship outside the AXA Group that
the Board believes substantially interfere with or impede in any
material way their availability to focus on the Group and its
business. Certain members of the Board of Directors, however,
are corporate ofcers and/or executives of companies that may
have agreements or enter into transactions from time to time with
the AXA Group including credit facilities, purchases of securities
(for their own account or for third parties), underwriting of
securities and/or furnishing of other types of services or goods.
These agreements or deals are generally fully negotiated and
performed at arms length terms and conditions. Consequently,
AXA does not believe that any of these agreements or
transactions give rise to conicts of interests between (i) the
107
directors duties towards AXA and (ii) their private interests

and/or other duties of these individuals.
To the best of the Companys knowledge, there are no
agreements or arrangements that have been entered into with
major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others pursuant to
which a member of the Board of Directors was selected.
Absence of any conviction in relation to

fraudulent offences, any ofcial public
incrimination and/or sanctions, or any
responsibility in a bankruptcy for the last
veyears
To the best of the Companys knowledge and based on the
information reported to it, none of the members of its Board
of Directors have been, during the last ve years (i) subject
to any conviction in relation to fraudulent offences or to any
official public incrimination and/or sanction by statutory or
regulatory authorities, (ii) disqualied by a court from acting as
a member of the administrative, management or supervisory
bodies of an issuer or from acting in the management or conduct
of the affairs of any issuer, or (iii) associated as a member of
the administrative, management or supervisory bodies with
any company that has declared bankruptcy or been put into
receivership or liquidation, provided, however, that AXA has
from time to time sold, discontinued and/or restructured
certain business operations and voluntarily liquidated afliated
companies in connection with these or similar transactions and
certain members of AXAs Board of Directors may have been
associated with other companies that have undertaken similar
solvent liquidations.
SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS ACTIVITIES
The Board of Directors conducts an annual self-assessment
to review its composition, operating procedures and overall
functioning. The conclusions of this self-assessment are
reviewed by the Compensation & Governance Committee and
discussed annually during one of the meetings of the Board of
Directors.
108
In 2013, the Board of Directors decided that the annual

assessment should be carried out by an external consultant on
a regular basis. Consequently, in 2015, the Board evaluation was
carried out by a consultant from SpencerStuart who collected
each of the directors input, views and suggestions on the Board
work and its functioning.
For the rst year, he also collected each directors views on
each other members participation in, and contribution to, the
Board work. The reports on each directors personal contribution
to the Board were shared with the Lead Independent Director
who gave individual feedback to the relevant member during a
dedicated one-on-one meeting.
The Lead Independent Director and the Chairman of the
Compensation & Governance Committee were both actively
involved in this assessment and, in particular, in examining the
conclusions of the consultants report and in dening areas for
improvement.
The Compensation & Governance Committee of
February23,2016 reviewed in detail the conclusions of the
Board evaluation, the principal areas identied for improvement
and made recommendations to the Board of Directors which in
turn examined and approved such recommendations during its
meeting of February24,2016.
During this assessment, the members of the Board expressed
a high level of satisfaction with the Boards dynamics and
performance and noted that the recommendations from the
prior reviews had been thoroughly implemented. The report by
the consultant also highlighted that AXAs governance ranks very
high when benchmarked against best practices.
The main areas for improvements identied were: (1) enhanced
periodical reporting on M&A projects, (2) systematic presentation
to the Board of benchmarking on both large traditional
competitors performance (including outside Europe) and some
of the newcomers and disrupters in the insurance industry,
(3)the organization of the reports made by Committee Chairmen
to the Board of Directors, and (4) installing regular reporting
at Board meetings from the Lead Independent Director on his
actions and formal or informal meetings with the members of
the Board and the Executive Management.
I Board of Directors Committees

The Board of Directors has three specialized Committees that
review specic matters: (1) the Audit Committee, (2) the Finance
Committee and (3) the Compensation & Governance Committee.
The role, organization and operating procedures of each

Committee are set forth in the Board of Directors Bylaws and
in the Audit Committee Terms of Reference.
In order to preserve a well-balanced governance, the Board of

Directors ensures that independent directors have a major role
in all Board Committees. In this context:
Each Committee issues opinions, proposals or recommendations

to the Board of Directors on matters within the scope of its
responsibilities. Nevertheless, under French law, Board
Committees do not have any formal decision making power.
each of the three Committees is chaired by an independent

director;
all members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation &

Governance Committee are independent directors;
AXAs executive officers cannot be members of the

Committees.
Each Committee is empowered to undertake or commission

specic studies or reviews within the scope of its responsibilities.
The Committees may request external consulting expertise if
necessary. They may also invite external participants to attend
their meetings. Committee Chairmen report to the Board of
Directors at the following Board meeting.
Board of Directors
Committees
Principal responsibilities
Principal activities in 2015
Audit Committee
Composition on
December31, 2015:
Stefan Lippe, Chairman
Jean-Martin Folz
Ramon de Oliveira
Deanna Oppenheimer
The scope of the Audit Committees responsibilities is

set out in its Terms of Reference which are reviewed and
approved each year by the Board of Directors.
The Audit Committee assists the oversight of the:
adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control and
Risk Management frameworks;
financial reporting process and the integrity of the
publicly reported results and disclosures made in the
nancial statements; and
effectiveness, performance and independence of the
internal and external auditors.
The Committee oversees the process for selecting
the Statutory Auditors, making recommendations and
controlling their appointment and replacement.
The Committee also examines the compliance with the
risk appetite limits.
The Committee meets during specific sessions (1) the
Statutory Auditors and the Group Head of Audit, (2)the
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and the Group Chief
Financial Ofcer and (3)the Group Chief Risk Ofcer.
The review of nancial statements by the Audit Committee is
accompanied by a presentation from the Statutory Auditors
stressing the essential points of the results of the statutory
audit and the accounting methods chosen. The Committee
also receives presentations from the Group Chief Risk
Ofcer, the Group General Counsel and the Group Chief
Financial Ofcer describing the Companys principal risk
exposures and where applicable the material off-balancesheet commitments.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the Group Chief
Financial Ofcer, the Group Head of Audit, the Group Chief
Risk Ofcer, the Group Chief Accounting Ofcer as well
as the Companys Statutory Auditors attend each Audit
Committee meeting. The Group General Counsel also
attends the Committees meetings on a regularbasis.
The Audit Committee met seventimes in2015.

The average attendance rate was 96.4%.
The Committee focused, in particular, on the
following issues:
the full year nancial statements for 2014;
the 2014 Annual Report (Document de
Rfrence);
the half-year nancial statements for 2015;
internal control and Risk Management
(reports from Internal Audit, from
Compliance department, on Litigation, on
Risk Management, from Group IT security
cyber risk, on the Groups Internal
Financial Control (IFC) function, and on
the Global Business Lines);
Solvency II and ORSA (Own Risk and
Solvency Assessment) report;
Risk Management Framework, Risk
Appetite and Reporting;
the results of internal and external audit
work;
the internal and external audit plans and
resources; and
the renewal and the replacement of the
Statutory Auditors.
The Board of Directors

reviewed the qualications
of all Audit Committee
members in terms of their
nancial expertise and
business experience and
believes that all members
have the requisite expertise,
experience and qualications
to full their assignments as
Audit Committee members.
109
110
Board of Directors
Committees
Finance Committee
Composition on
December31, 2015:
Ramon de Oliveira,Chairman
Suet Fern Lee
Stefan Lippe
Doina Palici-Chehab
The Finance Committee met vetimes in 2015.

The average attendance rate was 100%.
following issues:
nancial Risk Management;
liquidity and nancing;
capital and solvency;
risk appetite and asset allocation;
interest rates exposure;
Systemic Risk Management Plan;
Liquidity Risk Management Plan;
Recovery and Resolution plans;
review of the financial authorizations
(guarantees); and
review of the proposed capital increase
reserved for the employees of the AXA
Group (SharePlan 2015).
To examine and issue an opinion on any plan that intends

to set up sureties or grant guarantees, endorsements
and warrantees in favor of third parties, when their value
exceeds the authorizations granted to the Chairman&
Chief Executive Ofcer by the Board of Directors;
To examine and issue an opinion on any of the following
plans:
to issue securities giving a claim, whether directly or
indirectly, to the Companys share capital,
to propose share repurchase programs to the
Ordinary Shareholders Meeting,
nancing operations that might substantially change
the Companys nancial structure;
To examine any plan to perform a nancial operation
of signicant size for the AXA Group, except for M&A
transactions that shall be discussed directly at the Board
level;
To examine any subject relating to the financial
management of the AXA Group:
the policy on nancial Risk Management,
the liquidity and nancing of the Group,
the capital and solvency;
To examine the impact on capital and solvency at Group
level of the main orientations and limits of the Asset
Liability Management policy; and
To review the risk appetite framework developed by
the Executive Management for nancial, insurance and
operational exposures.
The Group Chief Financiel Ofcier as well as the Group
Chief Risk Ofcer attend each Finance Committee meeting.
Board of Directors
Committees
Compensation &
Governance Committee
The Compensation & Governance Committee

met eight times in 2015. The average
attendance rate was 97%.
following issues:
Compensation issues:
the compensation paid to the
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,
the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer and
to the members of the Management
Committee and the Executive
Committee,
the 2015 and 2016 equities allocations
(stock options and performance shares)
and their performance conditions,
the say-on-pay (advisory vote on the
aggregate compensation elements for
the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer
and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer),
and
the directors fees amount and
allocation;
Governance issues:
the review of the governance structure
of the Company and of the succession
plan of the Chairman & Chief Executive
Ofcer,
the process of selection of the future
directors,
the composition of the Board and its
Committees,
the independence of the members of
the Board,
the self-assessment of the Board of
Directors,
the share ownership requirements for
members of the Board of Directors,
the Organization & Talent Review (OTR)
and succession plans,
the review of the Bylaws of the Board
of Directors,
Companys Corporate Responsibility,
and
the Diversity & Inclusion strategy.
Composition on December
31, 2015:
Jean-Martin Folz, Chairman
Deanna Oppenheimer
Dominique Reiniche
The Chairman of the Board
of Directors, as well as
the Vice-Chairman Lead
Independent Director,
although not members of
the Committee, take part
in its work and attend its
meetings, except for the
Chairman of the Board
when his personal situation
is at stake.
To issue proposals to the Board of Directors for the

xing of:
the compensation of the Chairman & Chief Executive
Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer and
the preparation of their annual assessment,
the amount of the directors fees for members
of the Board of Directors to be submitted to the
Shareholders Meeting and their allocation,
the number of Company stock options or
performance shares to be granted to the
Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer, the Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer and the other members of
the Executive Committee;
To formulate an opinion on the proposals of the
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer concerning:
the principles and conditions for the determination
of the compensation of the executives of the AXA
Group,
the overall annual allocation of Company stock
options or performance shares to be granted to
employees of the AXA Group;
To issue proposals on the appointments of the Chief
Executive Ofcer, the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
and the members of the Board of Directors and its
Committees. The Committee is also informed of the
appointments of the main executives of the Group,
and in particular of the members of the Management
Committee and the Executive Committee. The
Committee prepares, with the Chief Executive Ofcer,
the succession of the Executive Management;
To examine in more depth certain Group human
resources issues and to review each year the Companys
policy with respect to professional equality as well as
equal pay;
To examine the Groups strategy on corporate
responsibility and related issues;
To examine in more depth certain governance matters
relating to the operation and organization of the Board
of Directors and the organization of the periodic selfassessment of the Board of Directors; and
To review the AXA Group Compliance and Ethics Guide.
The Group Head of Human Resources attends each
Compensation & Gouvernance Committee meeting.
111
I Executive Management
AXAs Executive Management comprises the Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer. A
Management Committee and an Executive Committee also
support the operational management of the Group.
THE CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr.Henri de Castries was re-appointed Chairman and Chief
Executive Ofcer by the Board of Directors of April23,2014,
for the duration of his term of ofce as director, i.e. fouryears.
The Chairman & Chief Executive Officer is vested with the
broadest powers to act on behalf of the Company and represents
the Company vis--vis third parties. He exercises these powers
within the scope of the corporate purpose and subject to the
powers expressly assigned by law to the Shareholders Meetings
and to the Board of Directors. In addition, the Bylaws of the
Board of Directors provide for specic limitations of the powers

of the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer and require prior Board
approval for certain signicant transactions (sales or acquisitions
over 500million; signicant nancing operations and other
types of transactions that are not in line with the Companys
announced strategy).
THE DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr.Denis Duverne was re-appointed Deputy Chief Executive
Officer by the Board of Directors of April23,2014, for the
duration of his term of ofce as director, i.e. fouryears.
His role is to second the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer. The
Board of Directors determines the scope of the powers vested in
the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer who is specically in charge
of Finance, Strategy and Operations of the Group.
On March 19, 2016, following a comprehensive succession planning process of the Executive Management led by AXAs Compensation
and Governance Committee, AXAs Board of Directors unanimously decided to separate the functions of Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Ofcer, and approved the following appointments effective upon Mr. Henri de Castries retirement on
September 1st: (i) Mr. Denis Duverne as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and (ii) Mr. Thomas Buberl as Chief Executive Ofcer of
AXA and a member of AXAs Board of Directors coopted to replace Mr. Henri de Castries.
Until September 1st, 2016, Mr. Thomas Buberl will be Deputy CEO of AXA (Directeur Gnral Adjoint). He will work closely with
Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne to nalize AXAs new strategic plan, and to ensure an effective leadership transition.
I The Management Committee

The Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer have decided to establish a Management
Committee to assist them in the operational management of
the Group. The Management Committee has no formal decision
making authority.
AXAs Management Committee comprised ninemembers as of
January1st,2016. It generally meets once a week to discuss
Group strategic, nancial and operational matters.
The Management Committee also holds meetings dedicated

to the Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) during which its
members welcome senior executives from the main entities of
the Group. They present the performance of their operations
and the progress status of their key projects using dened
quantiable standards of measurement which are common to
all entities of the Group.
COMPOSITION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON JANUARY1ST,2016

Name
Principal function within AXA
Henri de Castries
Thomas Buberl(1)

Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Konzern AG (Germany), Chief Executive Ofcer of the global business line for
the Health business and Chief Executive Ofcer of the global business line Life & Savings
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer in charge of Finance, Strategy and Operations
Chief Executive Ofcer of the Mediterranean and Latin America Region business unit, Chairman & Chief Executive
Ofcer of AXA Global P&C and in charge of overseeing the worldwide operations of AXA Corporate Solutions
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AB (United States)
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Asia
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA France also in charge of overseeing the worldwide operations of
AXA Assistance, AXA Global Direct and AXA Partners
President & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Financial, Inc. (United States)
Group Chief Operating Ofcer
Denis Duverne
Jean-Laurent Granier
Peter Kraus
Jean-Louis Laurent Josi
Nicolas Moreau
Mark Pearson
Vronique Weill
(1) On March 21st, 2016, Thomas Buberl was appointed Deputy CEO (Directeur Gnral Adjoint) of AXA and will be appointed Chief Executive Ofcer and director of AXA on September 1st,2016.
112
I The Executive Committee

The Management Committee is supported by an Executive
Committee. Its principal mission is to review and dene the
Groups strategy.
an opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices, including

through the participation of external guests on topics of strategic
interest.
The Executive Committee is composed of the members of the

Management Committee as well as other key senior executives
selected on the basis of their respective roles in the organization
(central or local).
The Executive Committee has no formal decision making

authority. The Executive Committee is advisory in nature and
serves as an important sounding Board in formulating Group
strategy and considering key business issues or strategic
initiatives. As a team, the members of the Executive Committee
also contribute to shape and disseminate AXAs management
culture.
The Executive Committee holds quarterly meetings to assess

the status of Group transversal projects and monitor the
implementation of the strategic plan. These meetings are also
On January1st, 2016, the Executive Committee was comprised of the following seventeenmembers, including ten non-French
nationals:
Name
Principal function within AXA
Henri de Castries
Thomas Buberl
(1)

Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Konzern AG (Germany), Chief Executive Ofcer of the global business line for
the Health business and Chief Executive Ofcer of the global business line Life & Savings
Denis Duverne
Paul Evans
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA UK and Chairman of the Board of Directors of AXA Corporate Solutions
Assurance
Jean-Laurent Granier
Chief Executive Ofcer of the Mediterranean and Latin America Region business unit, Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer of AXA Global P&C and in charge of overseeing the worldwide operations of AXA Corporate
Solutions
Grald Harlin
Group Chief Financial Ofcer
Frank Koster
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Belgium
Peter Kraus
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AB (United States)
Jean-Louis Laurent Josi
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Asia
Nicolas Moreau
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA France also in charge of overseeing the worldwide operations of
AXA Assistance, AXA Global Direct and AXA Partners
Mark Pearson
President & Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Financial, Inc. (United States)
Jacques de Peretti
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Japan
Antimo Perretta
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Winterthur (Switzerland)
Andrea Rossi
Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA Investment Managers
George Stanseld
Group General Counsel and Head of Group Human Resources
Christian Thimann
Group Head of Strategy, Sustainability and Public Affairs
Vronique Weill
Group Chief Operating Ofcer
(1) On March 21st, 2016, Thomas Buberl was appointed Deputy CEO (Directeur Gnral Adjoint) of AXA and will be appointed Chief Executive Ofcer and director of AXA
113
I Employees
The table below sets forth the number of salaried employees of the AXA Group over the past three years broken down by line of
business and geographic region:
Salaried employees (full time equivalent)
At December31, 2013
At December31, 2014
At December31, 2015
78,569
14,576
3,997
2,581
8,282
8,782
3,809
4,549
11,385
6,342
5,328
1,348
568
294
702
1,993
187
172
64
8,938
1,348
210
7,126
254
5,466
3,323
2,143
1,122
691
75
356
1,037
80,992
14,375
4,108
2,651
8,520
8,381
3,797
4,254
13,985
6,242
5,252
1,436
579
372
700
1,716
200
166
83
9,428
1,326
229
7,626
248
5,786
3,487
2,299
1,034
625
79
330
1,111
82,076
13,970
4,157
2,671
9,433
8,152
3,768
4,129
14,254
5,980
5,225
1,507
668
398
799
489
906
213
176
69
10,337
1,301
251
8,557
228
5,951
3,600
2,351
1,054
693
71
290
1,137
6,952
93,146
7,356
96,279
8,061
98,279
Insurance
France(a)(b)
United States
Japan
United Kingdom & Ireland(c)
Germany(d)
Switzerland
Belgium (including AXA Bank Belgium)(e)
Mediterranean & Latin American Region(f)
Direct (g)
Other countries and transversal entities
Of which Hong Kong(h)
Of which Singapore(h)
Of which Indonesia(h)
Of which Malaysia(h)
Of which Thailand(h)
Of which Central & Eastern Europe(i)
Of which Luxemburg
Of which AXA Life Invest Services
Of which Family Protect
AXA Global L&S and AXA Global P&C
AXA Assistance(j)
Other international activities
Asset Management
AB(k)
Banking (excluding AXA Bank Belgium)(e)
France
Germany
AXA Bank Central & Eastern Europe
Group Management Services
AXA Technology, AXA Group Solutions, AXA
Business Services(l)
TOTAL
Employees of non-consolidated companies or companies accounted for using the equity method are not included in the above table.
(a) A portion of the employees of AXAs French afliates is included in GIEs.
In addition, the employees of insurance and nancial services activities in France are included in the cadre de convention of four not consolidated mutuelles.
(b) In 2015, the decrease by 405 in France was driven by natural leaves.
(c) In 2015, the increase by 914 in the United Kingdom and Ireland mainly reected the transfer of claims staff from Direct to Non-Direct business (+493) combined with
the acquisition of Simplyhealth business (+375) and business expansion.
(d) In 2015, the decrease by 229 in Germany reected efciency programs and early retirements.
(e) Some employees of AXA Bank Belgium provide services in common for both the insurance activities and the banking activities. Consequently, the split is not
available. In 2015, the decrease by 124 in Belgium mainly reected efciency programs and operating model reorganization.
(f) In 2015, the increase by 269 in the Mediterranean & Latin American Region was mainly attributable to business growth notably in Colombia, the Gulf region and
Mexico.
(g) In 2015, the decrease by 262 in Direct was mainly driven by the transfer of claims staff from Direct to Non-Direct business in the United Kingdom (-493), partly offset
by the inclusion of BRE Insurance in Poland (+98) and business growth across countries.
(h) In 2015, the increase by 774 in Asia was driven by a change in consolidation methodology from equity to full consolidation in Thailand (+489) along with business
growth across Malaysia (+99), Singapore (+89) and Hong Kong (+71).
(i) In 2015, the decrease by 810 in Central and Eastern Europe reected the deconsolidation of Ukraine.
(j) In 2015, the increase by 931 in AXA Assistance was mainly driven by business growth, notably in the Mediterranean & Latin American Region and Asia.
(k) In 2015, the increase by 113 in AB was mainly driven by business growth in both Retail and Derivative activities as well as in Bernstein Research Services.
(l) In 2015, the increase by 705 was mainly driven by AXA Business Services following business growth.
114
2.2FULL DISCLOSURE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND SHARE OWNERSHIP
2.2 FULL DISCLOSURE ON EXECUTIVE

COMPENSATION AND SHARE OWNERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
managers, etc.) and compared to the compensation practices

of other international groups.
AXAs global executive compensation policy is designed to

align the interests of the Companys executives with those of
its shareholders while establishing a clear and straightforward
link between performance and compensation. In this context,
its main objective is to encourage the achievement of ambitious
objectives and the creation of long-term value by setting
challenging performance criteria.
AXAs overall policy on executive compensation focuses on

the variable part of the compensation package, which is the
compensation at risk for beneciaries. The structure of AXAs
executive compensation is composed of a variable portion which
represents a signicant portion of the aggregate remuneration.
This is designed to align executive compensation more directly
with the operational strategy of the Group and the interests of
the shareholders while encouraging performance:
AXAs executive compensation structure is based on an in-depth

analysis of market practices in France and abroad, within the
nancial services sector (insurance companies, banks, asset
both on an individual and collective level; and
over the short, medium and long term.
Individual
Individual
Entity
AXA Group
AXA Share
Competencies Performance Performance Performance Performance
Stock
options
Performance
Shares
Deferred
Variable
Annual
Variable
Fixed
Salary
Present
Short/
Short-term Medium
1 year
term
2-3 years
Medium-term Long-term
4-5 years
5-10 years
Future
115
I Corporate ofcers and executives compensation(1)

COMPENSATION OF THE MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON
DECEMBER31, 2015
Governance
The principal mission of the Compensation & Governance
Committee of AXAs Board of Directors is to formulate propositions
to the Board regarding, in particular, (1) the Companys
compensation policy and principles, (2) the determination of
the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcers and the Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcers compensation and performance assessment,
and (3) the allotment of AXA stock options or performance
shares to the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer, the Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer and the other members of the Executive
Committee of the Group.
The Compensation & Governance Committee is exclusively
composed of independent members. Their independence is
assessed annually by the Board in accordance with the criteria
set forth in the Afep-Medef Code. While not a member of this
Committee, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Lead
Independent Director (Mr.Norbert Dentressangle) is regularly
involved in the Committees work and presents the compensation
policy of the Company each year at the Shareholders Meeting.
The Committee meets frequently with the Group executives and
the internal departments of the Company including Group Human
Resources and Group Legal. The Committee is empowered to
undertake or commission specic reviews and to use external
consulting expertise to the extent deemed appropriate. Thus,
during the last few years, the Committee worked several times
with a compensation consulting rm in order to benet from
an external expertise and an independent overview in order to
compare AXAs variable compensation practices with general
market practices.
Compensation policy
Solvency II regulations came into force on January1, 2016 and
include a number of specic remuneration and governance
requirements applicable to European insurers and reinsurers.
In this context, AXA has undertaken a comprehensive review
of its existing remuneration policies and practices against the
requirements of Solvency II and has adopted a new Group
Remuneration policy applicable to all AXA employees as of
January 1, 2016. This compensation policy is designed to
support the Groups long-term business strategy and to align
the interests of its employees with those of the shareholders
by (i) establishing a clear link between performance and

remuneration over the short, medium and long term, (ii) ensuring
that the Group can offer competitive compensation arrangements
across the multiple markets in which it operates while avoiding
potential conicts of interest that may lead to undue risk taking
for short-term gain, and (iii) ensuring compliance with SolvencyII
regulations and any other applicable regulatory requirement.
The AXA Group compensation policy is designed to:
attract, develop, retain and motivate critical skills and best

talents;
drive superior performance;
align compensation levels with business performance;
ensure that employees are not incentivised to take

inappropriate and/or excessive risks and that they operate
within AXAs overall risk framework; and
ensure compliance of our practices with all applicable

regulatory requirements.
It follows three guiding principles:
competitiveness and market consistency of the remuneration

practices;
internal equity, based on individual and collective performance,

in order to ensure fair and balanced compensation reecting
employees individual quantitative and qualitative achievements
and impact; and
achievement of the Groups overall nancial and operational

objectives over the short, medium and long term as well as
execution against medium and long term strategic objectives
as a prerequisite to fund any mid-to-long term award.
The requirements set out in the Group Remuneration policy may

be supplemented where necessary in order to comply with local
regulatory requirements or identied best practices.
Compensation structure
AXA broadly applies a pay-for-performance approach which
(i) recognises achievement of dened nancial and operational
targets aligned with AXAs business plan (ii) promotes longterm sustainable performance by incorporating risk adjustment
measures in performance metrics (such as cash Return-OnEquity which takes into account the capital required to deliver
performance) and (iii) determines individual compensation
amounts on the basis of both nancial results and demonstrated
individual leadership and behaviours.
(1) The information in this section is presented in accordance with recommendation No.2009-16 of the AMF, as modied on April13, 2015, and
with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef Code.
116
In this context, the overall remuneration structure is based on the

following components, which are designed to provide balance
and avoid excessive risk taking for short term nancial gain:
Annual cash compensation
a xed component which comprises guaranteed elements,

such as base salary and any other xed allowances. It takes
into account the position, responsibilities, experience, market
practices, technical skills and leadership competences, and
also sustained individual performance and criticality or scarcity
of skills;
a variable component which comprises an upfront cash

element (Short Term Incentive) and a deferred element which
is awarded through equity based instruments or equivalent
such as stock options and/or performance shares (Long
Term Incentive). This variable component depends on the
AXA Groups global performance, on the beneciarys local
entity performance (company or business unit, depending on
the case), and on the achievement of the executives individual
objectives including demonstrated abilities for leadership.
The variable portion is designed to represent a substantial
component of the executives global compensation and,
where an executive attains or exceeds the set objectives, to
position the compensation levels of AXA executives between
the median and the third quartile (or, in certain cases, beyond
the third quartile) of the benchmark market reference.
The Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its

Compensation & Governance Committee, decided to maintain
unchanged in 2015 the total cash compensation target of the
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer, Mr.Henri de Castries, at
3.3million (amount unchanged since 2008), and of the Deputy
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Denis Duverne, at 2.2 million
(amount unchanged since 2010).
The target level of the executives compensation and the

structure of the elements which compose such compensation
are based on a detailed analysis of market practices as well
as potentially applicable national and international regulations,
and also take into consideration various other factors including
the equity principles within the Group and the previous
compensation level of the executive.
Each year, AXA, with the assistance of specialized rms, conducts
compensation reviews in order to ensure the competitiveness
and consistency of executive compensation and to measure the
suitability of the global compensation policies. In this context,
two markets are used as a reference:
a first market composed of 12 companies in the French

CAC40 index (companies selected to form the panel, which
may vary from year-to-year, are comparable to AXA in terms
of stock capitalization, revenues, sector, number of employees
and/or geographic coverage);
a second market composed exclusively of international
nancial companies comparable in size and scope to the AXA
Group (insurance and banks) which are principally based in
the main European markets (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy,
the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain and Switzerland).
TOTAL TARGET COMPENSATION
The total target compensation is composed of a xed annual

compensation and a target variable compensation.
The fixed annual compensation of the Chairman & Chief

Executive Ofcer, unchanged since 2010, was 950,000 in
2015.
The variable component of his compensation, unchanged since
2010, was 2,350,000 in 2015, i.e. 247% of his xed annual
compensation.
The xed annual compensation of the Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer, unchanged since 2010, was 750,000 in 2015.
The variable component of his compensation, unchanged since
2010, was 1,450,000 in 2015, i.e. 193% of his xed annual
compensation.
ANNUAL VARIABLE COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE
CONDITIONS
The variable annual compensation is entirely submitted to

performance conditions and no minimum payment is guaranteed.
The determination of the variable compensation to be paid to
the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer was based, in 2015, on
the following two metrics:
Group performance for 50%. This metric is measured based

on underlying earnings per share, return on equity (adjusted
Return on Equity ROE) and customer scope index. The
relative weight of these three indicators is, respectively, 65%,
15% and 20%; and
individual performance for 50%, which is evaluated on the

basis of objectives specically related to strategic initiatives
set and reviewed each year.
Each of these two metrics is evaluated separately so that

Mr.Henride Castries overall variable payout reects performance
against two distinct components that are not fungible.
The proportion allocated to individual performance reects the
Board of Directors desire to place more weight on Mr.Henride
Castries individual performance on the execution of major
strategic initiatives critical to the Groups long-term success.
117
2015
Henri de Castries
Weighting
Group performance based on:

- underlying earnings per share
- return on equity
- customer scope index
Individual performance
Achievement
rate
50%
109%
(65%)
(15%)
(20%)
(111%)
(115%)
(100%)
50%
Global performance
120%
114.5%
The selected indicators to measure the Group performance

reect objectives widely disclosed internally and externally with
respect to growth, profitability, capital management, brand
strategy, operational efciency and productivity. Thus, these
indicators, directly linked to the strategic orientations of the
Group, are both nancial and operating criteria and rely on the
budget and on predened performance indicators.
The individual performance of the Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer is assessed on the basis of various indicators and
qualitative objectives set by the Board of Directors through
a written target letter established at the beginning of each
calendar year before the performance measurement period.
It includes detailed objectives with regards to the Groups
progress in the elaboration of its strategic plan as well as other
performance indicators and objectives designed to assess
the level of achievement of global strategic initiatives and/or

relating to certain geographic areas, and the evolution of certain
investments contributing to the development of the Groups
operations.
In order to assess Mr.Henride Castries individual performance in
2015, the Board of Directors in particular considered the following
achievements: (i) the acceleration of the digital transformation
of the Group through the implementation of various strategic
partnerships with worldwide leading actors in the digital industry;
(ii) the investment (through AXA Strategic Ventures) in innovative
companies destined to bring new approaches to the insurance
model and contribute to improving customer service (iii) the
ranking, for the 7thconsecutive year, of the AXA brand as the
number one insurance brand worldwide according to Interbrand;
(iv) the evolution of the Groups organization to better address
the needs of its clients with the launch of companies as Kamet
InsurTech incubator for the benet of the clients in terms of
protection and services, AXA Partners dedicated to developing
the global partnership business; (v) the geographic expansion
through external acquisitions (Genworth in the United Kingdom,
SulAmrica in Brazil, CIL in Egypt) and growing presence in high
growth markets (reinforcing of partnerships with Bharti in India,
with Metrobank in Philippines).
The total effective variable compensation of the Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer may not exceed 150% of his variable target
compensation, i.e. 371% of his xed annual compensation.
The variable compensation amounts actually paid to Mr.Henri de Castries since he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board
in May2000 are set forth below and demonstrate the demanding nature of his performance objectives and the Boards performance
assessments which have signicantly impacted his variable compensation payouts from year-to-year:
Executive compensation and directors fees
Target
Variable compensation for the year 2000 paid in 2001
1,750,000

Actual
% Target
1,381,373
79%
1,750,000
719,967
41%
2,000,000
1,419,277
71%
2,000,000
1,824,277
91%
2,000,000
2,304,277
115%
2,000,000
2,671,626
134%
2,500,000
3,045,987
122%
2,500,000
2,644,366
106%
2,700,000
1,846,304
68%
2,700,000
2,599,327
96%
2,466,667
2,061,087
84%
2,350,000
2,034,171
87%
(a) (b)
97%
2,350,000
2,270,153
2,350,000
2,549,750(a) (b)
109%
2,350,000
2,538,000(a) (b)
108%
2,350,000
(a) (b)
114.5%
2,690,750
(a) Amount includes the part of the variable compensation with respect to 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism
described on page 120. The total amount paid will depend on performance conditions and may then vary.
(b) Amount before deduction of 70% of directors fees.
118
The determination of the variable compensation to be paid to

the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer was based, in 2015, on the
following two metrics:
global strategic initiatives and/or relating to certain geographic

areas, and the evolution of certain investments contributing to
the development of the Groups operations.
Group performance for 50%. This metric is measured based

on underlying earnings per share, return on equity (adjusted
Return on Equity ROE) and customer scope index. The
relative weight of these three indicators is, respectively, 65%,
15% and 20%; and
individual performance for 50%, which is evaluated on the

basis of objectives specically related to strategic initiatives
set and reviewed each year.
In order to assess Mr.DenisDuvernes individual performance

in 2015, the Board of Directors in particular considered the
following achievements: (i) the acceleration of the Groups digital
transformation and the successful implementation of various
strategic partnerships with leading actors of the digital industry
as well as the successful launch of a big data research project;
(ii) the growing presence of the Group in emerging markets;
(iii) the achievement of the Groups efciency/cost reduction
targets; (iv) the ranking, for the 7th consecutive year, of the AXA
brand as the number one insurance brand worldwide according
to Interbrand; (v) the steering of in-depth strategic reviews of
certain Group companies and the implementation of targeted
action plans; and (vi) the active promotion, through specic
measures, of diversity and integration as a key element of the
Groups internal culture.
Each of these two metrics is evaluated separately so that

Mr.DenisDuvernes overall variable payout reects performance
against two distinct components that are not fungible.
Since 2015, the proportion of the variable compensation, to be
paid to Mr.DenisDuverne, allocated to the Group performance
weights for 50% (vs 30% in 2014). This variable compensation
is therefore no longer related to the achievement of operational
targets assigned to entities delivering specific services as
for example IT support and the operational excellence. This
evolution reects the Board of Directors desire to place an
equivalent weight on the Groups operational results and on
Mr.DenisDuvernes individual performance on the execution
of major strategic initiatives critical to the Groups long-term
success and to align the compensation structure of the Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer with the Chairman & Chief Executive
Ofcers.
2015
Denis Duverne
Group performance based on:
- underlying earnings per share
- return on equity
- customer scope index
Individual performance
Global performance
Weighting
Achievement
rate
50%
109%
(65%)
(15%)
(20%)
(111%)
(115%)
(100%)
50%
The total effective variable compensation of the Deputy Chief

Executive Ofcer may not exceed 150% of his variable target
compensation, i.e. 290% of his xed annual compensation.
For the other members of the Management Committee who
benefit from a variable part (in 2015, Mrs.Vronique Weill,
Messrs. Thomas Buberl, Jean-Laurent Granier, Jean-Louis
Laurent Josi, Nicolas Moreau, Mark Pearson, and Jacques de
Vaucleroy), their variable compensation is also determined on
the basis of an individual predened target which was based,
in 2015, on three metrics:
Group performance (representing 20%), as measured by

the underlying earnings per share, return on equity (adjusted
Return on Equity ROE), and customer satisfaction index;
performance of their business unit or functional area of

responsibility (representing 30%), measured against objectives
set at the beginning of the year; and
their individual performance (representing 50%), evaluated

considering predetermined objectives specically deriving
from strategic initiatives.
110%
109.5%
The selected indicators to measure the Group performance

reect objectives widely disclosed internally and externally with
respect to growth, profitability, capital management, brand
strategy, operational efciency and productivity. Thus, these
indicators, directly linked to the strategic orientations of the
Group, are both nancial and operating criteria and rely on the
budget and on predened performance indicators.
The individual performance of the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
is assessed on the basis of various indicators and qualitative
objectives set by the Board of Directors through a written target
letter established at the beginning of each calendar year before
the performance measurement period. It includes detailed
objectives with regards to the Groups progress in the elaboration
of its strategic plan as well as other performance indicators
and objectives designed to assess the level of achievement of
The performance of operational entities is determined on the

basis of the following performance indicators:
underlying earnings;
customer centricity;
gross revenue Protection & Health;
Life & Savings New Business Value;
economic expenses;
Life & Savings Operating Free Cash Flow;
Property & Casualty revenues;
current year combined ratio.
119
Performance indicators that measure the Group and/or the

operational entities performance are dened at the beginning
of the year with:
and (ii) qualitative factors, including leadership abilities

demonstrated by the members of the Management Committee
measured against AXAs Leadership Framework (the how).
a predened target, aligned with the strategic plan (budget),

the attainment of which will result in 100% achievement;
The assessment of the leadership skills is based on the

dimensions of the AXA Leadership Framework which includes:
a oor (which may vary between 50% and 90% of achievement

against the target depending on the indicator), which denes
the threshold below which no variable compensation for that
component will be paid;
strategic vision;
customer focus;
change leadership;
a cap (which may vary between 110% and 130% of

achievement against the target depending on the indicator),
which defines the threshold above which the variable
compensation for that component is capped.
results orientation;
building capability;
team leadership;
Individual performance is assessed both on (i) the achievement

of results for each predetermined individual objective (thewhat)
sharing to succeed;
living through AXA values.
The variable compensations paid to the Management Committee members for 2013, 2014 and 2015 were:
VARIABLE COMPENSATIONS PAID TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Members of the
management
Committee
(in Euro)
Variable compensation
for the year 2013
Country
Target
for the year 2014
Actual(b) % Target
(a)
Target
Actual(b) % Target
Target
Actual(b) % Target
109%
2,350,000 2,538,000
(a)
108%
2,350,000 2,690,750(a)
114.5%
108.8%
1,450,000 1,587,750(a)
109.5%
Henri de Chairman &

Castries Chief Executive
Ofcer
France
2,350,000 2,549,750
Denis
Deputy Chief
Duverne Executive
Ofcer in charge
of Finance,
Strategy and
Operations
France
1,450,000 1,567,450(a)
108%
1,450,000 1,577,600(a)
5,169,568 5,612,753
109%
5,282,140
Total of the other

Management Committee
members
for the year 2015
5,456,358
103%
7,049,642 7,542,417
107%
(a) This amount includes the part of the variable compensation with respect to 2013, 2014 and 2015 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism described
on page 120. The total amount paid will depend on performance conditions and may then vary.
(b) Amount before deduction of 70% of directors fees.
In reviewing the Group component of the variable compensation

of Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne, the
Compensation & Governance Committee and the Board
of Directors took into account the following measures: (i) an
underlying earnings per share and (ii) a return on equity (adjusted
Return on Equity-ROE) which are higher than targets, and (iii)
a customer scope index in line with the target.
ANNUAL DEFERRED VARIABLE COMPENSATION
Since 2013, the Board of Directors has implemented for the

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer a deferral mechanism with respect to 30%
of their variable compensation over two years. Under this
mechanism, the deferred amount of variable compensation for
the 2015 scal year, will be paid out in two tranches, in 2017
and 2018. The amount of the payout will vary depending on
the AXA share price evolution over the deferral period and will
be subject to a oor at 80% of the deferred amount and a cap
120
at 120% of the deferred amount; provided, however that no

variable compensation would be paid in the event (1) that the
Groups underlying earnings are negative for the year ending
immediately prior to the year of scheduled payout, or (2) of
resignation or dismissal, for gross or willful misconduct prior to
the payout date (clawback provision).
The introduction of this variable cash compensation deferral
mechanism subject to a clawback mechanism, while not
required by the applicable regulations, further aligns AXA with
the evolving regulatory environment on executive compensation
in the nancial services sector both in France and abroad.
In February 2016, (i) the second tranche of their deferred
variable compensation with respect to the scal year 2013 i.e.
an amount of 458,955 for Mr.Henri de Castries and 282,141
for Mr.Denis Duverne and (ii) the rst tranche of their differed
variable compensation with respect to the scal year 2014 i.e. an
amount of 456,840 for Mr.Henri de Castries and 283,968 for
Mr.Denis Duverne, were paid to the Chairman & Chief Executive

Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer. These amounts
are based on the evolution of the AXA share price. Considering
that the AXA share performed well in 2015, these amounts were
capped at 120% of half of the differed variable compensation
granted in respect of the 2013 and 2014 scal years.
All the amounts presented in this Section2.2 are gross amounts
and before taxation.
In the tables of this Section, compensation not paid in Euro was
converted into Euro on the basis of the following yearly average
exchange rates for 2015: 1 USD = 0.89328574 EUR; 1 SGD =
0.65231019 EUR.
Long Term Incentive (LTI) annual allotment

Each year, LTIs (stock options and performance shares) are
granted to the Group executives.
These LTIs represent an important part of their global variable
compensation in order to associate the Group executives to
the creation of long term value. In this context, the number
of LTIs granted is set so that the executives are between the

median and the 3rd quartile of market references considering
the total amount of the variable part (comprised of one part in
cash and one part in LTIs). The Compensation & Governance
Committee and the Board of Directors however ensure that
the stock options and the performance shares granted to the
executives and valued in accordance with IFRS standards are
not disproportionate compared to the aggregate compensation,
options and shares granted to the said executives.
These LTIs are integrally subject to performance conditions
(please refer to pages 125 as well as 134 and following) and
therefore do not guarantee any grant or minimal gain for the
beneciaries.
In 2015, the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the

Compensation & Governance Committee, after taking into
account the increase of the fair estimated value of the LTIs,
which was strongly linked to the performance of the AXA share
price between 2014 and 2015, decided to reduce the number of
stock options and performance shares granted to the Chairman
& Chief Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer.
SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION, OPTIONS AND PERFORMANCE SHARES GRANTED

TOMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Year 2014
Value of
Compensaoptions
tion due in
granted
Members of the
respect of during the
the year
year
(in Euro)
Country
Value of
performance
shares
granted
during the
year
Year 2015
Value of
international performance
shares
granted
during the
year
Value of
Compensaoptions
tion due in granted
respect of the during the
Total
year
year
Value of
Value of
internaperfor- tional permance formance
shares
shares
granted
granted
during the during the
year
year
Total
Henri de Chairman & Chief France

Castries Executive Ofcer
3,527,459(a)
275,900 1,580,393
- 5,383,752
3,628,454(a)
202,048 1,511,514
- 5,342,016
France
Denis
Deputy Chief
Duverne Executive Ofcer
in charge of
Finance, Strategy
and Operations
2,365,617(a)
275,900 1,252,624
- 3,894,141
2,340,138(a)
202,080 1,185,353
- 3,727,571
Total of the other

members
9,940,078
698,294 1,436,230 1,549,349 13,623,951 13,781,352
691,904 1,360,997 2,720,746 18,554,999
(a) This amount includes the part of the variable compensation with respect to 2014 and 2015 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism described on
page120. The total amount paid will depend on performance conditions and may then vary.
At each date of grant, the fair value of stock options and

performance shares/units is determined in accordance with
IFRS standards. This is a historical value at the date of grant,
calculated for accounting purposes as described in Note26.3.1
of the 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements included in
Part4 of this Annual Report. This value does not represent a
current market value, a current valuation of these options and
performance shares, nor the actual amounts that may be paid
to beneciaries if and when the options are exercised or the
performance shares are acquired.
On March24, 2014, the fair value of one option was 1.78 for
options with performance conditions, and the fair value of one
performance share was 12.71 (12.03 for the Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer).
On June19, 2015, the fair value of one option was 1.39 for
options with performance conditions, and the fair value of one
performance share was 14.35.
121
SUMMARY OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMPENSATION

FORTHEYEAR2015
Year 2015
Amounts paid in respect of the year
Fixed
Variable
compen- compensaCountry
sation
tion
Exceptional
compensation
France
Henri de Chairman &
Ofcer
950,000 1,837,155(a)
Denis
Deputy Chief France
Duverne Executive
Ofcer in charge
of Finance,
Strategy and
Operations
750,000 1,080,511(a)
Members of the
(in Euro)
Total of the other

management committee
members
5,565,885 7,542,417
Amounts paid during the year
Total (b)
Fixed
Variable
compen- compensasation
tion (b)
Exceptional
compensation
68,381
4,508 2,821,229
950,000 2,612,093
68,381
4,508 3,634,982
42,000
6,311 1,863,813
750,000 1,632,274
42,000
6,311 2,430,585
Board Benets
fees in kind
- 794,833 290,961 13,781,352 5,565,885 6,739,926
Board Benets
fees in kind
Total
- 794,833 290,961 13,391,605
(a) This amount does not include the part of the variable compensation with respect to 2015 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism described on
page120.
(b) Directors fees are deducted up to 70% from the variable compensation.
SUMMARY OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMPENSATION

FOR THE YEAR 2014
Year 2014
Amounts paid in respect of the year
Fixed
Variable
compen- compensaCountry
sation
tion
Exceptional
compensation
France
Henri de Chairman &
Ofcer
950,000 1,784,985(a)
Denis
Deputy Chief France
Duverne Executive
Ofcer in charge
of Finance,
Strategy and
Operations
750,000 1,109,910(a)
Members of the
(in Euro)
Total of the other

members
3,934,235 5,456,358
Amounts paid during the year
Total (b)
Fixed
Variable
compen- compensasation
tion (b)
Exceptional
compensation
61,837
4,150 2,766,059
950,000 2,174,496
61,837
4,150 3,190,483
42,000
4,150 1,892,336
750,000 1,346,679
42,000
4,150 2,142,829
Board Benets
fees in kind
- 673,454 218,042 9,939,988 3,934,235 5,300,139
Board Benets
fees in kind
Total
- 673,454 218,042 10,125,870
(a) This amount does not include the part of variable compensation with respect to 2014 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism described on page 120.
(b) Directors fees deducted up to 70% from the variable compensation.
The Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief

Executive Ofcer do not receive directors fees from AXA SA.
Directors fees indicated in the above table were paid for Board
memberships held in AXA Group companies and are deducted
up to 70% from the variable compensation of the same year.
122
The only benets in kind for Messrs. Henri de Castries and

Denis Duverne are a company car.
DIRECTORS FEES
Directors fees
During the scal year 2015, none of the members of the Board of Directors, except for its Chairman and the Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer, received compensation from the Company, with the exception of directors fees (jetons de prsence). The amount of directors
fees paid to each AXA Board member is indicated in the table below.
(Gross amounts, in Euro)
Directors fees
paid in 2016 for 2015
Directors fees
paid in 2015 for 2014
217,841.21
199,010.75
Current members of the Board of Directors

Henri deCastries Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer
NorbertDentressangle Vice-Chairman Lead Independent Director
DenisDuverne Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
Jean-MartinFolz
99,652.77
78,852.88
170,511.74
125,744.38
Paul Hermelin
73,241.76
74,165.38
Mrs.Isabelle Kocher
85,111.64
105,641.74
Mrs.Suet Fern Lee
107,456.60
101,550.83
Stefan Lippe
208,851.95
169,644.67
Franois Martineau
95,785.55
102,298.63
Ramon de Oliveira
177,059.59
155,595.70
152,094.63
133,645.55
107,456.60
101,550.83
104,935.97
102,298.63
1,600,000.00
1,450,000.00
TOTAL
Criteria of directors fees allocation

The total annual amount of directors fees to be allocated to the
members of the Board of Directors was set by the Shareholders
Meeting of April 30, 2015 at 1,650,000, compared to a
previous amount of 1,500,000. The purpose of this increase
is to take into account the accrued responsibilities and workload
of the Board of Directors and its Audit Committee resulting from
the designation of the AXA Group as a global systematically
important insurer as well as the implementation of the obligations
resulting from the Solvency II Directive. The new level of directors
fees allocated by the Company will thus be closer to the amount
of directors fees paid by other International Insurance groups
comparable to AXA while remaining in line with French market
practices.
No directors fees are paid by the Company to directors

exercising executive functions at AXA (i.e. Chief Executive Ofcer
and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer).
The total amount of directors fees is determined by the
Shareholders Meeting, in accordance with applicable laws,
and apportioned by the Board of Directors to its members
in accordance with its Bylaws (in accordance with the
recommendations of Afep-Medef Code, a minority part of the
fees is distributed evenly among the members of the Board of
Directors as a xed fee):
a xed amount determined by the Board of Directors shall be

paid annually to the Vice-Chairman (set to 150,000);
123
65% of the remaining amount shall be allocated to the

Board as follows: 40% shall be divided equally among Board
members and paid as a xed fee and 60% shall be paid
according to Board attendance, with the Chairman receiving
in each case a double fee;
the remaining 35% shall be allocated by the Board of Directors

to the Board Committees as follows: 25% to the Finance
Committee, 25% to the Compensation & Governance
Committee and 50% to the Audit Committee. Each Committee
shall then allocate such amount to its members as follows:
40% shall be divided equally among members and paid as
a xed fee and 60% shall be paid according to Committee
attendance, with the Chairman receiving in each case a
double fee.
Mrs.Doina Palici-Chehab, member of the Board of Directors

representing the employee shareholders of the AXA Group,
received in 2015 an annual gross cash compensation of
SGD517,800 paid by AXA Singapore Insurance in connection
with her position as Chief Executive Ofcer. This compensation
consists of SGD 357,400 of fixed compensation and
SGD160,400 of variable compensation.
Mrs.Suet Fern Lee and Mr.Ramon de Oliveira received in 2015,
as Non-Executive Director of several companies of the Group,
directors fees for a gross amount of EUR11,231 for Mrs.Suet
Fern Lee, and USD83,400 for Mr.Ramon de Oliveira.
I Stock options
Since 1989, AXA has granted stock options to its executive
ofcers and its employees in France and abroad. The purpose
of these grants is to associate them with AXAs share price
performance and encourage their performance over the long
term.
Stock options are valid for a maximum period of 10years. They
are granted at market value, with no discount, and become
exercisable by tranches, generally in thirds between 3 and
5years following the grant date.
Pursuant to the stock option plan rules, beneciaries who resign
from the Group lose their right to exercise the options.
GRANT PROCEDURE
Within the global limit authorized by the Shareholders Meetings,
the Board of Directors approves all stock option programs prior
to their implementation.
Each year, the Board of Directors, acting upon the
recommendation of its Compensation & Governance Committee,
approves the grant of a global option pool. The pool of options
allocated to each business unit is essentially determined on the
basis of their contribution to the Groups nancial results during
the previous year and with consideration for specic local needs
(market competitiveness, adequacy with local practices, and
support to Group development).
124
Stock options are designed to align long term interest of Group

Senior Executives with shareholders through the performance
of the AXA share price.
Beneciaries and individual grants are determined taking into
account the (i) criticality of the job within the organization,
(ii)criticality of the individual in the current job and potential for
future and (iii) sustainability of the individual contribution.
The recommendations for individual grants of options are made
by the Chief Executive Ofcers of the local entities or business
units and by the Group functional department heads. These
recommendations are reviewed by the Executive Management
to ensure a global coherence. Individual grants of options
are then decided by the Board of Directors, provided that
individual grants to the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer,
the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer and the other members of
the Executive Committee are preceded by a proposal of the
Compensation & Governance Committee which especially takes
into consideration the aggregate elements of compensation of
the executive as well as the market studies carried out by the
Group and by external consultants. Furthermore, the level of
allotment of options to the executive ofcers also depends on
the level of achievement of the strategic objectives dened by
the Board of Directors.
Usually, annual grants are made during the rst half of the year,
in 2015 the option grant took place on June19, 2015. The strike
price, equal to the average of the closing AXA share price during
the 20 trading days before the grant date, was set at 22.90.
The Board of Directors, acting upon recommendation of its

Compensation & Human Resources Committee, decided on
December22, 2010 that the total number of options granted
to the executive ofcers of the Company (Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer) each year
may not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of options granted
during the same year, to avoid an excessive concentration of
option grants to the executive ofcers.
In 2015, 3,014,469 subscription or purchase options with
a strike price of 22.90 were granted to 148 employees,
representing 0.12% of the outstanding share capital as at
December31, 2015 (disregarding the dilution related to the
potential future exercise of these options). Given the nature
of options and the evolution of market practices especially in
France, the Board of Directors decided to restrict the scope of
option grants to Group Senior Executives, which reduces the
number of beneciaries compared to prior years.
The portion of options granted in 2015 to the executive ofcers
of the Company (Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer and Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer) represented 9.6% of the total number
of options granted.
On December31, 2015, approximately 8,950 AXA employees
held a total of 47,505,915 outstanding options, representing
1.96% of the Companys share capital on the same date.
PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS
Since 2009, a performance condition regarding the options
granted have applied to all options granted to the Companys
executive ofcers (members of the former Management Board
until 2010) and from 2010 to all members of the Management
Committee. Since 2014, this condition was extended to all
options granted to the members of the Executive Committee,
which is currently composed of 17 members. This performance
condition also applies to the last tranche of each option grant
(i.e. the last 1/3rd of the options granted), for all beneciaries of
options (as from 2013).
Pursuant to this performance condition, the options become fully

exercisable only if the AXA share price performs at least as well as
the stock reference index of the insurance sector(1) over a same
period. No option submitted to such performance condition can
be exercised as long as this criterion has not been reached.
This external performance condition subjects the acquisition of
the right to exercise the options to the achievement of a fully
objective and public performance and allows to measure the
relative performance of AXA compared to its main European
competitors over a period of at least three years.
If the performance condition has not been met at the expiry
date of the options, these options are automatically cancelled.
(1) SXIP index (StoxxInsurance Index): a capitalization weighted index, which includes European companies that are involved in the insurance sector.
On December31, 2015, this index included 36 companies of the sector.
125
STOCK OPTIONS PLAN SUMMARY

Date of the Shareholders
Meeting
03/05/2002
03/05/2002 03/05/2002 03/05/2002 03/05/2002 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005
Grant date
(Board of Directors or
Management Board)
29/03/2005 06/06/2005 27/06/2005 01/07/2005 21/09/2005 31/03/2006 31/03/2006 31/03/2006 25/09/2006
Total number of
beneficiaries
29/03/2005
2,132
774
238
2,418
861
1,002
10
8,855,437
3,697,059
16,981
240,849
25,039
114,443
7,628,101
2,768,553
1,223,253
53,733
Henri de Castries
784,664
585,882
Denis Duverne
329,559
326,420
6,278
6,800
646,371
39,049
830,960
656,518
227,593
53,733
Total number of shares

to be subscribed (a)
orpurchased, from which
to be subscribed or
purchased by:
Executive Directors:
Doina Palici-Chehab
The first 10 employees
beneficiaries (b)
812,127
Start date of exercise
29/03/2007
29/03/2007 06/06/2007 27/06/2007 01/07/2007 21/09/2007 31/03/2008 31/03/2008 31/03/2010 25/09/2008
Expiry date of options
29/03/2015
29/03/2015 06/06/2015 27/06/2015 01/07/2015 21/09/2015 31/03/2016 31/03/2016 31/03/2016 25/09/2016
Subscription or purchase
price of options(a)
Exercise schedule of
options
19.70
19.95
19.02
19.32
19.91
20.97
27.75
27.93
33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y
100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after
100% after
4y
4y
4y
4y
4y
4y
4y
4y
27.93
Number of options
exercised at31/12/2015
6,514,496
2,688,910
5,496
158,108
55,457
2,877
Options cancelled
at31/12/2015
2,340,941
1,008,149
11,485
82,741
25,039
58,986
1,563,752
477,056
197,438
30,931
6,061,472
2,291,497
1,025,815
22,802
Options outstanding
at31/12/2015
(a) The number of options and exercise prices have been adjusted, pursuant to applicable regulation, as a result of operations on the AXA stock.
(b) Employees Non-Executive Directors atgrant date.
126
28.03
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
100% after 100% after
4y
4y

Meeting
20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005 20/04/2005
Grant date
Management Board)
25/09/2006 13/11/2006 10/05/2007 10/05/2007 10/05/2007 24/09/2007 24/09/2007 19/11/2007 19/11/2007 01/04/2008
Total number of
beneficiaries
Total number of shares to be
subscribed(a)
or purchased, from which
tobe subscribed or
purchased by:
29
2,866
876
1,163
16
4,339
22,805
7,409
6,818,804
1,815,676
1,312,233
10,681
12,587
4,689
8,205
8,056,370
399,526
Henri de Castries
Denis Duverne
327,816
319,621
Doina Palici-Chehab
5,993
4,149
36,684
645,899
246,161
284,022
8,903
592,194

beneficiaries(b)
25/09/2010 13/11/2010 10/05/2009 10/05/2009 10/05/2009 24/09/2009 24/09/2011 19/11/2009 19/11/2011 01/04/2010
25/09/2016 13/11/2016 10/05/2017 10/05/2017 10/05/2017 24/09/2017 24/09/2017 19/11/2017 19/11/2017 01/04/2018
price of options(a)
28.03
Exercise schedule of options

100% after
4y
Number of options
Options cancelled
at31/12/2015
Options outstanding
at31/12/2015
29.59
32.95
33.78
33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y

66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y
100% after 100% after 100% after
4y
4y
4y
33.78
29.72
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
29.72
28.53
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
28.53
21.00
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
1,255,028
2,783
1,684
1,455,183
403,424
250,114
10,129
1,842
1,555,162
20,022
5,725
5,363,621
1,412,252
1,062,119
552
10,745
4,689
8,205
5,246,180
127

Meeting
20/04/2005 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008
Grant date
Management Board)
01/04/2008 19/05/2008 19/05/2008 22/09/2008 22/09/2008 24/11/2008 20/03/2009 20/03/2009 02/04/2009 10/06/2009
Total number of
beneficiaries
1,027
10
40
4,627
759
28
29
1,240,890
6,004
12,360
19,127
46,929
19,047
4,870,844
407,692
114,324
22,291
Henri de Castries
Denis Duverne
Doina Palici-Chehab
3,227

beneficiaries(b)
265,967
12,360
21,250
293,954
51,018
84,309
20,317

to be subscribed(a)
or purchased, from
which to be subscribed
or purchased by:
01/04/2010 19/05/2010 19/05/2012 22/09/2010 22/09/2012 24/11/2012 20/03/2011 20/03/2011 02/04/2011 10/06/2013
01/04/2018 19/05/2018 19/05/2018 22/09/2018 22/09/2018 24/11/2018 20/03/2019 20/03/2019 02/04/2019 10/06/2019
price of options(a)
Exercise schedule
of options
21.00
23.42
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
23.42
21.19
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
21.19
100% after
4y
13.89
9.76
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
9.76
9.76
13.03
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
100% after
4y
Number of options
149,297
1,274
12,454
2,533,822
109,588
48,081
2,467
Options cancelled
at31/12/2015
236,196
706
3,532
14,877
2,974
1,465
798,603
39,479
47,973
Options outstanding
at31/12/2015
855,397
5,298
8,828
4,250
42,681
5,128
1,538,419
258,625
18,270
19,824
128

Meeting
22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008 22/04/2008
Grant date
Management Board)
10/06/2009 21/09/2009 08/12/2009 08/12/2009 19/03/2010 19/03/2010 18/08/2010 18/08/2010 13/10/2010 13/10/2010
Total number of
beneficiaries
17
16
13
5,062
476
17
2,137,462
53,237
3,134
20,890
7,671,540
278,986
22,846
10,619
4,274
27,772
Henri de Castries
271,473
330,000
Denis Duverne
226,398
264,000
Doina Palici-Chehab
3,850

beneficiaries(b)
615,165
47,753
18,280
742,217
75,035
21,364

to be subscribed(a)
or purchased, from
or purchased by:
10/06/2011 21/09/2013 08/12/2011 08/12/2013 19/03/2012 19/03/2012 18/08/2012 18/08/2014 13/10/2012 13/10/2014
10/06/2019 21/09/2019 08/12/2019 08/12/2019 19/03/2020 19/03/2020 18/08/2020 18/08/2020 13/10/2020 13/10/2020
price of options(a)
Exercise schedule
of options
Number of options
15.47
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
100% after
4y
15.88
16.60
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
16.60
15.43
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
15.43
13.89
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
13.89
13.01
13.01
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
4y
4y
100% after
4y
1,007,396
38,424
3,656
2,218,081
62,560
14,000
6,458
7,121
Options cancelled
at31/12/2015
253,569
3,134
2,088
1,228,271
12,453
7,000
2,726
4,985
Options outstanding
at31/12/2015
876,497
14,813
15,146
4,225,188
203,973
1,846
1,435
4,274
15,666
129

Meeting
22/04/2008
22/04/2008
22/04/2008
22/04/2008
27/04/2011
27/04/2011
27/04/2011
27/04/2011
23/04/2014
Grant date (Board of Directors

or Management Board)
22/12/2010
18/03/2011
18/03/2011
04/04/2011
16/03/2012
13/06/2012
22/03/2013
24/03/2014
19/06/2015
6,372
423
170
467
162
158
148
12,758
8,598,469
154,705
375,988
4,508,380
76,089
3,480,637
3,100,000
3,014,469
Total number of beneficiaries

to be subscribed(a)
or purchased, from
or purchased by:
Henri de Castries
302,500
220,000
169,000
155,000
145,358
Denis Duverne
247,500
192,000
169,000
155,000
145,381
Doina Palici-Chehab
8,750
7,500
14,000
14,110
13,461

beneficiaries(b)
980,684
21,412
183,500
693,745
789,382
661,900
683,100
22/12/2014
18/03/2013
18/03/2015
04/04/2013
16/03/2014
13/06/2014
22/03/2015
24/03/2017
19/06/2018
22/12/2020
18/03/2021
18/03/2021
04/04/2021
16/03/2022
13/06/2022
22/03/2023
24/03/2024
19/06/2025
12.22
14.73
14.73
14.73
12.22
9.36
13.81
18.68
22.90
Subscription or purchase price

of options(a)
Exercise schedule of options
33% after 2 y
66% after 3 y
100% after
100% after
4y
4y
33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 2 y 33% after 3 y 33% after 3 y
66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 3 y 66% after 4 y 66% after 4 y
100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after 100% after
5y
5y
4y
4y
4y
4y
4y
Number of options exercised

at31/12/2015
5,582
2,628,444
33,393
129,890
1,149,279
25,363
324,695
15,800
Options cancelled
at31/12/2015
2,392
1,262,369
12,147
84,232
484,865
198,553
109,830
Options outstanding
at31/12/2015
4,784
4,707,656
109,165
161,866
2,874,236
50,726
2,957,389
2,974,370
3,014,469
In the table above all dates that are indicated are in the format of day/month/year.
130
STOCK OPTIONS GRANTED TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DURING2015
Executive ofcers
Plan date
Nature of
options
Number
of options
Value of
granted
options during the
% of
(in Euro)
year capital
Exercise
price
(in Euro)
Exercise Performance
period
conditions
Henri de
Castries
Chairman & Chief 19/06/2015 subscription

Executive Ofcer
or purchase
202,048
145,358 0.006%
22.90
19/06/2018
100% of
-19/06/2025 options: SXIP
index
Denis
Duverne
19/06/2015 subscription
Deputy Chief
or purchase
Executive Ofcer
in charge of
Finance, Strategy
and Operations
202,080
145,381 0.006%
22.90
19/06/2018
100% of
index
19/06/2015 subscription
or purchase
19,429
13,461 0.001%
22.90
19/06/2018 Last third of

Index
Doina Palici- Representative

Chehab
of employee
shareholders
to the Board of
Directors
The fair value of stock options is determined in accordance with
IFRS standards. This is a historical value at the date of grant,
calculated for accounting purposes as described in Note26.3.1
to the 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements included in
Part4 of this Annual Report. This value does not represent
a current market value, a current valuation of these options,
nor the actual proceeds if and when the options are exercised.
On June19, 2015, the fair value of one option was 1.47 for
options without performance conditions, 1.39 for options with
performance conditions.
Under the AXA Group Compliance and Ethics Guide, all
employees (including the executive ofcers of the Company)
are prohibited from engaging in any transaction designed to

hedge the value of equity based compensation awards (including
stock options, performance shares, possible restricted shares,
or similar instruments) granted under any plan or arrangement
maintained by AXA or any of its subsidiaries. This restriction
applies from the date of grant until such time as the beneciary
receives the securities underlying the award upon, for example,
the exercise of a stock option, the lapse of restrictions on
performance shares, restricted shares or similar events. In
accordance with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef
Code, the executive ofcers of the Company make a formal
commitment to not resort to such hedging transactions.
131
STOCK OPTIONS HELD BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS THAT BECAME EXERCISABLE

DURING2015
Plan date
Nature of options
Number
of options
became
exercisible
during the
year(a)
22/03/2013
subscription or purchase
16/03/2012
Exercise
price
(in Euro)
Expiry date
of options
Performance
conditions
56,334
13.81
22/03/2023
100% of options:
SXIP index
73,334
12.22
16/03/2022
100% of options:
SXIP index
18/03/2011
100,832
14.73
18/03/2021
100% of options:
SXIP index
Denis
Deputy Chief
Duverne Executive Ofcer in
charge of Finance,
Strategy and
Operations
22/03/2013
56,334
13.81
22/03/2023
100% of options:
SXIP index
16/03/2012
64,000
12.22
16/03/2022
100% of options:
SXIP index
18/03/2011
82,500
14.73
18/03/2021
100% of options:
SXIP index
Representative
of employee
shareholders to the
Board of Directors
22/03/2013
4,667
13.81
22/03/2023
Last third of
options: SXIP
index
16/03/2012
2,500
12.22
16/03/2022
Last third of
options: SXIP
index
18/03/2011
2,916
14.73
18/03/2021
Last third of
options: SXIP
index
Executive ofcers
Henri de Chairman & Chief
Doina
PaliciChehab
(a) Options vested (according to the vesting calendar) for which the performance conditions have been met during the year or no performance condition is applicable.
132
STOCK OPTIONS EXERCISED BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DURING2015

AXA options
Executive ofcers
Henri de Chairman & Chief
Date of
grant
Number
of options
exercised
during the
year
ADS AXA options
Exercise
price
(in Euro)
Date of
exercise
Number
of options
exercised
Date of during the
grant
year
Exercise
price
(in USD)
Date of
exercise
16/03/2012
2,382
12.22 15/12/2015
16/03/2012
70,952
12.22 14/04/2015
18/03/2011
69,728
14.73 21/12/2015
10/06/2009
150,000
15.47 21/12/2015
29/03/2005
184,664
19.70 12/03/2015
29/03/2005
144,336
19.70 06/03/2015
29/03/2005
55,664
19.70 05/03/2015
29/03/2005
400,000
19.70 26/02/2015
Denis
Deputy Chief
Duverne Executive Ofcer in
charge of Finance,
Strategy and
Operations
16/03/2012
58,383
12.22 16/12/2015
10/06/2009
197,186
15.47 18/12/2015
29/03/2005
164,779
19.70 13/03/2015
29/03/2005
164,780
19.70 26/02/2015
Representative
of employee
shareholders to the
Board of Directors
29/03/2005
6,278
19.70 03/03/2015
-
Doina
PaliciChehab
STOCK OPTIONS GRANTED AND/OR EXERCISED BY THE TOP 10BENEFICIARIES

(OUTSIDE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS) DURING2015
Weighted
Number of options average price
(in Euro)
granted or exercised
Stock options granted during the year by AXA or any eligible AXA Group subsidiaries, to the
ten employees, outside management bodies members of the Company or of eligible AXA
Group subsidiaries, who received the highest number of stock options (aggregateinformation)
683,100
22.90
Stock options on AXA or any eligible AXA Group subsidiaries, exercised during the year by
the ten employees, outside management bodies members of the Company or of eligible AXA
Group subsidiaries, who exercised the highest number of stock options (aggregateinformation)
1,906,401
19.14
133
STOCK OPTIONS HELD BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (OPTIONS GRANTED BUT NOT

EXERCISED AS AT DECEMBER31, 2015)
Balance of options at
December31, 2015
Executive ofcers
AXA
ADS AXA
Henri de Castries
2,203,893
Denis Duverne
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer in charge of Finance, Strategy and

Operations
2,039,119
Doina Palici-Chehab
Representative of employee shareholders to the Board of Directors
81,840
I Performance Shares and International Performance

Shares
Performance Shares are designed to recognize and retain the
Groups best talents and critical skills by aligning their interests
with the performance of the AXA Group, of their operational
entity/business unit as well as with the stock performance of
the AXA share in the medium-term (3 to 5 years). Performance
Shares generally result in less shareholder dilution than stock
options, due to the smaller volume of the grant and the possibility
to deliver existing shares, this choice being the one made up
to this date.
Criteria for Performance Shares grants are similar to those used
for stock options.
Performance Shares are usually granted to beneciaries residing
in France while International Performance Shares are generally
granted to beneciaries residing outside of France.
GRANT PROCEDURE
Within the global cap authorized by the shareholders, the Board
of Directors approves all Performance Share programs prior to
their implementation.
Each year, the Board of Directors, acting upon recommendation
of its Compensation & Governance Committee, approves a
global Performance Share pool to be granted. The annual grants
of Performance Shares are generally made simultaneously with
the grants of stock options.
The recommendations for individual grants of Performance
Shares are made by the management of each operational
entity or business unit and by the Group functional department
heads. These recommendations are reviewed by the Executive
Management to ensure a global coherence and respect of
the Groups internal equity principles. Individual grants of
Performance Shares are then decided by the Board of Directors,
134
provided that individual grants to the Chairman & Chief Executive

Ofcer, the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer and other members
of the Executive Committee are preceded by a proposal of the
Compensation & Governance Committee, which takes into
consideration the aggregate compensation elements of the
executive ofcer as well as the market studies carried out by the
Group together with an independent compensation consulting
firm. Furthermore, the grant to AXA executive officers shall
depend on the level of achievement of the strategic objectives
previously dened by the Board of Directors.
Following AXAs change of governance structure in 2010,
the Board of Directors, acting upon recommendation of its
Compensation & Human Resources Committee, decided on
December 22, 2010 that the total number of Performance
Shares granted to the executive ofcers (Chairman & Chief
Executive Ofcer and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer) each year
may not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Performance
Shares granted during the same year.
RULES REGARDING PERFORMANCE

SHARES AND PERFORMANCE
CONDITIONS
Each beneciary receives an initial, preliminary allocation of
Performance Shares which is used as a reference to calculate
the actual number of shares that will be denitely granted at the
end of a 3-year performance period.
During the performance period, all Performance Shares initially
granted are integrally subject to performance conditions
regardless of the beneciarys status. These criteria measure
both the nancial and operational performance of the AXA Group
as well as the beneciarys operational entity/business units
performance, according to pre-determined targets.
The nature of these criteria as well as the associated targets

are dened and reviewed on a regular basis by the Board of
Directors, depending on the evolution of the Groups strategic
objectives and after consideration of market practices as well
as changes in regulations. Thus, during the last few years, the
performance criteria used for this purpose have been linked
to (i) the underlying earnings and the net income or adjusted
earnings to measure the operational entities performance, and
(ii) the net income per share or the adjusted earnings per share
to measure the AXA Group performance.
Between these minimal and maximal performance levels, the

number of shares denitely granted shall be calculated on a
linear basis depending on the performance achieved.
For beneciaries in operating entities or business units, the

performance of the operational entity and/or business unit
is weighted at 2/3 of the total performance while the AXA
Group performance is weighted at 1/3. For beneciaries in
Group support functions (including AXA executive ofcers), the
considered operational entity is the AXA Group.
The achievement rate of the performance indicators
(performance rate) is used to determine the number of Shares
which will be denitively acquired by the beneciaries at the
end of the acquisition period, under the condition that the
beneciary is still employed by the AXA Group. The number
of shares denitively granted shall therefore be equal to the
number of Performance Shares initially granted multiplied by
the performance rate which may vary between 0% and 130%.
For each of these indicators, the cumulated performance over
the scal years of the acquisition period is compared to the
cumulated performance of such indicator over a reference period
of identical duration preceding the Performance Shares grant.
Until 2015, a global performance rate was calculated as follows:
1/3 performance rate (Adjusted Earnings Per Share) + 2/3
performance rate [average (Adjusted Earnings + Underlying
Earnings)].
As from the 2016 plan, the weight of the Group performance
will be increased to reach 40% and the weight of the entity
or business unit will be decreased to 50%. Two new relative
performance criteria shall be also introduced in the calculation
of the global performance:
one criterion linked to Corporate Social Responsibility CSR

(based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI)
which shall weigh for 10% of the global performance rate.
Accordingly, the average of the scores achieved by AXA
according to the DJSI during the acquisition period shall
be compared to the average of the scores achieved by the
other companies included in the DJSI over the same period.
Consequently, under this indicator:
no share shall be granted if AXAs score is lower than the

seventy-fth percentile(1);
80% of the shares shall be granted if AXAs score is equal

to the seventy-fth percentile;
100% of the shares shall be granted if AXAs score is equal

to the eighty-fth percentile; and
a maximum of 130% of the shares shall be granted if AXAs

score is equal or greater than the ninety-fth percentile.
one financial criterion of relative performance meant to

compare the growth of the total return of the AXA share (Total
Shareholder Return TSR) with the growth of the TSR of the
stock reference index of the insurance sector (SXIP) in order to
adjust upwards or downwards within the limit of 5 points the
global performance rate. Thus, AXAs outperformance (150%
or more) compared to the SXIP index shall trigger a maximum
increase of the global performance rate of 5 points (subject
however to the upper limit of 130% of the global performance
rate) and AXAs under-performance (75% or less) compared to
the SXIP index shall trigger a maximum decrease of 5 points
of the global performance rate. Between these minimal and
maximal performance levels, the number of shares denitely
granted shall be calculated on a linear basis depending on
the performance achieved.
The global performance rate shall therefore be calculated as

follows: [10% CSR (DJSI) + 40% Group performance (Adjusted
Earnings Per Share) + 50% entity or business unit performance
[average (Adjusted Earnings + Underlying Earnings)] ] +/- 5
points of relative performance (TSR) within the upper limit of
130%.
A performance achievement of 100% (target) is achieved only
in the event of a global performance corresponding to a 5%(2)
weighted-compound annual growth rate of the diverse criteria
of the Group performance and the entity performance. In this
case, the number of shares denitively granted at the end of the
acquisition period shall be equal to the number of Performance
Shares initially granted.
Should the performance be:
lower than 65% (for the Group) and 60% (for the beneciarys
performance perimeter) of the performance required to reach
the target (the oor), no share would be delivered to the
beneciary at the end of the acquisition period; consequently
the beneciaries are not guaranteed a minimal grant/gain;
equal to 65% of the performance required to reach the target,

the number of shares denitively granted would be equal to
65% of the number initially granted;
equal to 100% of the performance required to reach the

target, the number of shares denitively granted would be
equal to 100% of the number initially granted;
equal to or higher than 130% of the performance required

to reach the target, the number of shares denitively granted
would be equal to 130% of the number initially granted. Such
a performance would correspond to a weighted-compound
annual growth rate of the indicators equal to or higher
than15%.
(1) The percentile represents the percentage of other companies included in the index which obtained a lower score.
(2) 5% for mature entities/regions (including Group), 7% for composite entities/regions and 10% for entities/regions with a high growth rate.
135
136
Between these minimal and maximal performance levels,

the number of shares denitively granted to beneciaries is
calculated on a linear basis depending on the performance of
each indicator.
It should be noted that, between the different levels of

performance listed above, the number of shares denitively
granted shall be calculated on a linear basis depending on the
achieved performance.
For the Companys executive ofcers the oor described above

will be increased to 80%. Therefore, in the event of a performance
below 80% of the performance required to reach the target, no
performance shares would be denitively granted. In case of
performance equal to 80% of the performance required to reach
the target, 50% of the number of shares initially granted will be
denitively granted. For example, should the achievement rate
regarding the Group performance indicator (Adjusted Earnings
Per Share) reach 80%, the Adjusted ROE would amount to
11.2%, i.e. a level above the cost of capital, which would justify
a delivery of 50% of the shares initially granted. This reinforced
stringency shall also apply to two thirds of the shares subject
to the Adjusted Earnings Per Share of the Group performance
condition (i.e. two thirds of 40% of the total grant) granted to
the members of the Executive Committee.
The total shares denitively acquired with respect to the Group

performance condition are capped at 130%.
Furthermore, for all the members of the Executive Committee,

including the executive ofcers, the denitive grant of one third
of the shares subject to the Adjusted Earnings Per Share of the
Group performance condition (i.e. one third of 40% of the total
grant) will be directly linked to the evolution of the weightedcompound annual growth rate of the Adjusted Earnings Per
Share. Thus:
a 5% weighted-compound annual growth rate of this indicator

would allow the denitive grant of 100% of the shares initially
granted;
a 10% weighted-compound annual growth rate of this

indicator would allow the denitive grant of 200% of the shares
initially granted;
in the absence of growth, no share would be granted

under this performance condition. Thus, no potential under
performance will be rewarded.
Furthermore, should no dividend be paid by the Company during

any scal year of the acquisition period, the number of Shares
denitively granted would be automatically divided by 2.
As far as Performance Shares are concerned:
the Performance Share grants are conditioned to a minimal

3-year acquisition period allowing the measurement of the
performance determining the denitive grant of the shares
over a longer period, i.e. at least 3 years;
shares acquired, under the condition that the beneciary is

still employed by the AXA Group, at the end of the acquisition
period are restricted from sale during a 2-year period;
Performance Shares generally result in less shareholder

dilution than stock options, due to the smaller volume of the
grant and the possibility to deliver existing shares, this choice
being the one made up to this date.
As far as International Performance Shares are concerned:
the International Performance Shares are subject to a 3-year

performance period followed by a 1-year deferred acquisition
period. The payment is made in shares. Should this type of
payment not be possible for legal, tax or any other reason,
the payment could be made in cash;
the amounts corresponding to International Performance

Shares are expensed each year under the variable accounting
method. They do not create any dilution for shareholders since
no new shares are issued.
PERFORMANCE SHARES PLANS SUMMARY

International Performance Shares plans
Grant date
(Board of Directors)
18/03/2011
04/04/2011
16/03/2012
13/06/2012
22/03/2013
24/03/2014
19/06/2015
Total number of beneciaries
5,059
215
5,039
5,162
5,101
5,093
Total number of International

Performance Shares granted
from which granted to
ExecutiveDirectors:
4,728,124
323,105
6,769,606
71,017
6,958,447
5,795,117
5,737,538
Henri de Castries
Denis Duverne
6,500
8,400
8,400
7,692
Acquisition date of the International

Performance Shares
18/03/2014
04/04/2014
16/03/2015
13/06/2013
22/03/2016 24/03/2017(e)
19/06/2019
Number of International
Performance Shares acquired at
31/12/2015(h)
3,429,914(a)
229,374(b) 6,197,399(c)
71,790
Doina Palici-Chehab
Number of International
Performance Shares cancelled
2,600(f)
1,112(g)
888,396
101,756
1,135,757
960,132
516,166
70,603
6,710,108
5,276,951
5,666,080
Balance at 31/12/2015
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
5,354(d)
The 3,429,914 units acquired of the March18, 2011 plan have been settled as 64.6million.
The 229,374 units acquired of the April4, 2011 plan have been settled as 4.3million.
The 6,197,399 units of the March16, 2012 plan have been settled as 136.4million.
5,354 units of the March22, 2013 plan acquired by anticipation.
50% of shares to be acquired at March24, 2017 and 50% at March24, 2018.
2,600 units of the March24, 2014 plan acquired by anticipation.
1,112 units of the June19, 2015 plan acquired by anticipation.
For plans before 2013, the payment at maturity has been made in cash.
Performance Shares Plans

Date of the Shareholders Meeting
22/04/2008
27/04/2011
27/04/2011
27/04/2011
23/04/2014
Grant date (Board of Directors)
18/03/2011
16/03/2012
22/03/2013
24/03/2014
19/06/2015
1,984
2,083
2,212
2,199
2,250
2,056,780
2,787,659
2,944,910
2,662,849
2,459,256
Henri de Castries
99,000
132,000
160,400
131,371
105,332
Denis Duverne
81,000
115,200
128,400
104,125
82,603
Total number of beneciaries

Total number of Performance Shares granted
from which granted to Executive Directors:
7,000
Acquisition date of the shares
Doina Palici-Chehab
18/03/2013
16/03/2014
22/03/2015 24/03/2016 (a)
19/06/2018
End of restriction
18/03/2015
16/03/2016
22/03/2017
24/03/2018
19/06/2020
Number of shares acquired at 31/12/2015
2,063,689
2,853,303
2,905,776
16,056(b)
Number of Performance Shares cancelled
103,020
149,450
117,992
101,712
17,881
2,548,787
2,441,375
Balance at 31/12/2015
(a) 50% of shares to be acquired at March24, 2016, 50% at March24, 2017, except for the Chairman & CEO, and the Deputy CEO, 100% of shares to be acquired at
March24, 2017.
(b) Shares acquired by anticipation related to deceased beneciaries.
137
PERFORMANCE SHARES GRANTED TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DURING 2015
Executive ofcers
Value of
Performance
Performance
shares
shares
Plan date
(in Euro)
granted % of capital
Acquisition
date
End of
restriction
Performance
conditions
Henri de
Castries
Chairman & Chief

Executive Ofcer
19/06/2015
105,332
0.004%
1,511,514
19/06/2018
19/06/2020
ajusted earnings
per share
ajusted earnings
underlying earnings
Denis
Duverne
Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer
in charge of
Finance, Strategy
and Operations
19/06/2015
82,603
0.003%
1,185,353
19/06/2018
19/06/2020
ajusted earnings
per share
ajusted earnings
underlying earnings
Doina Palici- Representative

Chehab
of employee
shareholders
to the Board
ofDirectors
In the table above all dates that are indicated are in the format
of day/month/year.
The fair value of Performance Shares is determined in
accordance with IFRS standards. It corresponds to a historical
value at the date of grant, calculated for accounting purposes
as described in Note26.3.1 to the 2015 Consolidated Financial
Statements included in Part4 of this Annual Report. This value
does not represent a current market value, a current valuation of
these performance shares or the actual proceeds if and when
the Performance Shares are acquired.
Under the AXA Group Compliance and Ethics Guide, all
employees (including the executive ofcers of the Company)
are prohibited from engaging in any transaction designed to

hedge the value of equity based compensation awards (including
stock options, performance shares, possible restricted shares,
or similar instruments) granted under any plan or arrangement
maintained by AXA or any of its subsidiaries. This restriction
applies from the date of grant until such time as the beneciary
receives the securities underlying the award upon, for example,
the exercise of a stock option, the lapse of restrictions on
performance shares, restricted shares or similar events. In
accordance with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef
Code, the executive ofcers of the Company make a formal
commitment to not resort to hedging transactions.
PERFORMANCE SHARES ACQUIRED BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DURING 2015
Executive ofcers
Performance
shares
Plan date
granted
Acquisition
date
Shares
acquired
during the
year
Performance
rate over the
acquisition
period
End of the
restriction
period
Henri de Castries Chairman & Chief

Executive Ofcer
22/03/2013
160,400
22/03/2015
167,128
104%(a)
22/03/2017
Denis Duverne
Deputy Chief Executive

Ofcer in charge of
Finance, Strategy and
Operations
22/03/2013
128,400
22/03/2015
133,786
104%(a)
22/03/2017
Doina PaliciChehab
Representative of
employee shareholders to
(a) The performance rate of 104% is composed of : 1/3 x 99% (Net income per share) + 2/3 x 107% (Underlying earnings and Net income).
138
PERFORMANCE SHARES BECOMING UNRESTRICTED DURING2015 FOR EACH

EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Number of shares
becoming unrestricted
Plan date
during the year
Executive ofcers
Date of
availability
Henri de Castries
18/03/2011
106,004
18/03/2015
Denis Duverne
Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer in charge of

Finance, Strategy and Operations
18/03/2011
86,730
18/03/2015
Doina Palici-Chehab
Representative of employee shareholders to

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE SHARES GRANTED TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

DURING 2015
Performance
conditions
Plan date
-
19/06/2015
Representative of
employee shareholders
to the Board of Directors
7,692
110,380
19/06/2019
Chairman & Chief

Executive Ofcer
Denis Duverne Deputy Chief Executive

Ofcer in charge of
Finance, Strategy and
Operations
Doina PaliciChehab
End of
restriction
of the
International
Performance
Shares
International
Performance
Shares
granted
Executive ofcers
Henri de
Castries
(in Euro)
Acquisition
date of the
International
Performance
Shares
Value of the
International
Performance
Shares
19/06/2019 ajusted earnings

per share
ajusted earnings
underlying
earnings
I Share ownership policy for executives of the Group

Since 2007, AXA has decided to implement a shareholding
policy applicable to all members of its Executive Committee. This
demanding policy imposes each executive to hold, during the
entire duration of his/her functions, a minimum number of AXA
shares (the Minimum Shareholding Requirement) representing
a multiple of the annual total cash compensation (xed salary
plus annual variable compensation) received for his/her functions
within the Group:
the Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer is required to hold the

equivalent of his total annual cash compensation multiplied by 3;
the Deputy Chief Executive Officer is required to hold the

equivalent of his total annual cash compensation multiplied by 2;
Management Committee members are required to hold the

equivalent of their total annual cash compensation multiplied
by 1.5;
Executive Committee members are required to hold the

equivalent of their total annual cash compensation multiplied
by 1.
AXA shares, ADS or shares of listed Group subsidiaries, held

directly or indirectly through mutual funds or similar investment
vehicles, are taken into account for the purposes of calculating
this Minimum Shareholding Requirement.
Each executive is required to meet this Minimum Shareholding
Requirement within a period of 5 years as from the date of
his/her rst appointment.
139
Pursuant to Articles L.225-197-1 and L.225-185 of the French

Commercial Code, the Supervisory Board and later the Board
of Directors have decided that, as long as an executive ofcer
(Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer and Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer) has not met his/her Minimum Shareholding Requirement,
all stock options and Performance Shares granted to him/her
after January1, 2007 will be subject to the following restrictions:
upon each exercise of these stock options granted after

January1, 2007, the executive ofcers must continue to hold
in registered form a number of shares obtained upon exercise
equal in value to at least 25% of the pre-tax capital gain realized
upon exercise (i.e. in France, this equals approximately 50% of

the post-tax capital gain). These shares shall be held during
the entire term of ofce of the executive ofcer;
for Performance Shares granted after January1, 2007, the

executive ofcers must, at every share acquisition date, hold
in registered form at least 25% of the Performance Shares
acquired during the entire term of ofce of the executive ofcer.
These restrictions do not apply if an executive ofcer complies

with his/her Minimum Shareholding Requirement.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
On December31, 2015, based on the AXA share value (25.23) and on the AllianceBernstein share value (21.30) on that date, the
Companys executive ofcers already met their Minimum Shareholding Requirement such as described in the above Section Share
ownership policy for executives of the Group. The following table summarizes the compensation granted to executive ofcers during
the scal year 2015:
Compensation paid in2015
Shareholding requirement
Variable
Fixed compensacompen- tion for the Total com- Number
sation year 2014 pensation of years
Number
Amount Target date of years
Henri de
Castries
950,000 2,538,000* 3,488,000
10,464,000 01/01/2012 12.5
Denis
Duverne
750,000 1,577,600* 2,327,600
4,655,200 01/01/2012 12
Amount
AXA Alliance
AXA ADS Shareplan Bernstein
shares AXA
units shares
44,171,964.09 1,739,183
9,900
2,000
27,899,774.67 1,085,395 18,734
2,000
This amount includes the part of the variable compensation with respect to 2014 which has been deferred in accordance with the mechanism described on page120.
The total amount paid will depend on performance conditions and may then vary.
Pursuant to the AXA Group Compliance and Ethics Guide,

executive ofcers and other employees of the Company must
refrain from any purchase or sale of AXA securities during specic
time periods (blackout periods) prior to the earnings releases.
These blackout periods generally begin about 30 days before its
annual or half-year earnings releases and about 15 days before
its quarterly nancial information releases. Depending on the
circumstances, these blackout periods could be declared at
other times or be longer.
Discretionary management agreements

signed by Messrs.Henri deCastries and
DenisDuverne
Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne each signed on
March31, 2010 with Banque Degroof a discretionary mandate
to manage a portion of the AXA securities they personally own.
As a matter of principle, the discretionary management
agreement has been submitted for review to the Ethics &
Governance Committee and to the AXA Supervisory Board at
the beginning of 2010. The Committee noted the advantages of
this type of arrangement in avoiding any potential risk of insider
trading and the associated reputation risks for the Company
and executives.
140
Shareholding on 31/12/2015
The principal features of this mandate are as follows:
the mandate is signed for an indenite term;
each instruction agreed between the executive and the bank,

within the framework of the mandate, is valid for a determined
duration determines and starts after the expiry of a 3-month
abstention period;
the mandate and the instructions are signed when the

executive is not in possession of any inside information and
outside blackout periods. During a 3-month abstention period
following the signing of each instruction, the bank is prohibited
from engaging in any transaction on behalf of the executive;
the executive may not intervene in management by the bank

who exercises discretion in application of the instructions. The
executive generally commits to proscribe all communications
with the bank and not to exercise any inuence on it prior to
the expiry of a standing instruction.
The transactions in AXA securities that are engaged by Banque

Degroof on behalf of the relevant executives in application of
the annual instruction will be notied pursuant to the provisions
of ArticleL.621-18-2 of the French Monetary and Financial
Code (Code montaire et financier). The notications of such

transactions state that they have been engaged in application
of a discretionary management mandate in accordance with
regulation 2010-07 of the AMF (Autorit des marchs financiers).
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OFDIRECTORS

To the best knowledge of the Company and based on information reported to it, each AXA Board of Directors member held, on
December31, 2015, the number of AXA shares or ADS indicated in the table below.
Number of shares* owned
on December31, 2015
Henri deCastries Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer
NorbertDentressangle Vice-Chairman Lead Independent Director
DenisDuverne Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
Jean-MartinFolz
AXA Shares
ADS AXA
1,739,183
16,687
1,085,395
18,734
5,000
11,084
Paul Hermelin
4,180
Mrs.Isabelle Kocher
5,960
Mrs.SuetFernLee
8,000
10,000
6,732
Ramon de Oliveira
11,300
9,800
17,594
7,000
Stefan Lippe
Franois Martineau
AXA shares which could be indirectly held through mutual funds are not taken into account.
I Transactions involving Company securities completed

in2015 bythemembersoftheBoardofDirectors
To the best of the Companys knowledge and based on the
information reported to it, several members of the Board of
Directors made the following disclosures in the course of 2015
concerning their transactions involving Company securities.
Detailed information about all of these transactions, as well as
individual disclosures led in accordance with Articles223-22

and 223-25 of the AMF General Regulations, are published on
the Companys website (www.axa.com) and on the AMF website
(www.amf-france.org).
141
Automatic
re-investment
Subscription of stock
into the
Options
options
Company
Savings
Plan of
dividends
attached
to shares
held in the
AcquiCompany
Sale Purchase Purchase
Sale
sition Subscrip- SubscripSavings
of AXA of AXA of AXA
tion to
Plan of call of put tion to AXA
Shares
ADS Shares (Number of options options
shares AXA ADS
Name
(Number)
Henri de
Castries
186,409
185,360
50,500
131,028
165,706
204,020*
Denis
Duverne
153,582*
146,663*
150,000
(Number)
(Number)
units) (Number)
(Number)
6,471.34
(Number)
Subscription
and sale
of stock
options
(Number)
units)
units) (Number of units)
400,000
200,000
184,664
70,952***
2,382***
69,728**
150,000
41,050.01*
1,269.09*
38,537.88
39,758.22
164,780*
164,779*
58,383***
197,186
31,123.79*
Doina PaliciChehab
Paul
Hermelin
Sale of
units
of AXA
Group
Mutual
funds
invested
in AXA
AXA
shares
(Number of
Shares
(Number)
Transfer Equity issue

of units reserved for
of AXA employees
Group (SharePlan)
Mutual
funds
invested
in AXA Subscription
shares to to units of
other AXA AXA Group
Mutual
Group
funds
Mutual
funds invested in
(Number of AXA shares
6,278
2,011
26,630.39
214.21
187.44
1,880
* Transaction performed by an independent nancial intermediary pursuant to a discretionary mandate.

** AXA shares locked in under the AXA employer-sponsored savings plan (Plan dpargne dEntreprise du Groupe).
I Commitments made to executive ofcers

PENSION
The executive ofcers of the Company (Messrs. Henri de Castries
and Denis Duverne) participate, as all other executive employees
(directeurs) of AXA Group entities in France, in a mandatory and
collective supplementary pension scheme with dened benets
on the condition that they terminate their career in the AXA
Group in accordance with the provisions of ArticleL.137-11 of
the French Social Security Code. This scheme is outsourced
to an insurer.
The current pension scheme rules were approved by the
Supervisory Board on October 7, 2009 (after having been
presented for advice to all work councils and central work
councils in France) and by the Shareholders Meeting of AXA
on April29, 2010.
Under this scheme, a supplementary pension is paid to senior
executives who retire immediately upon leaving the AXA Group,
and who have a minimum length of service of 10 years in the
Group, of which at least 5 years as a senior executive. Senior
142
executives whose employment is terminated by the Company

(except in the case of gross or wilful misconduct) after the age
of 55 may also benet from the scheme provided that they do
not resume any professional activity before retiring. In case of
voluntary departure from the AXA Group before retirement, no
supplementary pension is paid.
The amount of the supplementary pension is calculated at the
time of retirement and comes in addition to the total amount
of retirement pensions paid under mandatory schemes (social
security, ARRCO, AGIRC) and under any other retirement
scheme financed by the employer to which the beneficiary
may have participated during his/her career, both within and/or
outside the AXA Group (including the mandatory and collective
supplementary pension scheme with defined contributions
mentioned at the end of this Section 2.2).
The amount of the supplementary pension is designed, for a
minimum executive seniority of 20 years within the AXA Group,
to achieve a global pension (including the amounts paid with
respect to compulsory schemes) equivalent to 40% of the
average gross compensation of the past 5 years preceding the
For Mr.Denis Duverne, as of today and considering his length

of service within the Group (20 years on the date of this Annual
Report), the estimated annuities that would be paid to him
according to the collective dened benet pension scheme
would represent an estimated amount of 750,000 per year,
before taxes and social security charges.
retirement date, if this average is superior to 12annual social

security ceilings(1).
Reduced rates apply for an executive seniority of less than
20years. As an example, with 10 years of executive seniority,
the supplementary pension allows to reach a global pension
equivalent to 34% instead of 40%. No supplementary pension
is paid for an executive seniority of less than 5 years.
Furthermore the executive officers of the Company also

participate, as well as all other employees of AXA Group
entities in France, in a mandatory and collective supplementary
pension scheme with dened contributions (collective insurance
contract contrat dassurance de groupe as defined
in Article L.141-1 of the French Insurance Code, which is
outsourced to an insurer).
During the phase of activity, the employers overall tax and social
contributions amount to 24% of the premiums paid to the insurer
under this regime. On the date of retirement, the tax and social
contributions, as of January1, 2015 amounted to 45% of the
lump sum used to serve the annuities, only for annuities higher
than 8times the annual social security ceiling(1).
This AXA Pension Fund was implemented in 2011 and benets

to the employees of AXA Group entities in France falling within
the scope of the Collective Agreement of December18, 2009.
The individual employer contribution rate is set at 0.75% of the
total gross compensation, which is not capped (the contribution
base is the same as the one used for contributions related to the
Social Security General Scheme). Contributions are subject to
8% social charges (7.5% for CSG and 0.5% for CRDS).
Mr.Henri de Castries decided in 2010, on an individual and

voluntary basis and in consultation with the Board of Directors,
to limit the compensation to be taken into account in order to
calculate his global pension. For information purposes, as of
today considering his length of service within the Group (over
26 years on the date of this Annual Report), the estimated
annuities that would be paid to him according to the collective
dened benet pension scheme would represent an estimated
amount of onemillion euros per year, before taxes and social
security charges.
TERMINATION PROVISIONS
Employment
contract
Executive ofcers
Indemnities or advantages
due or likely to be
due upon termination
offunctions
Supplementary
pension scheme
Indemnities due for

non-competition
clause
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Henri deCastries
Chairman & CEO
Beginning of current mandate:
04/29/2010
Term of ofce: 2018
DenisDuverne
Deputy CEO
Beginning of current mandate:
04/29/2010
Term of ofce: 2018
In accordance with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef

Code, Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne have
decided to renounce their respective employment contracts
following AXAs Shareholders Meeting of April29, 2010.
In connection with this decision, the Supervisory Board
undertook a review of the consequences of this renunciation
including with respect to the continuity of the social benets
(health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement,
etc.) to which Messrs. Henride Castries and DenisDuverne
were entitled as employees of AXA. In this context, the
Supervisory Board (i) noted that Messrs. Henride Castries and
DenisDuverne have been long-standing employees of the AXA

Group (for 26years and 20years, respectively on the date of
this Annual Report) and had the same social benets as all
other director-level employees of AXA in France (with no special
benets or arrangement designed specically for them), and (ii)
was concerned that the decision of Messrs. Henride Castries
and DenisDuverne to renounce their employment contracts
in accordance with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef
Code would jeopardize the continuity of their accrued and future
social benets.
(1) For information, the annual social security ceiling for 2016 is equal to 38,616.
143
As a result, on February17, 2010, the Supervisory Board took

the following decisions:
144
the Supervisory Board authorized that, following the

termination of their employment contracts, Messrs.Henri
de Castries and Denis Duverne will continue to have social
benets (health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance,
retirement, etc.) on terms equivalent to those of all other
director-level employees of the AXA Group in France;
the Supervisory Board authorized a contractual severance

benet for Messrs. de Castries and Duverne designed to
replicate the benets to which they were entitled as AXA
employees under the 1993 collective agreement covering
director-level employees of the insurance sector, but with
the addition of new performance conditions in accordance
with the Afep-Medef recommendations. A severance benet
would be applicable, except in the case of gross or wilful
misconduct, solely in the event of dismissal, non-renewal
or resignation within 12 months following a change in the
Companys control or strategy that has not been initiated
by the beneciary. The payment of the severance benet
would be subject to the three following performance
conditions as determined by the Board of Directors during
its February20, 2014 meeting: (1) achievement, for at least
2 of the 3 preceding scal years, of the objectives set for the
beneciarys variable compensation and corresponding to the
payment of at least 75% of his variable compensation target,
(2) evolution of the AXA share price at least equal to the stock
reference index of the insurance sector (SXIP) (in percentage)
over a 3-year period preceding the termination of the term of
ofce, and (3) the average consolidated adjusted ROE over
the 3 preceding years higher than or equal to 5%.
The amount of severance benet to be paid to the beneciary

would be adjusted in accordance with the level of achievement
against these performance conditions: 100% of the severance
benet will be paid if at least two of the three performance
conditions are met; 40% of the severance benet will be paid
if only one performance condition is met; and no severance
benet shall be paid if none of the performance conditions are
met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if only two of the three
performance conditions are met, the amount of severance
benet will be reduced by 50% if performance condition (1) is
not met or if AXAs consolidated net income for the preceding
scal year is negative.
No severance benet will be paid if the beneciary is entitled
to an additional pension scheme within the 6 months following
his termination.
The initial amount of the severance benet was equal to 19
months of the average compensation (xed and variable) paid
during the 24-month period preceding termination for Mr.Henri
de Castries, and equal to 12 months of this average for Mr.Denis
Duverne. For each beneciary, one month should then be added
to the initial amount of the severance benet for each additional
year of future service up to a maximum cap of 24 months.
These commitments took effect upon the effective renunciation
by Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne of their
respective employment contracts at the end of the Shareholders
Meeting of April29, 2010, and will continue so long as they
remain executive officers of AXA (including under renewed
mandates).
2.3MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
2.3 MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED

PARTY TRANSACTIONS
I Capital ownership
2
On December31, 2015, AXAs fully paid up and issued share capital amounted to 5,556,589,374.18 divided into 2,426,458,242
ordinary shares, each with a par value of 2.29 and eligible for dividends as of January1, 2015.
To the best of the Companys knowledge, the table below summarizes the ownership of its issued outstanding ordinary shares and
related voting rights on December31, 2015:
Number ofshares
% of capital ownership
% of voting rights(a)
342,767,775
14.13%
23.82%
1,491,713
0.06%
[0.05%](c)
493,206
0.02%
[0.02%](c)
Mutuelles AXA(b)
Treasury shares held directly by the Company
Treasury shares held by Company subsidiaries
(d)
Employees and agents

General public
TOTAL
149,192,517
6.15%
8.11%
1,932,513,031
79.64%
68%
(e)
100%
100%
2,426,458,242
(a) In this table, voting rights percentages are calculated on the basis that all outstanding ordinary shares are entitled to voting rights, notwithstanding the fact that certain
of these shares may be deprived of voting rights by law or otherwise (for example, treasury shares are deprived of voting rights under French law).
(b) AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle (11.25% of capital ownership and 18.97% of voting rights) and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle (2.87% of capital ownership and 4.85%
of voting rights).
(c) These shares will be entitled to vote when they cease to be treasury shares (e.g. upon their sale or other transfer to an unafliated third party).
(d) Treasury shares as indicated in Note13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part4 of this Annual Report.
(e) Source: Euronext Notice of January8, 2016.
AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie

Mutuelle (the Mutuelles AXA) are parties to agreements
pursuant to which they have stated their intention to collectively
vote their shares in AXA. As part of these agreements, the
Mutuelles AXA have established a Strategy Committee (Comit
de Coordination Stratgique) composed of certain directors
from their respective Boards. The Strategy Committee elects a
Chairman among its members (currently, Mr.Franois Martineau)
and is generally consulted on all signicant matters relating to
the Mutuelles AXA including their collective shareholding in AXA
and overall relationship with the Company.
To the best of the Companys knowledge, only one shareholder,

BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of its clients and funds that it
manages, held more than 5% of the Companys share capital
or voting rights on December31, 2015.
Certain of the Companys shares are entitled to double
voting rights as described in Part 5 Certain additional
information Voting rights Section of this Annual Report. Of
the Companys 2,426,458,242 outstanding ordinary shares on
December31,2015, 451,416,537 shares entitled their holders
to double voting rights as of that date.
145
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CAPITAL OWNERSHIP

Signicant changes in the Companys share capital ownership between December31, 2013 and December31, 2015 are set forth
in the table below:
On December31, 2015(a)
Capital
Number of ownership Number of
shares
(%) voting rights
Mutuelles AXA(b)
342,767,775
Treasury shares
held directly by the
Company
1,491,713
Treasury shares
held by Company
subsidiaries (d)
493,206
Voting
rights
(%)
Capital
Voting
Number of ownership Number of rights
shares
(%) voting rights
(%)
14.13% 685,535,550 23.82% 342,767,775
Capital
Number of ownership Number of
shares
(%) voting rights
14.03% 685,535,550 23.61% 342,767,775
0.06% [1,491,713] (c) [0.05%](c)
49,719
0.00%
[49,719] (c) [0.00] (c)
54,079
[500,354](c) [0.02%](c)
533,576
0.02%
[540,724] (c) [0.02] (c)
3,836,408
0.02%
Employees and
agents
149,192,517
6.15% 233,403,662
8.11% 162,596,043
6.66% 257,283,670 8.86% 170,081,342
General public
1,932,513,031
79.64% 1,956,943,500
68% 1,936,329,564
79.29% 1,960,390,548 67.51% 1,901,125,867
2,426,458,242 (e)
100% 2,877,874,779
100% 2,442,276,677
100% 2,903,800,211 100% 2,417,865,471
TOTAL
Voting
rights
(%)
14.18% 685,385,200 23.54%
0.00%
[54,079](c) [0.00]%(c)
0.16% [6,774,024](c) [0.23%](c)

7.03% 264,894,772
9.10%
78.63% 1,953,916,047 67.13%

100% 2,911,024,122
100%
(a) In this table, voting rights percentages are calculated on the basis that all outstanding ordinary shares are entitled to voting rights, notwithstanding the fact that certain of
these shares may be deprived of voting rights by law or otherwise (for example, treasury shares are deprived of voting rights under French law).
(b) AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle.
(c) These shares will be entitled to vote when they cease to be treasury shares (e.g. upon their sale or other transfer to an unafliated third party).
(d) Treasury shares as indicated in Note13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part4 of this Annual Report.
(e) Source: Euronext Notice of January8, 2016.
On December 31, 2015, to the best of the Companys

knowledge based on the information available to it, the Company
had 10,775 total registered holders of its ordinary shares (i.e.
shareholders holding in nominative form).
TRANSACTIONS COMPLETED IN2015

BYAXA INVOLVING ITS OWN SHARES
In connection with the share repurchase programs approved by
AXAs shareholders during their Shareholders Meetings held on
April23, 2014 (resolution 15) and April30, 2015 (resolution 10)
and pursuant to ArticleL.225-209 of the French Commercial
Code, (i) 55,436,055 AXA shares were repurchased (for
purposes of (a) hedging free grants of shares to employees of the
Group and (b) cancelling them in order to neutralize the dilutive
impact of shares issued in connection with equity compensation
arrangements and employee share plan offerings) for an average
weighted gross unit price per share of 22.42, and (ii) no AXA
shares were sold between January1 and December31, 2015.
As a result, on December31, 2015, following the delivery of AXA
treasury shares to Group employees during 2015 in the context
of performance share plans, and the cancellation of AXA treasury
shares, the total number of AXA treasury shares, all allocated for
hedging or cancellation purposes, was 1,491,713 (or 0.06% of
AXAs share capital at that date). These shares were acquired
for an aggregate purchase price of 38,496,992.11 (with a par
value of 2.29 per share).
FULLY DILUTED CAPITAL

ONDECEMBER31, 2015
The following table indicates the Companys fully diluted share
capital, assuming that the maximum number of new shares is
issued following the exercise of all outstanding stock options.
Fully diluted capital
Ordinary shares issued on December31, 2015(a)

Stock options
Maximum total number of shares
(a) Source: Euronext Notice of January8, 2016.
146
2,426,458,242
47,505,904
2,473,964,146
I AXA subordinated convertible bonds

onDecember31, 2015(a)
Subordinated convertible bonds issued on February17, 2000
Number of bonds initially issued
6,646,524
Issue price
165.50
Total principal amount
1,099,999,722
Closing date
February17, 2000
Maturity date
January1, 2017
Coupon
3.75%
Conversion
Starting February17, 2000: 4.41(b) shares for 1 bond
Maturity of the bonds
Total redemption on January1, 2017 at 269.16 per bond, i.e. 162.63% of the nominal
amount
Early redemption
Number of bonds outstanding

onDecember31, 2015
The Company may purchase the bonds on any Stock Exchange or otherwise inaccordance
with applicable regulation, including by way of tender for purchase orexchange;
At the option of the issuer, in cash, from January1, 2007 at a price with a gross 6%
actuarial yield, if the Companys share average over 10consecutive days is above 125%
of the anticipated repayment price;
At any time, at the option of the issuer, at 269.16 if the number of bonds incirculation is
below 10% of the number of bonds issued.
6,613,129
(a) AXAs 2017 convertible bonds can still be converted, but pursuant to an arrangement put in place in January2007, any dilutive impact created by the issuance of new
shares resulting from the conversion of the bonds is neutralized by the automatic exercise of call options on the AXA shares created.
(b) As a result of certain nancing transactions (capital increases with preferential subscription rights, reserves distribution), the conversion conditions of AXA 2017
convertible bonds were adjusted on several occasions since their issue in 2000. The conversion ratio was increased to 4.41 AXA shares with a par value of 2.29 for
one convertible bond (see Euronext notice n PAR_20091109_05426 published on November9, 2009 and Euronext notice n PAR_20091209_05954 published on
December9, 2009).
I Related party transactions and employee shareholders

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
For information concerning related party transactions, please
see Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements Note28
Related Party Transactions of this Annual Report.
EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDERS
SharePlan
Since 1993, the AXA Group has promoted employee shareholding
by offering each year to its employees an opportunity to become
shareholders through a special share capital increase reserved
exclusively to them (SharePlan).
By virtue of the authorization granted by the Shareholders
Meeting of April30, 2015, the Board of Directors increased the
Companys share capital through the issue of shares reserved
to the Group employees under the SharePlan 2015 program.

The shareholders waived their preferential subscription rights so
that this offering could be made exclusively to Group employees
(SharePlan 2015).
In countries that met the legal, regulatory and tax requirements
to participate in SharePlan, two investment options were offered
to the Group employees in 2015:
the traditional plan, offered in 34 countries;
the leveraged plan, offered in 33 countries.
The traditional plan allowed employees to subscribe through

a personal investment to AXA shares (either through Mutual
funds (FCPE) or through direct share ownership, depending
on countries) with a 20% discount. The shares are held within
the Group Company Savings Plan and are restricted from sale
during a period of approximately 5 years (except specic early
exit cases allowed by applicable law). Employees are subject
to the share price evolution, up or down, as compared to the
subscription price.
147
At the end of the 5year holding period, the employees can,

depending on their country of residence, do any one of the
following: (1) receive the cash value of their investment; (2)
receive the value of their investment in the form of AXA shares;
or (3) transfer their assets invested in the leveraged plan into
the traditional plan.
The leveraged plan in 2015 allowed employees to subscribe,
on the basis of 10 times their personal investment, in AXA
shares (either through Mutual funds (FCPE) or through direct
share ownership, depending on their country of residence)
with a 8.57% discount. The shares are held within the Group
Company Savings Plan and are restricted from sale during a
period of approximately 5 years (except specic early exit cases
allowed by applicable law). Employees personal investment
is guaranteed by a bank, and employees also benet from a
portion of the share appreciation, calculated on the basis of the
non-discounted reference price.
Mutual funds (FCPE) with direct voting rights have been created
since 2005 to allow beneciaries, in most cases, to directly
exercise their voting rights during the Companys Shareholders
Meetings.
The SharePlan 2015 program was carried out through a capital
increase that took place in November2015. Approximately
24,000 employees took part in SharePlan 2015, representing
over 20% of eligible employees:
148
the total amount invested was over 375million, as follows:
30.1million in the traditional plan, and
345.4million in the leveraged plan;
a total of approximately 19million new shares were issued,

each with a par value of 2.29. These shares began earning
dividends on January1, 2015.
On December31, 2015, AXA employees and agents held 6.15%

of the share capital and 8.11% of the voting rights. These shares
are owned through Mutual funds or directly either in the form of
ordinary shares or ADS.
AXA Miles
In order to associate all AXA Group employees with the AXA
Groups Ambition AXA strategic plan, 50 AXA ordinary shares
(AXA Miles) were freely granted on March16, 2012 to all AXA
Group employees worldwide.
These shares have vested upon completion of a two or four year
vesting period (i.e. in 2014 or 2016) depending on applicable
local regulations. In 2016, the AXA Miles program resulted in
the grant of over 2.1million AXA shares to more than 43,000
Group employees.
In July 2007, the AXA Group launched its rst worldwide allemployee free share grant to over 100,000 employees.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit
63, rue de Villiers
92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
Mazars
61, rue Henri Rgnault
92400 Courbevoie
I Special report of the Statutory Auditors on regulated

agreements and commitments
(For the year ended December31, 2015)
This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience
of English speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and
professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the shareholders of AXA

25, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris, France
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In our capacity as Statutory Auditors of AXA we hereby submit our report on regulated agreements and commitments.
It does not fall within the scope of our assignment to ascertain the potential existence of other agreements and commitments but
rather, on the basis of the information that was given to us, to inform you, the Shareholders, of the main features of those agreements
and commitments of which we have been informed and the reasons for the Companys interest in those. It is not our responsibility to
express an opinion on the utility or merits of such agreements. Pursuant to ArticleR.225-31 of the French Commercial Code (Code
de commerce), you are being asked to form an opinion on the relevance of such agreements and commitments for the purpose of
approving them.
Furthermore, we are required, if necessary, to provide information, in accordance with ArticleR.225-31of the French Commercial
Code, on agreements and commitments previously approved by the Shareholders Meeting which remained in force.
We performed our work in accordance with the standards of our profession applicable in France. These standards consisted in the
verication of the consistency of the information we received with the basis documentation from which they are extracted.
Agreements and commitments to be approved by the Shareholders Meeting

AUTHORIZED AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS CONCLUDED DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR
We hereby inform you that we have not been advised of any agreements nor commitments authorized during the past scal year to
submit for approval to the Shareholders Meeting in accordance with ArticleL.225-38 of the French Commercial Code.
Agreements and commitments already approved by the Shareholders Meeting

AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS APPROVED DURING PRIOR FISCAL YEARS THAT REMAINED IN FORCE DURING THE
PAST FISCAL YEAR
In accordance with ArticleR.225-30 of the French Commercial Code, we were advised of the following commitments and regulated
agreements, approved during previous scal years, which remained in force during the past scal year.
With Mr.Henri de Castries (Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer)

Nature, purpose, terms and conditions
On February17, 2010, the Supervisory Board acknowledged the effective renunciation by Mr.Henri de Castries of his employment
contract as of the Shareholders Meeting of April29, 2010 during which the former dual structure consisting of a Management
Board and a Supervisory Board was replaced by a unitary Board of Directors structure in which Mr.de Castries holds the position of
Chairman in addition to his functions as Chief Executive Ofcer.
The Supervisory Board was concerned that the decision of Mr.Henri de Castries to renounce his employment contract, in accordance
with the Afep-Medef recommendations, would not jeopardize the continuity of his accrued and future social benets.
149
Consequently, the Supervisory Board took the following decisions:
the Supervisory Board authorized the Company to take all appropriate commitments to ensure that Mr.Henri de Castries would
continue to have social benets (health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement) identical or on terms equivalent
to those applicable to AXA Group director-level employees in France, including by amending Group benet plans in terms of health,
life and disability insurance;
the Supervisory Board authorized that Mr.de Castries be granted a contractual severance benet upon termination of his term of ofce
as executive ofcer. This severance benet, subject to performance conditions in conformity with the Afep-Medef recommendations,
would be equivalent to that provided for in the collective agreement relative to director-level employees of insurance companies
dated 1993 and which was previously applicable to Mr.Henri de Castries as employee.
The severance benet would be applicable, except in the case of gross or willful misconduct, solely in the event of dismissal, nonrenewal or resignation within 12 months following a change in the Companys control or strategy that has not been initiated by the
beneciary.
The payment of the severance benet should be also subject to performance conditions. During its meeting held on February20,2014,
upon the proposal of the Compensation & Governance Committee, the Board of Directors authorized the execution of a new agreement
between the Company and Mr.Henri de Castries in order for the payment of the severance benets to be subject, from now on, to
the three following performance conditions:
1.
Achievement, for at least 2 of the 3preceding scal years, of the objectives set for the beneciarys variable compensation and
corresponding to the payment of at least 75% of his variable compensation target;
2.
Evolution of the AXA share price at least equal to the stock reference index of the insurance sector (SXIP) (in percentage) over a
3-year period preceding the termination of the term of ofce;
3.
Average adjusted Return On Equity (adjusted ROE) over the three preceding consolidated scal years higher than or equal to5%.
The amount of the severance benet to be paid to the beneciary would be adjusted in accordance with the level of achievement
against these performance conditions as follows: 100% of the severance benet shall be paid if at least 2 of the 3 performance
conditions are met; 40% of the severance benet shall be paid if only 1 performance condition is met; and no severance benet shall
be paid if none of the performance conditions are met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if only 2 of the 3 performance conditions are
met, the amount of severance benet will be reduced by 50% if performance condition (1) is not met or if AXAs consolidated net
income for the preceding scal year was negative.
No severance benet will be paid if the beneciary is entitled to an additional pension scheme within the 6 months following his
termination.
The initial amount of the severance benet would be equal to 19 months of the average compensation (xed and variable) paid during
the 24-month period preceding termination for Mr.Henri de Castries. One month will be added to the initial amount of the severance
benet for each additional year of future service up to a maximum cap of 24 months.
These commitments are in force upon the effective renunciation by Mr.Henri de Castries of his employment contract. They shall last
for the duration of his current position as an executive ofcer of AXA (i.e. since April23, 2014), including under renewed mandates.
With Mr.Denis Duverne (Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer)

On February17, 2010, the Supervisory Board acknowledged the effective renunciation by Mr.Denis Duverne of his employment
contract as of the Shareholders Meeting of April29, 2010 during which the former dual structure consisting of a Management Board
and a Supervisory Board was replaced by a unitary Board of Directors structure in which Mr.Denis Duverne holds the position Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer.
The Supervisory Board was concerned that the decision of Mr.Duverne to renounce his employment contract, in accordance with
the Afep-Medef recommendations, would not jeopardize the continuity of his accrued and future social benets.
Consequently, the Supervisory Board took the following decisions:
the Supervisory Board authorized the Company to take all appropriate commitments to ensure that Mr.Denis Duverne would
continue to have social benets (health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement) identical or on terms equivalent
to those applicable to AXA Group director-level employees in France, including by amending Group benet plans in terms of health,
life and disability insurance;
the Supervisory Board authorized that Mr.Denis Duverne would be granted a contractual severance benet upon termination of
his term of ofce as executive ofcer. This severance benet, subject to performance conditions in conformity with the Afep-Medef
recommendations, would be equivalent to that provided for in the collective agreement relative to director-level employees of
insurance companies dated 1993 and which was previously applicable to Mr.Denis Duverne as employee.
The severance benet would be applicable, except in the case of gross or willful misconduct, solely in the event of dismissal, nonrenewal or resignation within 12 months following a change in the Companys control or strategy that has not been initiated by the
beneciary.
150
The payment of the severance benet should be also subject to performance conditions. During its meeting held on February20,2014,
upon the proposal of the Compensation & Governance Committee, the Board of Directors authorized the execution of a new agreement
between the Company and Mr.Denis Duverne in order for the payment of the severance benets to be subject, from now on, to the
three following performance conditions:
1.
Achievement, for at least 2 of the 3 preceding scal years, of the objectives set for the beneciarys variable compensation and
corresponding to the payment of at least 75% of his variable compensation target;
2.
Evolution of the AXA share price at least equal to the stock reference index of the insurance sector (SXIP) (in percentage) over a
3-year period preceding the termination of the term of ofce;
3.
Average adjusted Return On Equity (adjusted ROE) over the three preceding consolidated scal years higher than or equal to5%.
The amount of the severance benet to be paid to the beneciary would be adjusted in accordance with the level of achievement
against these performance conditions as follows: 100% of the severance benet shall be paid if at least 2 of the 3 performance
conditions are met; 40% of the severance benet shall be paid if only 1 performance condition is met; and no severance benet shall
be paid if none of the performance conditions are met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if only 2 of the 3performance conditions are
met, the amount of severance benet will be reduced by 50% if performance condition (1) is not met or if AXAs consolidated net
income for the preceding scal year was negative.
No severance benet will be paid if the beneciary is entitled to an additional pension scheme within the 6months following his
termination.
The initial amount of the severance benet would be equal to 12 months of the average compensation (xed and variable) paid during
the 24-month period preceding termination for Mr.Denis Duverne. One month will be added to the initial amount of the severance
benet for each additional year of future service up to a maximum cap of 24 months.
These commitments are in force upon the effective renunciation by Mr.Denis Duverne of his employment contract. They shall last
for the duration of his current position as an executive ofcer of AXA (i.e. since April23, 2014), including under renewed mandates.
With the following executive ofcers: Messrs. Henri de Castries (Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer) and Denis Duverne
(Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer)
On October7, 2009, the Supervisory Board conrmed that Messrs.Henri de Castries, Denis Duverne and Franois Pierson, then
members of the Management Board, were entitled to the supplementary pension scheme for Group directors in the same conditions
that apply to director-level employees of the AXA Group in France.
This scheme, which has existed since January1st, 1992, has been modied twice with effect from January1st, 2005 and July1st, 2009.
Under this scheme, a supplementary pension is paid to executives who retire immediately upon leaving the AXA Group and have a
minimum length of service of 10 years, of which at least 5 years as executive. May also benet from the scheme, executives whose
employment contract is terminated by the Company after the age of 55, under the condition that they do not resume any professional
activity before retiring.
The amount of the supplementary pension is calculated at the time of retirement and comes in addition to the total amount of retirement
pensions paid under mandatory schemes (Social Security, ARRCO, AGIRC) and under any other retirement scheme to which the
beneciary may have participated during his/her career, both within or outside the AXA Group.
The amount of the supplementary pension allows, for a minimum executive seniority of 20 years, the grant of a global pension
equivalent to 40% of the average gross compensation over the past 5 years preceding the retirement date, if this average is superior
to 12 annual Social Security ceilings.
Reduced rates shall apply for an executive seniority of less than 20 years. As an example, with 10 years of executive seniority, the
supplementary pension allows to reach a global pension equivalent to 34% instead of 40%. This rate is reduced to 20% for an
executive seniority of 5 years, and no supplementary pension is paid for an executive seniority of less than 5 years.
In case of departure from the Group before retirement, no supplementary pension is paid.
During 2015, these commitments applied to Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne (respectively Chairman & Chief Executive
Ofcer and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer as of April29,2010).
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie, March21, 2016
The Statutory Auditors

Michel Laforce
Xavier Crpon
Mazars
Jean-Claude Pauly
Gilles Magnan
151
2.4THE OFFER AND LISTING
2.4 THE OFFER AND LISTING

I Markets
The principal trading market for the Companys ordinary shares
is the Compartment A of Euronext Paris. Since the delisting of
ADS (American Depositary Shares, each representing one AXA
ordinary share) from the New York Stock Exchange on March26,
2010, the Companys ADSs are traded on the U.S. over-thecounter market and listed on the OTC QX platform under the
symbol AXAHY.
TRADING ON EURONEXT PARIS

Ofcial trading of listed securities on Euronext Paris, including
the Companys ordinary shares, is transacted through French
stockbrokers (socits de bourse) and takes place continuously
on each business day in Paris from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. (Paris

time), with a xing of the closing price at 5:35p.m.
In France, the Companys ordinary shares are included in the
principal index published by Euronext Paris (the CAC 40
Index). The Companys ordinary shares are also included in
Euronext 100, the index representing Euronexts blue chip
companies based on market capitalization, and in EURO
STOXX 50, the blue chip index comprised of the 50 most
highly capitalized and most actively traded equities within the
Eurozone. In addition, the Companys ordinary shares are also
included in the SXIP index-StoxxInsurance Index, the insurance
related index for companies within Europe, and in the EURO
STOXX Sustainability 40, the index representing the largest
sustainability leaders in the Eurozone in terms of long-term
environmental, social and governance criteria.
The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low prices (intraday) in Euro for the Companys ordinary
shares on Euronext Paris:
Intraday High
Intraday Low
(in Euro)
(in Euro)
Third quarter
20.025
17.030
Fourth quarter
19.770
16.425
First quarter
23.920
18.155
Second quarter
24.640
21.750
Third quarter
25.235
20.240
Fourth quarter
26.020
21.245
Annual
26.020
18.155
August2015
25.235
20.240
September2015
23.155
20.760
October2015
24.460
21.245
November2015
25.835
23.725
December2015
26.020
24.125
January2016
24.820
21.535
February2016
22.935
18.800
Calendar Period
2014
2015
2015 and 2016
152
REGULATION,
RISKFACTORS
Certain disclosures about
marketrisksand related matters
3.1 REGULATION
3
154
3.2 RISK FACTORS
160
3.3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT RISK FACTORS
177
Risk management missions and organization

Risks: definition, exposures and risk management
Credit risks
Insurance risks
Operational risks
Other risks
3.4 INVESTMENT COMMUNITY ANDORGANIZATION

Governance of investment strategy and asset & liability management (ALM)
177
179
185
189
192
193
194
194
153
3.1REGULATION
3.1 REGULATION
AXA is engaged in regulated business activities on a global
basis through numerous operating subsidiaries and the Groups
principal business activities of insurance and asset management
are subject to comprehensive regulation and supervision in
each of the various jurisdictions where the Group operates.
AXA SA, the ultimate parent holding company of the AXA
Group, is also subject to extensive regulation as a result of its
listing on Euronext Paris and its direct and indirect shareholding
in numerous regulated insurance and asset management
subsidiaries. Given that the AXA Group is headquartered in
Paris, France, this supervision is based to a signicant extent on
European Union directives and on the French regulatory system.
The AXA Groups principal regulators in France are the Autorit
des marchs financiers (AMF), which is the French nancial
markets regulator, and the Autorit de Contrle Prudentiel et
de Rsolution (ACPR), which is the principal French insurance
regulator. Since 2013, AXA has been identied by the Financial
Stability Board (FSB) as a Global Systemically Important Insurer
(GSII) and is consequently subject to specic measures in this
respect.
INSURANCE OPERATIONS
General
While the extent and nature of regulation varies from country to
country, most jurisdictions in which AXAs insurance subsidiaries
operate have laws and regulations governing distribution
practices, standards of solvency, levels of reserves, permitted
types and concentrations of investments, and business
conduct to be maintained by insurance companies as well as
agent licensing, approval of policy forms and, for certain lines
of insurance, approval or ling of rates. In certain jurisdictions,
regulations limit sales commissions, fees and certain other
marketing expenses that may be incurred by the insurer and
impose product suitability and disclosure requirements. In
general, insurers are required to le detailed annual nancial
statements with their supervisory agencies in each of the
jurisdictions in which they do business. Such agencies may
conduct regular or unexpected examinations of the insurers
operations and accounts and request additional information
from the insurer. Certain jurisdictions also require registration and
periodic reporting by holding companies that control a licensed
insurer. This holding company legislation typically requires
periodic disclosure, reporting concerning the corporation that
controls the licensed insurer and other afliated companies,
including prior approval (or notice) of transactions between the
154
insurer and other afliates such as inter-corporate transfers of

assets and payment of dividends by the controlled insurer. In
general, these regulatory schemes are designed to protect the
interests of policyholders rather than shareholders.
Regulatory Capital and Solvency

Requirements
The Companys insurance subsidiaries are subject to regulatory
capital requirements in the jurisdictions where they do business,
which are designed to monitor capital adequacy and to protect
policyholders. While the specic regulatory capital requirements
(including the denition of admitted assets and methods of
calculation) vary between jurisdictions, an insurers required
capital can be impacted by a wide variety of factors including,
but not limited to, business mix, product design, sales volume,
invested assets, liabilities, reserves and movements in the capital
markets, including interest rates and equity markets. Regulatory
capital requirements may increase, possibly signicantly, during
periods of declining equity markets and/or lower interest rates.
The Group is subject to consolidated supervision by the ACPR
which has extensive oversight authority, including to review the
Groups consolidated solvency margin. At the consolidated
Group level, the Company is required to calculate, in accordance
with applicable French SolvencyI regulations, a consolidated
solvency margin ratio which represents the Companys total
available capital as compared to its required regulatory capital.
Under applicable French regulations, 100% is the minimum
required consolidated solvency margin for the Company. On
December31, 2015 the Companys consolidated solvency
margin was 246%.
In recent years, the European Union has developed a new
regulatory regime for European insurers which nally became
effective on January1, 2016, following the adoption of the
2009 Solvency II Directive on the taking-up and pursuit of the
business of insurance and reinsurance, as amended in 2014 by
the 2014/51/EU Directive (Omnibus II) and implemented into
French law in April2015. The regime is designed to implement
solvency requirements that better reect the risks that insurance
companies face and deliver a supervisory system that is
consistent across all European member States. The Solvency II
framework is based on three main pillars: (1)Pillar1consists of
the quantitative requirements around own funds, valuation rules
for assets and liabilities and capital requirements, (2)Pillar2sets
out qualitative requirements for the governance and risk
management of insurers, as well as for the effective supervision
of insurers including the requirement for insurers to submit an
Own Risk and SolvencyAssessment (ORSA) which will be used
3.1REGULATION
by the regulator as part of the supervisory review process;

and (3)Pillar 3focuses on enhanced reporting and disclosure
requirements. The Solvency II framework covers, among other
matters, valuation of assets and liabilities, the treatment of
insurance groups, the denition of capital and the overall level of
required capital. A key aspect of SolvencyII is that assessment
of the Groups risks and capital requirements is aligned more
closely with economic capital methodologies and allows the use
of either a standard model or an insurers own internal economic
capital model (to enable a better understanding of the actual
risks and risk management of the insurer) to calculate solvency
requirements, subject in the latter case to the approval of the
insurers lead regulator.
The Solvency II directive provides for two separate levels of
solvency margin: (i)the Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR),
which is the amount of own funds below which policy holders
and beneciaries are exposed to an unacceptable level of risk
should the Company be allowed to continue its operations, and
(ii)the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR), which corresponds
to a level of eligible own funds that enables insurance and
reinsurance companies to absorb signicant losses and that
gives reasonable assurance to policy holders and beneciaries
that payments will be made.
On November17, 2015, AXA received approval from the ACPR
to use its internal model to calculate its regulatory capital under
SolvencyII and published, on February25, 2016, its SolvencyII
capital ratio at 205% as of December31, 2015 and has set its
target range at 170-230%.
The ACPR continues to review regularly the underlying
methodologies and assumptions of AXAs model for adequacy
and such review may lead to adjustments to the level of
capital required by the ACPR. The European Insurance and
Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is also expected to
carry out a review of the consistency of European insurers
models and any such review may lead to regulatory changes
to increase convergence and to strengthen oversight of crossborder groups.
For further information on the risks related to regulatory capital
requirement, please see the paragraph Our consolidated
solvency margin andthe regulatory capital requirements of our
insurance subsidiaries may be negatively impacted by adverse
capital market conditions, evolving regulatory interpretations
and other factors, which could have a material adverse effect
onourbusiness, liquidity, credit ratings, results of operations and
nancial position in Section3.2 Risk Factors of this Annual
Report.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
AB and AXA Investment Managers are subject to extensive
regulation in the various jurisdictions in which they operate. These
regulations are generally designed to safeguard client assets
and insure adequacy of disclosures concerning investment

returns, risk characteristics of invested assets in various funds,
suitability of investments for client investment objectives and
risk tolerance, as well as the identity and qualifications of
the investment manager. These regulations generally grant
supervisory agencies broad administrative powers, including
the power to limit or restrict the carrying on of business for failure
to comply with such laws and regulations. In such event, the
possible sanctions that may be imposed include the suspension
of individual employees, limitations on engaging in business
for specic periods, the revocation of the registration as an
investment adviser, censures and/or nes.
The European Union (European Market Infrastructure Regulation
EMIR) and the US regulations (principally the Dodd-Frank
Act) set several prescriptive guidelines for derivatives which
impact operations, liquidity and credit risk management for
derivatives. AXAs asset managers and banks, which manage
derivatives on behalf of various AXA Group afliates (including
on behalf of AXASA), are currently operating in conformity with
these new rules (or preparing for their implementation) and the
Groups nancial risk framework, including credit and liquidity risk
procedures, has been adjusted to reect these requirements. In
addition, the Market Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFIDII)
was rst proposed by the European Commission in 2011 and
is expected to come into force by January3, 2017. MiFIDII,
which is designed to better integrate the European Unions
financial markets and increase cross-border investments,
market transparency and investor protection, imposes a wide
variety of new requirements including with respect to trading/
clearing of certain derivatives on organized platforms, regular
reporting with respect to derivatives positions and certain other
types of nancial instruments, restrictions and/or prohibitions on
certain types of compensation arrangements or other monetary
inducements to rms providing independent investment advice
and greater regulation of structured products and other complex
nancial instruments.
While the full impact of such requirements can only be evaluated

in the context of implementing regulations, such new legislation
could have a substantial impact on AXAs regulated Asset
Management business.
RECENT SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE

ORREGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Global Systemically Important Insurer
(GSII) Designation
On July18, 2013, the International Association of Insurance
Supervisors (IAIS) published an initial assessment methodology
for designating GSIIs, as part of the global initiative launched
by the G20 with the assistance of the FSB to identify global
systemically important nancial institutions. The assessment
methodology, which is endorsed by the FSB, is intended to
155
3.1REGULATION
identify those insurers whose distress or disorderly failure,

because of their size, complexity and interconnectedness, would
cause signicant disruption to the global nancial system and
economic activity. Also, on July18, 2013, the FSB published its
initial list of nine GSIIs, which included the AXA Group and which
is updated annually following consultation with the IAIS and
national authorities and has continued to include the AXA Group.
The policy measures for GSIIs, published by the IAIS in July2013,
include (1) the introduction of new capital requirements; a basic
capital requirement (BCR) applicable to all GSII activities which
serves as a basis foran additional level of capital, called Higher
Loss Absorbency (HLA) required from GSIIs in relation to their
systemic activities, (2) greater regulatory oversight over holding
companies, (3) various measures to promote the structural
and nancial self-sufciency of Group companies and reduce
Group interdependencies including restrictions on intra-group
nancing and other arrangements, and (4) in general, a greater
level of regulatory scrutiny for GSIIs (including a requirement
to establish a Systemic Risk Management Plan (SRMP), a
Liquidity Risk Management Plan (LRMP) and a Recovery and
Resolution Plan (RRP)) which have entailled signicant new
processes, reporting and compliance burdens and costs.
increased harmonization of the applicable law across the EU

and a one-stop-shop that will streamline cooperation between
the data protection authorities on issues with implications for all
the EU, and (iii)stronger enforcement regime, under which data
protection authorities will be able to ne companies which do not
comply with EU rules up to 4% of their global annual turnover. In
December 2015, the European Parliament and Council reached
an agreement on such reform, and it is currently expected that
the nal texts be formally adopted by the European Parliament
and Council in 2016 and become applicable two years thereafter
as an EU regulation.
The contemplated policy measures include the constitution

of a Crisis Management Group (CMG) by the Groupwide supervisor, the preparation of the above-mentioned
documents (SRMP, LRMP and RRP) and the development and
implementation of the BCR in 2014, while other measures are to
be phased in more gradually, such as the HLA (the rst version
of which was endorsed by the FSB in October2015 but which
is expected to be revised before its implementation in 2019).
The results of the negotiations between the EU Member States

and EU institutions on one side and the US authorities on the
other regarding a new Safe Harbour, referred to as the EUUS Privacy Shield, were announced on February2, 2016.
The necessary steps to put in place the EU-US Privacy Shield
remain to be taken, but are being pursued by both EU and US
authorities. In the meantime, and until the EU-US Privacy Shield
is put in place, transatlantic data ows between companies
can continue using other mechanisms, such as (i)Standard
Contractual Clauses with U.S. companies, which specify data
protection obligations and are approved by the Commission, and
(ii)Binding Corporate Rules for transfers within a multinational
corporate group, which are approved by national Data Protection
Authorities.
For additional information see Designation of the AXA Group

as a Global Systemically Important Insurer(GSII) and other
regulatory developments may adversely impact our capital
requirements, protability, the fungibility of our capital, our ability
to grow through acquisition and our overall competitive position
in Section3.2 Risk Factors of this Annual Report.
Management expects the regulatory landscape with respect to
insurance and nancial markets will continue to evolve in 2016
and beyond with further legislative and regulatory initiatives.
EU Data Protection Reform

In January2012, the European Commission put forward its EU
Data Protection Reform to update the principles of processing
of personal data in the European Union contained in the 1995
Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC). The main principles
of the Data Protection Reform include (i)the strengthening of
citizens fundamental rights, giving them more control over their
personal data and making it easier for them to access it, (ii)an
156
Data transfers to the United States

ofAmerica
On October6, 2015, the European Court of Justice declared
in the Schrems case that the European Commissions Safe
Harbour Decision, which allowed for the transfer of personal
information for commercial purposes from companies in the
EU to companies in the United States which have agreed to the
Department of Commerce of the United States Safe Harbour
Privacy Principles, was invalid.
While these developments may potentially hinder the possibility

for European based companies, including the Group, to transfer
data into the United States, the Group expects that it may
continue to rely on the other mechanisms cited above.
Executive compensation
The Solvency II regulations, entered into force on
January 1, 2016, set out the remuneration policy principles
and governance requirements to be implemented by European
Insurers. These regulations specify that the companies subject to
SolvencyII must adopt a written remuneration policy compliant
with a number of principles set out in the Commission Delegated
Regulation of October 2014 which promotes sound and
3.1REGULATION
effective risk management and does not encourage risk-taking

that exceeds the risk tolerance limits of the Company. In this
context, AXA has reviewed and formalized its existing Group
remuneration policy, identied the individuals responsible for
managing and having an impact on the Groups overall risk prole
and dened a consistent approach to manage remuneration of
individuals in charge of control functions. AXAs Compensation
& Governance Committee shall be in charge of overseeing the
design of the remuneration policy and remuneration practices,
their implementation and operation.
Furthermore, since2008, there have been a variety of proposals
with respect to executive compensation practices at nancial
institutions including from the FSB and other regulatory bodies.
Certain of these proposals have been embodied in regulation or
legislation while others remain best practice recommendations.
In 2009, the FSB published implementation standards for
its Principles of Sound Compensation Practices. Among
the matters covered in these standards and principles are a
variety of mechanisms (including minimum recommended
deferrals of cash bonuses, greater use of long-term equity
grants rather than cash as a form of compensation, minimum
vesting/deferral periods, and performance criteria for vesting of
long-term awards) that are designed to ensure an appropriate
alignment of interests between(i)Executive Management and
certain employees (such as traders) who can have a potentially
signicant impact on the nature and duration of risks incurred,
(ii)the Company and (iii)shareholders.
These principles and standards are reected in a variety of
regulations and legislative initiatives that have been enacted
over the past years in various jurisdictions where the Group
does business. While these restrictions are often aimed primarily
at the banking sector and do not apply uniformly to the Group
across the various jurisdictions where it does business, the
Group has largely aligned its global executive compensation
practices with these standards and principles and conducts
regular reviews of its compensation practices and policies in
light of these standards as well as applicable legal and regulatory
requirements. The uneven application of these principles and
standards to the different actors in the nancial sector (e.g.
banks, insurers, asset managers, private equity funds, hedge
funds,etc.) and across the various jurisdictions where the Group
does business raises certain competitive issues for the Group,
including our ability to attract and retain top-rate talents.
Evolution of accounting standards

Policyholders liabilities are currently accounted for according
to IFRS4 phase I which generally allows the continuation of
accounting policies applied prior to the conversion to IFRS.
The IASB issued a new Exposure Draft on June20, 2013 in
order to dene principles to be applied for IFRS4 phase II.
These new principles may signicantly affect the accounting of

policyholders liabilities at the date of rst application which is not
expected to be before 2021. Upon application, they will apply in
parallel to the IFRS9 standard on nancial instruments issued
on July24, 2014 with a published effective date of January 1,
2018. However, given the interaction between nancial assets
and technical insurance liabilities, the IASB issued an Exposure
Draft on December9, 2015 with the proposal of amending
the IFRS4 Phase 1 standard still currently applied, allowing
certain insurance entities that meet specic conditions to defer
the IFRS9 adoption to January1, 2021 at the latest.
Evolution of the regulatory and compliance

environment
The Groups insurance and asset management operations are
subject to an increasing number of legislative and regulatory
initiatives designed to increase transparency of products and
distribution including practices with respect to compensation of
intermediaries, disclosure of distribution costs, suitability, misselling and avoiding potential conicts of interest. In Europe,
these initiatives include a revision of the Insurance Mediation
Directive (IMD2), MiFIDII and the Regulation on key information
documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment
Products (PRIIPS). Similar initiatives are under review (or in the
course of implementation) in other jurisdictions where the Group
operates and are likely to increase operational compliance costs
to ensurepoint-of-sale compliance.
The regulatory and litigation environment in which the Group

operates continues to evolve. In continental Europe, the
introduction of class actions including in France through a
law dated March17, 2014 is likely to increase litigation risks
and costs for insurers, asset managers and other financial
institutions.
Finally, financial crime compliance programs of financial
institutions (anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and
international sanctions compliance) continue to be a major
focus of regulatory and law enforcement authorities with
increasingly significant sanctions imposed for compliance
failures. Management believes that the complexity and risks for
international nancial institutions like AXA in this area will likely
continue to increase and that compliance costs will also continue
to increase accordingly.
AXA TAX POLICY

Both as a multinational company and as a provider of
investments and savings products, the AXA Group follows a
responsible and transparent approach on tax issues.
157
3.1REGULATION
AXA as a multinational company

THE AXA GROUPS APPROACH TO TAX ISSUES
In the countries where it operates (1), AXA is both a taxpayer

and a tax collector, given that many specic taxes are levied on
insurance policies and collected from our customers as part of
the insurance and asset management revenues while others
are remitted to the various state and federal administrations
around the world.
The tax function is organized within the Group to ensure full
compliance with all tax legislations in the countries where AXA
is operating. In addition to the Group Tax Department based
in France, all key operational entities/countries/regions have
a tax team in charge of ensuring that tax regulations are well
understood and satised by the entities and in the appropriate
geographic zones. In this respect, a bi-annual tax review process
of each key entity or business line is formalized within the internal
Finance Professional Family Policies Manualand performed by
the Group Tax Department in connection with each local team.
As an international company operating in several countries, the
AXA Group is subject to various tax regimes and regulations and
takes into account any changes in tax law. AXA is specically
vigilant about the changes that could result in higher tax
expenses and payments, higher compliance costs or that
may affect AXA Groups tax liability, return on investments and
business operations.
The Groups policies and procedures with respect to business in
or with countries that are tax havens, subject to international
sanctions or embargoes, or are otherwise identied as high
corruption or high political risk are formalized in an internal
policy drafted by the Group Compliance Department (entitled
Policy on business relationships involving sanctioned countries
and countries identied as having high levels of corruption or
political risk).
AXA has no licensed insurance or operating business activities
in the countries specifically identified as non-cooperative
jurisdictions by the French tax authorities in accordance with
the provisions of Article238-0 A of the French Tax Code.
Disclosure on tax matters and information

on taxes connected with the Groups
activities in each country
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in
compliance with IFRSstandards (as disclosed in Note1 of
Section4.6 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
Accounting for income taxes recognizes both the current tax

consequences of transactions and events and the future tax
consequences of the future recovery or settlement of the
carrying amount of the entitys assets and liabilities, as required
by IAS12 (see Note1.17.1 of the same Section).
The present report discloses the reconciliation between the
theoretical tax charge and the effective tax charge under IFRS.
All differences are fully explained (see Note19 of Section4.6).
It is worth highlighting that in many jurisdictions where AXA
operates, the income and capital gains on savings-products
benet from a favorable tax treatment, also when such products
are included in life insurance products. This leads to a lower
effective tax rate for life insurance companies. Over the last
several years, and notably following the nancial crisis, this
difference has trended down.
In addition to the details reported around the Group effective tax
rate, AXA reports substantial information on the impacts of any
change in local tax regulations on its business, as well as details
of the tax burden per line of business and per country. AXAs
income tax expenses/benets are extensively disclosed in the
present report and are broken down by business segment and
country. For each, a dedicated paragraph provides a comment
about the line related to Tax Income (see Consolidated
underlying earnings, adjusted earnings and net income in
Section1.3 Activity Report).
Tax aspects of AXAs activities and products

offered by the Group
AXAS ACTIVITIES
The Groups activities are subject to strict regulations and

rigorous control in each territory in which AXA operates. In
addition to these regulations, AXA has developed a set of
detailed internal standards that applies to all Group entities that
are managed or controlled by AXA, regardless of the activities
undertaken by the entity or its ownership structure.
According to these internal standards, local senior management
must appreciate the tax implications of the activities in their
entity. The main considerations are:
compliance with the taxation of employees in the territory in

which they are employed;
compliance with the taxation of business undertaken in the

territory (including levies and sales taxes); and
cross-border tax issues.
(1) The list of the Groups main subsidiaries and participating interests are available in Appendix V AXA parent Company Financial Statements of
this Annual Report. We also make public the legal organizational chart of the Group on the Companys website (www.axa.com).
158
3.1REGULATION
A specic focus on transfer pricing items is done in application

of these standards. In particular, Chief Financial Ofcers must
ensure that (re)insurance policies entered into represent a true
transfer of risk and that their status as (re)insurance contracts
could not be subject to challenge. Business between Group
companies must be transacted at market prices where a
market price exists, or in the absence of market prices, must
be supported by formally documented justication for the charge
made.
AXAS PRODUCTS
AXAs products are not designed to allow or encourage tax

evasion. The Group has set up a validation framework to ensure
that new products undergo a thorough approval process before
they go to market.
The local decision to launch a new product must result from

a documented approval process that complies with the AXA
Groups standards in terms of product features, pricing, AssetLiability Management and aspects related to legal, compliance,
regulatory, accounting and reputation.
Moreover, AXA has established strict policies regarding its crossborder activities and knowledge of its customers, in order to
ensure that our products and services are not misused for
money laundering or tax evasion purposes. Cross-border tax
issues are addressed with a specic Cross Border Business
Group Standard, according to which any new cross-border
offer must be presented to the Group Tax Department for its
validation.
While all AXA entities must obviously comply with local regulation,
the Tax Department can veto a product if this product is not
compliant with internal rules.
159
3.2RISK FACTORS
3.2 RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the following risks. These risks
could materially affect our business, results of operations or
nancial condition, cause the trading price of our ordinary shares
and/or ADS to decline materially or cause our actual results
to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in
any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the
Company. The risks described below are not the only risks we
face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us
or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially
adversely affect our business, nancial condition, results of
operations or cash ows.
Many of the risks described below are inherent to the
nature of our business and the economic, competitive and
regulatory environment in which we operate. Given the multiple
contingencies and the inherent uncertainties involved with many
of these risks, management is not able to quantify the impact of
many of these risks with any level of precision; however, it has
put in place numerous risk management processes, procedures
and controls to monitor and manage these risks on an on-going
basis. These risk management processes, procedures and
controls are described in detail in Section3.3 of this Annual
Report and this Section3.2 should be read in conjunction with
Section3.3. In those cases where the risks described in this
Section3.2 have given rise to quantiable and material nancial
impacts and/or material contingent liabilities, those nancial
impacts and/or contingent liabilities are reected in the Groups
consolidated nancial statements in accordance with applicable
IFRSaccounting standards.
In presenting the risks set forth in this Section3.2, management
has prioritized the four categories of risks presented and the
individual risks within each of these categories in a manner that
corresponds to managements current view as to the potential
impact (from higher to lower) of the risk for the AXA Group.
While management devotes very substantial resources to risk
management on an on-going basis as described in Section3.3
of this Annual Report, the Groups risk management activities,
like all control systems, are subject to inherent limitations and
cannot provide absolute assurance or render the Group immune
in any respect from the risks described in this Section3.2 or
the losses that may be incurred in connection with these risks.
160
RISKS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL

MARKETS, OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH
RATINGS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION,
THE VALUATION OF OUR ASSETS AND
RELATED MATTERS
Continuing volatility in the global nancial
markets and difcult economic conditions
in certain regions as well as continuing
concerns over certain sovereign debt
andthe Euro may materially adversely
affect our business and protability,
andtheseconditions may continue
Our results of operations are materially affected by conditions
in the global nancial markets and the economy generally. We
have been affected by the nancial crisis and its aftermath since
2008. While nancial markets generally stabilized and performed
well in 2015, a wide variety of factors continue to negatively
impact economic conditions and consumer confidence in
certain jurisdictions where we do business and/or contribute
to continuing volatility in nancial markets (including in foreign
exchange and interest rates). These factors include, among
others, continuing concerns over the creditworthiness of certain
sovereign issuers, particularly in Europe, the strengthening or
weakening of foreign currencies against the Euro, the availability
and cost of credit, the stability and solvency of certain nancial
institutions and other companies, the risk of future ination as
well as deation in certain markets, central bank intervention
in the nancial markets through quantitative easing or similar
programs, volatile energy costs, the risk of a possible exit from
the Eurozone of one or more European states, and geopolitical
issues. Furthermore, certain initiatives from governments and
support of central banks in order to stabilize nancial markets
could be suspended or interrupted which could, in an uncertain
economic context, have an adverse effect on the global nancial
industry. In addition, the world economy is currently facing a
number of new challenges and geopolitical risks, including
recent turmoil and/or hostilities in various regions, including
Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq or North Korea.
3.2RISK FACTORS
Since June2011, a number of European sovereigns and several

major European financial institutions (including AXA) were
downgraded by credit rating agencies in light of the continuing
uncertainty stemming from the European debt crisis and future of
the Euro. In the event of a default or similar event by a sovereign
issuer, some nancial institutions may suffer signicant losses for
which they would require additional capital, which may not be
available, and could also suffer further credit rating downgrades
and/or solvency concerns which may, in turn, negatively impact
public perceptions about the stability and creditworthiness of
nancial institutions and the nancial sector generally and further
dampen consumer condence levels and spending.
These events and the continuing market volatility, have had
and may continue to have an adverse effect on our revenues
and results of operations, in part because we have a large
investment portfolio. Our investment income is an important
factor of our protability, and our sales of insurance and asset
management products (as well as level of surrenders and lapses)
are dependent upon nancial market performance, customer
behavior and condence as well as other related factors.
Our ability to make a prot on insurance products and investment
products, including xed and guaranteed products, depends in
part on the returns on investments supporting our obligations
under these products, and the value of specic investments may
uctuate substantially depending on the foregoing conditions.
Certain types of insurance and investment products that we
offer expose us to risks associated with uctuations in nancial
markets, including certain types of interest sensitive or variable
products such as guaranteed annuities or variable annuities,
which have crediting or other guaranteed rates or guaranteed
minimum benets not necessarily related to prevailing market
interest rates or investment returns on underlying assets.
Although we use hedging techniques to help us mitigate our
exposure under certain of these guarantees, not all risks can
be effectively hedged and volatility in the nancial markets,
combined with unanticipated policyholder behavior may increase
the cost of these hedges and/or negatively affect our ability to
hedge certain of these risks, which may adversely affect our
protability. For further risks related to our hedging techniques,
see Risks relating to the structure of our Group, the scope and
nature of our business, the products we offerand our operations
and systems Our hedging programs and reinsurance
arrangements may be inadequate to protect us against the full
extent of the exposure or losses we seek to mitigate which
may negatively impact our business, results of operations and
nancial condition.
Factors such as consumer spending, business investment,
government spending, regulation, the volatility and strength
of the capital markets, and inflation all affect the business
and economic environment and, ultimately, our activities and
the profitability of our business. In an economic downturn

characterized by higher unemployment, lower family income,
lower corporate earnings, lower business investment and lower
consumer spending, the demand for our nancial and insurance
products could be adversely affected. In addition, we may
experience an elevated incidence of lapses or surrenders on
certain types of policies, lower surrender rates than anticipated
on other types of products, such as certain variable annuities,
with in-the-money guarantees, and our policyholders may
choose to defer paying insurance premiums or stop paying
insurance premiums altogether. These developments could have
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and nancial condition.
Adverse capital and credit market

conditions may signicantly affect our ability
to meet liquidity needs, access to capital
and increase cost of capital
Since 2008 the capital and credit markets have experienced high
levels of volatility and disruption which, during certain periods,
have signicantly limited the availability of additional liquidity in
the markets and credit capacity for most issuers including AXA.
We need liquidity to pay our operating expenses (including

claims and surrenders), interest on our debt, dividends on
our capital stock and to renance certain maturing debts and
other liabilities. In addition, we need liquidity in connection with
certain derivatives transactions to which we are party which
require us to post cash collateral and/or subject us to margin
calls in certain circumstances. A lack of sufficient liquidity
and/or access to nancing over a prolonged period may have
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and consolidated nancial position. Our principal sources of
liquidity are insurance premiums, annuity considerations, deposit
funds, asset management fees, maturing bonds, cash ows
from our investment assets and cash/cash-equivalents on
our balance sheet. Sources of liquidity in normal markets also
include a variety of short and long-term instruments, including
repurchase agreements, commercial paper, committed credit
facilities, medium and long-term debt, subordinated debt
securities, capital securities and shareholders equity.
In the event our current resources no longer satisfy our needs,
we may have to seek additional nancing. The availability of
additional nancing will depend on a variety of factors such
as market conditions, the volume of trading activities, the
overall availability of credit to the nancial services industry,
our credit ratings and credit capacity, as well as the possibility
that customers or lenders could develop a negative perception
of our long-term or short-term nancial prospects if we incur
large investment losses or if the level of our business activity
161
3.2RISK FACTORS
decreased due to a market downturn. Similarly, our access to

funds may be impaired if regulatory authorities or rating agencies
take negative actions against us. While management has put in
place a liquidity risk management framework that includes active
monitoring of the Groups liquidity position and contingency
plans for accessing liquidity, if our internal sources of liquidity
prove to be insufcient or if our liquidity requirements change so
as to require a need for additional funding, we may not be able
to successfully obtain additional nancing (whether on favorable
terms or otherwise).
Our consolidated solvency margin

andthe regulatory capital requirements
of our insurance subsidiaries may be
negatively impacted by adverse capital
market conditions, evolving regulatory
interpretations and other factors, which
could have a material adverse effect
onourbusiness, liquidity, credit ratings,
results of operations and nancial position
At the consolidated Group level, the Company is required to
calculate, in accordance with applicable French SolvencyI
regulations, a consolidated solvency margin ratio which
represents the Companys total available capital as compared
to its required regulatory capital. Under applicable French
regulations, 100% is the minimum required consolidated
solvency margin for the Company. On December31, 2015 the
Companys consolidated solvency margin was 246% (taking into
account the dividend payment of 1.10 per share that will be
proposed at the Shareholders Meeting of April27, 2016 with
respect to the scal year 2015) which represented a 39.8billion
capital surplus at that date: (i)27.3billion of required capital(1),
versus (ii)67.1billion of available capital (2). With effect from
January1, 2016 a new European regulatory framework for
insurance companies Solvency II has been implemented in
France. A key aspect of Solvency II is that capital requirements
are aligned more closely with economic capital and may be
calculated by use of either a standard model or an internal
capital model. The use by the Company of its internal model
in order to calculate its capital requirements under Solvency II
was approved on November17, 2015 and AXA reported its
SolvencyII ratio at 205% as of December31, 2015 and has set
its target range at 170-230%. AXA continues to review regularly
the scope, underlying methodologies and assumptions of its
model and will adjust its SolvencyII capital accordingly. Any
signicant changes to the model will have to be approved by
the ACPR who may require further adjustments to the level of
regulatory capital. In addition, EIOPA is currently reviewing the
necessity to adjust the ultimate forward rate (UFR) which may
ultimately lead to additional capital requirements or a decrease
in available capital. EIOPA is also expected to carry out a review
shortly of the consistency of European insurers models and any

such review may lead to further regulatory changes to increase
convergence and leading to further capital adjustments as well
as strengthening oversight of cross-border groups.
It is difcult to predict the ultimate outcome of these matters
and how they could affect our results of operations, nancial
condition and liquidity and the insurance industry more generally.
The Groups capital ratio is also sensitive to capital market
conditions (including the level of interest rates, the level of equity
markets and foreign exchange impacts) as well as a variety of
other factors.
Management monitors the Companys consolidated solvency
margin and the regulatory capital requirements of its insurance
subsidiaries on an on-going basis both for regulatory compliance
purposes and to ensure that the Company and its subsidiaries
are appropriately positioned from a competitive point of
view. Insurance regulators generally have broad discretion in
interpreting, applying and enforcing their rules and regulations
with respect to solvency, regulatory capital requirements and
internal models. During periods of extreme nancial market
turmoil of the type we have experienced over the recent years,
regulators may become more conservative in the interpretation,
application and enforcement of these rules which may involve
them, for example, imposing increased reserving requirements
for certain types of risks, greater liquidity requirements, higher
discounts/haircuts on certain assets or asset classes, more
conservative calculation methodologies or taking other similar
measures which may signicantly increase regulatory capital
requirements.
In the event of a failure by the Company and/or any of its
insurance subsidiaries to meet minimum regulatory capital
requirements, insurance regulators have broad authority to
require or take various regulatory actions including limiting or
prohibiting the issuance of new business, prohibiting payment
of dividends or other shareholder distributions, and/or putting
a company into rehabilitation or insolvency proceedings. A
failure of any of the Companys insurance subsidiaries to meet
their regulatory capital requirements and/or a reduction in the
level of their regulatory capital that may negatively impact their
competitive position, may also result in the Company deciding
to inject signicant amounts of new capital into its insurance
subsidiaries which could adversely affect the Companys
liquidity position, results of operations and nancial position.
Regulatory restrictions that inhibit the Companys ability to
freely move excess capital among its subsidiaries or which
otherwise restrict fungibility of the Groups capital resources
may, depending on the nature and extent of the restrictions,
adversely affect the capital position of the Companys operating
insurance subsidiaries which may have a consequent negative
impact on the Company and the perception of its financial
strength. Additional regulatory developments regarding solvency
(1) For this purpose, required capital is calculated based on formulas that take into account a variety of factors including (i)for Life& Savings business:
specied percentages of mathematical reserves (4% of mathematical reserves for business where investment risk is borne by the insurer and 1% of
mathematical reserves for business where investment risk is borne by policyholders) adjusted by an entity specic retention rate plus an amount of
capital at risk; and (ii)for Property& Casualty business, the highest amount of the following two results: 23% of the average cost of claims or 16%
of the gross premiums written or earned, in each case, subject to various adjustments.
(2) For this purpose, available capital represents (i)tangible net asset value, + consolidated shareholders equity less intangible assets (including DAC),
perpetual debt and certain other items, plus (ii)subordinated debt, unrealized capital gains, minority interests and certain other items.
162
3.2RISK FACTORS
requirements, including changes to the SolvencyII regime, may

adversely affect the insurance industrys solvency framework
and prudential regime as well as associated costs. For further
information on the implementation of Solvency II, please refer to
the Regulatory capital and solvency requirements paragraph
of Section3.1 Regulation of this Annual Report.
Management has developed various contingency plans designed
to ensure that the Companys consolidated solvency margin
and the regulatory capital levels of its insurance subsidiaries
remain well in excess of regulatory minimum requirements
and at levels that leave the Company and its subsidiaries well
positioned from a competitive point of view. These plans may
involve use of reinsurance, sales of investment portfolio and/or
other assets, measures to reduce capital strain of new business
or other measures. There can be no assurance, however, that
these plans will be effective to achieve their objectives and any
failure by the Company and/or its insurance subsidiaries to
meet minimum regulatory capital requirements and to maintain
regulatory capital at competitive levels could have a material
adverse effect on our business, liquidity, credit ratings, results
of operations and nancial position.
A downgrade in our claims paying ability

and credit strength ratings could adversely
impact our business, results of operations
and nancial condition
Rating agencies also take into account the Companys
consolidated solvency margin and the regulatory capital position
of its insurance subsidiaries in assessing AXAs nancial strength
and credit ratings. Rating agencies may make changes to
their internal models from time to time that may increase or
decrease the amount of capital the Company must hold in order
to maintain its current ratings.
Claims paying ability and credit strength ratings are important
factors in establishing the competitive position of insurance
companies. Rating agencies review their ratings and rating
methodologies on a recurring basis and may change their
ratings at any time. Consequently, our current ratings may not
be maintained in the future. On January20, 2016, Moodys
reafrmed the Aa3 rating for nancial strength on AXAs principal
insurance subsidiaries and the A2 rating for counterparty credit
on the Company, maintaining a stable outlook. On October29,
2015, Standard&Poors reafrmed the A+ nancial strength
rating on the core operating entities of the AXA Group and the
A- long-term counterparty credit ratings on AXASA and AXA
Financial, Inc., maintaining a positive outlook. On October6,
2015, Fitch reafrmed the AA- nancial strength ratings of AXAs
principal insurance subsidiaries and the A rating for counterparty
credit on the Company, maintaining a stable outlook.
A downgrade or the potential for a downgrade of our ratings

could have a variety of negative impacts on us including
(i)damaging our competitive position, (ii)negatively impacting
our ability to underwrite new insurance policies, (iii)increasing the
levels of surrenders and termination rates of our in-force policies,
(iv)increasing our cost of obtaining reinsurance, (v)negatively
impacting our ability to obtain nancing and/or increasing our
cost of nancing, (vi)harming our relationships with creditors
or trading counterparties and/or (vii)adversely affecting public
condence in us. Any of these developments could have a
material adverse effect on our business, liquidity position, results
of operations, revenues and nancial condition.
Market conditions, changes in accounting

policy and/or other factors could adversely
affect the carrying value of our goodwill,
cause us to accelerate amortization of
ourDAC, VBI and other intangibles and/or
to reduce deferred tax assets and deferred
policyholders participation assets which
could have a material adverse effect
onour consolidated results of operations
andnancial statements
Our accounting principles and policies with respect to intangibles

(including goodwill) are set forth in Note1.7 Intangible Assets
(including Note1.7.1 Goodwill and impairment of goodwill) and
an analysis of the goodwill asset reected on our consolidated
balance sheet is set forth in Note5 Goodwill to the 2015
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual
Report. Business and market conditions may impact the amount
of goodwill we carry in our consolidated balance sheet as well
as our pattern of Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC), Value of
Business in Force (VBI) and other intangible assets amortization
and the value of our deferred tax assets and deferred
participation assets. The value of certain of our businesses
including, in particular, our US Variable Life and Variable Annuity
businesses, is signicantly impacted by such factors as the state
of the nancial markets and ongoing operating performance.
163
3.2RISK FACTORS
Losses due to defaults by nancial

institution counterparties, reinsurers and/or
other third parties including potential
sovereign debt defaults or restructurings,
impairment of our investment assets and
unrealized losses could negatively affect
the value of our investments and reduce
ourprotability
Third parties that owe us money, securities or other assets
may not pay or perform under their obligations. These parties
include private sector and government (or government-backed)
issuers whose securities we hold in our investmentportfolios
(including mortgage-backed, asset-backed, government bonds
andother types of securities), borrowers under mortgages
and other loans that we extend, reinsurers to which we have
assigned insurance risks, customers, trading counterparties,
counterparties under swap and other derivative contracts,
other counterparties including brokers and dealers, commercial
and investment banks, hedge funds, other investment funds,
clearing agents, market exchanges, clearing houses and other
nancial institutions. Many of our transactions with these third
parties expose us to credit risk in the event of default of our
counterparty.
We have also entered into contractual outsourcing arrangements
with third-party service providers for a wide variety of services
required in connection with the day-to-day operation of our
insurance and asset management businesses (including policy
administration, claims related services, securities pricing and
other services) which expose us to operational, nancial and
reputational risk in the event of a default of our counterparty
service providers. There can be no assurance that any such
losses or impairments of these assets would not materially and
adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Under the reinsurance arrangements, other insurers or reinsurers
assume a portion of the losses and related expenses under
policies we issue; however, we remain liable as the direct insurer
on all risks reinsured. Consequently, assigned reinsurance
arrangements do not eliminate our obligation to pay claims and
we are subject to our reinsurers credit risk with respect to our
ability to recover amounts due from them. While we evaluate
periodically the nancial condition of our reinsurers to minimize
our exposure to signicant losses from reinsurer insolvencies,
our reinsurers may become nancially unsound by the time their
nancial obligation becomes due. The reinsurance market has
become increasingly concentrated following recent mergers
and acquisitions, which have reduced the number of major
reinsurance providers. The inability of any reinsurer to meet its
nancial obligations to us could negatively impact our results
of operations. In addition, the availability, amount and cost of
reinsurance depend on general market conditions and may
uctuate signicantly. Reinsurance may not be available to us
in the future at commercially reasonable rates and any decrease
in the amount of our reinsurance will increase our risk of loss.
164
Our valuation of certain investments may

include methodologies, estimations and
assumptions which are subject to differing
interpretations and could result in changes
to investment valuations that may materially
adversely affect our results of operations
and nancial condition
Our accounting principles and policy with respect to valuation
of our investments are set forth in Note9.10 Investments/Fair
Value in the 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements included
in this Annual Report. The determination of fair values in the
absence of quoted market prices is based on a variety of
factors including those described in Note9.10. Certain of our
investment assets, for which there is no active trading market
or other observable market data, are valued using models
and methodologies that involve estimates, assumptions and
signicant management judgment. During periods of market
disruption of the type we have experienced over the past
several years, a larger portion of our investment assets may
be valued using these models and methodologies as a result
of less frequent trading or less observable market data with
respect to certain asset classes that were previously actively
traded in liquid markets. There can be no assurance that our
valuations on the basis of these models and methodologies
represent the price for which a security may ultimately be sold
or for which it could be sold at any specic point in time. Use of
different models, methodologies and/or assumptions may have
a material impact on the estimated fair value amounts and could
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and
nancial condition.
The determination of the amount

ofallowances and impairments taken on
our investments requires use of signicant
management judgment in certain cases,
particularly for debt instruments, and could
materially impact our results of operations
or nancial position
Our accounting principles and policy with respect to the
determination of allowances and impairments on our investments
are set forth in Note1.8.2 Financial instruments classication
in the 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements included in this
Annual Report. The determination of the amount of allowances
and impairments vary by investment type and is based upon our
periodic evaluation and assessment of known and inherent risks
associated with the respective asset class. Such evaluations
and assessments are revised as conditions change and new
information becomes available. In considering impairments,
management considers a wide range of factors including
those described in Note1.8.2 and uses its best judgment in
evaluating the cause of the decline in the estimated fair value of
the security and the prospects for near-term recovery. For certain
asset classes, particularly debt instruments, managements
3.2RISK FACTORS
evaluation involves a variety of assumptions and estimates about

the operations of the issuer and its future earnings potential.
Management updates its evaluations regularly and reflects
changes in allowances and impairments as such evaluations are
revised. There can be no assurance, however, that management
has accurately assessed the level of impairments taken and
allowances reected in our nancial statements and the need for
additional impairments and/or allowances may have a material
adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and
nancial position.
rates or a prolonged period of low interest rates may also cause

us to change our long-term view of the interest rates that we can
earn on our investments. In addition, certain statutory capital and
reserve requirements are based on formulas and models that
consider interest rates, and an extended period of low interest
rates may increase the statutory capital we are required to hold
and the amount of assets we must maintain to support statutory
reserves.
Conversely, in periods of increasing interest rates:
surrenders of life insurance policies and xed annuity contracts

may increase as policyholders choose to forego insurance
protection and seek higher investment returns;
obtaining cash to satisfy these obligations following such

surrenders may require us to liquidate fixed maturity
investments at a time when market prices for those assets
are depressed because of increases in interest rates which
may result in realized investment losses and decrease our
net income;
accelerated surrenders may also cause us to accelerate

amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs, which would
reduce our net income;
our fee income may decrease due to a decline in the value of

Variable Annuity account balances invested in xed income
funds;
there may be a decrease in the estimated fair value of certain

xed income securities we hold in our investment portfolios,
resulting in reduced levels of unrealized capital gains available
to us, which could negatively impact our solvency margin
position and net income;and
we may be required, as an issuer of securities, to pay higher

interest rates on debt securities, debt and bank facilities to
nance our operations, which would increase our interest
expenses and reduce our results of operations.
Credit spread and interest rate volatility may

adversely affect our protability
Our exposure to credit spreads primarily relates to market price
and cash flow variability associated with changes in credit
spreads. A widening of credit spreads will generally reduce
the value of xed income securities we hold (including credit
derivatives where we assume credit exposure) and increase
our investment income associated with purchases of new xed
income securities in our investment portfolios. Conversely, credit
spread tightening will generally increase the value of xed income
securities we hold and reduce our investment income associated
with new purchases of xed income securities in our investment
portfolios.
Changes in prevailing interest rates may also negatively affect
our business. Our exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily
to the market price and cash ow variability associated with
changes in interest rates. Changes in the interest rates may
negatively affect the value of our assets and our ability to realize
gains or avoid losses from the sale of those assets, all of which
also ultimately affect earnings. In particular, negative interest
rates and the low level of interest rates generally may negatively
impact our net interest income and the protability of our Life
& Savings business, which may have an adverse impact on
Group protability.
During periods of declining interest rates:
our investment earnings may decrease due to a decline in

interest earnings on our xed income investments;
life insurance and annuity products may be relatively more

attractive to consumers due to minimum guarantees in
these products, resulting in increased premium payments
on products with exible premium features, and a higher
percentage of insurance policies and annuity contracts
remaining in force from year-to-year, creating asset-liability
duration mismatches; and
we may be required to increase provisions for guarantees

included in life insurance and annuity contracts, as the
guarantees become more valuable to policy holders and
surrender and lapse assumptions require updating.
Accordingly, during periods of declining interest rates or a

prolonged period of low interest rates, our protability may
suffer as the result of a decrease in the spread between interest
rates credited to insurance policyholders and annuity contract
owners and the rates we are able to earn on our xed-income
investment portfolio. An extended period of declining interest
Our mitigation efforts with respect to interest rate risks are

primarily focused on maintaining an investment portfolio with
diversied maturities that has a weighted average duration that
is approximately equal to the duration of our estimated liability
cash ow prole. However, our estimate of the liability cash ow
prole may be inaccurate and we may be forced to liquidate
investments prior to maturity at a loss in order to cover the
liability. Although we take measures to manage the economic
risks of investing in a changing interest rate environment, we
may not be able to mitigate the interest rate risk of our assets
relative to our liabilities.
Ongoing volatility in interest rates and credit spreads, individually
or in tandem with other factors (such as lack of market liquidity,
declines in equity prices and the strengthening or weakening of
foreign currencies against the Euro, and/or structural reforms or
other changes made to the Euro, the Eurozone or the European
Union), could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated
results of operations, nancial position or cash ows through
realized losses, impairments, and changes in unrealized gains
and loss positions.
165
3.2RISK FACTORS
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates

may affect notably our reported earnings
AXA publishes its Consolidated Financial Statements in Euro.
For the year ended December31, 2015, a signicant portion of
AXAs insurance gross premiums and nancial services revenues,
as well as AXAs benets, claims and other deductions were
denominated in currencies other than the Euro, primarily US
Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen, Swiss Francs and
Russian Ruble. AXAs obligations are denominated either in Euro
or other currencies, the value of which is subject to foreign
currency exchange rate uctuations.
While AXA seeks to manage its exposure to foreign currency
uctuations through hedging, uctuations in the exchange rates
may have a signicant impact on AXAs results of operations,
cash ows, shareholders equity and solvency. For example, a
strengthening or weakening of the Euro against the US Dollar
and/or certain other currencies in 2016 and future periods may
adversely affect AXAs results of operations and the price of its
securities. In addition, the currency hedges used by AXA to
manage foreign exchange rate risk may signicantly impact its
cash position.
Ination or deation in our principal markets

would have multiple impacts on AXA
andmay negatively affect our business,
solvency position and results of operations
In certain of our principal markets, an increase in ination, as
measured by consumer price indices or other means, is a
continuing risk. A sustained increase in the ination rate in our
principal markets would have multiple impacts on AXA and may
negatively affect our business, solvency position and results of
operations. For example, a sustained increase in the ination
rate may result in an increase in market interest rates, with
the consequences noted above. A signicant and sustained
increase in ination has historically also been associated with
decreased prices for equity securities and sluggish performance
of equity markets generally. A sustained decline in equity markets
may (i)result in impairment charges to equity securities that we
hold in our investment portfolios and reduced levels of unrealized
166
capital gains available to us which would reduce our net income

and negatively impact our solvency position, (ii)negatively impact
performance, future sales and surrenders of our Unit-Linked
products where underlying assets are largely invested in equities,
and (iii)negatively impact the ability of our asset management
subsidiaries to retain and attract assets under management,
as well as the value of assets they do manage, which may
negatively impact their results of operations. In addition, in the
context of certain Property& Casualty risks underwritten by our
insurance subsidiaries (particularly long-tail risks), a sustained
increase in ination may result in (i)claims ination (+an increase
in the amount ultimately paid to settle claims several years after
the policy coverage period or event giving rise to the claim),
coupled with (ii)an underestimation of corresponding claims
reserves at the time of establishment due to a failure to fully
anticipate increased ination and its effect on the amounts
ultimately payable to policyholders, and, consequently, (iii)actual
claims payments signicantly exceeding associated insurance
reserves which would negatively impact our results of operations.
A failure to accurately anticipate higher ination and factor it into
our product pricing assumptions may also result in a systemic
mispricing of our products resulting in underwriting losses which
would negatively impact our results of operations.
On the other hand, deation experienced in our principal markets
may also adversely affect our nancial performance. In recent
years, the risk of low ination and even deation (+ a continued
period with negative rates of inflation) in the Eurozone has
materialized. Deation may erode collateral values and diminish
the quality of certain investment assets, and may negatively
impact consumer behavior or otherwise negatively affect our
business and results of operations.
The Group is regularly monitoring its exposure to inflation
and deation risk, and has taken steps to mitigate it through
nancial instruments for which value and/or return is linked to the
evolution of ination and deation (index-linked bonds, ination
swaps,etc.).
For additional information, please see Section3.3 Quantitative
and qualitative disclosures about risk factors of this Annual
Report.
3.2RISK FACTORS
RISKS RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE

OFOUR GROUP, THE SCOPE
ANDNATURE OF OUR BUSINESS,
THE PRODUCTS WE OFFER AND
OUROPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS
As a holding company, we are dependent
on our subsidiaries to cover our operating
expenses and dividend payments
Our insurance and nancial services operations are generally
conducted through direct and indirect subsidiaries. As a holding
company, our principal sources of funds are dividends from
subsidiaries and funds that may be raised from time to time
through the issuance of debt or equity securities or through
bank or other borrowings.
Regulatory and other legal restrictions may limit our ability to
transfer funds freely, either to or from all our subsidiaries. In
particular, our principal insurance subsidiaries are subject to
restrictions on the amount of dividends and debt repayments
that can be paid to us and our affiliates. Moreover, our
designation as a Global Systemically Important Insurer (GSII)
could impose similar or other restrictions on the transfer of funds,
including intra-group financing arrangements, which could
negatively impact the fungibility of our capital. These factors may
adversely impact the Companys liquidity position and capacity
to pay dividends. For further details, see Section1.4 Liquidity
and capital resources and Part4 Note29.4 Other items:
Restriction on dividend payments to shareholders of this Annual
Report. See also Risks relating to the nancial markets, our
nancial strength ratings and nancial condition, the valuation
of our assets and related matters Our consolidated solvency
margin and the regulatory capital requirements of our insurance
subsidiaries may be negatively impacted by adverse capital
market conditions, evolving regulatory interpretations and
other factors, which could have a material adverse effect on
our business, liquidity, credit ratings, results of operations and
nancial position.
Our hedging programs and reinsurance

arrangements may be inadequate to protect
us against the full extent of the exposure
or losses we seek to mitigate which may
negatively impact our business, results
ofoperations and nancial condition
We use derivatives (including amongst others, equity futures,
treasury bond futures, interest rates swaps and swaptions,
equity options and variance swaps) to hedge certain, but not
all, risks under guarantees provided to our clients.
Among such guarantees are Guaranteed Minimum Death

Benets (GMDB), Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benets
(GMAB), Guaranteed Minimum Income Benets (GMIB) and/
or Withdrawal for Life Benets (GMWB), available in particular
under certain of our Variable Annuity products (the Accumulator
Guarantees).
On a substantial part of the in-force portfolio and for all new
vintages of business, these hedging instruments are coupled
with volatility risk mitigation techniques (Capped Volatility
Funds or Asset Transfer Programs). These rebalancing
mechanisms within the Unit-Linked funds are designed to
reduce policyholders investment in higher risk assets at times of
increased equity or interest rate volatility to protect their portfolio
returns.
These hedging techniques are designed to reduce the economic
impact of unfavorable changes to certain of our exposures under
the Accumulator Guarantees due to movements in the equity
and xed income markets and other factors. In certain cases,
however, we may not be able to apply these techniques to
effectively hedge our risks as intended or expected or may
choose not to hedge certain risks because the derivative
market(s) in question may not be of sufcient size or liquidity,
the cost of hedging may be too expensive (as a result of adverse
market conditions or otherwise), the nature of the risk itself may
limit our ability to effectively hedge or for other reasons. This
may result in higher realized losses and unanticipated cash
needs to collateralize or settle transactions. In addition, hedging
counterparties may fail to perform their obligations, resulting
in unhedged exposures and losses on positions that are not
collateralized. The operation of our hedging program is based
on models involving numerous estimates and management
judgments, including among others, mortality, lapse rates,
election rates, volatility and interest rates and correlation among
various market movements. Our hedging program may change
in time and there can be no assurance that ultimate actual
experience will not differ materially from our assumptions, which
could adversely impact our results of operations and nancial
condition.
Certain risks under Accumulator Guarantees and under other

contracts and policies issued by AXA US are reinsured by
AXARE Arizona Company (AXA RE Arizona) an indirect wholly
owned captive reinsurer subsidiary of the Company, which
hedges these risks using the techniques described above. This
reinsurance provides important capital management benets to
AXA US to the extent that AXA RE Arizona maintains sufcient
assets in an irrevocable trust (or letters of credit) to back the
liabilities assumed under these reinsurance arrangements. The
level of assets required to be held in trust (and/or the amount
of required letters of credit) uctuates depending on market and
interest rate movements, mortality experience and policyholder
behaviors and may increase in certain circumstances which may
167
168
3.2RISK FACTORS
impact AXA RE Arizonas liquidity. In addition, pursuant to its

hedging programs, AXA RE Arizona may be required to post
collateral and/or cash settle hedges when there is a decline
in fair value of specied instruments (which would occur, for
example, in the event of a rise in interest rates or equity markets)
and AXA RE Arizona may not be able to transfer assets from
the trust to satisfy these obligations. Management believes that
AXA RE Arizona has adequate liquidity and credit facilities to
deal with a range of market scenarios and increasing reserve
but there can be no assurance that AXA RE Arizona will have
sufcient liquidity in all scenarios. In the event AXA RE Arizona
were not able to post required collateral or cash to settle such
hedges when due, it may be required to reduce the size of
its hedging program which could ultimately impact its ability
to perform under the reinsurance arrangements and AXA USs
ability to receive full statutory reserve credit for the reinsurance
arrangements.
In March2015, the NAIC established the Variable Annuities

Issues (E) Working Group (Working Group) to oversee the
NAICs efforts to study and address regulatory issues resulting
in Variable Annuity captive reinsurance transactions. As part of
its charge, the Working Group is reviewing a variety of factors
relevant to the assessment of captives utilized in connection
with cessions of variable annuities business, including why
Variable Annuity captives are established, the Risk Based Capital
and statutory accounting treatment of variable annuities, and
the use of hedging in connection with variable annuities. The
Working Group is developing and drafting a revised variable
annuities framework and has indicated that it would like the nal
framework to be effective by January1, 2017. While the exact
nature and scope of the Working Groups nal framework is
undeterminable at this time, it is expected to include a number
of changes to the statutory requirements dealing with Variable
Annuities.
During the last few years, the National Association of Insurance

Commissioners (the NAIC) and certain state regulators,
including the New York State Department of Financial Services
(the NYDFS), have been scrutinizing insurance companies
use of afliated captive reinsurers or off-shore entities following
a highly critical report issued by the NYDFS in June2013, as
part of an industry wide inquiry. The report recommended,
among other things, enhanced disclosure, conduct of further
regulatory inquiries and a national moratorium on new reserve
nancing transactions involving captive reinsurers until these
inquiries are complete. In June 2014, a report to an NAIC
Task Force made various recommendations including placing
limitations on the types of assets that may be used by captive
reinsurers and other special purpose vehicles to nance reserves
associated with certain term and universal life insurance policies,
and in August2014, the NAIC Executive Committee adopted
the regulatory framework proposed in this report including
recommendations to have various technical working groups
of the NAIC propose regulations and guidelines to implement
the new framework. In December2014, the NAIC adopted a
new actuarial guideline (AG 48) that regulates the portion of
the reserves that may be supported by specied asset classes
in connection with certain transactions involving captive
reinsurance companies, although AG48 does not apply to
transactions involving the reinsurance of guarantee risks under
Variable Annuity products such as the Accumulator Guarantees.
The requirements in AG 48 became effective on January1,2015
and apply in respect of certain term and universal life insurance
policies written prior to, from and after January1, 2015 but
not included in a captive reinsurer nancing arrangement as of
December31, 2014.
The NAIC and various state regulators continue to consider

additional regulations relating to the use of captive reinsurers.
Like many life insurance companies, AXA US utilizes a captive
reinsurer, AXAREArizona, as part of its capital management
strategy.
In addition to the regulatory developments discussed above,

in 2014, two lawsuits were led against AXA US on behalf of
purported classes of persons who purchased certain insurance
or annuity contracts alleging, among other things, that AXA USs
use of a captive reinsurer violated certain provisions of the New
York insurance law. We cannot predict what, if any, changes
may result from these regulatory reviews or the potential impact,
if any, of this lawsuit. If the NYDFS or other state insurance
regulators were to restrict the use of such captive reinsurers
or if AXA US otherwise is unable to continue to use a captive
reinsurer, the capital management benets received under this
reinsurance arrangement could be adversely affected.
The profitability of AXAs Variable Annuity products with
guarantees depends, among other factors, on AXAs ability
to effectively hedge the guarantees. The Company has
implemented and continues to pursue a number of initiatives,
including re-design and re-pricing of certain product features,
designed to improve the protability of these products and
limit future hedging losses on the Accumulator Guarantees.
There can be no assurance, however, that these initiatives will
succeed in meeting their objective or that the re-designed and
re-priced products will continue to be attractive to their target
markets which, in either case, could have an adverse impact
on AXAs business, competitive position, results of operations
3.2RISK FACTORS
We use numerous assumptions to determine

the appropriate level of insurance reserves,
Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC), employee
benets reserves and to calculate certain
widely used industry measures of value such
as Life& Savings New Business Value (NBV)
and European Embedded Value (EEV), which
involve a signicant degree of management
judgment and predictions about the
future that are inherently uncertain; if
these assumptions are not correct, they
may have an adverse impact on our
results ofoperations and/or performance
indicators, such as NBV, that may adversely
affect the price of our securities
The establishment of insurance reserves, including the
impact of minimum guarantees which are contained within
certain of our Variable Annuity products, the adequacy test
performed on the reserves for life policies (which encompasses
the recoverability of DAC, Value of Business In-force and
deferred participation assets) and the establishment of DAC,
NBV and EEV are inherently uncertain processes involving
assumptions about factors such as policyholder behavior (e.g.
lapses, persistency,etc.), court decisions, changes in laws
and regulations, social, economic and demographic trends,
ination, investment returns and other factors, and, in the life
insurance business, assumptions concerning mortality and
morbidity trends. The use of different assumptions about these
factors could have a material effect on insurance reserves and
underwriting expenses as well as on our DAC, NBV and EEV. In
addition, insurance reserves for minimum guarantees contained
within certain of our Variable Annuity products, DAC balances,
EEV and NBV may be signicantly impacted by the state of the
nancial markets and signicant declines could have a material
adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations and
nancial position. Furthermore, certain of these assumptions can
be volatile. While AXAs NBV and EEV calculations are done on
a market consistent basis, which is more conservative in many
respects than traditional NBV and EEV calculations, changes in
assumptions used in calculating these measures may have a
material adverse effect on the level of our NBV and/or EEV. For
example, our NBV is sensitive to interest rate movements and,
consequently, an adverse evolution of interest rates may have a
signicant impact on our NBV and a corresponding impact on
the trading price of our securities.
If our established loss reserves for

ourProperty& Casualty and International
Insurance businesses are insufcient,
ourearnings will be adversely affected
In accordance with industry practices and accounting and
regulatory requirements, we establish reserves for claims
and claims expenses related to our Property& Casualty and
International Insurance businesses. With the exception of

disability annuities and workers compensation liabilities that
are deemed structured settlements, the claims reserves are not
discounted. Reserves do not represent an exact calculation of
liability, but instead represent estimates, generally using actuarial
projection techniques at a given accounting date. These reserve
estimates are expectations of what the ultimate settlement and
administration of claims will cost based on our assessment
of facts and circumstances then known, review of historical
settlement patterns, estimates of trends in claims severity,
frequency, legal theories of liability and other factors.
The process of estimating the insurance claims reserves is
based on the most current information available at the time the
reserves are originally established.
We continually review the adequacy of the established claims
reserves, including emerging claims development, and actual
claims compared to the original assumptions used to estimate
gross claims reserves. Based on the current information
available, we believe that our claims reserves are sufcient;
however, because the establishment of claims reserves is an
inherently uncertain process involving numerous estimates
including the impacts of any regulatory and legislative changes
and changes in economic conditions, there can be no assurance
that ultimate losses will not materially exceed our claims reserves
and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
For additional information regarding the reserves with respect
to asbestos claims, see Asbestos in Note 14.7 to AXAs
Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part4 of this
Annual Report.
The claims experienced in our Life&

Savings businesses could be inconsistent
with the assumptions we use to price our
products and establish our reserves and
may adversely affect our earnings
In our Life & Savings businesses, our earnings depend
significantly upon the extent to which our actual claims
experience is consistent with the assumptions we use in setting
the prices for our products and establishing the liabilities for
obligations for technical provisions and claims. AXA uses both
its own experience and industry data to develop estimates
of future policy benets, including information used in pricing
the insurance products and establishing the related actuarial
liabilities. However, there can be no assurance that actual
experience will match these estimates and emerging risks
such as pandemic diseases could result in loss experience
inconsistent with our pricing and reserve assumptions. To
the extent that our actual benets paid to policyholders are
less favorable than the underlying assumptions used in initially
establishing the future policy benet reserves, or events or
trends cause us to change the underlying assumptions, we
may be required to increase our liabilities, which may have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
169
3.2RISK FACTORS
The Property& Casualty insurance business

is cyclical, which may impact our results
The Property& Casualty insurance business is cyclical. Although
no two cycles are identical, these cycles have typically lasted
for periods ranging from two to six years. Periods of intense
price competition due to excessive underwriting capacity,
periods of shortages of underwriting capacity permitting more
favorable rates, consequent uctuations in underwriting results
and the occurrence of other losses characterize the conditions
in these cycles. Historically, Property& Casualty insurers have
experienced signicant uctuations in operating results due to
volatile and sometimes unpredictable developments, many of
which are beyond the direct control of the insurer, including
competition, frequency or severity of catastrophic events, levels
of capacity, general economic conditions and other factors.
This may cause a decline in revenues during certain cycles
if we choose not to reduce our Property& Casualty product
prices in order to maintain our protability. We may therefore
experience the effects of such cyclicality, changes in customer
expectations for appropriate premium levels, the frequency or
severity of claims or other loss events, or other factors affecting
the Property& Casualty insurance business, which could have
an adverse effect on our results of operations and nancial
condition.
The occurrence of natural or man-made

disasters, including those resulting from
changing weather patterns and climatic
conditions, could adversely affect our
nancial condition, protability, and cash
ows
Catastrophic events are inherently unpredictable. Our exposure
to natural and man-made disasters depends on various factors
and is often more pronounced in certain geographic areas,
including major urban centers, with a high concentration of
customers, employees and/or insured property and assets.
Catastrophic events such as hurricanes, windstorms, hailstorms,
earthquakes, freezes, floods, explosions, fires, pandemic
diseases, terrorist attacks, cyber-crimes, military actions, and
power grid and other core infrastructure failures could adversely
affect our operations, results or nancial condition, including as
a result of claims occurring at higher levels and/or materially
earlier than anticipated; losses resulting from disruptions in our
operations or failures of our counterparties to perform; and/or
declines in value of our investment portfolio. We follow the
evolution of these risks closely and generally seek to manage our
exposure to them through individual risk selection, monitoring
risk accumulation, purchase of reinsurance and use of available
data in estimating potential catastrophic risks. However, there
170
can be no assurance that we will be able to adequately anticipate

such evolution, and we have experienced in the past and could
experience in the future material losses from these types of risks.
Over the past several years, changing weather patterns and
climatic conditions, including as a result of global warming,
have added to the unpredictability, frequency and severity of
natural disasters and created additional uncertainty as to future
trends and exposures. In particular, the consequences of climate
change are expected to significantly impact the insurance
industry, including with respect to risk perception, pricing and
modeling assumptions, and need for new insurance products, all
of which may create unforeseen risks not currently known to us.
In addition, legislative initiatives regarding climate change may
affect our operations and those of our counterparties, and
potentially limit our investments or affect their value. Such
regulations may include (i)new investment requirements, similar
to the recent request by California insurance authorities that
insurers and reinsurers voluntarily divest from investments in
thermal coal, and/or (ii)new disclosure requirements, similar
to the ones imposed by the recent French law on energy
transition for green growth (transition nergtique pour la
croissance verte); such disclosure requirements, which are
applicable to the nancial year 2016, include requirements for
insurance and reinsurance companies to include in their Annual
Report a description of how their investment policies take into
consideration social, environmental and quality governance
objectives, and contribute to clean energy transition.
These and similar regulatory requirements, as well as any further
regulations regarding energy transition or our energy-related
investments, could increase our compliance costs and adversely
affect our business.
Inadequate or failed processes or systems,

human factors or external events including
hacking or other cyber-security risks may
adversely affect our protability, reputation
or operational effectiveness
Our business is highly dependent on the effective operation
of our telecommunications, electronic data, information
technology and other operational systems. We rely on these
systems to perform necessary business functions, including
providing insurance quotes, processing applications and claims,
providing information and support to customers and distributors,
administering complex products, conducting actuarial analyses
and keeping nancial records. We also use computer systems
to store, retrieve, evaluate and utilize customer, employee
and company data and information, including proprietary and
condential information. Some of these systems, in turn, rely,
on third-party systems.
3.2RISK FACTORS
Operational risk is inherent in our business and can manifest

itself in various ways, including business interruption, poor
vendor performance or default (including under significant
outsourcing arrangements), systems malfunctions or failures,
computer viruses, hacking incidents and/or other unauthorized
access to our websites and/or systems, misappropriation
of sensitive information, corruption of data or operational
disruption, regulatory breaches, human errors, employee
misconduct, external fraud, natural or man-made disasters and
terrorist attacks. We also face the risk of operational failure or
termination of any of the clearing agents, exchanges, clearing
houses or other nancial intermediaries we use to facilitate our
securities transactions.
The increasing frequency and sophistication of hacking incidents
directed at major nancial institutions and other corporations
recently has made clear the signicance of these cyber-risks and
the damage, both nancial and reputational, they can potentially
inict. Systems failures or outages could compromise our ability
to perform necessary business functions in a timely manner,
which could harm our ability to conduct business and hurt our
relationships with our customers and business partners. In the
event of a disruption, our systems may be inaccessible for an
extended period of time, and our employees may be unable to
perform their duties for an extended period of time.
Despite the Groups implementation of a variety of security
measures, the Groups systems may in the future be subject to
unauthorized intrusions, such as physical or electronic break-ins,
unauthorized tampering or other security breaches. Like other
global nancial institutions and companies, the Group has,
from time to time, experienced threats to its data and systems,
including malware attacks, unauthorized access, systems
failures and disruptions. Management has put in place internal
controls and procedures designed to protect client data as well
as the Groups proprietary information from hacking or other
types of unauthorized intrusions into the Groups information
technology systems. There is no guarantee, however, that these
measures will be effective and prevent all attempted intrusions
into the Groups information systems and any such intrusion
could result in operational disruption, loss of sensitive client data
and/or proprietary information.
Interruptions or disruptions of our telecommunications and
electronic data systems, or a failure to maintain the security,
confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such
systems, could potentially result in nancial loss, impairment
to our liquidity, a disruption of our businesses, legal claims,
regulatory sanctions or damage to our reputation. Management
attempts to control these risks by maintaining a sound and well
controlled environment in light of the characteristics of our
business, markets and the regulatory environment in which we
operate. Notwithstanding these measures, operational risk is
part of the business environment in which we operate and we

may incur losses from time to time due to these types of risks.
The quickly evolving regulatory environment

surrounding data transfer and protection
in the European Union could increase our
costs and adversely impact our business
Data collection, transfer and protection is critical to the operation
of our business. Regulations in this area are quickly evolving in
the European Union, which could adversely affect our business
if we do not manage to timely adapt our rules and strategy to
the new emerging regulatory environment.
Regarding transfer of data to the United States of America,
the European Court of Justice declared, in the Schrems case
of October 6, 2015 that the European Commissions Safe
Harbour Decision, which allowed for the transfer of personal
information for commercial purposes from companies in the
EU to companies in the United States which have signed up
to the Department of Commerce of the United States Safe
Harbour Privacy Principles, was invalid. The results of the
negotiations between the EU Member States and EU institutions
on one side and the U.S. authorities on the other regarding a
new Safe Harbour, referred to as the EU-US Privacy Shield,
were announced on February2, 2016. The necessary steps
to put in place the EU-US Privacy Shield for transatlantic data
ows remain to be taken, but are being pursued by both EU
and US authorities. While we currently anticipate that we can
continue using alternate mechanisms to transfer data into the
United States until the EU-US Privacy Shield is nalized, there
is no guarantee that such mechanisms will not be subject to
challenge, stricter scrutiny by the competent authorities or that
further changes in the regulation will not potentially increase our
legal and compliance costs, or result in regulatory sanctions or
damage to image, brand and/or reputation.
Regarding data protection, a General Data Protection Regulation

is expected to be adopted by the European Parliament and
Council in 2016. Such Regulation would increase individuals
control over their personal data and make it easier for them
to access it, and would give the data protection authorities
the possibility to ne companies which do not comply with EU
rules up to 4% of their global annual turnover. To manage risks
in connection with data protection, we have adopted a global
Data Privacy Organization/Governance with (i)a data privacy
governance model approved by the Management Committee,
(ii)a Group data privacy ofcer, (iii)a Group data privacy steering
committee, (iv)a worldwide network of data privacy ofcers
coordinated by the Group data privacy ofcer and (v)a Group
data privacy standard. However, there is no assurance that
our existing or planned data protection rules and governance
organization will not need to be updated or replaced to comply
171
3.2RISK FACTORS
with the new laws and regulations of the EU or of member

states where we operate or may operate in the future. Further,
there can be no assurance that we will not unintentionally violate
such laws or that such laws will not be modied, or that new
laws will not be enacted in the future, which would cause us
to be in violation of such laws. Any failure to comply with such
laws could result in nes, penalties, injunctions or other similar
restrictions, any of which could negatively impact our earnings
and reputation.
We may have contingent liabilities

fromdiscontinued, divested and run-off
businesses and may incur other off-balance
sheet liabilities that may result in charges
tothe income statement
We may, from time to time, retain insurance or reinsurance
obligations and other contingent liabilities in connection with
our divestiture, liquidation or run-off of various businesses.
We may also, from time to time and in the course of our business
provide guarantees and enter into derivative and other types
of off-balance sheet transactions that could result in income
statement charges.
For additional information, see Part4 Note29 Contingent
assets and liabilities and unrecognized contractual commitments
and also Note20 Derivative instruments of this Annual Report.
RISKS RELATING TO THE EVOLVING

REGULATORY AND COMPETITIVE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE OPERATE
Designation of the AXA Group as a Global
Systemically Important Insurer (GSII)
and other regulatory developments may
adversely impact our capital requirements,
protability, the fungibility of our capital,
ourability to grow through acquisition
andour overall competitive position
On July18, 2013, the IAIS published an initial assessment
methodology for designating GSIIs. Since 2013, AXA has been
designated annually as one of the nine global systemically
important insurer groups.
172
The policy measures for GSIIs, also published by the IAIS on

July18, 2013 for implementation by the GSIIs include (1)the
introduction of new capital requirements; a basic capital
requirement (BCR) applicable to all GSIIs activities which
serves as a basis foran additional level of capital, called Higher
Loss Absorbency (HLA) required from GSIIs in relation to their
systemic activities, (2)greater regulatory oversight over holding
companies, (3)various measures to promote the structural
and nancial self-sufciency of Group companies and reduce
Group interdependencies including restrictions on intra-group
nancing and other arrangements, and (4) in general, a greater
level of regulatory scrutiny for GSIIs (including a requirement
to establish a Systemic Risk Management Plan (SRMP), a
Liquidity Risk Management Plan (LRMP) and a Recovery and
Resolution Plan (RRP)) which have entailed signicant new
processes, reporting and compliance burdens and costs.
The contemplated policy measures include the constitution
of a Crisis Management Group (CMG) by the Groupwide supervisor, the preparation of the above-mentioned
documents (SRMP, LRMP and RRP) and the development and
implementation of the BCR in 2014, while other measures are to
be phased in more gradually, such as the HLA (the rst version
of which was endorsed by the FSB in October2015 but which
is expected to be revised before its implementation in 2019).
The manner in which the IAIS policy measures (and any other
initiatives launched by the IAIS such as the draft Common
Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance
Groups (IAIGs); and the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS)
portion of the Common Framework which are now undergoing
public consultation) will be implemented by legislation or
regulation in each applicable jurisdiction is unclear. It is expected
that the Common Framework will be implemented in 2019.
These measures, if implemented, could have far reaching
regulatory and competitive implications for the AXA Group
and adversely impact our capital requirements, protability, the
fungibility of our capital and ability to provide capital/nancial
support for Group companies, our ability to grow through future
acquisitions, internal governance and could change the way we
conduct business and adversely impact our overall competitive
position versus insurance groups that are not designated as
GSIIs. The multiplicity of different regulatory regimes, capital
standards and reporting requirements could increase operational
complexity and costs.
Please see Section3.1 Regulation of this Annual Report for
additional information on this matter.
3.2RISK FACTORS
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a

proposed rule in April2015 that could, if
adopted, substantially expand the range
of activities that would be considered to
be duciary investment advice under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA)
Depending on the breadth of the nal rule, the investmentrelated information and support that AXA US afliated advisors
and employees could provide to retirement plan sponsors,
participants, and IRA holders on a non-duciary basis could be
substantially limited compared to what is allowed under current
law. This could have an adverse impact on the level and type of
services AXA US can provide, as well as the nature and amount
of compensation and fees that AXA US and its afliated advisors
receive for investment-related services to plans and IRAs.
Management believes that the DOL is likely to adopt a nal rule
in early 2016 with an effective date in the second half of 2016.
The exact nature and scope of the impact under any new nal
rule is undeterminable at this time. Consequently, management
is not in a position at this time to quantify the potential impact
ofthese rules on the new sales of AXA US with any degree of
precision, however, based on the information currently available
to it, management estimates that the range of potential impacts
on the new sales of AXA US could be from 10% to 30% of
APE (which would have represented 2% to 7% of the Groups
consolidated APE for the year ended December31st, 2015).This
estimate does not reect any potential mitigating actions such as
reducing expenses and expanding sales of products unaffected
by these rules.
We face strong competition in all of

ourbusiness segments and competition
may intensify as a result of current
global market conditions which could
adversely impact our results of operations
andnancial condition
Our competitors include mutual fund companies, asset
management rms, private equity rms, hedge funds, commercial
and investment banks and other insurance companies, many of
which are regulated differently than we are and offer alternative
products or more competitive pricing than we do.
In addition, development of alternative distribution channels for

certain types of insurance and securities products, including
through the internet, may result in increasing competition as
well as pressure on margins for certain types of products.
These competitive pressures could result in increased pricing
pressures on a number of our products and services, particularly
as competitors seek to win market share, and may harm our
ability to maintain or increase our protability.
Our business success and protability may

be adversely affected by various emerging
technological changes
The insurance industry is highly competitive, and an ongoing
challenge we face is the effective adaptation to a constantly
changing technological landscape. If we are not effective
in anticipating the impact on our business of changing
technologies, including automotive technology such as driverless
cars and connected devices, our ability to successfully operate
our business may be impaired.Technologies that facilitate ride
or home sharing could disrupt the demand for our products
from current customers, create coverage issues or impact the
frequency or severity of losses. These changes could affect our
ability to accurately price our products and might signicantly
affect our margins in certain lines of business. For example,
the advent of driverless cars, connected devices and usagebased insurance could materially alter the way that automobile,
health or other personal lines insurance is marketed, priced,
and underwritten.
In addition, the rapid increase in the nature, volume and

availability of data in recent years, whether resulting from
connected consumers, so-called big data, cloud computing,
personalization of genetic data, or otherwise, may have
unanticipated and adverse impacts on our business, for example
by changing the nature of insurance underwriting and pricing; by
allowing customers and competitors to tailor coverage in ways
that we do not currently offer; and by potentially exposing us to
increased moral hazard in business lines where we are unable
for regulatory or other reasons to adjust pricing or coverage to
reect individual risk proles.While data-driven changes in the
industry are at an early stage and difcult to predict, they could
adversely impact our business going forward, including through
the expense and effort that we will need to incur in order to
ensure that our employees, systems and processes are able
to efciently adapt to and manage such changes as they arise.
173
3.2RISK FACTORS
Further, if we are unable to effectively use and update or replace

our key technology systems as they become obsolete or as
emerging technology renders them competitively inefcient, or
if we fail to develop the talent and skills of our human resources
to meet the new technological challenges, attract and assimilate
new talents into our Group consistently with our business goals,
our business, prospects, competitive position and nancial
condition could be adversely affected.
Our business is subject to extensive laws

and regulations and to signicant litigation
risks in the various countries where we
operate; changes in existing or new laws
and government regulations in these
countries, the creation of new laws or
government regulations and/or an adverse
outcome in any signicant pending or future
litigation or regulatory investigation may
have an adverse effect on our business,
nancial condition, results of operations,
reputation or image
The AXA Group operates in approximately 60 countries around
the world and our operations are subject to a wide variety of
insurance and other laws and regulations. We are faced with
significant compliance challenges due to the fact that our
regulatory environment is evolving rapidly and supervisory
authorities around the world are assuming an increasingly active
and aggressive role in interpreting and enforcing regulations in
the jurisdictions where we do business. The nancial turmoil
over the past several years gave rise to numerous legislative
and regulatory initiatives (many of which focus on the nancial
services industry) across many of the principal jurisdictions
where the Group does business. While management cannot
predict whether or when future legislative or regulatory proposals
may ultimately be enacted and the nal form they will take,
certain of these proposals, if enacted, could have a material
adverse impact on our business activities, results of operations
and nancial conditions. We expect that the multitude of new
laws and regulations will increase our legal and compliance
costs. In recent years there has been an increase in the number
of legislative/regulatory initiatives and enforcement actions in the
areas of nancial crime compliance (+ anti-money laundering,
international trade sanctions and anti-bribery, including the US
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act 2010)
as well as numerous consumer protection related initiatives,
including IMD2, MiFID II and PRIIPS, focused on a variety of
matters including, in particular, distribution (e.g. compensation of
intermediaries, the level of administration and management fees
and disclosure of distribution costs), suitability, misselling and
174
avoiding potential conicts of interest. A number of global nancial

institutions have been the subject of well publicized enforcement
actions that have resulted in very signicant monetary and other
sanctions in these areas. These are complex areas of law that
evolve on a continuing basis and may increase the costs of
compliance, limit or restrict our ability to do business or subject
us to the possibility of civil or criminal actions or proceedings
all of which carry signicant nancial and reputational risk. In
addition, as a global company operating in several countries, we
are subject to various tax regimes and regulations. Changes in
tax laws, including the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA) withholding requirements and planned introduction of
the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) across a multitude
of jurisdictions where the Group does business, could result
in higher tax expenses and payments and will result in higher
compliance costs. Future interpretations or developments of tax
regimes may also affect our tax liability, return on investments
and business operations.
We have been and may become in the future subject to
regulatory investigations which, together with the civil actions
often following these investigations, may affect our image,
brand, relations with regulators and/or results of operations.
In addition, we have been named as defendants in numerous
lawsuits (both class actions and individual lawsuits) and involved
in various regulatory investigations and examinations and may
be involved in such proceedings in the future. Certain of these
lawsuits and investigations seek significant or unspecified
amounts of damages, including punitive damages, and certain
of the regulatory authorities involved in these proceedings have
substantial powers over the conduct and operations of our
business. Since 2014, the litigation environment has continued
to evolve with the introduction of a class action system in France
by a law dated March17, 2014 and similar developments in
certain other European jurisdictions which are likely to increase
litigation risks and costs. Due to the nature of certain of these
lawsuits and investigations, we cannot estimate the potential
losses or predict with any certainty the potential impact of these
suits or investigations on our business, financial condition,
results of operations or reputation. Please see Part4 Note31
Litigation and Section3.1 Regulation of this Annual Report
for additional information on these matters.
We expect the scope and extent of applicable laws and
regulations, as well as regulatory oversight, to continue to
increase over the coming years. While management proactively
manages these risks and has adopted policies and procedures
designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws and
regulations in the various jurisdictions where it does business,
we cannot predict with any certainty the potential effects that a
change in applicable laws or regulations, their interpretation or
enforcement (or of the potential effects of any new regulation
3.2RISK FACTORS
or legislation in the future) may have on the business, nancial

condition or results of operations of our various businesses.
Any failure by AXA to remain in compliance with applicable
regulations, as well as the regulations in the countries and
markets in which it operates, could result in nes, penalties,
injunctions or other similar restrictions, any of which could
negatively impact AXAs earnings and reputation. Please see
Part4 Note31 Litigation and Section3.1 Regulation of
this Annual Report for additional information on these matters.
Furthermore, our international operations expose the Group to
different local political and regulatory, business, and nancial risks
and challenges which may affect the demand for our products
and services, the value of our investment portfolios, the required
levels of capital and surplus, and the credit quality of local
counterparties. These risks include, for example, political, social
or economic instability in the countries in which we operate,
including the risk of nationalization, expropriation, price controls,
capital controls, uctuations in foreign currency exchange rates,
credit risks of our local borrowers and counterparties, lack of
local business experience in certain markets, risks associated
with exposure to insurance industry insolvencies through
policyholder guarantee funds or similar mechanisms set up
in foreign markets and, in certain cases, risks associated with
the potential incompatibility with foreign partners, especially in
countries in which we are conducting business through joint
ventures or other entities we do not control.
Potential changes to International Financial

Reporting Standards as adopted by
theEuropean Union may adversely affect
our consolidated results of operations
The Company publishes its accounts in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards and IFRS
Interpretations Committee interpretations that were denitive
and effective as of December 31, 2015 according to the
adoption measures of the European Union (the Standards).
There are continuing discussions at the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB) concerning possible modications
to the Standards and certain of these modications may have
potentially signicant impacts on insurers and other nancial
institutions, including AXA, that prepare their consolidated
accounts in accordance with the Standards.
As the IASBs work is ongoing, management cannot predict
with any certainty at this time the potential impact of these
proposed changes (or of other potential future modications
to the Standards); however, any signicant modications to
the Standards may adversely impact the Companys results of
operations.
CERTAIN RISKS RELATED TO

THEOWNERSHIP OF ORDINARY SHARES
OR AXA ADS
In order to raise capital to fund future growth or for solvency
purposes, we may, in the future, offer rights, warrants or similar
securities at prices below the then-current market price which
may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares,
and our ADS, and dilute the positions of existing shareholders.
The Mutuelles AXA, which comprise two French mutual
insurance companies, collectively held 14.13% of the
Companys outstanding shares and 23.82% of its voting rights
on December31, 2015. The Mutuelles AXA have stated their
intention to collectively vote their shares in AXA and may have
interests conflicting with other shareholders interests. For
example, even though the Mutuelles AXA do not hold a majority
of the total voting power in AXA, efforts by the Mutuelles AXA to
decline or deter a future offer to acquire control of AXA, which
other shareholders may find attractive, may prevent other
shareholders from realizing a premium for their AXA ordinary
shares or ADS. The Mutuelles AXA may decide to increase their
interest in AXA or to sell all or a portion of the ordinary shares
they own at some future date.
In addition, the trading price of AXA ADS and dividends paid on

AXA ADS may be materially adversely affected by uctuations in
the exchange rate for converting Euro into US dollars.
AXA has delisted the AXA ADS from the New York Stock
Exchange in 2010, potentially reducing liquidity in the AXA ADS.
The AXA ADS are traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
While the US OTC markets have become more sophisticated
and liquid in recent years, no assurance can be given as to the
liquidity of the OTC market for AXA ADS or that persons wanting
to buy or sell AXA ADS will at all times be able to nd a willing
seller or buyer at an acceptable price and volume.
The holders of AXA ADS may not be able to exercise their voting
rights due to delays in notication to and by the depositary. In this
event, the depositarys liability to holders of AXA ADS for failing
to carry out voting instructions or for the manner of carrying out
voting instructions is limited by the Deposit Agreement governing
the AXA ADS facility.
Further, the holders of AXA ADS will have limited recourse if AXA
or the depositary fails tomeet its obligations under the Deposit
Agreement and they wish to involve AXA orthe depositary in a
legal proceeding.
The holders of AXA ADS in the United States may not be able
to participate in offerings of rights, warrants or similar securities
to holders of our ordinary shares or to receive dividends paid
175
3.2RISK FACTORS
in shares on the same terms and conditions as holders of our

ordinary shares. For example, they are likely to be offered cash
rather than securities, in light of the registration requirements
under the US securities laws in case of payment in securities.
The price at which our ADS and ordinary shares will trade may
be affected by a large number of factors, some of which will
be specic to us and our operations and some of which will be
related to the insurance industry and equity markets generally.
As a result of these factors, you may not be able to resell your
ADS or ordinary shares at or above the price which you paid
for them.
AXASA is a socit anonyme organized under the laws of
France. The majority of AXASAs directors and ofcers, as
176
well as some of the experts named in this document, reside

outside of the United States, principally in France. A substantial
portion of AXASAs assets, and the assets of such persons, are
located outside of the United States. Therefore, it may not be
possible to effect service of process within the United States
upon AXASA or these persons in order to enforce judgments
of US courts against AXASA or these persons based on civil
liability provisions of the US federal securities laws. Further,
judgments of United States courts may not be enforceable
against the Company in French courts and, as a result, AXAs
shareholders who obtain a judgment against the Company in
the United States may not be able to require the Company to
pay the amount of such judgment.
3.3QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT RISK FACTORS
3.3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE

DISCLOSURES ABOUT RISK FACTORS
Information in this sectionshould be read in conjunction with Note4 to the consolidated nancial statements included in Part4 of
this Annual Report which is covered by the Statutory Auditors Report on the consolidated nancial statements.
I Risk management missions and organization

In this section, Risk Management refers to the internal function
aiming at effectively managing local and global risks.
Group Risk Management (GRM) is the central department
responsible for the coordination of Risk Management within
AXA Group.
Local Risk Management Departments, headed by local Chief
Risk Ofcers (CRO), implement GRM standards and guidelines
within each operational entity.
RISK MANAGEMENT MISSIONS

As an integrated part of all business processes, Risk
Management is responsible for the denition and the deployment
of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework within
AXA Group.
This framework is based on the four following pillars, cemented
by a strong risk culture:
1.
2.
3.
Risk Management independence and comprehensiveness:

Chief Risk Ofcers are independent from operations (rst
line of defense) and Internal Audit Departments (third
line of defense). Risk Management Department, together
with Legal, Compliance, Internal Financial Control, Human
Resources and Security Departments constitute the
second line of defense which objective is to develop,
coordinate and monitor a consistent risk framework across
the Group.
Shared risk appetite framework: Chief Risk Officers
are responsible for ensuring that the top management
reviews and approves the risks they carry in their
company, understand the consequences of an adverse
development of these risks, and have action plans that
can be implemented in case of unfavourable developments.
Systematic second opinion on key processes: Chief Risk
Officers ensure a systematic and independent second
opinion on AXA material decision processes, like L&S and
P&C new product characteristics (risk-adjusted pricing and

protability), P&C and life economic reserves, Asset and
Liability Management studies, asset allocation and new
investments, and reinsurance.
4.
Robust economic capital model: AXAs economic capital

model (AXAs Internal Model) offers a concrete and
powerful tool to control and measure exposure to most
risks, in line with the Solvency II framework. AXA Internal
Model is designed as a consistent and comprehensive risk
management tool, which also forms an important element
in the capital management and planning process.
In 2015, the Group Supervisor (ACPR Autorit de contrle

prudentiel et de rsolution) approved AXAs internal model for the
calculation of its regulatory capital requirements under SolvencyII.
GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Group Risk Management (GRM), headed by the Group Chief Risk
Ofcer who reports to the Group Deputy CEO, is responsible
for developing the Enterprise Risk Management framework in
terms of limits/thresholds (covering systemic, nancial, insurance
and operational risks), standards, minimum requirements or
processes.
GRM oversees the operating entities adherence to the
framework, supported by the local risk management teams. It
steers the Risk Management family and develops a risk culture
throughout the Group.
The Risk Management function at Group level is also reinforced
by AXA Global P&C and AXA Global L&S, which advise and
support local entities in their reinsurance strategy (Property&
Casualty, Health and Life& Savings), and centralize the Groups
purchasing of reinsurance.
The sectionInsurance risk hereafter details the reinsurance
strategy.
177
LOCAL ENTITIES
RISK GOVERNANCE WITHIN AXA GROUP
Risk Management is a local responsibility, in accordance with

GRM standards and guidelines.
In order to efciently manage local and global risks, the decision

process within the risk governance structure is divided into 2
mainlevels:
The roles and responsibilities of local Risk Management teams

are validated jointly by the Executive Committees of local entities
and the Group Chief Risk Ofcer to ensure a better alignment of
central and local interests.
1.
the Group Management Committee defines business

objectives and capital allocation with respect to investment
return and risk. It also denes the Group appetite for risks
in terms of impact on its key nancial indicators. The Group
Risk Appetite is endorsed by the Board of Directors upon
review by its Finance Committee with the Audit Committee
considering the effectiveness of the Groups internal control
and risk management frameworks supporting it. A report
on the Companys performance against the key nancial
indicators is presented on a regular basis to the Group Audit
Committee, to the Finance Committee, and to the Board of
Directors;
2.
Group Risk Committees aim at covering main risk

categories:
The minimum missions required for local Risk Management

teams are:
coordinating the second line of defence locally (which covers

notably Legal, IT and HR Departments) through a specic
governance;
implementing risk appetite on all risks consistently with

Groups risk appetite, with strengthened reporting, risk limits
and decision processes;
performing a second opinion on key processes, such as the

denition of characteristics for new products before launch,
P&C reserves, ALM studies& asset allocation and reinsurance
strategies;
For Financial risks:
the Group Asset-Liability Management Supervisory

Committee, chaired by the Group Deputy CEO and led by
GRM. This committee determines the Group ALM policies
and ensures that the Group exposures are within the Group
risks limits,
the Group Investment Committee which GRM attends

Please refer to Section3.4 of this report for more details;
on the internal capital model, local Risk Management is

responsible for checking the adequacy of the risk prole,
implement, test and validate the internal model.
Local Chief Risk Officers head the local Risk Management

teams within each operational entity and report both to their
local Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO) and to the Group CRO. Chief
Risk Ofcers are independent from operations and Internal Audit
Departments.
Local Chief Risk Ofcers have a regular reporting to the Board of
Directors (or to a sub-committee) on risk management matters.
Their teams are responsible for controlling and managing
risks within Group policies and limits, validating investment or
underwriting decisions through Local Risk Committees.
For Life insurance risks and for P&C insurance risks:
For Operational and Reputation risks:
Legal, Compliance, Internal Financial Control, Human Resources

and Security Departments are responsible for developing,
facilitating and monitoring on effective risk and control framework
and strategy (second line of defense), in coordination with Risk
Management.
Internal Audit performs, as part of its role, an assessment of
risks and governance processes on a periodic basis to provide
an independent opinion on the effectiveness of the system of
internal control (third line of defense).
178
Risk & Compliance Committee, co-chaired by the Group

CFO and the Group COO, and where GRM is in charge of
its secretariat;
For internal model:
OTHER FUNCTIONS
Line management and staff are responsible for day to day risk
management and decision making and therefore have primary
responsibility for establishing and maintaining an effective control
environment (rst line of defense).
two Global Business Lines dedicated Boards, chaired by

the CEO of each business Line and which GRM attends;
Internal model Governance Committee which gathers

the Group CFO, business lines and investments under
the Group CRO chairmanship. It validates any signicant
change linked to the internal model at both group and local
level.
Group Risk Committees are supported by local Risk Committees

to ensure consistency and deployment of the Enterprise Risk
Management framework.
I Risks: denition, exposures and risk management

AXA is exposed to nancial market risks through its core business
of nancial protection (i.e. insurance and asset management)
and through the nancing of its activities as part of its equity
and debt management.
AXAs exposure to market risk is strictly monitored. It is mitigated

by:
its broad range of operations and geographical positions,

which provides a high level of diversication; and
natural hedging between different products and jurisdictions.
FINANCIAL RISKS
Local operating units have the primary responsibility for
managing their nancial risks (market risk, credit risk, liquidity
risk), while abiding by the risk framework dened at Group level,
in terms of limits/ thresholds and standards. This approach
aims to allow operating units to react swiftly in an accurate and
targeted manner to changes in nancial markets, political and
economic environments in which they operate.
A wide variety of risk management techniques are used to
control and mitigate the market risks to which the AXA Groups
operating units and the Group itself are exposed. These
techniques include:
Asset Liability Management (ALM), i.e. dening an optimal

strategic asset allocation with respect to the liabilities
structure, to reduce the risk to a desired level;
a disciplined investment process, requiring for any

sophisticated investment a formal thorough analysis by
the Investment Department, and a second opinion by Risk
Management;
hedging of nancial risks when they exceed the tolerance levels

set by the Group. Operational management of derivatives is
based on stringent rules and is mainly performed by AXA SA
for the holding company activities and Group asset managers,
AXA Investment Managers and AB for operating units as well
as AXA Bank Europe and AXA US for the hedging program
of Variable Annuities guarantees;
a regular monitoring of the nancial risks on the economic and
solvency position of the Group; and
reinsurance which also offers solutions to mitigate certain
nancial risks;
Description of market risks for Life &

Savings andProperty & Casualty
The market risks to which Life & Savings (L&S) and long-tail
Property & Casualty (P&C) portfolios are exposed arise from a
variety of factors including:
a decline in returns on assets (linked to a sustained fall in yields

on xed income investments or to lower equity markets) could
reduce investment margins on general account products or
fees on Unit-Linked contracts;
a rise in yields on xed-income investments (linked to interest

rates or in spreads) reduces the market value of xed-income
investments and could impact adversely the solvency margin,
and increase policyholders surrenders due to competitive
pressures;
a decline in asset market value (equity, real estate, alternatives,

etc.) could adversely impact the solvency margin, as well as
available surplus;
a rise in nancial market volatility may increase the cost of

hedging the guarantees associated with certain products
(Unit-Linked, Variable Annuities) and decrease the Groups
value;
a change in foreign-exchange rates would have limited impact

for the operating units since foreign-currency commitments
are matched to a large extent by assets in the same currency
or covered by hedges, but it could affect the earnings
contribution in euros;
furthermore, P&C activities are subject to ination which may

increase the compensation payable to policyholders, so that
the actual payments may exceed the associated reserves set
aside. This risk can be signicant for long-tail businesses but
is managed through regular pricing adjustments or specic
protections against peaks of ination.
The Group policies implemented to manage these risks are

tailored to each product type and the risks relating to it.
179
FOCUS ON THE MAIN FINANCIAL RISKS

The main nancial risks for the AXA Group are as follows:
interest-rate, spread risk and equity risk related to the

operating activities of Group subsidiaries;
exchange-rate risk related to the operating activities of Group

subsidiaries;
risks relating to the management of holding companies

foreign exchange exposure and debt;
credit risk, please refer to the next part Credit risk included
in the Part3 Section3.3 Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures about Risk Factors;
liquidity risk, please refer to Liquidity position and risk

management framework included in Part1 Section1.4
Liquidity and capital resources.
INTEREST RATES & EQUITY RISK

RELATED TO THE OPERATING
ACTIVITIES OF GROUP SUBSIDIARIES
AXA performs sensitivity analyses to estimate Group exposure
to movements in interest rates and equity markets. These
analyses quantify the potential impact on the Group of positive
and adverse changes in nancial markets.
The AXA Group analyzes sensitivities to movements in interest
rates and equity markets looking at three different measures:
sensitivities of European Embedded Value (EEV) in the Life &

Savings business, as described below;
sensitivities of the adjusted net asset value for other-than-life

businesses;
sensitivities of Solvency II ratio.
These analyses cover AXASA, which carries most of the Groups

debt, along with the largest subsidiaries in France, the United
States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany,
Central and Eastern Europe (Poland and Czech Republic), the
180
Mediterranean and Latin American Region (Spain, Portugal,

Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey and Greece), Hong Kong and
Japan. At December31, 2015, these subsidiaries represented
99% of AXAs consolidated invested assets within its insurance
operations.
Embedded Value (EV) is a valuation methodology often used
for long term insurance business. It attempts to measure the
present value of cash available to shareholders now and in the
future and accordingly is presented net of taxes and minority
interests. European Embedded Value (EEV) is a renement
of this methodology based on principles issued by the CFO
Forum of European insurers, which AXA adopted during 2005.
AXA publishes EEV only for its Life & Savings business. In the
context of the implementation of Solvency II, the required capital
of Life & Savings entities in the European Economic Area (EEA
entities) was transitioned from Solvency I basis in 2014 closing
to Solvency II basis in 2015 closing.
In addition to Life & Savings EEV, AXA calculates a Group EV.
For the Life & Savings business, the EV is equal to the EEV, while
for other-than-life businesses, the EV is equal to the adjusted
net asset value.
Group EV
The Group EV is not an estimate of AXA fair value as it does not
include the value of the new business to be sold in the future, nor
does include any value for future prots from existing business
of other-than-life businesses (Property & Casualty, International
Insurance, Asset Management, Banking and Holdings and other
companies), such as the time value for P&C reserves. However,
the Life & Savings EEV is a key management metric measuring
the risk-adjusted value of the business and tracking its evolution
over time, and the Group EV provides a crucial link to processes
that impact total Group value but cannot be seen within the Life
& Savings segment, such as hedging strategies executed at
the Group level and also the impact of leverage on the Group.
2015
(in Euromillion)
IFRS shareholders equity at December31

Net unrealized capital gains/losses, not included in IFRS
shareholders equity
2014
Life &
Other
Savings Businesses
54,185
14,290
Total
Life &
Other
Savings Businesses
68,475
50,388
14,831
Total
65,219
1,775
3,476
5,251
1,085
3,114
4,199
(9,533)
(9,533)
(9,135)
(9,135)
(21,254)
(10,639)
(31,894)
(18,614)
(10,159)
(28,773)
34,705
(2,406)
32,299
32,859
(1,349)
31,510
(520)
(520)
(1,030)
(1,030)
Unrealized capital gains projected in VIF & other stat-GAAP

adjustments
(8,520)
(8,520)
(8,585)
(8,585)
Life & Savings Value of Inforce (VIF)
27,983
27,983
25,261
25,261
Group EV at December31
54,169
(2,926)
51,242
49,535
(2,379)
47,156
Excluded TSS/TSDI
Elimination of intangible assets
IFRS TNAV
Marked-to-market debt/others
The table above shows the reconciliation of IFRS shareholders

equity to the Group EV.
The Group EV equals the Life & Savings EEV plus the adjusted net
value of other-than-life businesses, reecting the consolidated
IFRS shareholders equity adjusted for:
the elimination of all intangible assets;
the reclassication in the liabilities of all undated debt (TSS/

TSDI) that is treated as equity in IFRS;
the addition of unrealized capital gains or losses not already

included in equity;
the mark-to-market of debt.
The Life & Savings EEV equals the Life & Savings Value of Inforce
(VIF) plus the Life & Savings Adjusted Net Asset Value (ANAV).
The Life & Savings Value of Inforce (VIF) calculation by nature
involves many assumptions about the future. For Life & Savings
EEV, AXA has adopted a market-consistent approach to setting
asset return assumptions. Each cash ow is discounted at an
appropriate discount factor, so that starting with Euro1 of bond
or of equity, projecting expected cash ows and discounting
them, will simply give Euro1 of value. Mechanically, this can
be described as assuming that, in the future, all assets will
earn the risk-free rate (referred to as the reference rate in the
Embedded Value methodology) dened by the current market.
However, cash ows are projected not only in a single scenario,
but rather a stochastic set of scenarios is created, with the set
maintaining the market-consistent condition that Euro1 of any
asset projected into the future gives a present value of Euro1.
Future earnings available to shareholders are assessed across
this range of stochastic scenarios, with the present value being
the Life & Savings VIF. Our major assumptions include the fact
that:
no productivity gains in the future are assumed, while a 2.1%

average ination rate on expenses was included in 2015
(2.0% in 2014) and despite the fact that AXA follows a strict
efciency plan;
projected expenses are adjusted for non-recurring items and

one-time strategic spending;
some benefits from future mortality improvement on Life

business is included, while annuity business does have an
allowance for the costs of increasing longevity in all markets;
the cost of non-nancial risks is allowed for through the cost

of holding hard capital;
a weighted average tax rate of 28.2% was assumed in 2015

(28.6% in 2014);
AXAs reference yield curves were aligned in 2015 to Solvency

II yield curves with liquidity premia being replaced by volatility
adjustments less credit risk adjustments.
As described above, the Life & Savings VIF valuation under AXAs
market-consistent framework does not depend on assumed
future asset returns, but rather on the reference rate described
above. The Life & Savings VIF valuation depends on stochastic
projections of multiple scenarios, rather than a single scenario.
The sensitivities of the Group EV to changes in major economic
assumptions were calculated as follows for the 2014 and 2015
values:
upward shift of 100 basis points (bps) in reference

interest rates which simulates a sudden shock to the initial
conditions. This means changes to: 1)the current market
values of xed-interest assets, with related possible changes
to projected capital gains/losses and/or fee revenues, 2)future
reinvestment rates for all asset classes, and 3)risk-discount
rates. Ination rates are not changed.
actuarial assumptions reect best estimates based on recent

experience;
181
downward shift of 100 basis points in reference interest

rates which is the same as above but with a shift downward.
Where the shift of 100 basis points would drop rates below
0%, they are oored at zero.
10% higher value of equity markets at the start of the

projection which simulates a shock to the initial conditions
just for equities. This means changes to current market
values of equities, with related possible changes to projected
capital gains/losses and/or fee revenues. Policyholder and
management behaviors are adjusted to be consistent with
these conditions. As noted in the denitions, these calculations

reect a shock to the initial conditions for equities, but no
changes in value for asset classes such as xed maturities or
real estate are assumed to accompany the equity change. In
reality, changes in value of other asset classes would probably
lead to different results than shown here. It is also possible
that a gradual movement in equity would produce different
results than a sudden shock.
10% lower value of equity markets at the start of the

projection which is the same as above but testing a decrease.
2015
Life & Savings
(in Euromillion)
Upward shift
of 100bps in
risk-free rates
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
2014
Other
Group
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
Other
Group
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
Euro
million
%
Group
EV
1,776
3%
(1,671)
-3%
105
0%
2,020
4%
(1,569)
-3%
451
1%
Downward shift
of 100bps in
risk-free rates
(4,554)
-9%
1,408
3%
(3,147)
-6%
(4,904)
-10%
1,499
3%
(3,405)
-7%
10% higher
value of equity
markets
at start of
projection
1,842
4%
390
1%
2,232
4%
1,606
3%
366
1%
1,972
4%
10% lower
value of equity
markets
at start of
projection
(1,895)
-4%
(369)
-1%
(2,264)
-4%
(1,732)
-4%
(361)
-1%
(2,093)
-4%
All sensitivities are presented net of tax and minority interests,

and where applicable, net of policyholders participation.
2015 interest rate sensitivities (% of Group EV) for Life
& Savings business of 3% to upward 100bps and -9% to
downward 100bps (2014: 4% and -10%) show an asymmetry
mainly driven by guaranteed interest rates having higher value
when interest rates decrease, while higher reinvestment returns
would need to be shared with policyholders limiting shareholders
gains in a higher rate environment. However this classical pattern
is not followed everywhere, as for certain type of business with
signicantly low interest rate guarantees, the EEV behaves more
like a portfolio of xed-income assets. In addition, higher interest
rates affect the value both positively through higher investment
rate and negatively through lower starting value of xed income
assets and higher discount rates for future prots. For different
product types these interactions produce different results.
182
Life & Savings
2015 interest rate sensitivities (% of Group EV) for other-thanlife businesses of -3% to upward 100bps and 3% to downward
100bps (2014: -3% and 3%) reect mainly the impacts on xedincome assets, partly offset by derivatives and sensitivities to
changes in debt value, should interest rates curve move, with
all debt classied as liabilities and re-measured at market value.
The majority of other-than-life reserves in the nancial statements
and therefore in TNAV is generally not sensitive to interest rate
changes as not discounted in most cases.
2015 equity market sensitivities (% of Group EV) for Life &
Savings business of 4% to 10% higher value and -4% to 10%
lower value (2014: 3% and -4%) show limited asymmetries
mainly driven by the impact of guarantees and prot-sharing
rules, along with some hedging programs to limit potential losses.
The impacts of equity market value changes can come from
general account exposures or from changing asset balances
impacting future fee revenue on separate account business.
2015 equity market sensitivities (% of Group EV) for otherthan-life businesses of 1% to 10% higher value and -1% to 10%
lower value (2014: 1% and -1%) reectthe impacts on equities
including derivatives on equities.
The part 3.3 Risk Management missions and organization
gives more details on the controls performed on this risk.
EXCHANGE-RATE RISK RELATED

TOTHEOPERATING ACTIVITIES
OFGROUP SUBSIDIARIES
In the insurance companies, which accounted for 90% of
Group assets at December31, 2015 (89% in 2014), assets and
liabilities with foreign currency exposure are generally naturally
matched or hedged.
Life & Savings business: 79% of Group assets at the end

of 2015 (78% in 2014):
In France, AXA was exposed to exchange-rate risk for a global

amount of 15,041million at the end of 2015 (13,546million
in 2014) held both directly and indirectly through investment
funds partly invested in foreign currencies (particularly US Dollar:
10,916million versus 10,717million in 2014, Pound Sterling:
2,526million versus 2,057million in 2014 and Japanese Yen:
216million versus 204million in 2014). This exposure allows
AXA France to diversify its investments and enable policyholders
to benet from the performance of international nancial markets.
AXA France offsets its exposure to exchange-rate risk by using
foreign exchange forwards and other derivatives (notional of
12,104million in 2015 versus 12,837million in 2014).
In Japan, AXA entities may invest when relevant outside
the Japanese market in order to diversify and optimize
investments and enhance returns. At the end of 2015, the total
assets denominated in foreign currencies held both directly
and indirectly through investment funds (mainly US Dollar)
represented an amount of 12,988million (13,715million
in 2014). Excluding assets backing unit-linked contracts, the
corresponding exchange-rate risk was fully hedged through the
use of derivatives.
In Germany, AXA entities held 8,299 million investments
denominated in foreign currencies at the end of 2015
(5,853million in 2014) both directly and indirectly through
investment funds, with the aim of diversifying its investments
and taking advantage of foreign markets performance. These
investments were mainly denominated in US Dollar (7,249million
versus 5,433million in 2014) including the US Short Duration
High Yield Fund (1,395million versus 1,188million in 2014
restated) and in Pound Sterling (735million versus 214million
in 2014). Exchange-rate risk exposure is hedged using foreign
exchange forwards for a notional amount of 5,472million
(notional amount of 5,466million in 2014), currency swaps for a
notional amount of 383million (notional amount of 375million
in 2014) and foreign exchange collars notional 987million

(notional 0million in 2014).
In Switzerland, AXA entities are exposed to exchange-rate risk
through their investments in foreign currencies (mainly Euro and
US Dollar) due to the persistent low interest rate environment
in Switzerland and to limited investment possibilities in the
Swiss market. A major portion of the exposure is hedged back
into Swiss Francs with foreign exchange swaps, options and
forwards. At the end of 2015, Switzerland foreign exchange
exposure amounted to 30,706 million (27,226 million in
2014) which represented circa 39% of total assets (circa 38%
of total assets in 2014), of which 28,702million were hedged
(25,103million in 2014).
AXA Hong Kong holds investments denominated in foreign
currencies 10,057million (8,197million in 2014), both directly
and indirectly through investment funds. These investments are
mainly in US Dollar 9,592million (7,864million in 2014), in
order to take advantage of the US bond market which is more
developed than the HK bond one notably in terms of liquidity
and available maturities. Exchange-rate risk exposure is hedged
using foreign exchange forwards and cross currency swap for a
notional amount of 4,104million, the remaining portion being
mainly under congruent coverage (matching assets and liabilities
denominated in the same currency).
In the Mediterranean and Latin American Region, AXA entities

held investments denominated in foreign currencies for
2,132million in 2015 (1,904million in 2014) both directly and
indirectly through investment funds and mainly denominated in
US Dollar 2,054million (1,842million in 2014). Exchange-rate
risk exposure is hedged for a notional amount of 1,002million
using mainly foreign exchange forwards and currency swaps.
The remaining portion being mainly under congruent coverage
(matching assets and liabilities denominated in the same
currency) in particular for Mexico.
In Belgium, the United States and the United Kingdom, the
Groups Life & Savings companies do not have any signicant
exposure to exchange-rate risk.
At the end of 2015, these countries accounted for 99% of the
Groups Life & Savings companies assets (99% at the end of
2014).
Property & Casualty business: 9% of Group assets at the

end of 2015 (9% at the end of 2014):
In France, AXA was exposed to exchange-rate risk for a global

amount of 3,263million at the end of 2015 (2,870million
in 2014) held both directly and indirectly through investment
funds partly invested in foreign currencies in order to diversify
its investments (mainly US Dollar: 2,171 million versus
2,445million in 2014 and Pound Sterling: 627million versus
384million in 2014). France offsets its exposure to exchangerate risk by using foreign exchange forwards in these currencies
(notional of 2,655million versus 2,764million in 2014).
183
AXA Germany held 2,437million investments denominated in

foreign currencies at the end of 2015 (1,675million in 2014)
both directly and indirectly through investment funds with the
aim of diversifying its investments and taking advantage of
foreign markets performance. These investments were mainly
denominated in US Dollar (2,109million versus 1,394million
in 2014) including the US Short Duration High Yield Fund
(455million versus 289million in 2014 restated). Remaining
exchange-rate risk exposure, mainly concerning the pound
sterling for 193million (148million in 2014), is incurred for the
purpose of diversifying investments. AXA Germany controls and
limits its exchange-rate risk by using foreign exchange forwards
for a notional amount of 1,865million (notional 1,425million
in 2014), currency swaps for a notional amount of 145million
(notional 146million in 2014), foreign exchange collars for a
notional amount of 183million (notional 0million in 2014) and
congruent coverage (matching assets and liabilities denominated
in the same currency) for 18million (54million in 2014).
In the United Kingdom, AXA is exposed to exchange-rate risk
through its AXA Insurance and AXA PPP Healthcare Limited
subsidiaries, which operate in Pound Sterling and has diversied
its investment portfolios in line with asset liability management
objectives. AXA UK held investments denominated in foreign
currencies for 3,141million (2,734million in 2014 restated)
mainly in US Dollar (2,272million) and Euro (514million), both
directly and indirectly through investment funds (CLO funds,
Alternative Credit funds, real estate loans and other investment
funds), of which 2,916 million is hedged through foreign
exchange forwards or cross currency swaps.
In Switzerland, foreign exchange exposure amounted to
6,661million (circa 46% of total assets) at the end of 2015
versus 6,129million (circa 44% of total assets) in 2014, of
which 4,564 million were hedged with foreign exchange
derivatives (4,145million in 2014).
In Mediterranean and Latin American Region, AXA entities held

investments denominated in foreign currencies for 1,290million
in 2015 (1,145million in 2014) both directly and indirectly
through investment funds and mainly denominated in US Dollar
for 1,057million (1,000million in 2014). Exchange-rate risk
exposure is hedged for a notional amount of 382 million
using mainly foreign exchange forwards. The remaining portion
corresponds notably to investments in countries having their
currency pegged to US Dollar.
In Belgium, the Groups Property & Casualty companies do not
have any signicant exposure to exchange-rate risk.
These countries accounted for 91% at the end of 2015 (93% in
2014) of the Groups Property & Casualty companies assets.
International Insurance business (2% of Group assets at

the end of 2015 versus 2% in 2014):
In the course of its business, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance

carries some insurance liabilities denominated in foreign
currencies, particularly in US Dollar (933million at the end of
2015 versus 997million in 2014) and, to a lesser extent, Pound
Sterling (503million at the end of 2015 versus 404million
in 2014). AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance carries assets
denominated in foreign currencies to ensure balance sheet
congruence. The congruence between the Companys foreign
currency assets and liabilities is regularly adjusted.
Holding companies (5% of Group assets at the end of 2015

versus 6% in 2014):
Since 2001, AXA SA has adopted a hedging policy on net

investments denominated in foreign currencies, which aims at
protecting the Groups consolidated shareholders equity against
currency uctuations, using derivatives instruments and foreign
currency debt.
At December31, 2015, the main hedging positions of AXA SA were as follows:

Amount in currency
Amount in Euro
(inbillion)
Foreign currency hedging
2014
2015
2014
US Dollar
0.3
0.7
0.3
0.5
In respect of the US activities,

in the form ofdebt and derivatives
HK Dollar
7.0
7.4
0.8
0.8
In respect of the Hong Kong activities,

in the form of derivatives
133.8
219.4
1.0
1.5
In respect of Japan activities,

mainly in the form of derivatives
Pound Sterling
1.2
0.9
1.7
1.1
In respect of the UK activities,

in the form of debt and derivatives
Swiss Franc
2.7
2.9
2.5
2.4
In respect of Switzerland activities,

in the form of derivatives
Japanese Yen
184
(inbillion)
2015
Comments
AXASAs assets accounted for the biggest part of the Group

holding companies assets at the end of 2015.
In addition to the foreign exchange rate management performed
locally (hedged through foreign exchange forward and currency
swaps), the Group Corporate Finance and Treasury Department
steers the global exposure to foreign exchange risk and reports
the position ve times a year to the Finance Committee of the
Board of Directors.
RISKS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT

OF HOLDING COMPANIES FOREIGN
EXCHANGE AND INTEREST RATES
EXPOSURE
For the purpose of optimizing the nancial management and
control of nancial risks linked to holding companies, the Group
Corporate Finance and Treasury Department has defined
and implemented formal management standards, as well as
guidelines for monitoring and assessing nancial risks. These
standards are designed to permit a consistent measurement of
the positions of each afliate.
term variation in interest expenses and consequently at

partially protecting future levels of interest expenses against
movements in interest rates. Regarding foreign exchange risk,
the implemented policys objective is to limit variations in net
foreign currency-denominated assets resulting from movements
in exchange rates. The purpose of the policy is therefore to
protect partially or in full the value of AXAs net foreign-currency
investments in its subsidiaries and thus reduce the variability
of Group consolidated shareholders equity against currency
uctuations, but also of other key indicators such as liquidity,
gearing and solvency ratio at Group level. AXA regularly monitors
its exchange rate hedging strategy and will continue to review
its effectiveness and the potential need to adapt it taking into
account impacts on earnings, value, solvency, gearing ratio and
liquidity.
The Group Corporate Finance and Treasury Department is in
charge of producing reporting data that consolidate interest rate,
foreign exchange and liquidity risk exposures, as well as the
interest expenses of the Company. This reporting also includes
medium-term forecasts.
Synthetic reports, including information about hedging
strategies, are sent to and reviewed by the Finance Committee
of AXAs Board of Directors ve times a year.
The policy on the management of holding companies interest

rate risk aims at monitoring and limiting the potential medium-
I Credit risks
Counterparty credit risk is dened as the risk that a third party in
a transaction will default on its commitments. Given the nature
of its core business activities, AXA monitors two major types of
counterparties, using methods suitable to each type:
investment portfolios held by the Groups insurance operations

(excluding assets backing separate-account products where
the nancial risk is borne by policyholders) as well as by banks
and holding companies, and
receivables from reinsurers resulting from reinsurance ceded
by AXA.
INVESTED ASSETS
AXA Group concentration risk is monitored by different analyses
performed at Group level by issuer, sector and geographic
region, in addition to local procedures and by a set of Group
and local issuer limits.
These limits aim at managing the default risk of a given issuer,

depending on its rating and on the maturity and seniority of
all bonds issued by the issuer and held by the AXA Group
(corporate, Government agency and sub sovereign). The limits
also take into account all AXA Group exposure on these issuers
through debt securities, equity, derivatives and reinsurance
counterparty risk.
On Sovereign, specific limits have also been defined on
government bonds and government-guaranteed bonds.
Compliance with the limits is ensured by the Group through
dened governance. The Group Credit Risk Committee handles,
on a monthly basis, the issuer exposure breaches to the
Groups limit tolerances and determines coordinated actions for
excessive credit concentrations. A Group Credit Team reporting
to the Group CIO provides credit analysis independently from
Group asset managers, in addition to local CIO teams. The
ALM Supervisory Committee is regularly kept informed of the
work performed.
185
At December31, 2015, the breakdown of the debt security

portfolio (428.3billion) by credit rating category was as follows:
19%
AAA
30%
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES

BYUNDERLYING TYPE OF ASSET
(EXCLUDING COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (CMOS))
AA
At December31, 2015, the economic breakdown of the total

value of ABS (10.3billion excluding assets held for sale as well
as CMOs and agency pool ABS) was as follows:
3%
Other
3%
BB and lower
7%
US Subprime, Alt-A & NC RMBS
23%
BBB
22%
A
4%
Prime Residential
5%
CDO
At December31, 2014, the breakdown of the debt security

portfolio (421.3billion) by credit rating was: 19% in AAA, 35% in
AA, 17% in A, 22% in BBB, 3% in BB and lower, and 4% in other.
Credit risk diversication and analysis policies, particularly using
credit ratings, are implemented by Investment Departments and
monitored by Risk Management teams.
At December31, 2015, the breakdown of Government and
Government related bonds fair values (225billion) by country
was as follows:
2%
Ireland
2%
Netherland
3%
Supranationals
institutions(a)
3%
Austria
7%
Spain
9%
United States
6%
7%
Other
20%
France
11%
Germany
9%
Belgium
Switzerland
10%
Italy
(a)
186
Includes mainly European institution issuers (European Investment Bank,

European Union, European Financial Stability Facility, Euroma).
12%
Japan
8%
Commercial MBS
74%
CLO
3%
Consumer ABS (a)
(a)
Mainly consumer ABS (plus some leases and operating ABS assets).

value of ABS (10.3billion excluding assets held for sale, as
well as CMOs and Agency pool ABS) was: 74% in CLO, 3% in
Consumer ABS, 5% in CDO, 8% in Commercial MBS, 4% in
Prime Residential, 6% in US Subprime & Alt-A, and 1% in Non
conrming RMBS. At December31, 2015, AXAs invested assets
included a net exposure to US subprime residential and Alt-A
mortgage loans of approximately 0.6billion (4% of its total
equalling or above AA rating).
value of ABS (9.5billion excluding assets held for sale, as
well as CMOs and Agency pool ABS) was: 66% in CLO, 5% in
Consumer ABS, 6% in CDO, 9% in Commercial MBS, 4% in
Prime Residential, 9% in US Subprime & Alt-A, and 1% in Non
conrming RMBS. At December31, 2014, AXAs invested assets
included a net exposure to US subprime residential and Alt-A
mortgage loans of approximately 0.8billion (5% of its total
equaling or above AA rating).
CREDIT DERIVATIVES
Counterparty Risk arising from

Over-The-Counter (OTC) Derivatives
The AXA Group, as part of its investment and credit risk

management activities, uses strategies that involve credit
derivatives (mostly Credit Default Swaps or CDS), which
are mainly used as an alternative to debt security portfolios,
when coupled with government debt securities, but also as a
protection on single corporate names or specic portfolios.
AXA actively manages counterparty risk generated by OTC

derivatives through a specic Group-wide policy. This policy
includes:
At December31, 2015, the nominal amount of positions taken

through credit derivatives was 23.9billion(1) of CDS (cumulated
notional amounts of 11.7billion protections bought and of
12.2billion protections sold), which can be broken down as
follows:
i.
ii.
9.2billion of CDS protections bought to hedge credit risk

with regard to certain investments, mostly in corporate
bonds;
2.5billion of CDS protections bought used to lock the
liquidity premium through purchasing bonds and CDS
protection on the same name (negative basis trade strategy)
mostly in corporate bonds mainly in Japan (1.6billion),
Switzerland (0.6billion) and Hong Kong (0.3billion);
rules on derivative contracts (ISDA, CSA);
mandatory collateralization;
a list of authorized counterparties;
a limit framework and an exposure monitoring process.
Limits are set specically for each authorized counterparty,

based on an internal scoring system. This policy also includes
daily collateralization for the majority of the Groups exposure.
The Group Credit Risk Committee approves changes to the
above policy and reviews the exposures every month.
At December31, 2015, the breakdown of counterparty exposure
coming from OTC derivatives by rating was as follows (positive
fair value net of collateral received):
A+
Limits applied to issuers take into account these credit derivative

positions.
BBB+
At December31, 2015, the breakdown of these CDSs underlying

debt securities gross exposure by rating was as follows:
16%
High Yield/NR
15%
iii. 12.2billion of CDS protections sold as an alternative to

the direct purchase of a corporate bond mainly by holding
government bonds and at the same time selling protection
on very good quality names. This type of ALM strategy is
often implemented to compensate for the lack of depth or
liquidity in some markets in order to take synthetic credit
risk.
5%
AA-
1%
AA+
35%
1%
BBB
7%
36%
A-
13%
AAA
RECEIVABLES FROM REINSURERS:

RATING PROCESSES AND FACTORS
33%
BBB
18%
AA
21%
Credit risk relating to CDOs is monitored separately, depending

on the tranches held, and regardless of the type of assets held
(debt securities or credit derivatives).
To manage the risk of reinsurers insolvency, a Security

Committee is in charge of assessing reinsurers quality and
acceptable commitments. The Committee is under joint authority
of Group Risk Management and AXA Global P&C. This risk is
monitored to avoid any excessive exposure to any specic
reinsurer. The Security Committee meets monthly and more
frequently during renewal periods and decides on any action
to be taken with the aim of limiting AXAs exposure to the risk of
default by any of its reinsurers.
In addition, AXA summarizes and analyzes its exposure to all
reinsurers by factoring in all positions with reinsurers (claims,
premiums, reserves, deposits, pledges and security deposits).
(1) This gure represents an accounting view i.e.100% of assets held directly and in consolidated investment funds Core Investment Portfolios, and
excluding credit derivatives in Non consolidated investment funds, in line with Note20 of the notes to the consolidated nancial statements. The
Group holds 30.9billion (notional amount) of credit derivatives as total exposure including consolidated investment funds Satellite Investment
Portfolios (1.0billion).
187
The Groups top 50 reinsurers accounted for 86% of reinsurers

share of insurance and investment contract liabilities in 2015
(versus 89% in 2014).
The breakdown of all reserves ceded to reinsurers by reinsurer
rating as of December31, 2015 (19.7billion) was as follows:
As such, AXA banks risk management policies are based on

their stated Risk Appetite, with the following key principles:
dedicated counterparty and credit risk functions with

appropriate committees;
quality sovereign, international institutions and bank

counterparties portfolio closely monitored;
adequacy to Group risk standards;
tightly managed market, asset & liability, foreign exchange and

interest rate risks including a strict collateral policy.
14%
Others
6%
BB and lower
12%
A
69%
AA
The other caption relates to reserves ceded to reinsurance

pools, reserves ceded to reinsurers with which the AXA Group
does limited business (not in the top 50) and reinsurers not rated
by the main rating agencies.
At December31, 2014, the breakdown of reserves ceded to
reinsurers (18.9billion) by reinsurer rating was: 70% in AA, 10%
in A, 9% in BBB/BB/B, and 11% in others.
BANK CREDIT ACTIVITIES

At year end 2015, total invested assets of the Banking segment
amounted to 33.7billion (35.1billion in 2014).
AXA banking operations, based in Belgium, France and Germany,
are mostly limited to retail banking activities, distributing simple
investment and credit products.
188
Credit risks in the banks may be split between:
retail credit risk, resulting from the commercial activity sales

of mortgages and other type of loans to retail clients and
small enterprises. Credit risk management is done through
careful risk selection (e.g. in Belgium Internal Rating Based
scoring models regularly monitored to ensure a risk selection
consistent with each banks risk appetite) and a regular
monitoring of portfolios by product management teams and
risk management teams;
other than retail credit risk, resulting from investment activity.

This activity is limited with strong control processes in place.
Credit risks are regularly reviewed by the Management Board of

each bank, and are subject to regulation. For instance AXA Bank
Europes internal capital adequacy assessment and strategic
planning processes take into account capital required to mitigate
all material risks, capital required for expected business growth,
liquidity requirements and stress testing results.
The bank aims to meet all regulatory capital obligations and to
remain sufciently capitalized in the light of AXA internal capital
model.
I Insurance risks
The Groups insurance subsidiaries are primarily responsible for
managing their insurance risks linked to underwriting, pricing
and reserving. They are also responsible for taking appropriate
actions in response to changes in insurance cycles and to the
political and economic environments in which they operate.
Insurance risks for both Life & Savings and Property & Casualty
businesses are covered through 4 major processes, dened at
Group level but performed jointly by central and local teams:
risk controls on new product complementing underwriting

rules and product protability analyses;
optimizing of reinsurance strategies in order to cap the
Groups peak exposures thereby protecting its solvency by
reducing volatility and to mitigate risk within the Group to
benet from diversication;
reviewing technical reserves;
monitoring emerging risks to share expertise within the

underwriting and risk communities.
PRODUCT APPROVAL
In each Life & Savings subsidiary, the AXA Group has set up
a validation framework which notably relies on the results of
the results of the economic capital calculation of AXA internal
model to ensure that new products undergo a thorough approval
process before they are put to market. This harmonized approach
facilitates the sharing of product innovation across the Group.
These procedures are dened by Group Risk Management
(GRM) but adapted and implemented locally.
The main characteristics of these procedures are:
the local decision to launch a new product must result from a

documented approval process that complies with AXA Group
standards in terms of product features, pricing, ALM and
aspects related to legal, compliance, regulatory, accounting
and reputation. For Variable Annuity products with guarantees,
as well as Long Term Care products, the local governance
is supplemented by a centralized review performed by GRM,
which is submitted to the Management Committee for formal
approval;
guarantees and options embedded in products must be
quantied using market consistent stochastic methods in
order to ensure the adequate measure of their manufacturing
cost. Analyses of return on capital across multiple scenarios
also provide for a better understanding of any asset-liability

mismatch risk and capital requirement at an early stage of
the products lifetime;
stress tests are required on key financial & technical

assumptions to ensure that appropriate what if scenarios
are considered;
pricing reports for material products are sent to GRM, which

provides a Group reporting on a quarterly basis.
In Property & Casualty , methods are adapted to the underwriting

of risks, while maintaining the principle of local decision-making
based on a documented approval procedure and using the
output of the internal model. The aim is twofold:
for pre-launch business, the aim is to ensure that new risks

underwritten by the Group have been scrutinized before
proposing them to customers;
for post-launch business, appropriate protability and risks

control are due to check the business remains in line with the
Groups risk framework.
This framework complements underwriting rules by ensuring

that no risks are taken outside the Group tolerances and that
value is created by adequate risk pricing.
EXPOSURE ANALYSIS
GRM has developed and deployed common models and metrics
to consistently measure risks throughout the Group (in particular
via its economic capital framework). This enables the Group to
check that its exposure complies with consolidated risk appetite
limits along the dimensions of earnings, value, capital and
liquidity. These tools also contribute substantially to monitoring
the major risks (claims frequency deviation, claims severity,
reinsurance, pricing consistency and natural catastrophes).
This framework is included in the governance set out previously
for product development control.
In the Life & Savings business, these tools allow mortality/
longevity risks to be analyzed on a multi-country basis. The AXA
Group regularly monitors its exposure to these risks (mortality,
longevity, morbidity) and uses the results of this work to
optimize its product design and its reinsurance coverage. These
exposure analyses are supported by expert risk models in Life
& Savings.
189
REINSURANCE
Reinsurance Programs
Elaborating Group reinsurance cover is one of the major Groups
insurance and risk management activities.
For the Property & Casualty and Life & Savings operations,
reinsurance programs are set up as follows:
risks are modeled through in-depth actuarial analyses

conducted on each portfolio and protected with reinsurance
cover in adequacy with the risk appetite limits set at Group
level;
specically for natural catastrophe modelling, via the Group

internal model, GRM uses several external models for
assessing the risk associated with the main natural perils
(storms, oods, earthquake. ). Major Natural Catastrophes
perils are modeled to a very large extent within the Internal
Model of AXA Group: up to 96% of AXAs exposure to
earthquakes, windstorms and Floods are covered by the
internal model. From a modeling perspective, climate risks
borne by the AXA Group account for 16% of its P&C risks
based on a 200 year VaR measure.
More broadly, climate-related risks may be classied as follows:
physical risks: direct impacts caused by weather-related

events, such as oods and storms. These risks are described
above.
energy transition risks: sometimes referred to as carbon asset

risks, these are nancial risks which could arise for investors
from the transition to a lower-carbon economy (e.g. potential
re-pricing of carbon-intensive nancial assets). These risks
are explored by AXA and further described in the Climate
change section in Appendix7.
liability risks: risks that could potentially arise from claims

by parties who have allegedly suffered losses from climate
change, and who seek to recover these losses from third
parties who they believe may have been responsible (or are
otherwise liable) for these losses. This is considered as an
emerging risk at this stage given the paucity of relevant judicial
precedent and the many open questions surrounding potential
liability including the applicable duty of care, standards of
proof and causality.
Overall, centralization and harmonization of reinsurance

purchase is based on the same procedures for both the Life
& Savings business as for the Property & Casualty activities.
Implementation of the reinsurance strategy:

role of AXA Global P&C
In order to build adjusted and optimized protection, the Groups
operating entities are reinsured by AXA Global P&C. AXA
Global P&C can place a variable part of the local treaties on the
domestic reinsurance market. The remaining share is retained
and and mitigated within AXA Global P&C through the pools and
the remaining share externally ceded to reinsurers.
190
The structures of these pools are designed to adequately protect

the Group in compliance with the Group risk appetite framework.
In order to protect these pools, specic covers are arranged
through either the traditional reinsurance market or the nancial
one through securitization (cat bonds).
As opposed to the other internal pools where the risk is retained
within AXA Global P&C, 95% of the Property Pool year-end
financial result net of external reinsurance protections is
retroceded back to local entities.
Finally, in addition to the analyses described above, AXA
regularly monitors its exposure to its main reinsurers, to ensure
that consolidated limits remain within Group risk tolerance (see
Section Credit Risk Receivables from reinsurers).
TECHNICAL RESERVES
Operational entities specifically monitor their reserve risks.
Claims reserves are estimated and booked on a le by le basis
by the claims handlers. Additional reserves for incurred but not
reported (IBNR) claims, along with reserves for incurred but not
enough reported (IBNER) claims are also booked by reserving
actuaries using various statistical and actuarial methods. These
calculations are initially carried out locally by the technical
departments in charge, and are then reviewed for a second
opinion by local risk management teams or external technical
experts.
Actuaries in charge of assessing reserves for Property and
Casualty claims payable do not use a single method but a
selection of approaches such as:
methods based on the development of claims (paid or

incurred) using triangulation methods (e.g.chain ladder and
link ratio) for which past experience is applied to each loss
occurrence or underwriting year, in order to make reserves
projections until their estimated nal development;
methods based on claims ratios (such as the ultimate claims

ratio);
hybrid methods combining internal and exogenous data;
methods based on frequency and severity estimates.
The analysis is segmented differently depending on product

type, geographical location, distribution channel, local regulation
and other factors, in order to obtain a homogeneous claims base
and ensure an appropriate analysis of reserves.
Assumptions are made following discussions with claims
managers, pricing actuaries, underwriters and other specialized
departments.
For the breakdown of Property and Casualty and International
Insurance technical reserves please refer to Note21 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part 4 of this
Annual Report.
are regularly monitored. The hedging programmes embed

dynamic policyholder behaviours to a range of possible
market situations;
The breakdown of the Groups Life & Savings technical insurance

reserves by product type was as follows:
23% at the end of 2015 (22% at the end of 2014) of the

Groups Life & Savings technical reserves cover separateaccount (Unit-Linked) products that do not materially affect
AXAs risk exposure. On these products, the underlying
nancial market performance is mostly passed on to the
policyholders. This category also includes products that may
provide a stand-alone guarantee on invested capital in the
event of death. Overall, they present only a limited market
risk for the Group through reduction of shareholders value;
12% at the end of 2015 (12% at the end of 2014) of the
Groups Life & Savings technical reserves cover separateaccount products with related interest-rate or equity
guarantees provided by the insurance companies, called
Variable Annuities. Suitable risk management policies have
been put in place with respect to these products:
derivatives are used to help mitigate reserve changes linked

to these guarantees due to movements in equity, xed
income and foreign exchange markets. Benets include
Guaranteed Minimum Death Benets (GMDB), Guaranteed
Minimum Income Benets (GMIB), Guaranteed Minimum
Accumulation Benets (GMAB) and Guaranteed Minimum
Withdrawal Benets (GMWB),
biometric risks (e.g. longevity/mortality) and policyholder
behaviours (notably lapses and annuity election rates),
14% at the end of 2015 (14% at the end of 2014) cover

savings products without guaranteed cash values upon
surrender;
20% at the end of 2015 (20% at the end of 2014) are related
to savings products offering one-year guaranteed rates that
are updated every year. The risks arising from a sustained fall
in interest rates in the nancial markets are limited for these
types of products. Hedging programs have been implemented
to cover long-term xed maturities from the risk of an increase
in interest rates;
31% at the end of 2015 (31% at the end of 2014) cover other
products like Protection and Health. These reserves cover
surrender guarantees and, in some cases, a guaranteed longterm rate. Related risks are managed in the following ways:
products that are not surrender-sensitive are usually backed

by xed-income investments with maturities and interest
rates generally sufcient to cover guaranteed benets, so
as to reduce as much as possible the reinvestment risk,
derivatives may be used to hedge the risk of a fall (oor) or

a rise (cap) in interest rates,
other products are managed with the surplus required to

cover guarantees.
191
I Operational risks
AXA has defined a framework to identify and measure its
operational risks that may arise from a failure in its organization,
systems and resources or from external events. Ensuring an
adequate mitigation of these risks across the Group is a key
pillar of the Risk Management functions.
Both quantitative and qualitative requirements are dened.
Across the Group, the most critical operational risks of each

entity and a set of Group stress scenarios are identied and
assessed following a forward-looking and expert-opinion
approach. These risk scenarios are then used to estimate the
capital requirement needed to cover operational risks based
on advanced models based on Solvency II principles. The
operational risk management process is embedded into local
governance through senior management validation to ensure
the adequacy, appropriateness and comprehensiveness of the
risk assessment but also to ensure that adequate corrective
and pre-emptive actions are dened and implemented in front
of the main risks;
In addition, a loss data collection process is in place in most

companies of the Group in order to track and appropriately
mitigate actual operational risk losses. This process is also
used as a valuable source of information to back-test the
assumptions taken in local risk assessments.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Based on the Solvency II denition, AXA denes operational
risk as the risk of loss arising from inadequate or failed internal
processes, personnel or systems or from external events.
Operational risk includes legal risks and excludes risks arising
from strategic decisions, as well as reputation risks.
AXA has defined a single Group framework for identifying,
quantifying and monitoring the main operational risks, involving
the deployment of a common system, dedicated operational
risk teams and a common operational risk typology classifying
operational risks into seven risk categories: internal fraud,
external fraud, employment practices and workplace safety,
clients, products and business practices, damages to physical
assets, business disruption and system failures and execution,
delivery and process management.
192
The implementation of the operational risk framework is not

limited to insurance activities. It encompasses all AXA entities,
including insurance companies, banking activities, AXA asset
managers and internal service providers consistent with AXA
standard on operational risk management.
I Other risks
EMERGING RISKS
reputational issues in order to minimize value destruction, and

build and maintain brand equity and trust among stakeholders.
Emerging risks are risks which may develop or which already

exist and are continuously evolving. Emerging risks are marked
by a high degree of uncertainty; as some of them will even
never emerge.
AXA Group created a Global Reputation Network whose purpose

is to implement locally a reputation risk management framework.
The objectives of the reputation risk management approach are
in line with AXAs overall enterprise risk management approach
aiming to develop a reputation risk culture.
AXA has established processes to qualify and quantify emerging

risks which could develop over-time and become signicant.
The emerging risk framework encompasses a network of circa
50 people within AXA Group (based in insurance, bank, asset
management and supporting entities such as AXA Technology
Services) which allows expertise to be shared within the business
(incl. underwriting) and risk communities and ensures adequate
underwriting policies are dened.
Emerging risks surveillance is organized through a detection
process including watch on scientific publications, court
decisions, etc. Risks are monitored and classied within a risk
mapping constituted of six sub-groups (regulatory & legal,
environmental, socio & political, economic & nancial, medical
and technological). After prioritization of the monitored risks or
after a warning from an entity, a working group is launched on
a yearly basis by GRM to review a specic risk and its potential
impact in terms of insurance.
By developing relationships with researchers and supporting
innovative projects in environmental, socio-economic and
life risks, the AXA Research Fund (see appendix VII) is a key
contributor to AXAs commitment to better understand the
evolution of these risks.
By seeking to develop new solutions, acting as an advisor on
risk management and actively contributing to the overall debate
about the issues involved, along with other major market players,
AXA intends to promote a better understanding and better
forecasting of the emerging risks and to support sustainable
development.
REPUTATION RISK
Reputation risk is the risk that an event, internal or external,
will negatively inuence the stakeholders perceptions of the
Company or where there is a gap between stakeholders
expectation and the Companys behaviors, attitudes, values,
actions, or inactions.
AXA has dened a global framework with a two-fold approach to
reactively protect and proactively monitor, manage and mitigate
Three main objectives drive the reputation risk management

approach:
proactively manage reputation risks, avoid or minimize

negative issues impacting on the reputation of AXA and build
trust among all of AXA stakeholders.
define accountability for reputation risks across the

organization (Marketing, HR, Finance / Investors Relations,
etc.), at Group and local levels;
implement a common reputation risk management framework

throughout the organization.
The implementation of the r eputation r isk f ramework

encompasses all AXA activities including insurance, asset
management, banking as well as internal service providers.
STRATEGIC RISK
A strategic risk is the risk that a negative impact (current or
prospective) on earnings or capital, material at the Group level,
arises from a lack of responsiveness to industry changes or
adverse business decisions regarding:
signicant changes in footprint, including through mergers

and acquisitions;
product offering and client segmentation;
distribution model (channel mix including alliances/

partnerships, multi-access and digital distribution).
Given the nature of strategic risks, there is no capital charge

assessment but a strong strategic risk management framework
to anticipate and mitigate these risks.
REGULATORY RISKS
For further information on the regulatory environment in which
AXA operates including regulatory risks, please see Section3.1
Regulations of Part 3 of this Annual Report.
193
3.4INVESTMENT COMMUNITY ANDORGANIZATION
3.4 INVESTMENT COMMUNITY

ANDORGANIZATION
AXA, as an insurance company, follows an investment strategy
mainly driven by Asset Liability Management (ALM). The overall
objectives of all investment decisions are to ensure that AXAs
obligations and commitments to policyholders are met at all

times, to protect the solvency of the Groups entities, and to
generate superior returns over time.
I Governance of investment strategy and asset & liability

management (ALM)
GROUP AND LOCAL GUIDANCES
ONINVESTMENTS
The Group Chief Investment Officer (Group CIO) leads the
Group-wide community of local insurance companies CIOs,
the central Investment & ALM Department and reports to the
Group Chief Financial Ofcer (Group CFO). His role includes
aligning AXAs investment strategy with the broader strategy of
the Group, fostering closer cooperation amongst local entities,
enhancing methodology, and steering investment decisions.
Local investment & ALM activities are steered by local CIOs.
Local CIOs manage local portfolios, aiming at an optimised riskreturn ratio, maintain reporting lines to the Group, and manage
close relationships with asset managers and local stakeholders.
Moreover, they are responsible for the investment performance
and for implementing and executing a sound asset liability
management.
GROUP AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE

BODIES
In order to efciently coordinate local and global investment
processes, decisions within the investment community are taken
by two main governance bodies:
194
the Group Investment Committee which is co-chaired by

the Group Deputy CEO and the CEO of AXA France. This
committee defines investment strategies, steers tactical
asset allocation, evaluates new investment opportunities and
monitors the Groups investment performance;
the Asset Liability Management Supervisory Committee

for which the Group Investment and ALM Management
Department is an important member Please refer to

Section3.3 of this report for more details.
At an entity level, each insurance company has a local Investment
and ALM committee whose terms of reference are approved by
the local Executive committees.
These committees are responsible for, inter alia, dening the
entitys Strategic Asset Allocation, approving and monitoring
investments, meeting local compliance obligations and reviewing
the participation to investment proposals syndicated by the
Group, as well as local investment proposals.
ALM STUDIES AND STRATEGIC ASSET

ALLOCATION
ALM aims at matching assets with the liabilities generated by
the sale of insurance policies. The objective is to dene the
optimal asset allocation so that all liabilities can be met with the
highest degree of condence while maximizing the expected
investment return.
ALM studies are performed by Investment & ALM Departments
with the support of internal asset managers when appropriate
and a second opinion provided by local Risk Management
Departments. They use methodologies and modelling tools
that develop deterministic and stochastic scenarios, embedding
policyholders behaviour considerations for the liabilities, nancial
market evolution for the assets and taking into account existing
interaction between the two. This process aims at maximizing
expected returns given a dened level of risk. Furthermore, a
series of additional constraints are taken into account, such
as Solvency II internal model considerations, earnings stability,
protection of the solvency margin, preservation of liquidity, as
well as local and consolidated capital adequacy and requirement.
3.4INVESTMENT COMMUNITY ANDORGANIZATION
ALM constraints are also taken into account when new insurance
products are being designed as part of the product approval
process (see sectionInsurance risk Product approval).
At local entity level, the strategic asset allocation issued from
the ALM study must be reviewed by local risk management,
and approved with regards to predened risk appetite limits,
before being fully endorsed by the local Investmentand ALM
committee. The strategic asset allocation allows for taking a
tactical stance within a given leeway.
INVESTMENT APPROVAL PROCESS

Investment opportunities, like non-standard investments, new
strategies or new structures, are subject to an Investment
Approval Process (IAP). The IAP ensures key characteristics
of the investment are analysed, such as risk and return
expectations, experience and expertise of the investment
management teams, as well as accounting, tax, legal and
reputational issues.
The IAP is completed at Group level for any significant
investment, notably if several local entities are participating to
the same investment. In that case, the successful completion
of an IAP is done after the production of a second independent
opinion by Group Risk Management. The IAP is used and
completed at local level to cover local characteristics (tax,
statutory accounting).
Local IAP are also run for investments in new asset classes for
local entities under the same principles.
GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK
FORDERIVATIVES
The market risks arising from derivatives are regularly monitored

taking into account the Groups various constraints (Risk
appetite, Internal model). Such monitoring is designed to
ensure market risks, coming either from cash or derivative
instruments, are properly controlled and remain within approved
limits.
Legal risk is addressed by defining a standardized master
agreement. AXA business units may trade derivatives only if
they are covered by legal documentation which complies with
the requirements set out in the Group standard. Any change to
certain mandatory provisions dened in the Group standards
must be approved by Group Risk Management.
Additionally, there is a centralized counterparty risk policy.
Group Risk Management has established rules on authorized
counterparties, minimum requirements regarding collateral, and
counterparty exposure limits.
The operational risk related to derivatives is measured and
managed in the context of AXAs global operational risk
framework. Furthermore, execution and management of
derivatives are centralized within dedicated teams, reducing
AXA Groups operational risk.
Valuation Risk is addressed through the use of expert teams.

They independently counter-valuate the derivatives positions
so as to get appropriate accounting, payment and collateral
management. They also challenge the prices proposed by
counterparties in case the AXA entity wished to initiate, early
terminate or restructure derivatives. Such capacity in pricing
requires high-level expertise, which relies on rigorous market
analysis and the ability to follow the most up-to-date market
developments for new derivatives instruments.
INVESTMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
Products involving hedging programs based on derivative

instruments are designed with the support of dedicated teams at
AXA Bank Europe, AXA Investment Managers, AB, AXA US and
AXA SA. In a similar way, this set-up ensures all entities benet
from technical expertise, legal protection and good execution
of such transactions within the following governance framework
for derivatives.
For a large proportion of its assets, AXA utilizes the services of

asset managers to invest in the market:
local AXA companies mandate the day-to-day management

of their asset portfolios primarily to AXAs asset management
subsidiaries, i.e. AXA Investment Managers and AB. Local
CIOs continuously monitor, analyze, and challenge asset
managers performances;
Derivative strategies are systematically reviewed and validated

by local Investment and ALM committees. In addition, there is
a segregation of duties between those responsible for making
investment decisions, executing transactions, processing trades
and instructing the custodian. This segregation of duties aims
in particular at avoiding conicts of interest.
in order to benefit from a more asset specific and/or

geographical expertise, AXA can also decide to invest through
external asset managers. In these cases, thorough due
diligence analyses are performed by the Investment and the
Risk Management communities and a continuous monitoring
is implemented at both Group and Local levels.
195
This page was intentionally left blank.
196
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
4.1
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
4.2
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
200
4.3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
201
4.4
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
202
4.5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OFCASHFLOWS
206
4.6
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
208
NOTE1
NOTE2
NOTE3
NOTE4
NOTE5
NOTE6
NOTE7
NOTE8
NOTE9
NOTE10
NOTE11
NOTE12
NOTE13
NOTE14
NOTE15
NOTE16
NOTE17
NOTE18
NOTE19
NOTE20
NOTE21
NOTE22
NOTE23
NOTE24
NOTE25
NOTE26
NOTE27
NOTE28
NOTE29
NOTE30
NOTE31
NOTE32
4.7
Accounting principles
Scope of consolidation
Consolidated statement of income by segment
Financial and insurance Risk Management
Goodwill
Value of purchased life business in-force
Deferred acquisition costs and equivalent
Other intangible assets
Investments
Investments accounted for using theequitymethod
Receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Shareholders equity and minority interests
Liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts
Liabilities arising from banking activities
Provisions for risks and charges
Financing debt
Payables
Tax
Derivative instruments
Information by segment
Net investment result excluding financing expenses
Net result of reinsurance ceded
Financing debt expenses
Expenses by type
Employees
Net income per ordinary share
Related-party transactions
Contingent assets and liabilities and unrecognized contractual commitments
Fees paid to Statutory Auditors
Litigation
Subsequent events
REPORT OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON THE CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
198
208
226
232
237
238
244
245
246
248
262
265
266
267
273
285
287
288
290
292
296
304
309
311
312
312
314
330
331
333
336
338
341
343
197

4.1CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
4.1 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(in Euro million)
Notes
5
Goodwill
Value of purchased business in force(b)

Intangible assets
Investments in real estate properties
December31,
2015
December31,
2014(a)
17,062
16,053
2,364
2,297
24,028
21,119
3,277
3,149
46,731
42,618
20,369
18,610
Financial investments
500,311
480,959
Assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders(c)
194,601
181,082
Investments from insurance activities
715,282
680,651
Investments from banking and other activities
37,579
39,535
10
Investments accounted for using the equity method
14
Reinsurers share in insurance and investment contracts liabilities
14
Deferred policyholders participation assets
19
2,306
1,842
19,734
18,895
1,432
1,322
88
Deferred tax assets
2,083
1,406
Other assets
3,603
2,728
16,566
14,688
Tangible assets
Receivables arising from direct insurance and inward reinsurance operations
11
Receivables arising from outward reinsurance operations
878
871
Receivables - current tax
866
1,511
Other receivables
14,263
13,501
Receivables
32,573
30,570
(d)
Assets held for sale
12

TOTAL ASSETS
2,988
1,181
26,275
22,048
887,070
840,069
Note: All invested assets are shown net of related derivative instruments impact.
(a) Reso Garantia is accounted for using the equity method in the Group consolidated nancial statements on the basis of a closing at September30. Given signicant
movements in the Russian ruble exchange rate between September30, 2014 and December31, 2014, the balance sheet used as a basis of the equity method in
2014 has been translated using December31 exchange rate.
(b) Amounts are gross of tax.
(c) Includes assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders with Guaranteed Minimum features.
(d) As of December31, 2015, amounts include assets of Portuguese operations, AXA Bank Hungary and two real estate properties in the United States for which the
disposal process was not nalized at year-end.
As of December31, 2014 amounts included assets and liabilities of Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) and Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO)
businesses in Hong Kong for which the disposal process was not nalized at this date.
198

4.1CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
December31,
2015
(in Euro million)
Notes
Share capital and capital in excess of nominal value
26,094
26,610
Reserves and translation reserve
36,765
33,585
Net consolidated income - Group share
5,617
5,024
Shareholders equity Group share
68,475
65,219
Minority interests
13
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY

Subordinated debt
Financing debt instruments issued
Financing debt owed to credit institutions
17
December31,
2014(a)
4,166
2,815
72,641
68,034
7,465
7,146
624
1,586
8,089
8,733
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts
398,776
371,474
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts where the nancial risk

is borne by policyholders(c)
152,079
142,042
Total liabilities arising from insurance contracts
550,856
513,516
33,142
33,669
538
481
Financing debt(b)
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary

participating features
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with no discretionary participatingfeatures
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary participating features and
where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders
3,362
4,053
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with no discretionary participating features and
39,564
35,246
Total liabilities arising from investment contracts
76,606
73,449
3,084
3,037
Liabilities arising from policyholders participation and other obligations
46,222
48,491
Derivative instruments relating to insurance and investment contracts
(1,641)
(2,837)
675,127
635,656
Unearned revenue and unearned fee reserves
14
LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
15
Liabilities arising from banking activities(b)
32,639
37,402
16
12,659
12,656
19
Deferred tax liabilities
5,156
5,741
Minority interests of consolidated investment funds and puttable instruments held by

minority interest holders
10,525
10,241
Other debt instruments issued, notes and bank overdrafts(b)
3,692
1,993
Payables arising from direct insurance and inward reinsurance operations
9,760
8,831
12,917
12,538
1,662
1,616
Collateral debts relating to investments under a lending agreement

or equivalent
25,635
21,331
Payables arising from outward reinsurance operations

Payables current tax
Other payables
14,509
14,352
18
Payables
78,700
70,902
Liabilities held for sale(d)
2,059
946
887,070
840,069
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
movements in the Russian ruble exchange rate between September30, 2014 and December31, 2014, the balance sheet used as a basis of the equity method has
been translated using December31 exchange rate.
(b) Amounts are shown net of related derivative instruments impact.
(c) Includes liabilities arising from contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders with Guaranteed Minimum features.
(d) As of December31, 2015, amounts include the liabilities of Portuguese operations and AXA Bank Hungary for which the disposal process was not nalized at year-end.
As of December31, 2014 amounts included assets and liabilities of Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) and Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO)
businesses in Hong Kong for which the disposal process was not nalized at this date.
199

4.2CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
4.2 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

December31,
2015
December31,
2014
91,938
86,267
Fees and charges relating to investment contracts with no participating features

Revenues from insurance activities
Revenues from other activities
Revenues(a)
Change in unearned premiums net of unearned revenues and fees
Net investment income(b)
Net realized gains and losses relating to investments at cost and at fair value through
shareholders equity(c)
Net realized gains and losses and change in fair value of investments at fair value through
prot and loss(d)
of which change in fair value of assets with nancial risk borne by policyholders(e)
Change in investments impairment(f)
Net investment result excluding nancing expenses
Technical charges relating to insurance activities(e)
Net result from outward reinsurance
Bank operating expenses
Acquisition costs
Amortization of the value of purchased business in force
Change in goodwill impairment and other intangible assets impairment
Other income and expenses
Income from operating activities before tax
Income (net of impairment) from investment accounted for using the equity method
Financing debts expenses(g)
Net income from operating activities before tax
Income tax
Net consolidated income after tax
Split between:
Net consolidated income - Minority interests
Earnings per share
Fully diluted earnings per share
371
92,309
616
5,609
98,534
(235)
16,242
327
86,595
559
4,834
91,988
(298)
16,139
2,518
1,924
182
1,407
(724)
18,218
(86,319)
(881)
(46)
(10,370)
(156)
(10,115)
(115)
(505)
(108,508)
8,009
214
(488)
7,735
(1,748)
5,987
12,325
9,520
(579)
29,810
(93,441)
(762)
(106)
(9,568)
(228)
(9,227)
(118)
(338)
(113,789)
7,710
(73)
(509)
7,128
(1,791)
5,337
5,617
370
2.19
2.18
5,024
313
1.95
1.94
(in Euro million)
Notes
21
22
23
25
25
10
24
19
27
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
200
Gross of reinsurance.
Net of investment management costs and including gains/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities.
Includes impairment releases on investments sold.
Includes realized and unrealized forex gains and losses relating to investments at cost and at fair value through shareholders equity.
Change in fair value of assets with nancial risk borne by policyholders is offset by a balancing entry in technical charges relating to insurance activities.
Excludes impairment releases on investments sold.
Includes net balance of income and expenses related to derivatives on nancing debt (however excludes change in fair value of these derivatives).

4.3CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in Euro million)
Reserves relating to changes in fair value through shareholders equity

Translation reserves
Items that may be reclassied subsequently to Prot or Loss
December31,
2015
December31,
2014(a)
(2,610)
7,131
3,557
2,625
947
9,756
Employee benets actuarial gains and losses
(62)
(1,239)
Items that will not be reclassied subsequently to Prot or Loss
(62)
(1,239)
Net gains and losses recognized directly through shareholders equity

885
8,517
5,987
5,337
5,617
5,024
370
313
6,872
13,854
6,357
13,303
515
552
Split between:
Net consolidated income - Minority interests
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (CI)
Split between:
Total comprehensive income - Group share
Total comprehensive income - Minority interests
movements in the Russian ruble exchange rate between September30, 2014 and December31, 2014, the balance sheet used as a basis of the equity method in
2014 has been translated using December31 exchange rate.
Amounts are presented net of tax, policyholders participation and other shadow accounting related movements. Tax, policyholders
participation and related effects are further detailed in the notes to the nancial statements.
201

4.4CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
4.4 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES

IN EQUITY
Share Capital
Share
Capital
Capital in
excess of
nominal
value
Treasury
shares
2.29
5,593
21,515
(164)
Number
of shares
Nominal
value
(in Euro million, except for number of shares and nominal value)
(in thousands)
(ineuros)
Shareholders equity opening January1, 2015
2,442,277
Capital
(15,818)
2.29
(36)
(450)
Equity - share based compensation
30
Treasury shares
(45)
Others reserves - transaction on treasury shares
Equity component of compound nancial instruments
Undated subordinated debt
Financial expenses - Undated subordinated debt
Others (including impact on change in scope)(b)
Dividends paid
(45)
Impact of transactions with shareholders
(15,818)
2.29
(36)
(420)
Total Comprehensive Income (CI)
2,426,458
2.29
5,557
21,094
(209)
Shareholders equity closing December31, 2015
Note: amounts are presented net of impacts of shadow accounting and its effects on policyholders participation, deferred acquisition costs, and value of business in force.
(a) Mainly undated subordinated debts (TSS, TSDI), and equity components of compounded nancial instruments (e.g convertible bonds) (see Note13.1.1).
(b) Including changes in ownership interest in consolidated subsidiaries without losing control.
202

Attributable to shareholders
Other reserves
Reserves relating
Reserves relating to the change in fair
to the change in fair
value of hedge
value of nancial
accounting
instruments available
derivatives (cash
for sale
ow hedge)
Other(a)
Translation
reserves
Undistributed
prots and other
reserves
Shareholders
Equity Group
share
Minority
interests
65,219
2,815
-
15,327
400
6,472
(2,960)
19,038
(36)
(450)
30
(45)
(15)
(15)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(305)
(305)
37
37
836
(2,317)
(2,317)
(320)
(2,280)
(3,101)
836
(2,552)
(31)
(2,584)
(26)
398
2,989
3,387
169
(63)
(63)
5,617
5,617
370
(2,552)
(31)
398
2,989
5,554
6,357
515
12,774
368
6,550
29
22,311
68,475
4,166
203

Share Capital
Share
Capital
Capital in
excess of
nominal
value
Treasury
shares
2.29
5,537
21,170
(188)
2.29
56
309
Number
ofshares
Nominal
value
(in Euro million, except for number of shares and nominal value)
(in thousands)
(ineuros)
Shareholders equity opening January1, 2014
2,417,865
24,411
-
Capital
Equity - share based compensation
35
Treasury shares
24
Others reserves - transaction on treasury shares
Equity component of compound nancial instruments
24,411
2.29
56
344
24
Financial expenses - Undated subordinated debt

Others (including impact on change in scope)
(b)
Dividends paid
Impact of transactions with shareholders
Total Comprehensive Income (CI)

Shareholders equity closing December31, 2014(c)
2,442,277
2.29
5,593
21,515
(164)
Note: amounts are presented net of impacts of shadow accounting and its effects on policyholders participation, deferred acquisition costs, and value of business in force.
(a) Mainly undated subordinated debts (TSS, TSDI), and equity components of compounded nancial instruments (e.g convertible bonds) (see Note13.1.1).
(b) Including changes in ownership interest in consolidated subsidiaries without losing control.
(c) Reso Garantia is accounted for using the equity method in 2014 in the Group consolidated nancial statements on the basis of a closing at September30. Given
signicant movements in the Russian ruble exchange rate between September30, 2014 and December31, 2014, the balance sheet used as a basis of the equity
method has been translated using December31 exchange rate.
204

Attributable to shareholders
Other reserves
Reserves relating
to the change in fair
value of nancial
instruments available
for sale
Reserves relating
to the change
in fair value of
hedge accounting
derivatives (cash ow
hedge)
8,488
-
Other(a)
Translation
reserves
Undistributed
prots and other
reserves
162
5,418
(4,973)
17,310
52,923
2,520
56
311
35
24
(14)
(14)
956
956
(307)
(307)
(108)
(108)
(257)
(1,960)
(1,960)
636
(2,066)
(1,006)
(257)
6,839
238
7,077
54
418
2,014
2,432
193
(1,230)
(1,230)
(8)
5,024
5,024
313
6,839
238
418
2,014
3,794
13,303
552
15,327
400
6,472
(2,960)
19,038
65,219
2,815
Shareholders
Equity Group Minority interests
share
Restated
205

4.5CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OFCASHFLOWS

OFCASHFLOWS
(in Euro million)
Operating income including discontinued operation before tax

Net amortization expense(b)
Change in goodwill impairment and other intangible assets impairment(c)
Net change in deferred acquisition costs and equivalent
Net increase/ (write back) in impairment on investments, tangible and other intangible assets
Change in fair value of investments at fair value through prot or loss
Net change in liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts(d)
December31,
2014(a)
7,735
7,128
799
726
(0)
19
(1,325)
(1,252)
725
619
(881)
(14,097)
10,560
20,265
Net increase/ (write back) in other provisions(e)
(248)
64
Income (net of impairment) from investment accounted for using the equity method
(214)
73
Adjustment of non cash balances included in the operating income before tax
Net realized investment gains and losses
Adjustment for reclassication to investing or nancing activities
Dividends recorded in prot or loss during the period
9,415
6,418
(1,932)
(222)
488
509
(1,444)
287
(3,205)
(3,277)
Investment income & expense recorded in prot or loss during the period(f)
(14,318)
(14,143)
Adjustment of transactions from accrued to cash basis
(17,523)
(17,420)
Net cash impact of deposit accounting
4,926
1,684
Dividends and interim dividends collected
3,838
3,848
Investment income(f)
20,491
17,725
Investment expense (excluding interests on nancing and undated subordinated debts,

margin calls and others)
(5,699)
(3,286)
Net operating cash from banking activities
(4,125)
(287)
Change in operating receivables and payables

Net cash provided by other assets and liabilities(g)
1,310
10
611
(1,267)
Tax expenses paid
(679)
(589)
Other operating cash impact and non cash adjustment
(630)
(1,315)
Net cash impact of transactions with cash impact not included in the operating income
before tax
20,043
16,522
NET CASH PROVIDED/ (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
18,226
12,935
(223)
(482)
Purchase of subsidiaries and afliated companies, net of cash acquired

Disposal of subsidiaries and afliated companies, net of cash ceded
Net cash related to changes in scope of consolidation
Sales of debt instruments(g)
Sales of equity instruments and non-consolidated investment funds
Sales of investment properties held directly or not(g)
Sales and/or repayment of loans and other assets(g)(i)
206
December31,
2015
(g)(h)
295
40
72
(442)
75,420
49,689
27,654
21,367
654
1,149
32,882
27,860

4.5CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OFCASHFLOWS
December31,
2015
December31,
2014(a)
Net cash related to sales and repayments of investments(g)(h)(i)
136,610
100,065
Purchases of debt instruments(g)
(72,772)
(53,556)
Purchases of equity instruments and non-consolidated investment funds(g)(h)
(30,625)
(23,956)
(in Euro million)
Purchases of investment properties held direct or not(g)
(1,837)
(2,089)
Purchases and/or issues of loans and other assets(h)(i)
(43,490)
(29,319)
(148,725)
(108,920)
Net cash related to purchases and issuance of investments(g)(h)(i)

Sales of tangible and intangible assets
40
11
Purchases of tangible and intangible assets
(462)
(353)
Net cash related to sales and purchases of tangible and intangible assets
(422)
(342)
Increase in collateral payable/ Decrease in collateral receivable
139,605
32,634
Decrease in collateral payable/ Increase in collateral receivable
(136,669)
(31,324)
Net cash impact of assets lending/ borrowing collateral receivables and payables
NET CASH PROVIDED/ (USED) BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of equity instruments
Repayments of equity instruments
Transactions on treasury shares
2,936
1,310
(9,528)
(8,329)
666
1,368
(1,192)
(35)
(46)
56
(2,637)
(2,235)
Interests on undated subordinated debts paid
(432)
(639)
Acquisition/ sale of interests in subsidiaries without change in control
(132)
(55)
(3,774)
(1,542)
Dividends payout
Net cash related to transactions with shareholders

Cash provided by nancial debts issuance
2,990
Cash used for nancial debts repayments
(1,529)
(5,175)
(508)
(180)
Interests on nancing debt paid(j)
(221)
Net cash related to Group nancing
Net interest margin of hedging derivatives on nancing debt
(2,034)
(2,586)
NET CASH PROVIDED/ (USED) BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(5,808)
(4,128)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT AS OF JANUARY1(k)
21,631
20,477
Net cash provided by operating activities
18,226
12,935
Net cash provided by investing activities
(9,528)
(8,329)
Net cash provided by nancing activities
(5,808)
(4,128)
Impact of change in consolidation method and of reclassications as held for sale(l)

Net impact of foreign exchange uctuations and reclassication on cash and cash equivalents
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT AS OF DECEMBER31(k)
(72)
(24)
1,180
700
25,630
21,631
movements in the Russian ruble exchange rate between September30, 2014 and December31, 2014, the balance sheet used as a basis of the equity method in 2014
has been translated using December31 exchange rate.
(b) Includes premiums/discounts capitalization and relating amortization, amortization of investment and owner occupied properties (held directly).
(c) Includes impairment and amortization of intangible assets booked in the context of business combinations.
(d) Includes impact of reinsurance and change in liabilities arising from contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders.
(e) Mainly includes change in provisions for risks & charges, for bad debts/doubtful receivables and change in impairment of assets held for sale.
(f) Includes gains/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities.
(g) Includes related derivatives.
(h) Includes equity instruments held directly or by consolidated investment funds as well as non-consolidated investment funds.
(i) Includes sales/purchases of assets backing insurance & investment contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders.
(j) Includes net cash impact of interest margin relating to hedging derivatives on nancing debt.
(k) Net of bank overdrafts.
(l) In 2015, amounts include the liabilities of Portuguese operations and AXA Bank Hungary for which the disposal process was not nalized at year-end.
In 2014, the amount includes the assets and liabilities of the Mandatory Provident fund (MPF) and Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO) businesses in
Hong Kong that were classied as held for sale.
Cash and cash equivalents are presented in Note12.
207

4.6NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4.6 NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS
I Note1 Accounting principles
1.1.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.2.
AXA SA, a French Socit Anonyme (the Company and

together with its consolidated subsidiaries, AXA or the
Group), is the holding (parent) company for an international
nancial services group focused on nancial protection. AXA
operates principally in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.
The list of the main entities included in the scope of the AXAs
consolidated nancial statements is provided in Note2 of the
notes to the consolidated nancial statements.
AXA is listed on Euronext Paris CompartimentA.
These consolidated nancial statements including all notes were
nalized by the Board of Directors on March17, 2016.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLES
1.2.1. Basis for preparation

AXAs consolidated nancial statements are prepared as of
December31.
The consolidated financial statements are prepared in
compliance with IFRS standards and interpretations of the IFRS
Interpretations Committee that are endorsed by the European
Union before the balance sheet date with a compulsory date
of January1, 2015. The Group does not use the carve out
option allowing it not to apply all hedge accounting principles
required by IAS39.
AMENDMENTS PUBLISHED AND ADOPTED ON JANUARY1, 2015
The application of the amendments below as of January1, 2015 had no material impact on the Groups consolidated nancial
statements.
Amendments
Publication date
Effective for annual

periods beginning onor
after
Topic
IAS19 Employee
Benets
November21, 2013
July1, 2014
Clarification of requirements that relate to how

contributions from employees or third parties that
are linked to service should be attributed to periods
of service. In addition, practical expedient of valuation
is allowed if the amount of the contributions is
independent of the number of years of service.
July1, 2014
Collection of amendments to IFRSs in response to

issues that are not part of a major project.
Annual Improvements to IFRS:

2010-2012 Cycle and
IFRSs 2011-2013 Cycle
December12, 2013
STANDARDS AND AMENDMENTS PUBLISHED

BUTNOTYET EFFECTIVE
IFRS9 Financial Instruments, published on July24, 2014, has

replaced IAS39. The new standard addresses the following
items related to nancial instruments:
208
classification and measurement: IFRS 9 uses a single

approach to determine whether a nancial asset is measured
at amortized cost, fair value through Other Comprehensive
Income or fair value through prot or loss. A nancial asset is
measured at amortized cost if both a)the asset is held within
a business model whose objective is to hold assets in order

to collect contractual cash ows and b)the contractual terms
of the nancial asset give rise on specied dates to cash
ows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the
principal amount outstanding (SPPI). If both a) the asset is
held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets
in order to collect contractual cash ows and for sale and b)
the contractual terms of cash ows are SPPI, the nancial
asset is measured at fair value through Other Comprehensive
Income and realized gains or losses would be recycled through

prot or loss upon sale. Assets not meeting either of these

categories are measured at fair value through prot or loss.
Additionally, at initial recognition, an entity can use the option
to designate a nancial asset at fair value through prot or loss
if doing so eliminates or signicantly reduces an accounting
mismatch. For equity instruments that are not held for trading,
an entity can also make an irrevocable election to present in
Other Comprehensive Income subsequent changes in the fair
value of the instruments (including realized gains and losses),
dividends being recognized in prot or loss. Additionally, for
nancial liabilities that are designated as at fair value through
prot or loss, the amount of change in the fair value of the
nancial liability that is attributable to changes in the credit risk
of that liability is recognized in Other Comprehensive Income,
unless the recognition of the effects of changes in the liabilitys
credit risk in Other Comprehensive Income would create or
enlarge an accounting mismatch in prot or loss;
impairment: The impairment model under IFRS9 reects

expected credit losses, as opposed to incurred credit losses
under IAS39. Under the IFRS9 approach, it is no longer
necessary for a credit event to have occurred before credit
losses are recognized. Instead, an entity always accounts for
expected credit losses and changes in those expected credit
losses. The amount of expected credit losses is updated at
each reporting date to reect changes in credit risk since
initial recognition;
hedge accounting: IFRS9 introduces new requirements for

hedge accounting that align hedge accounting more closely
with Risk Management. The requirements establish a more
principles-based approach to the general hedge accounting
model. The amendments apply to all hedge accounting with
the exception of portfolio fair value hedges of interest rate
risk (commonly referred to as fair value macro hedges). For
these, an entity may continue to apply the hedge accounting
requirements currently in IAS39. This exception was granted
largely because the IASB is addressing macro hedge
accounting as a separate project.
The method of implementation of IFRS9 and its potential impact

on the Groups consolidated nancial statements are currently
being examined within the Group
The published effective date of IFRS9 is January1, 2018. The
standard has not yet been endorsed by the European Union. On
December9, 2015, the IASB published proposed amendments
to the existing insurance contract s tandard, IFRS 4. The
proposals address concerns related to the different effective
dates of IFRS9 on nancial instruments and the effective date

of the future new Insurance Contract Standard (which will
replace IFRS4 and have a later effective date than IFRS9). If
the IASB goes forth with the changes in the proposals, entities
would have two options to address the related concerns: (1) the
overlay approach: an option for a company that issues insurance
contracts to remove from prot or loss the incremental volatility in
prot or loss caused by changes in the classication of nancial
assets upon application of IFRS9 and (2) the deferral approach:
an optional temporary exemption from applying IFRS9 that
would be available to companies whose predominant activity is
to issue insurance contracts (would be available until the new
Insurance Contract Standard come into effect, but no later than
January1, 2021). The proposals were open for public comment
until February8, 2016 and will be deliberated by the IASB prior
to reaching a nal decision.
IFRS15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, published
on May28, 2014 and amended on September11, 2015 provides
a principles-based approach for revenue recognition and
introduces the concept of recognizing revenue for obligations
as they are satised. The standard will apply to all contracts with
customers, except for: insurance contracts, lease contracts,
nancial instruments and certain contractual rights or obligations,
non-monetary exchanges between entities in the same line of
business to facilitate sales to customers and certain guarantees.
IFRS15 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after
January1, 2018. The standard has not been endorsed by the
European Union. The potential impact of the new standard on
the Groups consolidated nancial statements is being assessed.
IFRS16 Leases, published on January13, 2016 sets out
the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation
and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract, i.e.
the customer (lessee) and the supplier (lessor). Under the
IFRS16 model a lessee is required to recognize (i)assets and
liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12months,
unless the underlying asset is of low value; and (ii)depreciation
of lease assets separately from interest on lease liabilities in the
income statement. Lessors will continue to classify and account
for their leases as (i)operating leases with recognition of the
underlying assets; or (ii)nance leases by derecognizing the
underlying asset and recognition of a net investment, similar to
the current IAS17 requirements. IFRS16 is effective for annual
periods beginning on or after January1, 2019. The standard has
not yet been endorsed by the European Union. The potential
impact of the new standard on the Groups consolidated nancial
statements is being assessed.
209

The following amendments are not expected to have a material impact on the Groups consolidated nancial statements:
Amendments
Publication date
Effective for
annual periods
beginning on or
after
IAS16 Property,
Plant, and Equipment
and IAS38 Intangible
Assets
May12, 2014
January1, 2016*
Clarification of the principle for the basis of depreciation and

amortization as being the expected pattern of consumption of the
future economic benets of an asset.
IAS1 Presentation of
Financial Statements
December18, 2014 January1, 2016*
Improvement of presentation and disclosure in nancial reports.

The amendments are designed to encourage entities to apply
professional judgment in determining what information to disclose in
their nancial statements. For example, materiality should apply to the
whole of nancial statements knowing that the inclusion of immaterial
information can inhibit the usefulness of nancial disclosures.
IFRS11
May6, 2014
Guidance on how to account for the acquisition of an interest in a

joint operation that constitutes a business.
IFRS10 and IAS28
September11, 2014 Postponed

December17, 2015
Topic
Consolidation:
IFRS10, IFRS12, and

IAS28
January1, 2016*
December18, 2014 January1, 2016*
Guidance regarding the sale or contribution of assets between an

investor and its associate or joint venture. A consequence of the
amendments is that a full gain or loss is recognised when a transaction
involves a business and a partial gain or loss is recognised when
a transaction involves assets that do not constitute a business.
The 2015 Amendment postpones the effective date until a current
research project on the equity method of accounting is concluded.
Clarication of the requirements when accounting for investment
entities.
Annual Improvements to IFRSs

2012 2014 Cycle
September25, 2014 January1, 2016*
Collection of amendments to IFRSs in response to issues that are not

part of a major project.
IAS 12 - Income Taxes
January 19, 2016
January 1, 2017 *
Guidance on how to account for deferred tax assets related to debt

instruments measured at fair value in particular for the assessment
of future taxable prot.
IAS 7 - Statement
of Cash Flows
January 29, 2016
January 1, 2017 *
These amendments require entities to provide information about

changes in their nancing liabilities, including changes from cash ows
and non-cash changes (such as foreign exchange gains or losses).
With earlier application being permitted (subject to conditions in some cases).
PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The preparation of nancial statements in accordance with IFRS

requires the use of estimates and assumptions. It requires a
degree of judgment in the application of Group accounting
principles described below. The main balance sheet captions
concerned are goodwill (in particular impairment tests described
in paragraph1.7.1), intangible assets acquired in a business
combination, the value of acquired business in force, deferred
acquisition costs and equivalent, certain assets accounted at
fair value, deferred tax assets, liabilities relating to the insurance
business, pension benefit obligations and balances related
to share-based compensation. The principles set out below
specify the measurement methods used for these items. These
methods, along with key assumptions where required, are
210
discussed in greater depth in the notes relating to the asset

and liability items concerned where meaningful and useful.
As recommended by IAS1, assets and liabilities are generally
classied globally on the balance sheet in increasing order of
liquidity, which is more relevant for nancial institutions than
a classification between current and non-current items. As
for most insurance companies, expenses are classified by
destination in the income statement.
All amounts in the consolidated statement of nancial position,
consolidated statement of income, consolidated statement of
comprehensive income, consolidated statement of cash ows,
consolidated statement of changes in equity and in the notes
are expressed in Euromillion.

1.3.
CONSOLIDATION
1.3.1. Scope and basis of consolidation

Companies in which AXA exercises control are known as
subsidiaries. They are fully consolidated from the date on which
control is transferred to AXA. Under IFRS10, AXA controls an
investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns
from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to
affect those returns through its power over the investee. Only
substantive rights (i.e. the holder must have the practicability
to exercise them) and rights that are not protective shall be
considered. AXA can have power with less than a majority of
the voting rights of an investee, in particular through:
the proportion of ownership with regards to the other

investors;
potential voting rights;
a contractual arrangement between the investor and other

vote holders;
rights arising from other contractual arrangements; or
a combination of these indicators.
Under IFRS11, companies over which AXA exercises a joint

controlling inuence alongside one or more third parties are joint
ventures and are accounted for under the equity method.
Companies in which AXA exercises signicant inuence are
accounted for under the equity method. Under IAS28, signicant
inuence is presumed when AXA directly or indirectly holds 20%
or more of the voting rights. Signicant inuence can also be
exercised through an agreement with other shareholders.
Under the equity method, AXAs share of equity investments
post-acquisition profit or loss is recognized in the income
statement, and its share of post-acquisition movements in
reserves is stated under Other reserves.
Investment funds and real estate companies are either fully
consolidated or accounted for under the equity method,
depending on which conditions of IFRS10/IFRS11/IAS28
listed above they satisfy. Fees received by asset managers are
also taken into account in the assessment of the exposure to
variability of returns. For fully consolidated investment funds,
minority interests are recognized at fair value and shown as
liabilities in the balance sheet if the companies instruments can
be redeemed at any time by the holder at fair value. Investment
funds accounted by equity method are shown under the balance
sheet caption Financial investments.
1.3.2. Business combinations

and subsequent changes
in the Group ownership interest
In accordance with the option made available by IFRS1 Firsttime adoption of IFRS, business combinations prior to 2004
were not restated with respect to French accounting principles
in force at the time.
VALUATION OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES

ASSUMED OF NEWLY ACQUIRED SUBSIDIARIES AND
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Upon rst consolidation, all assets, liabilities and contingent

liabilities (unless they are not present obligations) of the acquired
company are estimated at their fair value. However, in compliance
with an exemption permitted by IFRS4, liabilities related to life
insurance contracts or investment contracts with discretionary
participating features are maintained at the carrying value prior
to the acquisition date to the extent that this measurement basis
is consistent with AXAs accounting principles. The fair value of
acquired business in force relating to life insurance contracts and
investment contracts with discretionary participating features
is recognized as an asset corresponding to the present value
of estimated future prots emerging on acquired business in
force at the date of acquisition (also referred to as value of
acquired business in force or VBI and reecting the difference
between the fair value and the carrying value of the liabilities).
The present value of future prots takes into consideration the
cost of capital and is estimated using actuarial assumptions
based on projections made at purchase date but also using a
discount rate that includes a risk premium.
Investment contracts with no discretionary participating features
do not benet from the exemption permitted by IFRS4 in PhaseI
of the IASBs insurance project such as described above, i.e. the
fair value of acquired liabilities is booked through the recognition
of an asset corresponding to the value of acquired business
in force. Liabilities relating to investment contracts with no
discretionary participating features are measured directly at
fair value. In accordance with IAS39, the fair value of these
contracts cannot be less than surrender value when they contain
a demand feature.
Other identifiable intangible assets such as the value of

customer relationships should be recognized. The value of
customer relationships intangible represents the value of future
cash ows expected from renewals and the cross-selling of
new products to customers known and identied at the time
of the acquisition. These projections include assumptions
regarding claims, expenses and nancial revenues, or they can
be estimated on the basis of the New Business Value. In line
with accounting practices in force before the adoption of IFRS,
which may continue to be applied under IFRS4, future premiums
relating to acquired business may be recognized in the Value
of acquired business in force item.
To the extent that these other intangible assets can be
estimated separately, they can also be measured by looking
at the purchased marketing resources that will allow them to
generate these future cash ows. The nature of the intangible
assets recognized is consistent with the valuation methods used
when purchasing the acquired entity.
In the context of a business combination, only restructuring
costs that can be measured reliably and which correspond to an
existing liability of the acquired company prior to the acquisition
date are included in restructuring provisions recognized in the
acquired companys balance sheet at acquisition date.
211

The consideration transferred in a business combination is

measured at fair value, which is calculated as the sum of the
acquisition-date fair values of the assets transferred by the
Group, the liabilities incurred by the Group to former owners
of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group.
Adjustments can be made to goodwill within twelvemonths

of the acquisition date, if new information becomes available
to complete the initial accounting. In this case, comparative
information is presented as if the initial accounting had been
completed from the acquisition date.
Purchase consideration includes any contingent element

(adjustment in the acquisition price conditional upon on one
or more events). In the estimate of the contingent element,
attention is paid to use assumptions that are consistent with the
assumptions used for the valuation of intangible assets such as
VBI. For business combinations that occurred before January1,
2009, any contingent element was included in the cost of the
combination to the extent the adjustment was probable and
could be measured reliably. If the future events do not occur
or the estimate needs to be revised, the cost of the business
combination continues to be adjusted accordingly, taking
account of the impact in terms of additional goodwill and/or
adjustments of the valuation of acquired assets and liabilities.
For business combinations on or after January1, 2009, any
change to the estimate of the contingent element between the
acquisition date and the amount actually subsequently paid is
recognized in the income statement.
If, after the period of twelvemonths, a deferred tax asset, initially

considered as not recoverable, nally meets the recognition
criteria, the corresponding tax benefit is recorded in the
consolidated statement of income without a corresponding
adjustment in goodwill.
Direct transaction costs related to a business combination are

charged in the income statement when incurred.
In step acquisitions, any previous minority interest held by the
Group is measured at fair value and the resulting adjustment is
recognized through net income. Similarly, when an additional
purchase changes the control from significant influence or
joint control to control, any investment pre-existing in a former
associate/joint venture is re-measured to its fair value with the
gain or loss through net income (consequently also resulting in
a new goodwill).
According to a decision taken for each acquisition, any minority
interest may be measured at fair value or at its proportionate
interest in the acquirees identiable net assets.
GOODWILL
Goodwill is measured as the excess of (a)the aggregate of the

consideration transferred, the amount of any minority interest in
the acquiree and in a business combination achieved in stages,
the acquisition-date fair value of the Groups previously held
equity interest in the acquiree over (b)the net of the acquisitiondate amounts of the identiable assets acquired and the liabilities
assumed.
Goodwill arising from the acquisition of a foreign entity is
recorded in the local currency of the acquired entity and is
translated into Euro at the closing date.
If the cost of acquisition is less than the net of the acquisitiondate amounts of the identiable assets acquired and the liabilities
assumed, the difference is directly recorded in the consolidated
statement of income.
212
Goodwill is allocated across operating segments (Life & Savings,

Property & Casualty, International Insurance, Asset Management
and Banking) to cash generating units corresponding(i)to the
companies acquired or portfolios of business acquired according
to their expected protability, and (ii)to the entities already
within the AXA Group that will benet from the synergies of
the combination with the activities acquired. This allocation of
goodwill is used both for segment reporting and for impairment
testing.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF MINORITY INTERESTS
INACONTROLLED SUBSIDIARY
Purchase and sale transactions of minority interests in a

controlled subsidiary that do not change the conclusion of
control are recorded through shareholders equity (including
direct acquisition costs).
If control in a subsidiary is lost, any gain or loss is recognized in
net income. Furthermore, if an investment in the entity is retained
by the Group, it is re-measured to its fair value and any gain or
loss is also recognized in net income.
PUT OVER MINORITY INTERESTS
When control over a subsidiary is acquired, a put option may be

granted to minority shareholders. However, the recognition of
the puttable instruments as a liability depends on the contractual
obligations.
When the contract involves an unconditional commitment
exercisable by the option holder, it is recognized as a liability.
Since the balancing entry to this liability is not specied by
current IFRS, the Groups method is(i)to reclassify minority
interests from equity to liability, (ii)to re-measure this liability at
the present value of the option price and (iii)to recognize the
difference either as an increase in goodwill for puts existing
before January1, 2009 or as a decrease in equity (Group share)
for a put granted after January1, 2009, to the extent there is no
immediate transfer of risks and rewards. Similarly, subsequent
changes in the liability are recorded against goodwill for puts
existing before January1, 2009 and against equity (Group share)
for puts granted after that date.

INTRA-GROUP TRANSACTIONS
Intra-group transactions, including internal dividends, payables/

receivables and gains/losses on intra-group transactions are
eliminated:
in full for controlled subsidiaries; and
to the extent of AXAs interest for entities consolidated by

equity method.
The effect on net income of transactions between consolidated

entities is always eliminated. However, in case of a loss, an
impairment test is performed, in order to assess whether an
impairment has to be booked.
In the event of an internal sale of an asset that is not intended
to be held on the long term by the Group, deferred tax is
recognized as the current tax calculated on the realized gain or
loss is eliminated. The income statement impact of the potential
policyholders participation resulting from this transaction is also
eliminated, and a deferred policyholders participation asset or
liability is posted to the statement of nancial position.
In addition, the transfer of consolidated shares, between two
consolidated subsidiaries but held with different ownership
percentages, should not impact the Group net income. The
only exception would be any related tax and policyholders
participation recorded in connection to the transaction, which
are maintained in the consolidated nancial statements. These
transfers also have an impact on Group shareholders equity
(with a balancing entry recorded in minority interests). This
impact is identied in the other changes of the consolidated
statement of shareholders equity.
1.4.
FOREIGN CURRENCY
TRANSLATION OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS ANDTRANSACTIONS
The consolidated financial statements are presented in

Euromillion, the Euro being the Groups presentational currency.
The results and nancial position of all Group entities that have
a functional currency (i.e. the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the entity operates) different from the
Group presentational currency are translated as follows:
assets and liabilities of entities in a functional currency different

from Euro are translated at the closing exchange rate;
revenues and expenses are translated at the average

exchange rates over the period;
all resulting foreign exchange differences are recognized as a

separate component of equity (translation differences).
such transactions and from the translation at closing rates of

monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
are recognized in the income statement, except where hedge
accounting is applied as explained in paragraph1.10.
As mentioned in paragraph 1.3.2, goodwill arising on the
acquisition of a foreign entity is recorded in the local currency of
the acquired entity and is translated into Euro at the closing date.
Foreign exchange differences arising from the translation of a net
investment in a foreign subsidiary, borrowings and other currency
instruments qualifying for hedge accounting of such investment
are recorded in shareholders equity under translation differences
and are recycled in the income statement as part of the realized
gain or loss on disposal of the hedged net investment.
Foreign exchange differences arising from monetary nancial
investments available for sale are recognized as income or
expense for the period in respect of the portion corresponding
to amortized cost. The residual translation differences relating
to fair value changes are recorded in shareholders equity, like
for non-monetary items such as equity securities.
Regarding the cumulative amount of the exchange differences
related to disposed business, the Group applies the step-bystep consolidation method (IFRIC16).
1.5.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The Group applies the IFRS13 fair value hierarchy as described

below for all assets and liabilities where another IFRS requires or
permits fair value measurement or disclosures about fair value
measurement in the Notes. Principles below address mostly
assets given the nature of the activities of the Group.
a)
Active market: quoted price
Fair values of assets and liabilities traded on active markets

are determined using quoted market prices when available. An
instrument is regarded as quoted in an active market if quoted
prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange,
dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory
agency and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring
market transactions on an arms length basis between a willing
seller and a willing buyer. For nancial instruments traded in
active markets, quotes received from external pricing services
represent consensus prices, i.e. using similar models and inputs
resulting in a very limited dispersion.
The fair value amounts of assets and liabilities for which fair value
is determined in whole directly by reference to an active market
are disclosed as level1 in the Notesto the nancial statements.
At the local entity level, foreign currency transactions are

translated into the functional currency using the exchange
rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign
exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of
213
4
b)

Active versus inactive markets

nancial instruments
Equity instruments quoted on exchange traded markets and

bonds actively traded on liquid markets for which prices are
regularly provided by external pricing services that represent
consensus with limited dispersion and for which quotes are
readily available are generally considered as being quoted in
an active market. Liquidity may be dened as the possibility to
sell or dispose of the asset in the ordinary course of business
within a certain limited time period at approximately the price at
which the investment is valued. Liquidity for debt instruments is
assessed using a multi-criteria approach including the number
of quotes available, the place of issuance and the evolution of
the widening of bid ask spreads.
A nancial instrument is regarded as not quoted in an active
market if there is little observation of transaction prices as
an inherent characteristic of the instrument, when there is a
signicant decline in the volume and level of trading activity,
in case of signicant illiquidity or if observable prices cannot
be considered as representing fair value because of dislocated
market conditions. Characteristics of inactive markets can
therefore be very different in nature, inherent to the instrument
or indicative of a change in the conditions prevailing in certain
markets.
c)
Assets and liabilities not quoted

inanactive market
The fair values of assets and liabilities that are not traded in an
active market are estimated:
using external and independent pricing services; or
using valuation techniques.
Fair values of assets and liabilities that are not traded in active
market mainly based on observable market data are disclosed
as level2 in the Notesto the nancial statements.
Fair values mainly not based on observable market data are
disclosed as level3 in the Notes.
No active market: use of external pricing services.
External pricing services may be fund asset managers in the

case of non-consolidated investments in funds or brokers. To the
extent possible, the Group collects quotes from external pricing
providers as inputs to measure fair value. Prices received may
form tight clusters or dispersed quotes which may then lead
to the use of valuation techniques. The dispersion of quotes
received may be an indication of the large range of assumptions
used by external pricing providers given the limited number of
transactions to be observed or reect the existence of distress
transactions. In addition, given current market conditions since
the nancial crisis and the persistency of complete inactivity of
some markets since then, many nancial institutions closed their
desks dedicated to structured assets deals and are no longer
in a position to deliver meaningful quotes.
214
No active market: use of valuation techniques.
The objective of valuation techniques is to arrive at the price

at which an orderly transaction would take place between
market participants (a willing buyer and a willing seller) at the
measurement date. Valuation technique models include:
market approach: The consideration of recent prices and

other relevant information generated by market transactions
involving substantially similar assets or liabilities;
income approach: Use of discounted cash ow analysis,

option pricing models, and other present value techniques
to convert future amounts to a single current (i.e.
discounted) amount;
cost approach: The consideration of amounts that would

currently be required to construct or replace the service
capacity of an asset.
Valuation techniques are subjective in nature and signicant

judgment is involved in establishing fair values. They include
recent arms length transactions between knowledgeable willing
parties on similar assets if available and representative of fair
value and involve various assumptions regarding the underlying
price, yield curve, correlations, volatility, default rates and other
factors. Unlisted equity instruments are based on cross checks
using different methodologies such as discounted cash ows
techniques, price earning ratios multiples, adjusted net asset
values, taking into account recent transactions on instruments
which are substantially the same if concluded at arms length
between knowledgeable willing parties, if any. The use of
valuation techniques and assumptions could produce different
estimates of fair value. However, valuations are determined using
generally accepted models (discounted cash ows, Black&
Scholes models,etc.) based on quoted market prices for similar
instruments or underlyings (index, credit spread,etc.) whenever
such directly observable data are available and valuations are
adjusted for liquidity and credit risk.
Valuation techniques may be used when there is little observation
of transaction prices as an inherent characteristic of the market,
when quotes made available by external pricing providers are
too dispersed or when market conditions are so dislocated that
observed data cannot be used or need signicant adjustments.
Internal mark to model valuations are therefore normal market
practices for certain assets and liabilities inherently scarcely
traded or exceptional processes implemented due to specic
market conditions.
Use of valuation techniques in dislocated markets.
The dislocation of certain markets may be evidenced by various

factors, such as very large widening of bid ask spreads which
may be helpful indicators in understanding whether market
participants are willing to transact, wide dispersion in the prices
of the small number of current transactions, varying prices over
time or among market participants, inexistence of secondary
markets, disappearance of primary markets, closing down of
dedicated desks in nancial institutions, distress and forced
transactions motivated by strong needs of liquidity or other

difcult nancial conditions implying the necessity to dispose of

assets immediately with insufcient time to market the assets
to be sold, and large bulk sales to exit such markets at all costs
that may involve side arrangements (such as sellers providing
nance for a sale to a buyer).
In such cases, the Group uses valuation techniques including
observable data whenever possible and relevant, adjusted if
needed to develop the best estimate of fair value, including
adequate risk premiums or develops a valuation model based
on unobservable data representing estimates of assumptions
that willing market participants would use when prices are not
current, relevant or available without undue costs and efforts: in
inactive markets, transactions may be inputs when measuring
fair value, but would likely not be determinative and unobservable
data may be more appropriate than observable inputs.
1.6.
SEGMENT REPORTING
The segmental analysis provided in AXAs Annual Report and

Financial Statements reects operating business segments; it is
based on ve business lines: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty,
International Insurance, Asset Management and Banking. An
additional Holdings segment includes all non-operational
activities.
1.7.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
1.7.1. Goodwill and impairment of goodwill

Goodwill is considered to have an indenite useful life and is
therefore not amortized. Impairment tests are performed at least
annually. Impairment of goodwill is not reversible.
AXA performs animpairment test of goodwill at least annually
based on cash generating units, using a multi-criteria analysis
with parameters such as the value of assets, future operating
prots and market share, in order to determine any signicant
adverse changes. It also considers the interdependence of
transactions within sub-groups. Within each cash generating
unit, a comparison is made between net book value and the
recoverable value (equal to the higher of fair value less costs
to sell and value in use). Value in use consists of the net assets
and expected future earnings from existing and new business,
taking into account the cash generating units future cash ows.
The value of future expected earnings is estimated on the basis
of the life insurance and investment contracts embedded value
models or similar calculations for other activities. Fair values less
costs to sell are based on the IFRS13 fair value as described in
Note1.5 using various valuation multiples.
1.7.2. Value of purchased life insurance

business in force (VBI)
The value of purchased insurance contracts and investment
contracts with discretionary participating features recognized
in a business combination (see paragraph 1.3.2) is
amortized as profits emerge over the life of the contracts
portfolio. In conjunction with the liability adequacy test (see
paragraph1.14.2), VBI is subject to annual recoverability testing
based on actual experience and expected changes in the main
assumptions.
1.7.3. Deferred acquisition costs (DAC)

relating to insurance contracts
and investment contracts with
discretionary participating features
rights to future management fees,
also known as deferred origination
costs (DOC) relating to investment
contracts with no discretionary
The incremental direct costs of acquiring a portfolio of
insurance contracts and investment contracts with discretionary
participating features, primarily related to the selling, underwriting
and initiating the insurance contracts in a portfolio, are deferred
by recognizing an asset. In Property and Casualty, DAC are
amortized over the terms of the policies, as premium is earned.
For Life business, the asset is amortized based on the estimated
gross prots emerging over the life of the contracts. This asset is
tested for recoverability and any amount above future estimated
gross prots is expensed. DAC are also tested through the
liability adequacy test (see paragraph1.14.2).
For investment contracts with no discretionary participating

features, a similar asset is recognized, i.e. r ights to future
management fees, also known as Deferred origination costs
(DOC) (see Note7) but limited to incremental costs directly
attributable to the provision of investment management services.
This asset is amortized by taking into account projections of
fees collected over the life of the contracts. The amortization
of DOC is reviewed at each closing date to reect changes
in assumptions and experience. This asset is also tested for
recoverability.
DAC and DOC are reported gross of unearned revenues and
fees reserves. These unearned revenues and fees reserves are
separately recognized as liabilities and are amortized over the
contract term using the same amortization approach used for
DAC and DOC.
215

1.7.4. Unearned revenues reserves
1.8.2. Financial instruments classication
Revenues received at contract inception to cover future services

are deferred and recognized in the income statement using
the same amortization pattern as the one used for deferred
acquisition costs.
Depending on the intention and ability to hold the invested

assets, financial instruments are classified in the following
categories:
assets held to maturity, accounted for at amortized cost;
1.7.5. Other intangible assets
assets held for trading and assets designated as at fair value

with change in fair value through prot or loss;
available-for-sale assets accounted for at fair value with

changes in fair value recognized through shareholders equity;
loans and receivables (including some debt instruments not

quoted in an active market) accounted for at amortized cost.
Other intangible assets include software developed for internal

use for which direct costs are capitalized and amortized on a
straight-line basis over the assets estimated useful lives.
They also include customer relationships intangibles as well
as distribution agreements recognized as a result of business
combinations. If these assets have a nite useful life, they are
amortized on a straight line basis over their estimated life. In
all cases, they are subject to impairment tests, at each closing
for assets with a finite useful life and at least annually for
other assets. In the event of a signicant decline in value, an
impairment is booked corresponding to the difference between
the value on the balance sheet and the higher of value in use
and fair value less costs to sell.
1.8.
At inception, the option to designate nancial investments and

liabilities at fair value with change in fair value recognized through
income statement is mainly used by the Group in the following
circumstances:
INVESTMENTS FROM INSURANCE,

BANKING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Investments include investment in real estate properties

and nancial instruments including equity instruments, debt
instruments and loans.
1.8.1. Investment in real estate properties

Investment in real estate properties (excluding investment in real
estate properties totally or partially backing liabilities arising from
contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders) is
recognized at cost. The properties components are depreciated
over their estimated useful lives, also considering their residual
value if it may be reliably estimated.
In case of unrealized loss over 15%, an impairment is recognized
for the difference between the net book value of the investment
property and the fair value of the asset based on an independent
valuation. Furthermore, at the level of each reporting entity, if
the cumulated amount of unrealized losses under 15% (without
offsetting with unrealized gains) represents more than 10% of the
cumulated net cost of real estate assets, additional impairment
are booked on a line-by-line approach until the 10% threshold
is reached.
If, in subsequent periods, the appraisal value rises to at least
15% more than the net carrying value, previously recorded
impairment is reversed to the extent of the difference between
a) the net carrying value and b) the lower of the appraisal value
and the depreciated cost (before impairment).
Investment in real estate properties that totally or partially back
liabilities arising from contracts where the nancial risk is borne
by policyholders is recognized at fair value with changes in fair
value through prot or loss.
216
nancial investments when electing the fair value option allows

the Group to solve accounting mismatch, and in particular:
assets backing liabilities arising from contracts where the

nancial risk is borne by policyholders,
assets included in hedging strategies set out by the

Group for economical reasons but not eligible for hedge
accounting as dened by IAS39,
debt held by structured bond (primarily Collateralized Debt

Obligations) funds controlled and consolidated by the
Group;
portfolios of managed nancial investments whose protability

is valued on a fair value basis: mainly securities held by
consolidated investment funds, managed according to
the Group Risk Management policy (Satellite Investment
Portfolio, see denition below).
In practice, assets held through consolidated investment funds

are classied:
either as assets of the Core Investment Portfolios which

include assets backing liabilities arising from insurance and
investment contracts, managed according to AXAs ALM
strategy; or
as assets of the Satellite Investment Portfolios, reecting

the strategic asset allocation based on a dynamic a sset
management aimed at maximizing returns.
Underlying nancial instruments held in the Core Investment

Portfolios are classied as available-for-sale with change in
fair value through shareholders equity unless involved in a
qualifying hedge relationship or more broadly when electing the
fair value option reduces accounting mismatch. As specied
above, the nancial instruments held in the Satellite Investment
Portfolios are accounted for at fair value with changes in fair
value recognized through income statement.
Assets designated as available-for-sale, trading assets,
investments designated as at fair value through prot or loss
and all derivatives are measured at fair value, i.e. the amount for
which an asset could be exchanged, between knowledgeable,

willing parties in an arms length transaction. The Group applies

the IFRS13 fair value hierarchy.
Loans which are not designated under the fair value option are
accounted at amortized cost using the effective interest rate
method.
IMPAIRMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
AXA assesses at each balance sheet date whether a nancial

asset or a group of nancial investments at (amortized) cost or
designated as available for sale is impaired. A nancial asset or
group of nancial investments is impaired when there is objective
evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events and
this event has an impact on the estimated future cash ows of
the asset(s) that can be reliably estimated.
For debt instruments classied as held to maturity or available
for sale, an impairment based respectively on future cash ows
discounted using the initial effective interest rate or on fair value
is recorded through the income statement if future cash ows
may not be fully recoverable due to a credit event relating to the
instrument issuer. A downgrade of an entitys credit rating is not,
of itself, evidence of impairment. If the credit risk is eliminated or
improves, the impairment may be released. The amount of the
reversal is also recognized in the income statement.
For equity instruments classied as available for sale, a signicant
or prolonged decline in the fair value below its carrying value
is considered as indication for potential impairment, such as
equity instruments showing unrealized losses over a 6months
period or more (prior to the closing date), or unrealized losses
in excess of 20% of the net carrying value at the closing date.
If such evidence exists for an available for sale nancial asset,
the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the
acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment
on that nancial asset already booked in the income statement
is removed from shareholders equity and an impairment is
recognized through the income statement. Equity instruments
impairment recognized in the income statement cannot be
reversed through the income statement until the asset is sold
or derecognized.
Impairments of loans available for sale are based on the present
value of expected future cash ows, discounted at the loans
effective interest rate (down to the loans observable market
price), or on the fair value of the collateral.
For financial investments accounted for at amortized cost,

including loans and assets classied as held to maturity or
assets designated as Loans and receivables, the impairment
test is rst performed at the asset level. A more global test is
then performed on groups of assets with similar risk prole.
Methods for calculating the net book value of assets sold
(average cost, rst-in rst-out,etc.) depend on local Assets
and Liabilities Management (ALM) strategies as these strategies
have been set up to take into account specic commitments
to policyholders. These methods may differ within the Group
provided that they are used consistently at each entity level.
1.8.3. Repurchase agreements and

securities lending
The Group is party to repurchase agreements and securities
lending transactions under which financial assets are sold
to a counterparty, subject to a simultaneous agreement to
repurchase these nancial assets at a certain later date, at an
agreed price. While substantially all of the risks and rewards of
the nancial assets remain with the Group over the entire lifetime
of the transaction, the Group does not derecognize the nancial
assets. The proceeds of the sale are reported separately. Interest
expense from repurchase and security lending transactions is
accrued over the duration of the agreements.
Additionally, the Group is party to total return swaps under which
nancial assets are sold to a counterparty with a corresponding
agreement. Cash ows equal to those of the underlying assets
will be remitted to the Group in exchange for specied payments
taking into account any increase or decline in the fair value of the
assets. This results in substantially all of the risks and rewards
of the nancial assets remaining with the Group. As such, the
Group does not derecognize the nancial assets.
The Group is also party to reverse repurchase agreements

under which nancial assets are purchased from a counterparty,
subject to a simultaneous agreement to return these nancial
assets at a certain later date, at an agreed price. If substantially
all of the risks and rewards of the securities remain with the
counterparty over the entire lifetime of the agreement of the
transaction, the securities concerned are not recognized as
nancial assets of the Group. The amounts of cash disbursed
are recorded under nancial investments, except for transactions
arising from banking activities, which are recorded as separate
assets. Interest income on reverse repurchase agreements is
217
4
1.9.

ASSETS BACKING LIABILITIES

ARISING FROM CONTRACTS
WHERE THE FINANCIAL RISK IS
BORNE BY POLICYHOLDERS
Assets backing liabilities arising from insurance or investment

contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders are
presented in a separate aggregate of the balance sheet so that
they are shown in a symmetrical manner to the corresponding
liabilities. This presentation is considered more relevant for the
users and consistent with the liquidity order recommended
by IAS1 for nancial institutions, since the risks are borne by
policyholders, whatever the type of assets backing liabilities
(investment in real estate properties, debt instruments or equity
instruments,etc.). Details of these assets are provided in the
notes.
1.10. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value at purchase date
and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Unrealized
gains and losses are recognized in the statement of income
unless they relate to a qualifying hedge relationship as described
below. The Group designates certain derivatives as either:
(i)hedging of the fair value of recognized assets or liabilities or
of a rm commitment (fair value hedge); or (ii)hedging of highly
probable expected future transactions (cash ow hedge); or
(iii)hedging of net investments in foreign operations.
The Group documents, at inception, the hedge relationship, as
well as its Risk Management hedging objectives and strategy.
The Group also documents the hedge effectiveness, both at
inception and on an ongoing basis, indicating the actual or
expected efciency level of the derivatives used in hedging
transactions in offsetting changes in the fair values or cash ows
of hedged underlying items.
FAIR VALUE HEDGE
Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying

as fair value hedge are recorded in the income statement,
together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset
or liability. Therefore, the gain or loss relating to any ineffective
portion is directly recognized in the income statement.
CASH FLOW HEDGE
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives

designated and qualifying as cash ow hedge is recognized in
shareholders equity. The gain or loss relating to any ineffective
portion is recognized in the income statement. Cumulative
gain or loss in shareholders equity is recycled in the income
statement when the hedged underlying item impacts the
profit or loss for the period (for example when the hedged
future transaction is recognized). When a hedging instrument
reaches its maturity date or is sold, or when a hedge no longer
qualies for hedge accounting, the cumulative gains or losses
in shareholders equity are held until the initially hedged future
transaction ultimately impacts the income statement.
218
NET INVESTMENT HEDGE
The accounting of net investments in foreign operations hedge

is similar to the accounting of cash ow hedge. Any gain or loss
on the hedging instrument relating to the effective portion of the
hedge is recognized in shareholders equity; the gain or loss
relating to the ineffective portion is recognized in the income
statement. Cumulative gains and losses in shareholders equity
impact the income statement only on disposal of the foreign
operations.
DERIVATIVES NOT QUALIFYING FOR HEDGE ACCOUNTING
Changes in the fair value of all other derivative instruments

that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized in
the income statement. Given IAS39 constraints, only a few
hedges are eligible to hedge accounting provisions described
above. However, most of the derivatives used by the Group are
purchased with a view to hedge or for example to use such
instruments as an alternative to gain exposure to certain asset
classes through synthetic positions. See Note20.
The Group holds financial investments that also include
embedded derivatives. Such embedded derivatives are
separately recorded and measured at fair value through prot
or loss if the impact is deemed material.
For the statement of nancial position, derivatives are presented
alongside the underlying assets or liabilities for which they are
used, regardless of whether these derivatives meet the criteria
for hedge accounting.
The purpose and condition of the use of derivatives within the
Group are detailed in Note20.
1.11. ASSETS/ LIABILITIES HELD FOR

SALE AND ASSETS/ LIABILITIES
INCLUDING DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
These comprise assets, particularly buildings or operations,
intended to be sold or discontinued within twelve months.
Subsidiaries held for sale remain within the scope of consolidation
until the date on which the Group loses effective control. The
assets and activities (assets and liabilities) concerned are
measured at the lower of net carrying value and fair value net
of selling costs. They are presented in separate asset and
liability items on the balance sheet. The liabilities of subsidiaries
(excluding shareholders equity) held for sale are entered
separately on the liability side of the consolidated balance sheet,
with no netting against assets.
In the event of a discontinuation of operations representing
either a business line, a main and distinct geographical region
or a subsidiary acquired solely with a view to reselling, their
after-tax contribution is stated on a separate line of the income
statement. For comparison purposes, the same applies to the
presentation of income statements relating to previous periods
that are included in the nancial statements. This separate line
also includes the post-tax gain/loss recognized on the disposal
of the discontinued operation at the date of loss of control.

1.12. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash comprises cash on hand and demand deposits while cash
equivalents are short-term, liquid investments that are readily
convertible to cash and which are subject to low volatility.
1.14. LIABILITIES ARISING FROM

INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT
CONTRACTS
1.14.1. Contracts classication
1.13. SHARE CAPITAL AND

SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
1.13.1. Share capital
Ordinary shares are classied in shareholders equity when there
is no obligation to transfer cash or other assets to the holders.
Additional costs (net of tax) directly attributable to the issue
of equity instruments are shown in shareholders equity as a
deduction to the proceeds.
The Group issues contracts that transfer an insurance risk or a

nancial risk or both.
Insurance contracts, including assumed reinsurance contracts,
are contracts that carry significant insurance risks. Such
contracts may also transfer nancial risk from the policyholders
to the insurer. Investment contracts are contracts that carry
nancial risk with no signicant insurance risk.
A number of insurance and investment contracts contain
discretionary participating features. These features entitle the
contract holder to receive additional benets or bonuses on top
of these standard benets:
they are likely to represent a signicant portion of the overall

contractual benets;
Undated subordinated debt and any related interest charges are

classied either in shareholders equity (in the other reserves
aggregate) or as liabilities depending on contract clauses without
taking into consideration the prospect of redemption under
economic constraints (e.g. step up clauses or shareholders
expectations).
their amount or timing is contractually at the discretion of the

Group; and
they are contractually based on the performance of a group of

contracts, the investment returns of a nancial asset portfolio
or the Company prots, a fund or another entity that issues
the contract.
1.13.3. Compound nancial instruments
In some insurance or investment contracts, the nancial risk is

borne by policyholders. Such contracts are usually Unit-Linked
contracts.
1.13.2. Undated subordinated debt
Any nancial instrument issued by the Group with an equity

component (for example certain options granted to convert the
debt instrument into an equity instrument of the Company) and
a liability component (a contractual obligation to deliver cash) is
classied separately on the liability side of the balance sheet with
the equity component reported in Group shareholders equity
(in the other reserves aggregate). Gains and losses relating
to redemptions or refinancing of the equity component are
recognized as changes to shareholders equity.
1.13.4. Treasury shares

Treasury shares and any directly related costs are recorded as a
deduction to consolidated shareholders equity. Where treasury
shares are subsequently sold or reissued, any consideration
received is included in consolidated shareholders equity, net
of any directly related costs and tax effects.
However, treasury shares held by controlled investment
funds backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by
policyholders are not deducted as all risks and income resulting
from holding these shares are attributable to policyholders.
The Group classies its insurance and investment contracts into

six categories:
liabilities arising from insurance contracts;
liabilities arising from insurance contracts where the nancial

risk is borne by policyholders;
liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary

participating features;
liabilities arising from investment contracts with no

discretionary participating features;
liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary

participating features where the nancial risk is borne by
policyholders; these relate to Unit-Linked contracts or multifunds contracts containing a non-Unit-Linked fund with
discretionary participating features;
liabilities arising from investment contracts with no

discretionary participating features where the nancial risk is
borne by policyholders.
219

1.14.2. Insurance contracts and investment

contracts with discretionary
Except where IAS39 applies, according to IFRS4, recognition
and derecognition are based on the AXA accounting policies
existing prior to IFRS and are described below, except for the
elimination of equalization provisions, selective changes as
permitted by IFRS4 (see below) and the extension of shadow
accounting.
The main characteristics of the accounting principles applied
prior to IFRS and retained after the conversion to IFRS are as
follows:
reserves must be sufcient;
life reserves cannot be discounted using a discount rate higher

than prudently estimated expected assets yield;
acquisition costs are deferred to the extent recoverable and

amortized based on the estimated gross prots emerging over
the life of the contracts;
property and casualty claims reserves represent estimated

ultimate costs. Post claims reserves are generally not
discounted, except in limited cases (a detail of discounted
reserves is shown in Note14.9).
PRE-CLAIMS RESERVES
Unearned premiums reserves represent the prorata portion of

written premiums that relates to unexpired risks at the closing
date.
For traditional life insurance contracts (that is, contracts with
signicant mortality or morbidity risk), the future policy benets
reserves are calculated on a prospective basis according to
each countrys regulation provided methods used are consistent
with the Groups policies and using assumptions on investment
yields, morbidity/mortality and expenses.
Changes in reserves are booked if there are impacts caused by
a change in the mortality table.
Future policy benets reserves relating to investment contracts
with discretionary participation features (previously called
savings contracts in AXAs accounting principles) that carry
low mortality and morbidity risk are generally calculated using
a prospective approach based on discount rates usually set at
inception with reserves similar to the retrospective approach,
(i.e. account balance methodology).
The discount rates used by AXA are less than or equal to the
expected future investment yields (assessed on prudent basis).
220
Part of the policyholders participation reserve is included in

future policy benets reserves, according to contractual clauses.
Except when these guarantees are covered by a r isk
management program using derivative instruments (see next
paragraph), guaranteed minimum benets reserves relating
to contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders
(insurance contracts because they include such guarantees or
investment contracts with discretionary participating features),
are built over the life of the contract based on a prospective
approach: the present value of future benet obligations to be
paid to policyholders in relation to these guarantees is estimated
on the basis of reasonable scenarios. These scenarios are
based on assumptions including investment returns, volatility,
surrender and mortality rates. This present value of future benet
obligations is reserved as fees are collected over the life of the
contracts.
Some guaranteed benets such as Guaranteed Minimum Death
or Income Benets (GMDB or GMIB), or certain guarantees on
return proposed by reinsurance treaties, are covered by a risk
management program using derivative instruments. In order
to minimize the accounting mismatch between liabilities and
hedging derivatives, AXA has chosen to use the option allowed
under IFRS4.24 to re-measure its provisions: this revaluation
is carried out at each accounts closing based on guarantee
level projections and considers interest rates and other market
assumptions. The liabilities revaluation impact in the current
period is recognized through income, symmetrically with the
impact of the change in value of hedging derivatives. This
change in accounting principles was adopted on the rst time
application of IFRS on January1, 2004 for contract portfolios
covered by the risk management program at that date. Any
additional contract portfolios covered by the risk management
program after this date are valued on the same terms as those
that applied on the date the program was rst applied.
POST CLAIMS RESERVES
Claims reserves (life and non life contracts)

The purpose of claims reserves is to cover the ultimate cost of
settling an insurance claim. Claims reserves are generally not
discounted, except in cases such as disability annuities.
Claims reserves include the claims incurred and reported, claims
incurred but not reported (IBNR) as well as claim handling costs.
Claims reserves are based on historical claim data, current
trends, actual payment patterns for all insurance business lines
as well as expected changes in ination, regulatory environment
or anything else that could impact amounts to be paid.

Shadow accounting and Deferred policyholders

Participation Asset (DPA) or Liability (DPL)
In compliance with the option in IFRS4, shadow accounting is
applied to insurance and investment contracts with discretionary
participating features. Shadow accounting includes adjustments
to technical liabilities, policyholders participation, other
obligations, deferred acquisition costs and value of business
in force to take into account unrealized gains or losses on
insurance liabilities or assets in the same way as it is done for a
realized gain or loss of invested assets.
For example, for contracts with discretionary participating
features, when unrealized gains or losses are recognized, a
deferred participating liability (DPL) or asset (DPA) is recorded.
The DPL or DPA corresponds to the discretionary participation
available to the policyholders and is generally determined by
applying on the basis of estimated participation of policyholders
in unrealized gains and losses and any other valuation difference
with the local contractual basis. Jurisdictions where participating
business is signicant are Switzerland (for group insurance
policies), Germany and France where the minimum is set to
90%, 90% and 85% respectively, of a basis which may include
not only nancial income but also other components such as in
Germany or Switzerland. Participating business is less prevalent
in the United States or in Japan.
The estimated discretionary participating feature of such
contracts is fully recognized in the liabilities. As a consequence,
there is no component recognized as an equity component and
AXA does not need to ensure the liability recognized for the
whole contract is not less than the amount that would result
from applying IAS39 to the guaranteed element.
When a net unrealized loss (unrealized change in fair value,
impairment, expense related, ) is accounted, a deferred
participating asset (DPA) may be recognized only to the extent
that it is highly probable that it can be charged to policyholders,
by entity, in the future. This could be the case if the DPA can
be offset against future participation either directly through
deduction of the DPL from future capital gains or the DPL
netted against value of businesses in force or indirectly through
deduction of future fees on premiums or margins.
Unrealized gains and losses on assets classied as trading or
designated at fair value through prot and loss, along with any
other entry impacting the income statement and generating
a timing difference, are accounted for through the income
statement with a corresponding shadow entry adjustment also
in the statement of income. The shadow accounting adjustments
relating to unrealized gains and losses on assets available-forsale (for which change in fair value is taken to shareholders
equity) are booked through shareholders equity.
Recoverability tests and liability adequacy test (LAT)

Deferred participation
When a net deferred participation asset is recognized, the Group
uses liquidity analyses performed by the entities to assess the
capacity to hold assets showing unrealized loss position, if any,
generating such debits. The Group then performs projections
to compare the value of assets backing policyholders contracts
with expected payments to be made to policyholders.
Liability Adequacy Test
In addition, at each balance sheet date, liability adequacy tests
are performed in each consolidated entity in order to ensure
the adequacy of the contract liabilities net of related DAC and
VBI assets and deferred policyholders participation asset. To
perform these tests, entities group contracts together according
to how they have been acquired, are serviced and have their
protability measured. Entities use current best estimates of all
future contractual cash ows as well as claims handling and
administration expenses, and take into account guarantees and
investment yields relating to assets backing these contracts.
such tests are based on the intention and capacity of entities

to hold nancial assets according to various sets of scenarios,
excluding the value of new business;
they include projections of future investments sales according

to estimated surrender patterns; and
the extent to which resulting gains/losses may be allocated/

charged to policyholders, i.e. profit sharing between
policyholders and shareholders.
These tests therefore include the capacity to charge estimated

future losses to policyholders on the basis of the assessment
of the holding horizon and potential realization of losses among
unrealized losses existing at closing date.
Contract specic risks (insurance risk, asset return risk, ination

risk, persistency, adverse selection,etc.) directly related to the
contracts are also considered.
Depending on the type of business, the future investment cash
ows and discounting may be based on a deterministic best
estimate rate, with corresponding participation, or in the case
of Guaranteed Minimum Benets, stochastic scenarios. Testing
is performed either by a comparison of the reserve booked
net of related assets (DAC, VBI,etc.) directly with discounted
cash ows, or by ensuring that the discounted prot net of
participation from release of the technical provisions exceeds
net related assets.
Any identied deciency is charged to the income statement,
initially by respectively writing off DPA, DAC or VBI, and
subsequently by establishing a LAT provision for losses arising
221

from the liability adequacy test for any amount in excess of DPA,
DAC and VBI. For non-life insurance contracts, an unexpired risk
provision is recognized for contracts on which the premiums
are expected to be insufcient to cover expected future claims
and claims expenses.
reinsurers who will share in the risks. When these contracts

meet the insurance contracts classification requirements,
transactions relating to reinsurance are accounted for in the
balance sheet and income statement in a similar way to direct
business transactions in agreement with contractual clauses.
Embedded derivatives in insurance and investment

contracts with discretionary participating features
Embedded derivatives that meet the denition of an insurance
contract or correspond to options to surrender insurance
contracts for a set amount (or based on a xed amount and an
interest rate) are not separately measured. All other embedded
derivatives are bifurcated and booked at fair value when material
(with change in fair value recognized through income statement)
if they are not considered as closely related to the host insurance
contract and/or do not meet the definition of an insurance
contract.
If a reinsurance asset is impaired, the Group reduces the carrying

amount accordingly and recognizes that impairment loss in the
income statement. A reinsurance asset is impaired if there is
objective evidence, as a result of an event that occurred after
initial recognition of the reinsurance assets, that the Group may
not receive all amounts due to it under the terms of the contract,
and the event has a reliably measurable impact on the amounts
that the Group will receive from the reinsurer.
Embedded derivatives meeting the denition of an insurance

contract are described in Note14.10.
1.14.3. Investment contracts

withnodiscretionary participating
features
In accordance with IAS39, these contracts are accounted
for using deposit accounting, which mainly results in not
recognizing the cash flows corresponding to premiums,
benets and claims in the statement of income (see Revenue
recognition paragraphbelow). These cash ows shall rather be
recognized as deposits and withdrawals.
This category includes mainly Unit-Linked contracts that do
not meet the denition of insurance or investment contracts
with discretionary participating features. For these Unit-Linked
contracts, the liabilities are valued at current unit value, i.e. on
the basis of the fair value of the nancial investments backing
those contracts at the balance sheet date together with Rights
to future management fees, also known as Deferred origination
costs (DOC, described in paragraph1.7.3).
UNEARNED FEES RESERVES
Fees received at inception of an investment contract with no

discretionary participating features to cover future services are
recognized as liabilities and accounted in the income statement
based on the same amortization pattern as the one used for
deferred origination costs.
1.15. REINSURANCE
The Group assumes and cedes reinsurance in the normal
course of business. Assumed reinsurance refers to the Groups
acceptance of certain insurance risks that other companies
have underwritten. Ceded reinsurance refers to the transfer
of insurance risk, along with the related premiums, to other
222
If the Group determines that reinsurance contracts do not

meet the insurance contracts classication contract and/or
principally transfers nancial risk, the agreement is recorded
using the deposit method of accounting. Deposits received are
included in payables and deposits made are included within
receivables. As amounts are paid or received, consistent with the
underlying contracts, the deposit assets or liabilities are adjusted
as appropriate.
1.16. FINANCING DEBT

Financing debt issued to nance the solvency requirements of
operational entities or to acquire a portfolio of contracts are
isolated in a specic aggregate of the statement of nancial
position and are accounted for at amortized cost.
1.17. OTHER LIABILITIES

1.17.1. Income taxes
The current income tax expense (benet) is recorded in the
income statement on the basis of local tax regulations.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities emerge from temporary
differences between the accounting and scal values of assets
and liabilities, and when applicable from tax loss carry forwards.
Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is
probable that future taxable prot will be available to offset the
temporary differences taking into account the existence of tax
groups and any legal or regulatory requirements on the limits
(in terms of amounts or timing) relating to the carry forwards
of unused tax credits. The recoverability of deferred tax assets
recognized in previous periods is re-assessed at each closing.
In particular, a deferred tax liability is recognized for any
taxable temporary difference relating to the value of shares in a
consolidated company held, unless the Group controls at what
date the temporary difference will reverse and it is probable
that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable

future. If a group company decides to sell its stake in another

consolidated entity, the difference between the carrying value
and the tax value of these shares for the Company that holds
them leads to the recognition of deferred tax (including as part of
a business combination when the Group as the buyer intends to
sell or carry out internal restructuring of the shares following the
acquisition). The same approach applies to dividend payments
that have been voted or deemed likely, to the extent that a tax
on dividends will be due.
Deferred taxes for taxable temporary differences relating to tax
deductible goodwill are recognized to the extent they do not
arise from the initial recognition of goodwill. These deferred
taxes are only released if the goodwill is impaired or if the
corresponding consolidated shares are sold.
The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax
assets reects the expected tax impact, at the balance sheet
date. That would follow the way the Group expects to recover
or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities. When
income taxes are calculated at a different rate if dividends are
paid, deferred taxes are measured at the tax rate applicable
to undistributed profits. The income tax consequences of
dividends are only accounted when a liability to pay the dividend
is recognized.
1.17.2. Pensions and other post-retirement

benets
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits include the
benefits payable to AXA Group employees after they retire
(retirement compensation, additional pension benet, health
insurance). In order to meet those obligations, some regulatory
frameworks have allowed or enforced the set up of dedicated
funds (plan assets).
for risks and charges heading. If the net result is negative, a

prepaid pension asset is recorded in the balance sheet but
not more than its recoverable amount (asset ceiling). Actuarial
gains and losses (now termed remeasurments under IAS19
revised) arising from experience adjustments and changes in
actuarial assumptions are recognized in shareholders equity
(in Other Comprehensive Income) in full in the period in which
they occur. Similarly, the actual return on assets and any change
in asset ceiling, excluding the net interest income on assets, is
recognized in shareholders equity. The regular impact in the
income statement mainly relates to the current service cost
(annually accruing employee benet) and the net interest on
the amount recorded in the opening balance sheet (unwinding
of discount applied to the net liability/asset at start of the annual
period, taking into account contributions and benets payments
during the period). Past service cost represents the change in
the present value of the dened benet obligation resulting from
a plan amendment or curtailment to a dened benets plan. It
is recognized totally and immediately in the income statement
when incurred. Gains and losses on the settlement of a dened
benet plan also have an impact in the income statement when
the settlement occurs.
It should be noted that, all cumulative past actuarial gains and
losses on all employee benet plans were recognized in retained
earnings as of January1, 2004, AXA Groups transition date.
1.17.3. Share-based compensation plans

The Groups share-based compensation plans are predominantly
settled in equities.
All equity-settled share-based compensation plans are
accounted for at fair value at the date they were granted and
the fair value is expensed over the vesting period.
Defined contribution plans: payments are made by the

employer to a third party (e.g. pension trusts). These payments
free the employer of any further commitment, and the obligation
to pay acquired benets to the employees is transferred. The
contributions paid by the employer are recorded as an expense
in the income statement and no liability needs to be recorded
once contributions are made.
Cash-settled share-based compensation plans are

recognized at fair value, which is remeasured at each balance
sheet date with any change in fair value recognized in the
statement of income.
Defined benefit plans: an actuarial assessment of the

commitments based on each plans internal rules is performed.
The present value of the future benets paid by the employer,
known as the DBO (Dened Benet Obligation), is calculated
annually on the basis of long-term projections of rate of
salary increase, ination rate, mortality, staff turnover, pension
indexation and remaining service lifetime. The amount recorded
in the balance sheet for employee dened benet plans is the
difference between the present value of the Dened Benet
Obligation and the market value at the balance sheet date of
the corresponding invested plan assets after adjustment for any
minimum funding requirement or any asset ceiling effect. If the
net result is positive, a provision is recorded under the provision
The cost of the traditional formula of SharePlan is valued

according to the specic guidance issued in France by the ANC
(Autorit des normes comptables). The cost of the leveraged
formula plan is valued by taking into account the ve-year lockup period for the employees (as in the traditional plan) but adding
the value of the advantage granted to the employees by enabling
them to benet from an institutional derivatives-based pricing
instead of a retail pricing.
The AXA SharePlan issued under a specic French regulatory

framework includes a traditional and a leveraged formula (with an
application subject to specic local regulations within the Group).
223

1.18. PROVISIONS FOR RISKS,

CHARGES AND CONTINGENT
LIABILITIES
1.18.1. Restructuring costs
Restructuring provisions other than those that may be recognized
on the balance sheet of an acquired company on the acquisition
date are recorded when the Group has a present obligation
evidenced by a binding sale agreement or a detailed formal
plan whose main features are announced to those affected or
to their representatives.
1.18.2. Other provisions and contingencies

Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present
obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of past events, when
it is probable that an outow of resources will be required to settle
the obligation, and when the provision can be reliably estimated.
Provisions are not recognized for future operating losses. The
same applies to contingent liabilities, except if identied at the
time of a business combination (see paragraph1.3.2).
Provisions are measured at managements best estimate, at
the balance sheet date, of the expenditure required to settle
the obligation, discounted at the market risk-free rate of return
for long term provisions.
1.19. REVENUE RECOGNITION

1.19.1. Gross written premiums
Gross written premiums correspond to the amount of premiums
written by insurance and reinsurance companies on business
incepted in the year with respect to both insurance contracts and
investment contracts with discretionary participating features,
net of cancellations and gross of reinsurance ceded. For
reinsurance, premiums are recorded on the basis of declarations
made by the ceding company, and may include estimates of
gross written premiums.
1.19.2. Fees and revenues from investment

contracts with no discretionary
Amounts collected as premiums from investment contracts
with no discretionary participating features are reported as
deposits net of any loadings and policy fees. Revenues from
these contracts consist of loadings and policy fees relating
224
to underwriting, investment management, administration

and surrender of the contracts during the period. Front-end
fees collected corresponding to fees for future services are
recognized over the estimated life of the contract (see Unearned
fees reserves paragraph1.14.3).
1.19.3. Deposit accounting

Investment contracts with no discretionary participating features
fall within the scope of IAS39. Deposit accounting applies to
these contracts, which involves the following:
the Group directly recognizes the consideration received as a

deposit nancial liability rather than as revenues;
claims paid are recognized as withdrawals with no posting in

the income statement apart from potential fees.
1.19.4. Unbundling
The Group unbundles the deposit component of contracts when
required by IFRS4, i.e. when both the following conditions are
met:
the Group can measure separately the deposit component

(including any embedded surrender option, i.e. without taking
into account the insurance component);
the Group accounting methods do not otherwise require

the recognition of all obligations and rights arising from the
deposit component.
No such situation currently exists within the Group. In accordance

with IFRS 4, the Group continues to use the accounting
principles previously applied by AXA to insurance contracts and
investment contracts with discretionary participating features.
According to these principles, rights and obligations related to
contracts are recognized in all situations.
1.19.5. Change in unearned premiums

reserves net of unearned revenues
and fees
Changes in unearned premium reserves net of unearned
revenues and fees include both the change in the unearned
premiums reserve reported as a liability (see Unearned
premiums reserves in paragraph1.14.2) and the change in
unearned revenues and fees. Unearned revenues and fees
correspond to upfront charges for future services recognized
over the estimated life of insurance and investment contracts
with discretionary participating features (see Unearned revenues
reserves in paragraph1.14.2) and investment contracts with
no discretionary participating features (see paragraph1.14.3
Unearned fees reserves).

1.19.6. Net revenues from banking activities

Net revenues from banking activities include all revenues and
expenses from banking operations, including interest expenses
not related to nancing, banking fees, capital gains and losses
on sales of nancial assets, changes in the fair value of assets
under the fair value option and related derivatives.
They exclude bank operating expenses and change in bad debt
provisions, doubtful receivables or loans, which are recorded in
Bank operating expenses.
1.19.7. Revenues from other activities
investment management expenses (excludes nancing debt

expenses);
realized investment gains and losses net of releases of

impairment following sales;
the change in unrealized gains and losses on invested assets

measured at fair value through prot or loss; and
the change in impairment of investments (excluding releases

of impairment following sales).
In respect of banking activities, interest income and expenses

are included in the Net revenue from banking activities (see
paragraph1.19.6).
Revenues from other activities mainly include:
commissions received and fees for services relating to asset

management activities;
insurance companies revenues from non-insurance activities,
notably commissions received on the sales or distribution of
nancial products; and
rental income received by real estate management companies.
1.19.8. Net investment result excluding

nancing expenses
The net investment result includes:
investment income from investments other than from

banking activities, net of depreciation expense on real estate
investments (depreciation expense relating to owner occupied
properties is included in administrative expenses); this item
includes interest received calculated using the effective
interest method for debt instruments and dividends received
on equity instruments;
1.20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events relate to events that occur between the
balance sheet date and the date when the nancial statements
are authorized for issue:
such events lead to an adjustment of the consolidated

nancial statements if they provide evidence of conditions
that existed at the balance sheet date;
such events result in additional disclosures if indicative of

conditions that arose after the balance sheet date, and if
relevant and material.
225

I Note2 Scope of consolidation

2.1.
CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES
2.1.1. Main fully consolidated companies

December31, 2015
Parent and Holding Companies
Change in scope
Voting rights
percentage
December31, 2014
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
France
AXA
Parent
company
Parent
company
AXA Asia
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA China
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Oudinot Participation
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Socit Beaujon
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.99
99.99
99.99
99.99
100.00
100.00
AXA Financial, Inc.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA America Holding Inc.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Technology Services

Genworth Financial European Group Holdings
Acquisition
United States
United Kingdom
Guardian Royal Exchange Plc
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA UK Plc
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
99.96
99.96
99.96
99.96
AXA Equity & Law Plc

Asia/Pacic (excluding Japan)
National Mutual International Pty Ltd
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Financial Services (Singapore)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA India Holding
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Germany
Klnische Verwaltungs AG fr Versicherungswerte
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Konzern AG
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Belgium
AXA Holdings Belgium
Luxembourg
AXA LuxembourgSA
Finance SolutionsSARL
Liquidation
The Netherlands
Vinci BV
226
AXA Mediterranean HoldingSA
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Holding Maroc S.A.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Turkey Holding A.S.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
AXA France IARD
99.92
99.92
99.92
99.92
AXA France Vie
99.77
99.77
99.77
99.77
AXA Protection Juridique
98.51
98.51
98.51
98.51
Life & Savings and Property & Casualty
Change in scope
France
Financial Assurance Company Limited

(Genworth)
Acquisition
100.00
100.00
Financial Insurance Company Limited (Genworth)
Acquisition
100.00
100.00
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Re Arizona Company
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Insurance UK Plc
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA PPP Healthcare Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA Isle of Man Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA Wealth Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
Architas Multi-Manager Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA Portfolio Services Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
United States
United Kingdom
Ireland
AXA Insurance Limited
100.00
99.98
100.00
99.98
AXA Life Europe Limited
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Life Invest Reinsurance
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Life Insurance Singapore
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA China Region Limited
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Ltd.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Insurance Singapore
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
PT AXA Life Indonesia
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
MLC Indonesia
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
43.63
43.63
43.63
43.63
From Equity
Method to Fulll
Consolidation
in 2015
99.31
99.31
99.31
99.31
Disposal of shares
98.69
98.69
99.02
99.02
Asia/Pacic (excluding Japan)
AXA Afn General Insurance Berhad(a)

AXA Insurance Public Company Limited (Thailand)
Japan
AXA Life Insurance
Germany
AXA Versicherung AG
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Art
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Lebensversicherung AG
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Pro Bav Pensionskasse
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Deutsche rzteversicherung
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Krankenversicherung AG
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
DBV Deutsche Beamten-Versicherung AG
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
227

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Ardenne Prvoyante
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA BelgiumSA
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Assurances Luxembourg
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Assurances Vie Luxembourg
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Change in scope
Belgium
ServisSA
Merged with AXA

BelgiumSA
Les Assurs Runis

Luxembourg

AXA Vida, S.A. de Seguros (Spain)
99.84
99.84
99.84
99.84
AXA Aurora Vida, S.A. de Seguros (Spain)
99.97
99.81
99.97
99.81
AXA Seguros Generales, S.A. (Spain)
99.90
99.90
99.90
99.90
AXA Interlife (Italy)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Assicurazioni e Investimenti (Italy)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA MPS Vita (Italy)
50.00
+ 1 voting right
50.00
50.00 + 1 voting right
50.00
AXA MPS Danni (Italy)
50.00
+ 1 voting right
50.00
50.00
AXA MPS Financial (Italy)
50.00
+ 1 voting right
50.00
50.00
AXA Colpatria Capitalizadora (Colombia)
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
AXA Colpatria Seguros de vida (Colombia)
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
AXA Colpatria Seguros (Colombia)
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
AXA Colpatria Medicina Prepagada (Colombia)
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
AXA Portugal Companhia de SegurosSA
99.73
99.49
99.73
99.49
AXA Portugal Companhia de Seguros de VidaSA
95.09
94.89
95.09
94.89
AXA Assurance Maroc
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Hayat ve Emeklilik A.S. (Turkey)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Sigorta AS (Turkey)
92.61
92.61
92.61
92.61
AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (Gulf)
50.00
34.00
50.00
34.00
AXA Insurance (Gulf) B.S.C.c.
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
AXA Insurance A.E. (Greece)
99.98
99.98
99.98
99.98
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
66.67
66.67
66.67
66.67
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Seguros S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

Switzerland
AXA Life
AXA-ARAG Legal Assistance
AXA Insurance (previously Winterthur Swiss
Insurance P&C)
Central and Eastern Europe
AXA Czech Republic Pension Funds
99.99
99.99
99.99
99.99
AXA Czech Republic Insurance
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Poland
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Poland Pension Funds
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Slovakia
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
50.17
50.17
AXA Ukraine(b)
228
Deconsolidation

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Relution
99.66
99.66
99.61
99.61
Disposal of shares
100.00
98.69
100.00
99.02
Touring AssurancesSA (Belgium)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Global Direct Seguros y ReasegurosSAU

(Spain)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00

branch (Italy)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00

branch (Portugal)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Change in scope
Direct(c)
Avanssur (France and Poland)
Kyobo AXA General Insurance Co. Ltd.
(SouthKorea)
AXA Non Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Japan)
AXA Ubezpieczenia TUIR S.A (Poland)
Acquisition
(a) AXA Group exercises control in accordance with shareholders agreements.

(b) Deconsolidation due to immateriality.
(c) UK Direct activities is part of AXA Insurance UK Plc.
December31, 2015
International Insurance (entities having
worldwide activities)
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
98.75
98.75
98.75
98.75
AXA Global P&C
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Global Life
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA AssistanceSA (sub-group)
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Portman Insurance Ltd.
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Colise RE
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance

Company
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Change in scope
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance (sub-group)
December31, 2015
Asset Management (entities having
worldwide activities)
AXA Investment Managers (sub-group)
AB (sub-group)
Banking
December31, 2014
Change in scope
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Minority interests
buyout
96.29
96.23
96.17
96.11
Relution
62.83
62.83
62.65
62.65
December31, 2015
Change in scope
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
100.00
99.89
100.00
99.89
65.00
64.93
65.00
64.93
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
France
AXA Banque
AXA Banque Financement
Germany
AXA Bank AG
Belgium
AXA Bank Europe (sub-group)
229

December31, 2015
Other
Change in scope
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
France
CFP Management
Main changes in scope of consolidation are detailed in Note5.
CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT FUNDS AND REAL ESTATE
COMPANIES
As of December31, 2015, investment funds represented a total

of 106,740million invested assets (98,458million at the end of
2014), corresponding to 281 investment funds mainly in France,
Japan, Germany and Belgium and mainly relating to the Life &
Savings segment.
In most investment funds (particularly open-ended investment
funds), minority interests are presented as liabilities under Minority
interests of consolidated investment funds. As of December31,
2015, minority interests in consolidated investment funds
amounted to 10,525million (10,241million as of December31,
2014). Minority interests related to consolidated investment funds
and real estate companies that are classied in shareholders
equity amounted to 1,194million as of December31, 2015
(40million as of December31, 2014).
(in Euro million)
MAIN SUBSIDIARIES WITH MINORITY INTERESTS
As regards main subsidiaries with minority interests (other than

investment funds and real estate companies):
the nancial information of AB is available in Part II Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of its Annual
Report of for the year ended December31, 2015, which is
led with the SEC;
summarized nancial information for AXA MPS is as follows

(including AXA and external share but excluding goodwill
related to AXAs holdings and before intercompany eliminations
with other companies of the Group).
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Net consolidated income - Minority Interests
115
84
Minority interests
972
974
Dividends paid to minority interests

Total investments
(112)
(87)
390
730
25,581
24,850
Other assets
1,735
1,714
Total assets
27,705
27,295
Liabilities arising from insurance & investment contracts
24,942
24,503
819
843
25,761
25,346
3,566
4,334
Net income
230
168
Other Comprehensive Income
(15)
54
Total Comprehensive Income
215
221
Other Liabilities
Total liabilities (excluding shareholders equity)
Total Revenues
Excluding minority interests related to consolidated investment

funds and real estate companies that are classified in
shareholders equity, above entities represent 80% of minority
interests of the Group as of December31, 2015 (82% as of
230
As of December 31, 2015, 25 consolidated real estate

companies corresponded to a total of 7,980million invested
assets (7,515million at the end of 2014), mainly in France,
Germany and Japan.
December31, 2014). AB is part of the Asset Management

segment and AXA MPS is part of both Life & Savings and
Property & Casualty segments.

2.1.2. Main investments in companies accounted for using the equity method
Companies accounted for using the equity method listed below exclude investment funds and real estate entities:
December31, 2015
Change in
scope
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
December31, 2014
Voting rights
percentage
Group share
of interests
France
Neuize Vie (previously NSM Vie)
39.98
39.98
39.98
39.98
Natio Assurances
50.00
49.96
50.00
49.96
Asia/Pacic
Philippines AXA Life Insurance Corporation
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
Krungthai AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
ICBC-AXA Life Insurance Co. Ltd
27.50
27.50
27.50
27.50
PT AXA Mandiri Financial Services
49.00
49.00
49.00
49.00
Bharti AXA Life
Acquisition
of shares
49.00
49.00
26.00
26.00
Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Limited (India)
Acquisition
of shares
49.00
49.00
26.00
26.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
39.34
39.34
39.34
39.34
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
77.51
77.51
49.00
47.15
49.00
47.10
50.00
48.12
50.00
48.06
AXA Tian Ping

Russia
Reso Garantia (RGI Holdings B.V.)
AXA Middle EastSAL (Lebanon)
AXA Mansard Insurance plc (Nigeria)
Scope entry
Asset Management (entities having worldwide activities)

AXA Investment Managers Asia Holdings Private Limited
Kyobo AXA Investment Managers Company Limited
Acquisition
of shares
Main changes in scope of consolidation are detailed in Note10.

INVESTMENT FUNDS AND REAL ESTATE ENTITIES
ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD
The Group does not hold signicant interests in unconsolidated

insurance/ reinsurance structured entities.
As of December31, 2015, real estate companies accounted

for using the equity method amounted to 169million invested
assets (243 million at the end of 2014) and investment
funds accounted for using the equity method amounted to
7,164million invested assets (4,324million at the end of
2014), mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland,
France, Belgium and Germany.
Furthermore, given its insurance business, the Group holds

direct investments in corporates of various sectors, such as
debt instruments, equity securities and loans. These investments
are not designed to be done in structured entities and the whole
Groups exposure is reected on the consolidated balance sheet.
2.2.
UNCONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED
ENTITIES
Structured entities are entities that have been designed so that

voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding
who controls the entity, such as when relevant activities are
directed by means of contractual arrangements. Structured
entities often have a narrow and well-defined objective or
restricted activities.
In addition, the Group holds interests in investment funds

including real estate companies. Some of these funds are fully
consolidated or accounted for using the equity method (see
Note2.1). Other funds are no consolidated because they are not
controlled or under signicant inuence. By nature, and notably
because of the power of decision usually given to the asset
managers (internal or external to AXA), most of these funds are
structured entities.
As investor, AXA interests in unconsolidated funds are limited
to the investments held. These ones are fully recognised in the
consolidated balance sheet. Depending on the nature of its
231

investment, AXA receive interests or dividends and can realize

capital gains or losses in case of sale. These investments are
subject to impairment testing as usual nancial assets.
The Groups asset manager companies also receive fees for
the services they provide when they manage investment funds.
Some unconsolidated funds managed by the Group are partially
or fully held by external investors.
Section1.3 Activity report Asset Management segment;
Section4.6. Notes to the consolidated nancial statements:
Note9 - Investments with the breakdown of investments

and detail on non-consolidated investment funds in
Note9.8,
Note 22 - Net investment result excluding financing

expenses.
Information on these unconsolidated investment funds are

provided in different sections of the Annual Report:
Section1.2 Information on the Company:
Business overview: AXAs total assets under management

including assets managed on behalf of third parties,
Asset Management segment: assets under management

(including assets managed on behalf of third parties) and
revenues;
I Note3 Consolidated statement of income by segment

The AXAs Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer are both members of the Board of Directors.
They are assisted by a Management Committee in the day-today operational management of the Group and by an Executive
Committee to consider Group strategy. The nancial information
relating to AXAs business segments and holding Company
activities reported to the Board of Directors twice a year is
consistent with the presentation provided in the consolidated
nancial statements
Given the activities of AXA, the operating results are presented
on the basis of ve operating business segments: Life & Savings,
Property & Casualty, International Insurance, Asset Management
and Banking. An additional Holding companies segment
includes all non-operational activities.
Life & Savings: AXAs Life & Savings products include a broad
range of Investment and Savings products as well as Protection
and Health products marketed to individual and commercial
clients. The Life & Savings products offered by AXA include Term
life, Whole life, Universal life, endowment, deferred annuities,
immediate annuities, and other investment-based products. The
Health products offered include critical illness and permanent
health insurance products. The types and specicities of the
products offered by AXA vary from market to market.
The Life & Savings segment aggregates ten geographic operating
components: France, the United States, the United Kingdom,
Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Mediterranean
and Latin American Region, Asia (excluding Japan) and other
countries.
Property & Casualty: This segment includes a broad range
of products including mainly Motor, Household, property and
general liability insurance for both personal and commercial
customers (commercial customers being mainly small to
medium-sized companies). In some countries, this segment
232
includes Health products. The Property & Casualty segment

aggregates nine geographical operating components (France,
Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium,
the Mediterranean and Latin American Region, Central and
Eastern Europe, Asia and other countries) and one operating
component for the Direct business.
International Insurance: This segments operations include
insurance products that notably relate to AXA Corporate
Solutions Assurance. These products provide coverage to
large national and international corporations. This segment also
includes assistance activities, life reinsurance activities in run-off
primarily AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company
and the Group Property & Casualty run-off managed by AXA
Liabilities Managers.
The Asset Management segment includes diversied Asset
Management (including investment fund management) and
related services offered by AXA Investment Managers and AB
entities, which are provided to a variety of institutional investors
and individuals, including AXAs insurance companies.
The Banking segment includes banking activities (mainly
retail banking, mortgage loans, savings) conducted primarily in
France, Belgium and Germany.
The Holding companies segment includes all non-operational
activities.
The inter-segment eliminations include only operations between
entities from different segments. They mainly relate to reinsurance
treaties, assistance guarantees recharging, Asset Management
fees and interests on loans within the Group.
In this document, Insurance covers the three insurance
segments: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty and International
Insurance. The term Financial Services includes both the Asset
Management segment and the Banking segment.

3.1.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME BY SEGMENT

December31, 2015
Asset
International ManageInsurance
ment
Banking
Holding
companies
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
(494)
91,938
371
31,448
3,483
(494)
92,309
581
35
616
Life &
Savings
Property &
Casualty
57,501
31,448
3,483
Fees and charges

relating to investment
contracts with no
371
Revenues from
insurance activities
57,873
-
(in Euro million)
Net revenues from

banking activities
Revenues from other
activities
Revenues
Change in unearned
premiums net of
unearned revenues
and fees
1,531
71
289
4,295
(582)
5,609
59,403
31,518
3,772
4,295
586
(1,040)
98,534
72
(252)
(35)
(20)
(235)
Net investment income(a)
13,912
2,022
246
43
(0)
307
(288)
16,242
Net realized gains

and losses relating to
investments at cost and
at fair value through
shareholdersequity
2,091
359
59
2,518
Net realized gains and

losses and change
in fair value of other
investments at fair value
through prot or loss(b)
438
(81)
(2)
(33)
(151)
11
182
of which change in fair

value of assets with
nancial risk borne by
policyholders
1,408
(1)
1,407
Change in investments
impairment
(412)
(167)
(13)
(77)
(55)
(724)
16,028
2,133
290
(77)
109
(276)
18,218
(62,960)
(20,846)
(2,646)
133
(86,319)
(269)
(1,112)
145
356
(881)

excluding nancing
expenses
Technical charges
relating to insurance
activities
Net result from outward
reinsurance
Bank operating
expenses
Acquisition costs
(46)
(46)
(4,475)
(5,409)
(515)
29
(10,370)
Amortization of the value

of purchased business
in force
(156)
(156)
(2,882)
(2,908)
(219)
(3,025)
(504)
(1,051)
473
(10,115)
(a) Includes gains/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities within Life & Savings and International Insurance segments.
(b) Includes net realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses relating to investments at cost and at fair value through shareholders equity.
233

December31, 2015
Asset
ment
Banking
Holding
companies
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
(4)
(115)
(448)
(286)
133
291
(139)
(505)
(30,359)
(3,682)
(3,315)
(417)
(760)
345
990
92
(650)
Life &
Savings
Property &
Casualty
Change in goodwill
impairment and other
intangible assets
impairment
(20)
(92)
Other income
andexpenses
(64)
(70,828)
(in Euro million)
Other operating
income and expenses
Income from
operating activities
before tax
853 (108,508)
4,676
3,041
Income (net of
impairment) from
investment accounted
for using the equity
method
164
45
214
(59)
(9)
(9)
(16)
(11)
(867)
484
(488)
4,781
3,076
336
975
82
(1,514)
7,735
(865)
(897)
(108)
(281)
(31)
434
(1,748)
3,916
2,179
229
693
51
(1,080)
5,987

- Group share
3,808
2,132
226
482
49
(1,080)
5,617

- Minority interests
107
48
211
370
Net income from

before tax
Income tax
Net consolidated
income after tax
(484)
8,009
Split between:
234

December31, 2014
Asset
ment
Banking
Holding
companies
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
(478)
86,267
327
29,699
3,173
(478)
86,595
533
26
559
Life &
Savings
Property &
Casualty
53,872
29,699
3,173
Fees and charges

relating to investment
contracts with no
327
Revenues from
insurance activities
54,200
-
(in Euro million)
Net revenues from

banking activities
Revenues from other
activities
Revenues
Change in unearned
premiums net of
unearned revenues
and fees
Net investment income
(a)
1,269
63
267
3,722
(492)
4,834
55,469
29,762
3,440
3,722
538
(944)
91,988
(202)
(10)
(70)
(16)
(298)
14,021
2,145
232
(0)
309
(572)
16,139
Net realized gains

and losses relating to
investments at cost and
shareholders equity
1,447
398
60
16
1,924
Net realized gains and

losses and change
in fair value of other
investments at fair value
through prot or loss(b)
12,133
(159)
31
49
268
12,325
of which change in fair

value of assets with
nancial risk borne by
policyholders
9,520
9,520
Change in investments
impairment
(328)
(203)
(5)
(42)
(579)
27,272
2,181
318
54
(0)
550
(565)
29,810
(71,182)
(20,608)
(2,164)
512
(93,441)
233
(542)
(433)
(20)
(762)

excluding nancing
expenses
Technical charges
relating to insurance
activities
Net result from outward
reinsurance
Bank operating
expenses
Acquisition costs
(106)
(106)
(4,005)
(5,098)
(477)
12
(9,568)
Amortization of the value

of purchased business
in force
(228)
(228)
(2,674)
(2,784)
(226)
(2,640)
(393)
(937)
427
(9,227)
(a) Includes gains/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities within Life & Savings and International Insurance segments.
(b) Includes net realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses relating to investments at cost and at fair value through shareholders equity.
235

December31, 2014
(in Euro million)
Change in goodwill
impairment and other
intangible assets
impairment
Other income and
expenses
Other operating
income and expenses
Income from
before tax
Asset
ment
Banking
Holding
companies
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
(3)
(118)
10
(274)
(82)
254
(120)
(338)
(29,117)
(3,290)
(2,916)
(581)
(683)
Life &
Savings
Property &
Casualty
(16)
(100)
(141)
14
(78,013)
812 (113,789)
4,527
2,815
398
859
(43)
(133)
(713)
7,710
Income from investment

accounted for using the
equity method
120
(200)
(73)
Financing debts
expenses
(94)
(10)
(8)
(29)
(10)
(1,073)
713
(509)
4,554
2,606
390
831
(53)
(1,201)
7,128
(950)
(821)
(127)
(234)
337
(1,791)
3,603
1,785
264
597
(47)
(864)
5,337

- Group share
3,524
1,734
261
419
(49)
(864)
5,024

- Minority interests
79
51
178
(0)
313
Net income from

before tax
Income tax
Net consolidated
income after tax
Split between:
236

I Note4 Financial and insurance Risk Management

All of the following paragraphs form an integral part of the Group
nancial statements. They appear in Section3.2 Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk Factors and Section1.4
Liquidity and Capital Resources of this Annual Report:
4.1.
RISK MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION
Please refer to pages 177 to 178 of the Quantitative and

Qualitative Disclosures about Risk Factors section.
4.2.
MARKET RISKS (INCLUDING

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS)

4.3.
CREDIT RISK

4.4.
INSURANCE RISK

4.5.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL

RESOURCES
Please refer to pages 89 to 94, of the Liquidity and Capital

Resources section.
237

I Note5 Goodwill
5.1.
GOODWILL
An analysis of goodwill by cash generating unit is presented in the table below:

December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Life & Savings
Gross
value
Accumulated impairment
Net
value
Gross
value
Accumulated impairment
Net
value
8,010
(1,278)
6,732
7,398
(1,147)
6,251
57
57
57
57
3,143
(1,204)
1,939
2,822
(1,081)
1,741
France
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
December31, 2014
682
682
627
627
1,827
(73)
1,754
1,646
(66)
1,580
Germany
147
147
147
147
Belgium
296
296
296
296
Switzerland
168
168
152
152
157
157
156
156
Mediterranean and Latin America Region
935
935
959
959
Asia(excluding Japan)
593
593
532
532
4,936
4,936
4,925
(16)
4,909
138
138
138
138
Other countries
Property & Casualty
France
660
660
632
632
Belgium
563
563
563
(1)
563
Germany
918
918
918
918
Mediterranean and Latin America Region
1,439
1,439
1,506
1,506
Switzerland
225
225
203
203
All direct business
744
744
717
717
Asia
225
242
242
225
15
(15)
Other countries
13
(0)
13
13
(0)
13
5,313
5,313
4,812
4,812
392
392
395
395
4,920
4,920
4,417
4,417
Asset Management
AB
Banking
TOTAL
68
68
127
(59)
68
18,340
(1,278)
17,062
17,275
(1,222)
16,053
Note: Goodwill related to entities accounted for using the equity method is not presented in this table (see Note10).
The total goodwill Group share amounted to 15,795million as of

December31, 2015 and 14,906million as of December31, 2014.
Consistent withIAS36, each unit or group of units to which the
goodwill is allocated represents the lowest level at which the
238
goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes within

the Group and is never larger than an operating segment as
dened by IFRS8 such as presented in Note3.

5.2.
CHANGE IN GOODWILL
5.2.1. Goodwill change in gross value
(in Euro million)
Gross value
January1, 2015
Acquisitions
during the
period(a)
Disposals
during the
period
Currency
translation
adjustment
Other
changes(b)
Gross value
December31, 2015
Life & Savings
7,398
590
21
8,010
Property & Casualty
4,925
16
28
(32)
4,936
13
(0)
13
5,313
Asset Management
4,812
522
(21)
Banking
127
(59)
68
TOTAL
17,275
16
1,141
(91)
18,340
(a) Property & Casualty: includes the acquisitions of Simplyhealth (+7million) in United Kingdom and BRE Insurance in Poland (+9million).
(b) Property & Casualty: includes the deconsolidation of AXA Ukraine (-15million) and the classication as held for sale of AXA Global Direct Portugal (-13million) and
AXA Portugal (-4million).
Banking: includes the classication as held for sale of the Hungarian banking operations.
(in Euro million)
Gross value
January1, 2014
Acquisitions
during the
period(a)
Disposals
during the
period(b)
Currency
translation
adjustment
Other
changes
Gross value
December31, 2014
Life & Savings
6,916
77
(38)
447
(4)
7,398
Property & Casualty
4,658
177
87
4,925
20
(8)
13
4,812
Asset Management
4,210
42
559
Banking
127
127
TOTAL
15,932
296
(46)
1,093
(1)
17,275
(a) Life & Savings: includes the Colpatria acquisition of Colombia.

Property & Casualty: includes the Colpatria acquisition of Colombia.
Asset Management: includes the acquisition of Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab in Denmark by AB.
(b) Life & Savings: includes the disposal of Hungarian operations.
International Insurance: includes the disposal of ADHAP service at AXA Assistance.
5.2.2. Goodwill change in impairment
(in Euro million)
Life & Savings

Property & Casualty
Cumulative
impairment
January1,
2015
Increase in
Impairment
during the
period
Write back of
impairment of
goodwill sold
during the
period
Currency
translation
adjustment
1,147
16
Other
Changes(a)
Cumulative
impairment
December31,
2015
130
1,278
(16)
Asset Management
Banking
59
(59)
TOTAL
1,222
130
(74)
1,278
(a) Property & Casualty: includes the deconsolidation of AXA Ukraine.

Banking: includes the classication as held for sale of the AXA Bank Hungary.
239

(in Euro million)
Life & Savings
Cumulative
impairment
January1, 2014
Increase in
Impairment
during the
period(a)
Write back of
impairment of
goodwill sold
during the
period(b)
Currency
translation
adjustment
Other
Changes
Cumulative
impairment
December31,
2014
1,053
(38)
132
1,147
Property & Casualty
18
(3)
16
Asset Management
Banking
59
59
TOTAL
1,113
18
(38)
128
1,222
(a) Property & Casualty: includes a full impairment of the goodwill in Ukraine P&C as a consequence of deteriorated economic perspectives.
(b) Life & Savings: includes the write back of impairment due to the disposal of Hungary Life & Savings operations.
An impairment loss is recognized for a cash-generating unit if,

and only if, the recoverable amount of the unit or group of units
is less than the carrying amount of the unit or group of units.
The recoverable amount of each cash-generating unit or group
of units is the higher of (i)the cash-generating unit or group of
units fair value less costs to sell and (ii)its value in use.
Fair value includes quotations when available and/or relevant
or valuation techniques incorporating observable market data,
adjusted when necessary to take into account control premiums.
Value in use calculations are based on valuation techniques,
incorporating both observable market data and entity specic
assumptions.
LIFE & SAVINGS
For Life & Savings businesses, such valuation techniques include

discounted cash ows taking into account:
the current shareholders net asset value plus future

protability on business in force.
Such techniques (embedded value types of methodologies)
are industry specic valuation methods which are consistent
with the principles of discounted earnings approaches as
the value of business in force results from the projection of
distributable earnings. The Group uses however both market
consistent risk neutral approaches and traditional discounted
cash ows projections. The current shareholders net asset
value is adjusted to take into account any difference between
the basis of cash flows projections used in the value of
business in force calculations and IFRS;
240
the protability on future new business.

The value of new business is computed either on the
basis of multiples of a standardized year of new business
contribution (present value of projected future distributable
prots generated from business written in a year) or on a
projection of each of the expected annual future earnings
when multiples are not appropriate. Major assumptions
include expected growth, expenses, cost of capital, future
investment margins, nancial market volatility, rst assessed
on a risk free basis (basic test) and then on the basis of
illustrative investment assumptions suitable for a traditional
embedded value approach if the previous recoverable value
is lower than the carrying amount.
PROPERTY & CASUALTY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
For each group of units of the Property & Casualty and Asset
Management businesses (tested separately), the calculation
uses cash ow projections based on business plans approved
by management covering up to a ve years period and a risk
adjusted discount rate. Cash ows beyond that period have
been extrapolated using a steady growth rate and terminal value.
COMMON KEY ASSUMPTIONS TO ALL SEGMENTS
In these tests, for all segments, discount rates used in nonrisk neutral approaches range from 6.9% to 10.9% in 2015
compared to range from 6% to 10.8% in 2014, and growth
rates, where applicable, from 2% to 4% beyond the strategic
plan horizon, which corresponds to the same growth rates as
in 2014.

ALL CASH-GENERATING UNITS (CGU)
The results of cash ow projections exceed the carried amount

of each related cash-generating unit or group of units. The
goodwill for Ukraine, however, was fully impaired in 2014.
Direct business segment since March30, 2015. In accordance

with IFRS3 - Business Combinations, adjustments can be made
within twelve months of the acquisition date if new information
becomes available to complete the initial accounting.
Note that Greece is part of the Mediterranean and Latin

American Region cash-generating units bothin Life & Savings
and Property & Casualty.
5.3.2. Acquisition of the private medical

insurance business of Simplyhealth
For all cash-generating units, to the extent that securities

valuations and interest rates levels remain depressed for
prolonged periods of time, volatility and other market conditions
stagnate or worsen, new business volumes and protability
together with the in force portfolio value would likely be negatively
affected. In addition, the future cash ow expectations from
both the in force and new business and other assumptions
underlying managements current business plans could be
negatively impacted by other risks to which the Groups business
is subject. For each CGU, sensitivity analyses were performed
with regards to the discount rate: an increase of 0.5% in the
discount rate would not lead to an impairment loss for any of
the CGUs as the recoverable amount for each CGU would still
exceed its carrying value.
However, subsequent impairment tests may be based upon
different assumptions and future cash ow projections, which
may result in an impairment of these assets in the foreseeable
future.
5.3
OTHER INFORMATION RELATING

TO GOODWILL, ACQUISITIONS
ANDDISPOSALS OF SUBSIDIARIES
5.3.1. BRE Insurance acquisition

On March30, 2015, AXA announced that it completed the
acquisition of 100% of BRE Insurance(1), mBanks Property &
Casualty subsidiary in Poland. Consequently, AXA and mBank
have launched their 10-year exclusive Property & Casualty and
Life Protection distribution agreements in the country. Final
consideration amounted to PLN 580million (or 140million(2)).
The acquired operations have been fully consolidated in the
On August3, 2015, AXA completed the acquisition of 100%

of the private medical insurance business of Simplyhealth for a
total consideration of 50million or 68million. Simplyhealth has
been operating in the UK PMI market for 13years. Employing
around 400people in Bristol, it provides health cover for over
200,000people, individually and through its SME and corporate
customers. The acquisition will further strengthen AXAs presence
in the UK healthcare market and clearly evidences its continuing
commitment to being the preferred provider in each of its key
strategic business areas.
5.3.3. AXA Portugal disposal

Following Ageas irrevocable offer on August7, 2015, AXA and
Ageas signed the disposal of AXAs Portuguese operations
for a net cash consideration of 191million on October16,
2015, including in particular AXAs entire stake in AXA Portugal
Companhia de SegurosSA (P&C business), AXA Portugal
Companhia de Seguros de VidaSA (Life & Savings business)
as well as AXA Global Direct Seguros y Reaseguros, the
Portuguese branch of its direct operations (Direct business)(3).
The proposed transaction would value 100% of AXAs
Portuguese operations at 198million, representing an implied
1.2x book value multiple as of June30, 2015. The net cash
consideration received by AXA at completion would amount
to 191million.
Finalization of the transaction is expected during the first

semester of 2016, subject to required regulatory approvals.
The transaction should generate a positive exceptional (P&L
transaction) of approximately 0.1 billion upon finalization,
which would be accounted for in net income. AXAs Portuguese
operations affected by this proposed transaction are treated
as held for sale in AXAs Full year2015 consolidated nancial
statements.
(1) BRE Ubezpieczenia Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen I Reasekuracji S.A.

(2) EUR 1 = PLN 4,1275.
(3) AXA owns 99.7% of the P&C business, 95.1% of the Life business and 100.0% of the Direct business.
241

The major classes of assets and liabilities of this operation classied as held for sale included the following as of December31, 2015:
December31, 2015(a)
(in Euro million)
Intangible assets
67
Investments
1,482
Other assets
167
Total assets held for sale
1,716
1,415
15
Other liabilities
86
Total liabilities held for sale
1,516
(a) Amounts are presented net of intercompany balances with other AXA entities for 11m of assets and 31m of liabilities.
As of December31, 2015 comprehensive income amounted

to -7million.
5.3.4. Hong kong pension disposal

On September1, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed
the sale of its Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) and Occupational
Retirement Schemes Ordinance (ORSO) business in Hong
Kong to The Principal Financial Group (The Principal). In
conjunction with the sale, The Principal has entered into an
exclusive distribution agreement with AXA for the distribution of
the relevant MPF and ORSO schemes through AXAs proprietary
distribution networks in Hong Kong for 15years. The total cash
consideration amounted to HKD2.6billion (or 296million(1)).
AXA recorded 0.2billion exceptional capital gain at the closing
date, which was accounted for in Net Income.
5.3.5. Acquisition of Genworth Lifestyle

Protection Insurance
On December2, 2015, AXA announced that it had completed the
acquisition of 100% of Genworth Lifestyle Protection Insurance
(Genworth LPI), for a total consideration of 465million.
This transaction is a key milestone for AXA to become a
European leader in credit and lifestyle protection, a business
operated today by AXA Creditor.
AXA Creditor and Genworth LPI operations will represent a key
pillar of AXA Partners, which has been launched earlier this
year to develop and accelerate global partnership businesses.
The combined operations would rank #3 within the creditor
insurance market in Europe, with a 9% market share(2), and
would be a European leader in credit and lifestyle protection.
insurance. The Company benets from a broad distribution

network based on well-established relationships with a wide
range of leading nancial institutions. Over the past years, it
has built a strong competitive advantage with its proprietary IT
platform providing centralized data and strong scalability.
This transaction will complement AXAs credit and lifestyle
protection activities presence in key mature markets such
as France, Germany and Italy and will provide entry into new
markets with strong fundamentals, notably the Nordics and
Southern Europe. It will also support the Groups acceleration
in high growth markets such as China, Latin America, Turkey
and Poland. Moreover, with Genworth LPIs strong and lasting
relationships with major banks, insurance companies and auto
nance providers, AXA credit and lifestyle protection activities
would be able to double the portfolio of strategic partners in
Europe.
For the 12months of 2015, Genworth gross written premiums
amounted to 922million.
The acquisition balance sheet was prepared on the basis of
December2, 2015 gures.
Acquired assets and liabilities were previously valued using
UK GAAP. They were adjusted to fair value in the opening
balance sheet and integrated as such with the Groups nancial
statements at year-end based on the AXA IFRS accounting
policies.
Income from Genworths activities between December2, 2015
and December 31, 2015 was regarded as immaterial with
respect to the AXA groups consolidated income.
Main adjustments were related to the technical reserves that
have been calculated in accordance with AXA IFRS principles of
aggregation, based on homogeneous set of contracts.
Genworth LPI is the #7 creditor insurance player in Europe (with

4% market share(2)), providing credit and lifestyle protection
(1) EUR 1 = HKD 8,7080 as of August27, 2015. Source: Bloomberg.

(2) Source: Finaccord Creditor Insurance in Europe PartnerBASE and market model (2014). Market shares and rankings based on the weighted
share of non-captive partnerships across the creditor insurance market related to consumer nance and credit cards in Europe.
242

Assets and liabilities on the acquisition date totalled:

(in Euro million)
At acquisition date
Intangible assets
Fair value of assets and liabilities

78
Investments
1,036
Other assets
268

Total assets
139
1,520
861
17
Other payables
178
Total liabilities
1,055
Total Net Asset Value
465
Total Net Acquired Asset Value
465
Acquisition cost
465
The opening balance sheet no longer contains deferred

acquisition costs relating to the Life & Savings business, since
they relate to future prots that are embedded in the Value of
Business In force (VBI). In accordance with practices used in
past acquisitions, and based on previously used accounting
methods that are still permitted under IFRS for insurance
contracts, deferred acquisition costs relating to Property &
Casualty have been maintained on the balance sheet. The value
of unearned premiums net of these costs plus unexpired risk
reserve represents an estimate of the fair value of these liabilities.
In accordance with IFRS3- Business Combinations, adjustments
can be made within twelve months of the acquisition date if new
information becomes available to complete the initial accounting,
especially for the technical items (insurance liabilities, VBI) and
real estate
5.3.6 Hungarian banking operations disposal

operations.
exceptional loss of 80million accounted for in net income,
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions,
including obtaining required regulatory approvals, and should be
nalized during the second semester of 2016.
243

The major classes of assets and liabilities of this operation classied as held for sale included the following as of December31, 2015:
(in Euro million)
December31, 2015(a)
Intangible assets
Investments
674
Other assets(b)
(43)
Total assets held for sale
632
536
Other liabilities
Total liabilities held for sale
541
(a) Amounts are presented net of intercompany balances with other AXA entities for 140m of assets and 120m of liabilities.
(b) Net of the exceptional loss accounted for in AXA Bank Hungary.
I Note6 Value of purchased life business in-force

The change in Value of Business In-force (VBI) in the Life & Savings segment was as follows:
(in Euro million)
Gross carrying value as of January1

Accumulated amortization and impairment
Shadow accounting on VBI
Net carrying value as of January1
VBI capitalization
2014
5,984
5,865
(3,509)
(3,268)
(178)
(215)
2,297
2,382
98
104
Amortization and impairment for the period
(253)
(331)
Changes in VBI amortization, capitalization and impairment
(156)
(228)
Capitalized interests
Change in shadow accounting on VBI
39
43
185
100
(1)
Net carrying value as of December31
2,364
2,297
Gross carrying value as of December31
6,392
5,984
(3,873)
(3,509)
(155)
(178)
Currency translation and other changes

Acquisitions and disposals of subsidiaries and portfolios
Accumulated amortization and impairment

Shadow accounting on VBI
244
2015

I Note7 Deferred acquisition costs and equivalent

7.1.
BREAKDOWN OF DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS (DAC) AND EQUIVALENT
(in Euro million)
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
22,417
19,888
Deferred acquisition costs relating to Life & Savings(a)

Deferred Origination Costs(b)
1,223
1,125
Shadow accounting on DAC
(1,546)
(1,713)
Deferred acquisition costs and equivalent relating to Life & Savings
22,093
19,299
1,934
1,819
24,028
21,119
Deferred acquisition costs and equivalent relating to Property & Casualty and International
Insurance
(a) Applicable to Life & Savings insurance contracts and investment contracts with discretionary participation features according to IFRS4. Amounts are net of accumulated
amortization.
(b) Applicable to investment contracts with no discretionary participation features (IAS39).
7.2.
ROLLFORWARD OF DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS AND EQUIVALENT

LIFE&SAVINGS
Changes in deferred acquisition costs and equivalent for Life & Savings were as follows:
2015
(in Euro million)
Life &
Savings
Deferred
Acquisition
Costs(a)
2014
Life and
Savings Life & Savings
Deferred
Deferred
Acquisition
Origination
Costs(a)
Costs(b)
Life and
Savings
Deferred
Origination
Costs(b)
Life & Savings deferred acquisition costs and equivalent net

carrying value as of January1
18,174
1,125
16,634
943
Amortization and impairment for the period
(1,866)
(137)
(1,529)
(109)
952
31
797
25
DAC and similar costs capitalization for the period
2,178
133
1,871
202
Changes in amortization, capitalization and impairment
1,263
28
1,139
118
Change in shadow accounting on DAC
252
(870)
Currency translation and other changes
1,218
70
1,289
64
Disposals of subsidiaries and portfolios
(37)
(18)
20,870
1,223
18,174
1,125
Capitalized interests for the period
Life & Savings deferred acquisition costs and equivalent net

carrying value as of December31
TOTAL
22,093
19,299
(a) Relating to contracts subject to IFRS4, i.e. insurance contracts and investment contracts with discretionary participating features.
245
4
7.3.

DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS AND EQUIVALENT, NET OF AMORTIZATION,

UNEARNED REVENUE RESERVES AND UNEARNED FEE RESERVES
LIFE&SAVINGS
The value of Life & Savings deferred acquisition costs and equivalent, net of amortization, unearned revenue reserves and unearned
fee reserves, was as follows:
December31, 2015
Life &
Savings
Deferred
Acquisition
Costs(a)
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Life and
Savings Life & Savings
Deferred
Deferred
Acquisition
Origination
Costs(a)
Costs(b)
Life and
Savings
Deferred
Origination
Costs(b)
DAC and equivalent
20,870
1,223
18,174
1,125
of which shadow DAC
(1,546)
(1,713)
2,339
727
2,356
681
(474)
(468)
18,531
497
15,818
444

of which shadow unearned revenues reserves
DAC net of unearned revenues and unearned fees reserves
TOTAL
19,028
16,263
(a) Relating to contracts subject to IFRS4, i.e. insurance contracts and investment contracts with discretionary participating features.
I Note8 Other intangible assets

8.1.
BREAKDOWN OF OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Other intangible assets represented 3,277million net value as of December31, 2015 and mainly included:
Gross
value
Accumulated
amortization
Accumulated
impairment
Net Value
December31,
2015
Net Value
December31,
2014
Software capitalized
2,889
2,103
30
756
689
Intangible assets recognized in business

combinations and other business operations
3,394
942
24
2,427
2,299
536
441
94
161
6,818
3,486
55
3,277
3,149
(in Euro million)

Total other intangible assets
246

8.2.
BREAKDOWN OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS RECOGNIZED IN BUSINESS

COMBINATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS OPERATIONS
December31, 2015
Accumulated
Gross amortiTransaction Year value
zation
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
AccuAccuAccumulated
Net
mulated mulated
Net
impair- carrying Gross amorti- impair- carrying
ment
value value
zation
ment
value
Asia Property and Casualty
2012
176
(56)
120
158
(34)
124
Greece Life and Savings
2007
43
(4)
(24)
15
43
(3)
(24)
15
Greece Property and Casualty
2007
78
(32)
46
78
(26)
51
2007 & 2008
592
592
592
592
AXA MPS (Italy) Property and Casualty 2007 & 2008
347
347
347
347
Switzerland Life and Savings
2006
188
(84)
103
170
(68)
102
Switzerland Property and Casualty
2006
625
(352)
273
565
(289)
277
Germany Property and Casualty
2006
92
(31)
61
92
(25)
67
Belgium Property and Casualty
2006
67
(25)
42
67
(21)
45
Spain Property and Casualty
2006
247
(214)
33
247
(205)
42
2005
214
(7)
207
207
(7)
201
BREU Uberzpiecznia
2015
AXA MPS (Italy) Life and Savings
70
(6)
65
Others
657
(132)
525
591
(128)
(27)
437
TOTAL
3,394
(942)
(24)
2,427
3,156
(806)
(51)
2,299
Intangible assets recognized in business combinations mainly include value of distribution agreements and customer related intangibles,
including 1,453million (net carrying value) assets with indenite useful life.
The amortization period for intangible assets recognized in business combinations with a nite useful life ranges from 10 to 20years.
8.3.
CHANGE IN INTANGIBLE ASSETS RECOGNIZED IN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

ANDOTHER BUSINESS OPERATIONS
(in Euro million)
Net value as of January1

Acquisition during the period
(a)
Amortization allowance
Impairment allowance
Disposal during the period
Purchase decreases following adjustments
2015
2014
2,299
2,311
184
46
(116)
(99)
(0)
Currency impact
65
43
Other changes
(4)
(2)
2,427
2,299
Closing net value as of December31
(a) In 2015, includes 95million from the 10years distribution agreement signed with mBank in Poland, 64million signed by Singapore with SingPost and 24million
from the acquisiton of Simplyhealth in the UK.
In 2014, includes 23million in Greece due to the extension of the distribution agreement with Alpha Bank to Emporiki bank and 21million on acquisition of Capital
Fondsmaeglerselskab in Denmark by AB.
247

I Note9 Investments
9.1.
BREAKDOWN OF INVESTMENTS
Each investment item is presented net of the effect of related hedging derivatives (IAS39 qualifying hedges or economic hedges)
except derivatives related to macro-hedges which are shown separately. Detailed effects of derivatives are provided in Note20.3.
Insurance
Fair value Carrying value
(in Euro million)
Investment in real estate properties at amortized cost

Investment in real estate properties designated as at fair value through prot or loss(a)
Macro-hedge and other derivatives
Investment in real estate properties
Debt instruments held to maturity
Debt instruments available for sale
Debt instruments designated as at fair value through prot or loss(b)
Debt instruments held for trading
Debt instruments (at cost) that are not quoted in an active market(c)
Debt instruments
Equity instruments available for sale
Equity instruments designated as at fair value through prot or loss
(a)
Equity instruments held for trading

Equity instruments
27,103
19,262
2.69%
1,107
1,107
0.15%
28,210
20,369
2.85%
369,011
369,011
51.59%
39,861
39,861
5.57%
868
868
0.12%
6,044
5,829
0.81%
415,784
415,569
58.10%
16,681
16,681
2.33%
9,180
9,180
1.28%
76
76
0.01%
25,937
25,937
3.63%
Non-consolidated investment funds available for sale
7,424
7,424
1.04%
Non-consolidated investment funds designated as at fair value through prot or loss(a)
5,720
5,720
0.80%
Non-consolidated investment funds held for trading
250
250
0.04%
Non-consolidated investment funds
13,394
13,394
1.87%
Other assets designated as at fair value through prot or loss,

heldbyconsolidated investment funds
11,394
11,394
1.59%
914
914
0.13%

467,424
467,209
65.32%
Loans held to maturity
(0)
0.00%
Loans available for sale
0.00%
34,563
33,103
4.63%
Loans designated as at fair value through prot or loss
(a)
Loans held for trading

Loans at cost(d)
Loans
34,563
33,103
4.63%
Assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders
194,601
194,601
27.21%
INVESTMENTS
724,798
715,282
100.00%
Investments (excluding those backing contracts where the nancial risk

isborne by policyholders)
530,197
520,681
72.79%
Life & Savings
454,522
446,173
62.38%
68,429
67,264
9.40%
7,245
7,244
1.01%
Property & Casualty

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
248
% (value
balance sheet)
Assets measured at fair value under the fair value option.

Includes assets measured at fair value notably under the fair value option.
Eligible to the IAS39 Loans and Receivables measurement category.
Mainly relates to mortgage loans and policy loans.

December31, 2015
Other activities
Total
Fair value
Carrying value
% (value balance
sheet)
192
126
0.33%
27,295
19,388
2.58%
1,107
1,107
0.15%
Fair value
Carrying value
% (value balance
sheet)
192
126
0.33%
28,402
20,495
2.72%
8,835
8,835
23.51%
377,846
377,846
50.19%
587
587
1.56%
40,448
40,448
5.37%
0.12%
24
24
0.06%
892
892
1,192
1,192
3.17%
7,235
7,020
0.93%
10,638
10,638
28.31%
426,422
426,207
56.61%
1,486
1,486
3.95%
18,167
18,167
2.41%
407
407
1.08%
9,587
9,587
1.27%
76
76
0.01%
1,893
1,893
5.04%
27,830
27,830
3.70%
125
125
0.33%
7,549
7,549
1.00%
187
187
0.50%
5,906
5,906
0.78%
474
474
1.26%
724
724
0.10%
785
785
2.09%
14,179
14,179
1.88%
156
156
0.42%
11,550
11,550
1.53%
(409)
(409)
-1.09%
505
505
0.07%
13,063
13,063
34.76%
480,487
480,272
63.79%
(0)
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
26,093
24,342
64.78%
60,656
57,444
7.63%
48
48
0.13%
48
48
0.01%
26,142
24,390
64.90%
60,704
57,493
7.64%
194,601
194,601
25.85%
39,396
37,579
100.00%
764,194
752,860
100.00%
249

Insurance
Fair value Carrying value
(in Euro million)

Investment in real estate properties designated as at fair value through prot or loss(a)
Debt instruments designated as at fair value through prot or loss(b)
Debt instruments (at cost) that are not quoted in an active market(c)
Debt instruments
Equity instruments designated as at fair value through prot or loss(a)
Equity instruments
23,491
17,587
2.58%
1,023
1,023
0.15%
24,514
18,610
2.73%
361,872
361,872
53.17%
39,077
39,077
5.74%
301
301
0.04%
5,156
4,939
0.73%
406,406
406,189
59.68%
15,046
15,046
2.21%
7,990
7,990
1.17%
162
162
0.02%
23,199
23,199
3.41%
6,825
6,825
1.00%
Non-consolidated investment funds designated as at fair value through prot or loss(a)
4,985
4,985
0.73%

35
35
0.01%
11,844
11,844
1.74%
Other assets designated as at fair value through prot or loss,

heldbyconsolidated investment funds
8,828
8,828
1.30%
1,098
1,098
0.16%
451,375
451,158
66.28%
(0)
(0)
0.00%
0.00%
31,386
29,801
4.38%
31,386
29,801
4.38%
Loans at cost
(d)

Loans
Assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders
181,082
181,082
26.60%
INVESTMENTS
688,358
680,651
100.00%
Investments (excluding those backing contracts where the nancial risk is

borne by policyholders)
507,276
499,569
73.40%
Life & Savings
433,198
426,435
62.65%
66,366
65,424
9.61%
7,711
7,710
1.13%
Property & Casualty

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
250
% (value
balance sheet)
Assets measured at fair value under the fair value option.

Includes assets measured at fair value notably under the fair value option.
Eligible to the IAS39 Loans and Receivables measurement category.
Mainly relates to mortgage loans and policy loans.

December31, 2014
Other activities
Total
Fair value
Carrying value
% (value balance
sheet)
Fair value
Carrying value
% (value balance
sheet)
1,898
613
1.55%
25,390
18,200
2.53%
1,023
1,023
0.14%
1,898
613
1.55%
26,413
19,223
2.67%
9,863
9,863
24.95%
371,734
371,734
51.62%
767
767
1.94%
39,845
39,845
5.53%
24
24
0.06%
325
325
0.05%
1,952
1,952
4.94%
7,108
6,891
0.96%
12,607
12,607
31.89%
419,013
418,795
58.15%
1,381
1,381
3.49%
16,428
16,428
2.28%
407
407
1.03%
8,398
8,398
1.17%
162
162
0.02%
1,789
1,789
4.52%
24,987
24,987
3.47%
25
25
0.06%
6,850
6,850
0.95%
253
253
0.64%
5,238
5,238
0.73%
477
477
1.21%
511
511
0.07%
756
756
1.91%
12,600
12,600
1.75%
202
202
0.51%
9,031
9,031
1.25%
(165)
(165)
-0.42%
933
933
0.13%
15,188
15,188
38.42%
466,563
466,346
64.75%
(0)
(0)
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
25,656
23,725
60.01%
57,043
53,526
7.43%
0.02%
0.00%
25,666
23,734
60.03%
57,052
53,535
7.43%
181,082
181,082
25.14%
42,753
39,535
100.00%
731,110
720,187
100.00%
251
4
9.2.

INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES
Investment in real estate properties includes buildings owned directly and through consolidated real estate entities.
Breakdown of the carrying value and fair value of investment in real estate properties at amortized cost, excluding the impact of all
derivatives:
December31, 2015
Gross
value
Amortization
22,053
(2,196)
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Impair- Carrying
ment
value
Fair
value
Gross
value
Amortization
27,087
20,220
(2,013)
impair- Carrying
ment
value
Fair
value
Investment in real
estate properties
at amortized cost
Insurance
Other activities
All activities
(611)
19,246
(620)
17,587
23,491
126
(0)
(0)
126
192
858
(245)
(0)
613
1,898
22,179
(2,196)
(611)
19,371
27,278
21,078
(2,258)
(620)
18,200
25,390
Change in impairment and amortization of investment in real estate properties at amortized cost (all activities):
Impairment - Investment
in real estate properties
(in Euro million)
Amortization - Investment
in real estate properties
2015
2014
2015
2014
620
633
2,258
2,112
Value as of January1
Increase for the period
93
50
247
227
Write back following sale or reimbursement
(15)
(11)
(58)
(86)
Write back following recovery in value
(26)
(44)
Others
(a)
Value as of December31
(61)
(9)
(250)
611
620
2,196
2,258
(a) Includes change in scope and the effect of changes in exchange rates.
9.3.
UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES ON FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS
Excluding the effect of derivatives, unrealized capital gains and losses on nancial investments, when not already reected in the
income statement, are allocated as follows:
Insurance
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Debt instruments
available for sale
Debt instruments (at
cost) that are not quoted
in an active market
Equity instruments
available for sale
Non-consolidated
investment funds
available for sale
Amortized
cost(a)
Unrealized
losses
370,743
47,148
2,441
Fair Carrying
value value(b)
326,036 370,743
December31, 2014
Unrealized
gains
Unrealized
gains
Unrealized
losses
363,619
53,424
757
Fair Carrying
value value(b)
310,952 363,619
5,825
6,040
5,825
227
12
4,991
5,208
4,991
219
13,473
16,676
16,676
3,360
158
11,867
15,135
15,135
3,357
90
6,533
7,447
7,447
951
37
5,969
6,934
6,934
986
21
(a) Net of impairment - including premiums/discounts and related accumulated amortization.

(b) Net of impairment.
252
Amortized
cost(a)

Other activities
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
AmorUnrea- UnreaFair Carrying

tized
lized
lized
cost(a) value value(b)
gains losses
(in Euro million)

Debt instruments (at cost) that are not
quoted in an active market
available for sale
Amortized
cost(a)
Unrealized
gains
Unrealized
losses
10,268
316
20
Fair Carrying
value value(b)
8,859 9,145
9,145
298
12
1,192 1,192
1,144 1,486
1,192
1,486
0
343
1,952
1,103
1,952
1,381
1,952
1,381
280
125
11
25
25
14
118
125
9,973 10,268

Total
December31, 2015
Amortized
cost(a)
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Unrea- UnreaFair Carrying

lized
lized
value value(b) gains losses

334,895 379,888
Debt instruments (at cost) that are not
quoted in an active market
7,017
7,232
14,617 18,162
available for sale
6,651
7,572
379,888 47,446
Amortized
cost(a)
Fair Carrying
value value(b)
2,453 320,925 373,888
Unrea- Unrealized
lized
gains losses
373,888 53,740
778
7,017
18,162
227
3,703
12
158
6,943
12,971
7,160
16,516
6,943
16,516
219
3,637
2
91
7,572
960
39
5,980
6,959
6,959
1,000
21

See also Note9.9.1 Breakdown of nancial assets subject to impairment.
9.4.
DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND LOANS
9.4.1. Debt instruments by type of issuer

The table below sets out the debt instruments portfolio by issuer type, excluding macro-hedging derivatives and other derivatives but
including the effect of related hedging derivatives (IAS39 qualifying hedges or economic hedges). Details of the effect of derivatives
are provided in Note20.3.
(in Euro million)
Government and government like debt instruments(a)

Other debt instruments issued by government related(a)
Corporate debt instruments
(a)(b)
Other debt instruments(c)

Hedging derivatives and other derivatives
TOTAL DEBT INSTRUMENTS
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Carrying value
Carrying value
226,367
190,839
8,270
65,467
193,414
164,668
263
295
(2,107)
(2,474)
426,207
418,795
(a) In December31, 2015, government and government like debt instruments, other debt instruments issued by government related and corporate debt instruments
amounts include the impact of the reassessment of the government related debt instruments credit risk based on the level of sovereign state support given default.
With the same assessment, December31, 2014 amounts would have been 220,739million, 10,689million and 189,547million for respectively government and
government like debt instruments, other debt instruments issued by government related and corporate debt instruments.
(b) Includes debt instruments issued by companies in which a State holds interests.
(c) Includes xed maturity investment funds and debt securities related to reverse repo.
Additional information on the credit risk associated with debt instruments is provided in Note4 Financial and insurance risks
management.
253

9.4.2. Focus on banking loans
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Carrying value
Fair value
Carrying value
21,200
19,682
20,836
19,171
4,729
4,497
4,640
4,374
25,930
24,179
25,476
23,545
Mortgage loans
Other loans
TOTAL
9.5.
CONTRACTUAL MATURITIES AND EXPOSURE TO INTEREST RATE RISK

Debt instruments (at cost) that are not quoted in an active
market, the effect of derivatives (detailed in Note20.3), loans
and debt instruments backing contracts where the nancial risk
is borne by policyholders are excluded from the table below. The
effect of derivatives modies in certain cases the maturity prole
of assets presented below. Most of the debt instruments and
loans held by the Group are xed-rate instruments (i.e. exposed
to fair value interest rate risk).
The table below sets out the contractual maturities of debt

instruments held by the Group. Effective maturities may differ
from those presented, mainly because some assets include
clauses allowing early redemption, with or without penalty
or duration extension features. In some case, the effect of
derivatives also modies the maturity prole of asset presented
below.
December31, 2015
Net carrying amount by maturity
(in Euro million)
Debt instruments
Loans
Total Financial
investments exposed
to interest rate risk
9.6.
December31, 2014
Fair value
12months
or less
More than
1 year
up to
5years
26,645
7,873
34,518
December31, 2014
Net carrying amount by maturity
More than
1 year
up to More than
5years
5years
More than
5years
Total net
carrying
value
12months
or less
115,873
278,780
421,297
28,058
113,422
272,846
414,326
18,124
35,305
61,303
7,627
16,672
31,307
55,606
133,997
314,085
482,600
35,685
130,095
304,153
469,932
Total net
carrying
value
EXPOSURE TO PRICE RISK
Excluding the effect of derivatives (detailed in Note20.3) and equity instruments of real estate companies, the breakdown by industry
of equity instruments owned across the Group is as follows:
(in Euro million)
254
Consumer
goods &
Financial
Services
Energy
Communications
Industrial
Basic
Materials
Technology
Other
Total
Equity instruments
as of December31,
2015
8,832
8,412
569
1,619
3,157
981
1,314
2,942
27,827
Equity instruments
as of December31,
2014
7,246
6,753
970
1,395
2,526
988
1,352
3,844
25,076

9.7.
TRANSFERS OF FINANCIAL ASSETS NOT QUALIFYING FORDERECOGNITION

Additionally, the Group is party to total return swaps under which
nancial assets are sold to a counterparty with a corresponding
agreement. Cash ows equal to those of the underlying assets
will be remitted to the Group in exchange for specied payments
taking into account any increase or decline in the fair value of the
assets. This results in substantially all of the risks and rewards
of the nancial assets remaining with the Group. As such, the
Group does not derecognize the nancial assets.
The Group is party of repurchase agreements and securities

lending transactions under which financial assets are sold
to a counterparty, subject to a simultaneous agreement to
repurchase these nancial assets at a certain later date, at an
agreed price. While substantially all of the risks and rewards of
the nancial assets remain with the Group over the entire lifetime
of the transaction, the Group does not derecognize the nancial
assets. The proceeds of the sale are reported separately. Interest
expense from repurchase and security lending transactions is
The breakdown of transferred nancial assets/ liabilities not qualifying for derecognition was as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Debt
Debt
instruments
Debt
Debt
instruments
Debt
Debt
designed at fair instruments instruments designed at fair instruments instruments
value through available for
- Loans &
value through available for
- Loans &
prot or loss
sale Receivables
prot or loss
sale Receivables
Carrying value of assets
1,351
29,140
506
2,333
27,366
1,388
Carrying value of associated

liabilities(a)
1,358
28,186
181
2,276
25,794
1,388
(a) Amount does not include securities received as collateral to securities lending transactions if such collateral is not recognized under the terms of the agreement because
the risks and rewards have not been transferred to the Group (detailed in Note29).
9.8.
NON-CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT FUNDS
The detail of non-consolidated investment funds breakdown was as follows:

December31, 2015
Fair value
December31, 2014
(a)
Fair value(a)
Insurance
Other
activities
Total
Insurance
Other
activities
Total
Non-consolidated investment funds mainly

holding equity securities
2,406
418
2,825
2,332
344
2,675
Non-consolidated investment funds mainly

holding debt instruments
5,145
225
5,370
4,336
256
4,591
Other non-consolidated investment funds
5,926
142
6,068
5,358
156
5,515
(83)
(83)
(182)
(182)
13,394
785
14,179
11,844
756
12,600
(in Euro million)
Derivatives related to non-consolidated

investment funds
TOTAL
(a) Amounts are presented net of the effect of related hedging derivatives (IAS39 qualifying hedges or economic hedges) except derivatives related to macro-hedges which
are shown separately.
The amortized cost of non-consolidated investment funds available for sale was as below:
funds mainly holding equity securities: 939million in 2015 compared to 909million in 2014;
funds mainly holding debt instruments: 2,363million in 2015 compared to 1,960million in 2014;
other funds: 3,350million in 2015 compared to 3,111million in 2014.
255
4
9.9.

FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT
9.9.1. Breakdown of nancial investments subject to impairment

Each investment item is presented net of the effect of related hedging derivatives (IAS39 qualifying hedges or economic hedges).
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Cost
before
impairment and
revaluation
to fair
value(a)
Debt instruments available

for sale
334,558
Debt instruments (at cost)
that are not quoted in an
active market(c)
Debt instruments
Cost after
impairment but
before
RevaluarevaluaImpair- tion to fair tion to fair
(b)
ment
value(c)
value
Carrying
value
Cost after
impairment but
before
RevaluarevaluaImpair- tion to fair tion to fair
(b)
ment
value(c)
value
Carrying
value
(632)
333,926
43,921
377,846
320,720
(788)
319,932
51,802
371,734
7,019
(0)
7,019
7,020
6,953
6,953
(61)
6,891
341,577
(632)
340,945
43,922
384,867
327,672
(788)
326,885
51,741
378,625
Equity instruments
available for sale
16,761
(2,144)
14,617
3,550
18,167
15,093
(2,123)
12,971
3,457
16,428
Non-consolidated
investment funds
available for sale
7,705
(1,054)
6,652
897
7,549
6,930
(950)
5,980
870
6,850
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
58,320
(239)
58,082
(637)
57,444
54,870
(647)
54,223
(697)
53,526
Loans at cost(d)
Loans
58,321
(239)
58,082
(637)
57,444
54,871
(648)
54,223
(697)
53,526
TOTAL
424,364
(4,069)
420,295
47,732
468,026
404,567
(4,508)
400,059
55,371
455,429
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
256
December31, 2014
Cost
before
impairment and
revaluation
to fair
value(a)
Asset value including impact of discounts/premiums and accrued interests, but before impairment and revaluation to fair value of assets available for sale.
Asset value including impairment, discounts/premiums and accrued interests, but before revaluation to fair value of assets available for sale.
Revaluation to fair value for instruments at cost related to the application of hedge accounting.
Including policy loans.

9.9.2. Change in impairment on nancial investments

Write back
following
recovery
invalue
Other(a)
December31,
2015
January1,
2015
Increase for
the period
Write back
following sale
or repayment
788
126
(317)
(16)
51
632
Impairment - Equity instruments
2,123
392
(339)
(31)
2,144
Impairment - Non-consolidated
investment funds
950
74
(33)
63
1,054
(in Euro million)
Impairment - Debt instruments
Impairment - Loans
TOTAL
648
67
(30)
(77)
(367)
239
4,508
659
(720)
(93)
(285)
4,069
Write back
following
recovery
invalue
Other(a)
December31,
2014
(a) Mainly relates to changes in the scope of consolidation and impact of changes in exchange rates.
(in Euro million)
January1,
2014
Write back
Increase for following sale or
the period
repayment
Impairment - Debt instruments
1,078
135
(465)
(23)
63
788
Impairment - Equity instruments
2,380
388
(684)
39
2,123
Impairment - Non-consolidated
investment funds
1,029
49
(100)
(29)
950
Impairment - Loans
TOTAL
621
123
(21)
(57)
(18)
648
5,108
694
(1,271)
(80)
56
4,508
(a) Mainly relates to changes in the scope of consolidation and impact of changes in exchange rates.
257

9.10. INVESTMENTS/ FAIR VALUE

9.10.1. Investments recognized at fair value
The breakdown by valuation method of investments recognized at fair value excluding derivatives (detailed in Note20.3 and Note20.5)
and assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders is as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Assets quoted
in an active
market
Fair value
determined
directly by
reference to
active market
(level1)
December31, 2014
Assets not quoted in an active

market or no active market
Assets quoted
in an active
market

Fair value Fair value mainly

mainly based
not based on
on observable
observable
market data
market data
(level2)
(level3)
Fair value
determined
directly by
reference to
active market
(level1)

mainly based
not based on
on observable
observable
market data
market data
(level2)
(level3)
Total
Total
Debt instruments
263,441
116,187
260
379,888
254,410
119,254
224
373,888
Equity instruments
14,411
1,147
2,604
18,162
12,972
1,307
2,238
16,516
Non-consolidated
investment funds
1,063
5,512
997
7,572
694
5,271
994
6,959
278,915
122,846
3,861
405,622
268,075
125,832
3,456
397,363
Loans
Financial
investments
and loans available
for sale
Investments in real
estate properties
1,107
1,107
1,023
1,023
Debt instruments
23,435
16,206
843
40,484
23,215
15,998
857
40,071
Equity instruments
3,957
795
4,837
9,589
3,826
566
4,005
8,396
Non-consolidated
investment funds
270
4,610
1,086
5,967
319
3,962
1,030
5,311
2,006
6,266
3,289
11,561
1,776
5,778
1,569
9,123
29,667
28,984
10,056
68,707
29,136
27,326
7,461
63,924
Debt instruments
264
659
925
90
277
368
Equity instruments
76
77
163
163
Non-consolidated
investment funds
451
273
724
474
37
511
Financial
investments and
loans held for trading
792
932
1,726
728
314
1,042
TOTAL FINANCIAL
INVESTMENTS AND
LOANS ACCOUNTED
FOR AT FAIR VALUE
309,374
152,762
13,918
476,054
297,940
153,472
10,917
462,329
Other assets held

by consolidated
investment funds
designated as at fair
value through prot
or loss
Loans
Financial
investments and
loans designated as
prot or loss
Loans
Note: this table excludes assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders with guaranteed minimum features.
Methods applied to determine the fair value of investments measured at fair value in the nancial statements are described in Note1.5.
The Group applies the IFRS13 fair value hierarchy.
258

ASSETS CLASSIFICATION
Fair values determined in whole directly by reference to an active

market relate to prices which are readily and regularly available
from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service
or regulatory agency and those prices represent actual and
regularly occurring market transactions on an arms length basis,
i.e. the market is still active. Such assets are categorized in the
Level1 of the IFRS13 fair value hierarchy.
Level2 and 3 assets are investments which are not quoted in an
active market or for which there is no active market. Fair values
for level2 and 3 assets include:
values provided by external parties which:
are readily available including last transaction prices but

relate to assets for which the market is not always active, or
values provided at the request of the Group by pricing

services and which are not readily publicly available;
assets measured on the basis of valuation techniques

including a varying degree of assumptions supported by
market transactions and observable data.
The common characteristic of level 2 and 3 assets is that

their related market is considered as inactive. Their value is
generally based on mark to market basis, except when there
is no market or when the market is distressed, in which case a
mark to model approach is used. Assets not quoted in an active
market which are marked to market using mainly observable
inputs are classied in level2. Assets not quoted in an active
market for which fair value determination is not mainly based
on observable inputs are classied as level3. For all assets not
quoted in an active market/ no active market and for which a
mark to model approach is used, the classication between
level2 and level3 depends on the proportion of assumptions
used supported by market transactions and observable data
(market observable inputs):
assumed to be used by pricing services; or
used by the Group in the limited cases of application of mark

to model valuations.
a) Fair values determined in whole directly by reference to

an active market (level1)
Since the 2008 nancial crisis, a signicant volatility related
to corporate spreads has been observed leading to transfers
between level1 and 2 with both yield and bid ask spreads
widening and narrowing from one closing to another. Since
2010, this volatility has also been experienced on European
government bonds with yields and bid ask spreads which
widened signicantly leadingto transfers from level1 to level2.
In 2015, Italian government bonds were reclassied from level2
to level1 consistent with sustained improved market liquidity
for those instruments. At December31, 2015 Irish, Portuguese
and Spanish sovereign bonds were classied in level2. For
these sovereign bonds classied in level2, trends observed in

previous years were conrmed in 2015. These market indicators
will continue to be monitored to assess the sustainability of those
improvements. Therefore, the classication as at December31,
2015 was maintained compared to December31, 2014.
At December31, 2015 the net transfers between Level1 and
Level2 was 11,898million.This amount was comprised of
25,739million transferred investments from Level2 to Level1
(21,634million Italian government bonds) and 13,841million
transferred from Level1 to Level2 primarily corporate bonds.
b) Fair values of assets not quoted in an active market

no active markets (level2 and level3)
Overview of the nature of such investments
Amounts presented in level 2 and 3 represent a variety of
circumstances. A nancial instrument is regarded as not quoted
in an active market if there is little observation of transaction
prices as an inherent characteristic of the instrument, when there
is a signicant decline in the volume and level of trading activity,
in case of signicant illiquidity or if observable prices cannot
be considered as representing fair value because of dislocated
market conditions. Characteristics of inactive markets can
therefore be very different in nature, inherent to the instrument
or be indicative of a change in the conditions prevailing in certain
markets.
The identication of level3 assets among assets not quoted in
an active market involves a signicant level of judgment. The
following are considered as observable: inputs provided by
external pricing services, information observable obtained from
specialized data providers, rating agencies, external surveys.
The extent to which such data are external to the Group and not
assessed by internal valuation teams is one of the main criteria
applied in assessing whether data are observable or not. Should
those data be signicantly adjusted or would they be outdated
because of the lack of newly available factors, such inputs
would be deemed unobservable. Another area of judgment
is the assessment of the signicance of an input against the
fair value measurement in its entirety. As a result, a different
cut between observable and unobservable data and variances
in the weighting of the signicance of each input against the
fair value measurement in its entirety could produce a different
categorization.
Assets such as certain unquoted debt instruments, some

instruments issued on private markets such as private equity
instruments or private loans were always considered as not
quoted in active markets as an inherent characteristic of these
investments and were included as assets not quoted in active
markets/ No active markets in all periods presented. Valuations
are based either on external pricing providers or internal models
using techniques commonly used by market participants.
Valuation teams make the maximum use of current transaction
prices (if any) and observable data but some of the underlying
sectors to which the investments relate may be so particular that
259

signicant adjustments are performed or unobservable data are

used. Private equity funds of funds are measured on the basis
of the latest net asset values of funds provided to the Group.
+0.4billion of foreign exchange uctuation impact;
-0.2 billion reclassified in Level 2 primarily due to the

availability of more observable data;
TRANSFER IN AND OUT OF THE LEVEL3 CATEGORY

ANDOTHER MOVEMENTS
-0.8billion of asset sales, redemptions and settlements

mainly of debt instruments, equity securities and non-conso
investment funds accounted as available for sale and of equity
securities, non-conso investment funds, other assets held by
controlled investment funds and debt instruments accounted
as fair value through P&L.
From January1, 2015 to December31, 2015, the amount of

Level3 assets increased to 13.9billion, representing 2.9% of
the total assets at fair value (2.4% in 2014 i.e. 10.9billion).
Main movements related to Level3 assets to be noted were
the following:
+2.8billion of new investments;
+0.6billion of change in unrealized gains and losses;
A majority of assets classied in Level3 corresponds to Private

Investments and in particular private equity assets.
9.10.2. Investments recognized at amortized cost

December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Assets quoted
in an active
market
Fair value
determined
directly by
reference to
active market
(level1)
December31, 2014

Assets quoted
in an active
market


mainly based
not based on
on observable
observable
market data
market data
(level2)
(level3)
Fair value
determined
directly by
reference to
active market
(level1)

mainly based
not based on
on observable
observable
market data
market data
(level2)
(level3)
Total
Debt instruments held

to maturity
Financial
investments
andloans held
tomaturity
Investments in real
estate properties
atamortized cost
27,278
27,278
25,390
25,390
Debt instruments
at cost (loans
&receivables)
407
4,950
1,875
7,232
45
4,188
2,927
7,160
Loans at amortized
cost
43
23,779
37,511
61,334
21,703
36,056
57,761
Financial
investments and
loans at amortized
cost
451
56,006
39,387
95,844
47
51,281
38,983
90,311
TOTAL FAIR VALUE

OF INVESTED
ASSETS AT
AMORTIZED COST
451
56,006
39,387
95,844
47
51,281
38,983
90,311
Note: this table excludes assets backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders with guaranteed minimum features.
260
Total


in Note1.5. Specics to the valuation of investments are further
described in Note9.10.1 and the same principles apply to the
fair value of investments at amortized cost.
Generally fair values of investments in real estate properties
cannot be determined via reference to quotes of an active market
from an exchange market or service provider and no property is
therefore categorized in level1. However, AXAs investments in
real estate properties are mostly physically located within liquid
markets with identical or comparable asset sales. Given the
regulatory environment, some real estate properties located in
markets like France are valued by experts using very similar
approaches leading to very limited dispersion in prices, with a
majority of market inputs themselves homogeneous in terms
of sources and values. Hence, the Group, consistently with
the policy described in Note1.5 which notably considers, for
assets not quoted in an active market, the weight of observable

inputs in the valuation, concludes that the fair value calculations,
which are based on valuations performed by qualied property
appraisers mainly based on market observable inputs, are
considered as level2 fair values. However, as noted in Note1.5
and Note9.10.1, the assessment of the significance of an
input against the fair value measurement in its entirety involves
judgment and a different weighting could produce a different
categorization.
The fair values of debt instruments and loans at cost are
determined with consideration of market inputs to the extent
possible. For level2 instruments, the fair value is mainly derived
using valuation techniques based upon observable market
interest rate curves. For level3 instruments, the fair values of
debt instruments and loans at cost are determined by valuation
techniques using limited observable market data.
9.11. INVESTMENTS BACKING CONTRACTS WHERE THE FINANCIAL RISK IS BORNE

BY POLICYHOLDERS
Fair Value(a)
(in Euro million)

Equity instruments & non-consolidated investment funds
Debt instruments
Others
Total Insurance activities
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
1,416
780
178,334
164,199
12,361
13,933
2,490
2,171
194,601
181,082
(a) Fair value equals carrying value.
These assets (including investment in real estate properties) are

measured at fair value through prot or loss. Financial assets
included in these investments are valued at fair value through
prot or loss under the fair value option.
As described in Note 4 (Financial and insurance risks

management), the nancial risk associated with these contracts
is borne by policyholders, except for contracts that offer some
investment-related guarantees.
261

I Note10 Investments accounted for using

theequitymethod
10.1. BREAKDOWN OF INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD
2015
(in Euro million)
Neuize Vie
Philippine AXA Life Insurance Corporation
Contribution
Acquisitions
to net
January1 & disposals
income
Currency
translation
impact
169
Other
changes(a) December31
(21)
158
38
15
(0)
56
147
63
(55)
158
ICBC-AXA Assurance Co Ltd (previously AXA

Minmetals Assurance Co Ltd)
307
27
19
48
401
52
41
(39)
54
Bharti AXA Life
34
34
84
Bharti AXA General Insurance Company

Limited
20
22
(19)
34
313
36
(8)
13
355
Kyobo AXA Investment Managers Company

Limited
31
(2)
33
Natio Assurance
49
(12)
46
556
36
605
AXA Mansard Insurance plc (P&C including

Assur African Holding)(b)
158
176
AXA Mansard Insurance plc (L&S)(b)
55
61
Other(c)
126
(48)
88
TOTAL
1,842
268
214
67
(86)
2,306
Reso Garantia
AXA Tian Ping
(a) Includes increase in capital, dividend distributions, changes in consolidation method, and impacts of revaluation to fair value of nancial investments in shareholders
equity.
(b) AXA Mansard Insurance plc acquisition amounts include minority interests for 18million.
(c) Thaigi AXA Insurance Public Company Limited (Thailand) has been accounted for using the full consolidation method since January1, 2015.
AXA Mansard Insurance plc
Bharti
On December 8, 2014, AXA announced it had completed

the acquisition of 100% of Assur Africa Holdings which held
a 77% stake in the composite insurance company Mansard
Insurance plc for a total nal cash consideration of 195million.
The acquired operations have been included within the
Mediterranean & Latin American Region and resulted in a
goodwill of 164million.
On December1, 2015, AXA and Bharti Enterprises announced

that AXA had increased its stake from 26% to 49% in its life
and general insurance joint-ventures in India, Bharti AXA Life
Insurance Co. Ltd (Bharti AXA Life) and Bharti AXA General
Insurance Co. Ltd (Bharti AXA GI). This operation further
strengthens the existing partnership between Bharti and AXA
in India, and demonstrates the agility and commitment of both
parties in further expanding their operations in the country. This
operation did not lead to a change in the control assessment and
the Group still exercises a signicant inuence on those entities.
Given timing and operational constraints, it was decided not

to consolidate the operations and maintain the classication
as equity securities as of December31, 2014 and June30,
2015. Based on materiality, Nigeria operations are accounted
for using the equity method as of December31, 2015. The full
consolidation accounting methodology will be reassessed based
on the materiality in the next years.
Through this acquisition, AXA became the fourth insurance
player in Nigeria.
262

2014
(in Euro million)
Currency
translation
Other
impact changes(a) December31
Acquisitions Contribution
January1 & disposals to net income
Neuize Vie
150
13
Philippine AXA Life Insurance Corporation
30
12
(8)
38
98
51
16
(18)
147
ICBC-AXA Assurance Co Ltd (previously AXA

Minmetals Assurance Co Ltd)
169
147
30
126
307
46
33
(32)
52
Bharti AXA Life
24
34
Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Limited
14
(4)
20
754
(218)
(223)
313
Reso Garantia(b)(c)
Kyobo AXA Investment Managers Company Limited
28
(1)
31
Natio Assurance
41
(1)
49
AXA Tian Ping(d)
495
56
556
95
19
126
1,428
495
(73)
(97)
90
1,842
Other
TOTAL
(a) Includes increase in capital, dividend distributions, changes in consolidation method, and impacts of revaluation to fair value of nancial investments in shareholders equity.
(b) Reso Garantia is accounted for using the equity method in the Group consolidated nancial statements on the basis of a closing at September30. Given signicant
(c) The contribution to the net income of the period includes the impairment (-251million) of part of the value of the associate due to deteriorated economic perspectives
in Russia.
(d) AXA Tian Ping has been accounted for using the equity method since February20, 2014.
10.2. MAIN JOINT VENTURES
Financial information for main joint ventures is as follows (including AXA and external share but excluding goodwill related to AXAs
investment):
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
ICBC-AXA
Assurance Co Ltd
December31, 2014
AXA
Tian Ping
ICBC-AXA
Assurance Co Ltd
AXA
Tian Ping(a)
881
163
1,104
156
9,453
1,732
5,407
1,479
Total liabilities (including nancing debts

but excluding shareholdersequity)
7,994
1,217
4,292
1,016
Net assets
1,459
515
1,115
462
Revenues
3,356
1,024
1,884
667
(2)
(32)
(37)
Total assets (including cash and cash equivalents)

Financing debts
Change in unearned premiums net of unearned revenues

and fees
Net investment result excluding nancing expenses
468
73
160
43
(3,723)
(1,033)
(2,030)
(661)
Income tax expense or income
(14)
(3)
Net income
99
17
16
245
35
202
50
344
53
218
58
Dividends received by AXA from the joint venture

(a) AXA Tian Ping has been accounted for using the equity method since February20, 2014.
263

As of December31, 2015, the Group share of interest in ICBC-AXA Assurance Co Ltd and AXA Tian Ping were respectively 27.5%
and 50.0%.
A reconciliation of the summarized nancial information to the carrying amount of the joint ventures is as follows:
December31, 2015
ICBC-AXA
Assurance Co Ltd
(in Euro million)
Net assets as presented above
December31, 2014
AXA
Tian Ping
ICBC-AXA
Assurance Co Ltd
1,459
515
1,115
462
401
258
307
231
348
325
401
605
307
556
Group share in net assets

Goodwill
Carrying value
AXA
Tian Ping(a)
(a) AXA Tian Ping has been accounted for using the equity method since February20, 2014.
10.3. MAIN ASSOCIATES

Financial information for main associates is as follows (including AXA and external share but excluding goodwill related to AXAs
investment):
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
RESO
Garantia
Neuize
Vie
RESO
Garantia(a)
Neuize
Vie
Total assets
1,649
12,271
1,533
11,505
Total liabilities (excluding shareholders equity)
1,205
11,877
1,199
11,081
444
394
334
424
(in Euro million)
Net assets
Revenues
1,143
939
1,349
929
Net income
92
22
84
34
19
(27)
(212)
31
110
(5)
(129)
65
10
Dividends received by AXA from the associate
A reconciliation of the summarized nancial information to the carrying amount of the associates is as follows:
December31, 2015
RESO
Garantia
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Neuize
Vie
RESO
Garantia(a)
Neuize
Vie
Net assets as presented above
444
394
334
424
Group share of net assets
175
158
131
169
Goodwill
342
345
(162)
(164)
355
158
313
169
Impairment of associate
(b)
Carrying value
(b) In 2014, based on closing foreign exchange rate. Using average foreign exchange rate, the impairment booked in the net income was -251million.
This note excludes investment funds and real estate companies accounted for using the equity method, which are presented as
nancial investments (Note9).
264

I Note11 Receivables
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Gross
value
Impairment
Carrying
value
Fair
value
Gross
value
Impairment
Carrying
value
Fair
value
Deposits and guarantees
1,742
(2)
1,740
1,740
1,572
(1)
1,571
1,571
Current accounts receivables from

other Companies
1,658
(1)
1,656
1,656
1,502
(1)
1,501
1,501
Receivables from policyholders,

brokers and general agents
9,520
(352)
9,168
9,168
8,357
(336)
8,021
8,021
Premiums earned not yet written
4,002
4,002
4,002
3,596
3,596
3,596
16,921
(355)
16,566
16,566
15,026
(338)
14,688
14,688
74
74
74
48
48
48
862
(67)
795
795
863
(51)
812
812
19
(9)
11
11
(in Euro million)
Receivables arising from direct

insurance and inward reinsurance
operations
Deposits and Guarantees
Receivables from reinsurers
Receivables from brokers and
general agents
16
(8)
Receivables arising from outward

reinsurance operations
953
(75)
878
878
930
(60)
871
871
Current tax receivables
866
866
866
1,511
1,511
1,511
1,364
1,364
1,364
1,257
1,257
1,257
Employee benets & related

Other deposits
2,361
2,361
2,361
1,851
1,851
1,851
Others
11,310
(771)
10,538
10,538
11,277
(885)
10,392
10,392
Other receivables
15,035
(771)
14,263
14,263
14,385
(885)
13,501
13,501
TOTAL RECEIVABLES
33,775
(1,202)
32,573
32,573
31,853
(1,283)
30,570
30,570
265

I Note12 Cash and cash equivalents

(in Euro million)
Arising from insurance activities

Arising from banking activities
Arising from other activities
Cash and cash equivalents(b)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Carrying value(a)
Carrying value(a)
19,982
15,660
680
704
5,613
5,684
26,275
22,048
(a) Fair value is assessed as being equal to net carrying value given the nature of such assets.
(b) including 424million deposits in the central banks in 2015 and 279million in 2014.
The table below reconciles assets and liabilities cash and cash equivalent balances with the statement of consolidated cash ows:
(in Euro million)
Cash and cash equivalent

Bank overdrafts(a)
Cash and cash equivalent as of December31(b)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
26,275
22,048
(645)
(418)
25,630
21,631
(a) Included in Other debt instruments issued and bank overdrafts.

(b) The Cash and cash equivalents item excludes cash backing contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders (unit-linked contracts).
The tables above exclude cash held by consolidated investment

funds in the Satellite Investment Portfolio, as defined in
Note1.7.2.
As of December31, 2015, total consolidated net cash and cash
equivalents amounted to 25,630million, net of 645million
bank overdrafts classied under Other debt instrument issued
and bank overdrafts in the consolidated statement of nancial
position.
Net cash and cash equivalents increased by 3,999million
compared to 2014 mainly due to:
the US Life & Savings (+2,067million) mainly due higher

Repurchase agreements, partly offset by Dividends paid to
Holdings and repayment of debt;
France Life & Savings (+565million) as a result of increase

in other investment funds, and also the increase of pure cash
mainly driven by BNP securities;
266
Germany Life (+648million) relates to the investments in very

short term government bonds and corporate bonds;
the Company (-214million) mainly due to the redemption
of 1,000million senior debt in January2015 partly offset by
dividends received from subsidiaries net of the dividend paid
to shareholders and carry back receivable cash payment.
Regarding the consolidated statement of cash ows presented

together with the primary nancial statements, net cash provided
by operating activities totaled 18,226million in 2015, compared
to 12,935million in 2014.
Net cash used in investing activities was -9,528million in 2015,
mainly reecting:
-12,115million of net cash used in purchases and sales of

nancial invested assets;
+2,936 million of net cash impact of assets lending /

borrowing collateral receivables and payables.
Net cash used in investing activities was -8,329million in 2014,

mainly reecting:
-8,855million of net cash used in purchases and sales of

nancial invested assets;
+1,310 million of net cash impact of assets lending /

borrowing collateral receivables and payables.
Net cash relating to nancing activities totalled -5,808million

in 2015 mainly driven by:
nancing debt with a repayment of 1,165million subordinated

debt in 2015 (1,000million by AXASA and 165million by
AXA Financial);

dividends payments of -2,637million.
nancing debt with a repayment of 2,122million subordinated

debt maturing in 2014 and 809million of Euro senior Note
due on 2014 and an issuance of 750million (963million as
of December31, 2014 foreign exchange rate) subordinated
debt due 2054;
dividends payments of -2,235million.
Net cash relating to nancing activities totalled -4,128million

in 2014 mainly driven by:
undated subordinated debt issued for of +997million (net of

fees) and an early redemption call of -35million;
I Note13 Shareholders equity and minority interests

13.1. IMPACT OF TRANSACTIONS
WITH SHAREHOLDERS
The Consolidated Statement of changes in Equity is presented
as a primary nancial statement.
13.1.1. Change in shareholders equity Group

share in 2015
SHARE CAPITAL AND CAPITAL IN EXCESS OF NOMINAL
VALUE
During 2015, the following transactions had an impact on AXAs

share capital and capital in excess of nominal value:
a capital increase of 668million including the employee share

offering (December2015) of 19million shares for 375million
net of related charges;
As of December31, 2015, the carrying value of treasury shares

and related derivatives was 209million. There was no AXA
shares held by consolidated Mutual funds not backing contracts
where nancial risk borne by policyholders.
As of December31, 2015, 2million treasury shares backing
contracts where nancial risk is borne by policyholders held
in consolidated investment funds were not deducted from
shareholders equity. Their total estimated historical cost was
34million and their market value 48million at the end of
December2015.
UNDATED SUBORDINATED DEBT AND RELATED
FINANCIAL EXPENSES
As described in Note 1.13.2 of the accounting principles,

undated subordinated debt issued by the Group does not qualify
as liabilities under IFRS.
a capital decrease of 51million shares for 1,149million

in order to eliminate the dilutive effect of share-based
compensation schemes (AXA SAs stocks options and
performance shares plans);
Undated subordinated debt instruments are classified in

shareholders equity at their historical value as regards credit
spread and interest rates and their closing value as regards
exchange rates. The corresponding foreign exchange differences
are cancelled out through the translation reserve.
share-based payments for 30million.
In 2015, the change in other reserves was driven by:
-305million from interest expense related to the undated

subordinated debt (net of tax);
+398million from foreign exchange rate uctuations.
TREASURY SHARES
As of December31, 2015, the Company and its subsidiaries

owned approximately 2.0 million AXA shares, representing
0.08% of the share capital, an increase of 1.4million shares
compared to December31, 2014.
267

As of December31, 2015 and December31, 2014, undated subordinated debt recognized in shareholders equity broke down as
follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Value of the
Value of the
undated
Value of the
undated
Value of the
subordinated debt
undated subordinated debt
undated
in currency of subordinated debt
in currency of subordinated debt
issuance
in Euro million
issuance
in Euro million
October29, 2004 - 375M 6.0%
375
375
375
375
December22, 2004 - 250M 6.0%
250
250
250
250
January25, 2005 - 250M 6.0%
250
250
250
250
July6, 2006 - 1,000M 5.8%(a)
431
426
431
426
July6, 2006 - 500M 6.7%(a)
257
345
257
324
July6, 2006 - 350M 6.7%
350
477
350
449
October26, 2006 - 600MA$ (of which

300MA$ 7.5%)
600
400
600
402
November7, 2006 - 150MA$ 7.5%
150
100
150
101
December14, 2006 - 750MUS$ 6.5%
750
686
750
615
December14, 2006 - 750MUS$ 6.4%
750
686
750
615
October5, 2007 - 750M 6.2%(a)
335
331
335
331
October16, 2007 - 700M 6.8%(a)
219
296
219
279
November7, 2014 - 984M 3.941%(a)
984
981
984
981
November7, 2014 - 724M 5.453%(a)
724
983
724
927
1,000
997
1,000
997
850
775
850
695
May20, 2014 - 1,000M - 3.9%

January22, 2013 - 850MUS$, 5.5%
Undated notes -625M, variables rates
Undated notes - 27,000MJPY, 3.3%
Undated notes - 375MUS$, variables rates
625
625
625
625
27,000
206
27,000
186
344
375
375
Sub-Total Undated Subordinated Debt

Equity component of convertible debt (2017)
9,533
95
95
TOTAL
9,628
309
9,135
95
95
9,230
(a) These undated Deeply Subordinated notes were part of the liability management exercise launched on October29, 2014.
In addition to the nominal amounts shown above, shareholders

equity included net accumulated nancial expenses of:
-3,021million as of December31, 2015;
-2,716million as of December31, 2014.
Undated subordinated debt often contains the following features:
268
early redemption clauses (calls) at the Groups option, giving

AXA the ability to redeem on certain dates the principal
amount before settlement and without penalty, and;
interest rate step-up clauses with effect from a given date.
DIVIDENDS PAID
At April30, 2015 Shareholders Meeting, shareholders approved

a dividend distribution of 0.95 per share corresponding to
2,317million with respect to the 2014 nancial year.

13.1.2. Change in shareholders equity Group

share in 2014
SHARE CAPITAL AND CAPITAL IN EXCESS OF NOMINAL
VALUE
During 2014, the following transactions had an impact on AXAs

share capital and capital in excess of nominal value:
employee share offering (December2014) of 19million shares

for 313million net of related charges;
stock-option exercise of 4million shares for 53million;
share-based payments for 35million.
TREASURY SHARES
As of December31, 2014, the Company and its subsidiaries

owned approximately 0.6 million AXA shares, representing
0.02% of the share capital, a decrease of 3 million shares
compared to December31, 2013.
As of December31, 2014, the carrying value of treasury shares
and related derivatives was 164million. There was no AXA
shares held by consolidated Mutual funds not backing contracts
where nancial risk borne by policyholders.
As of December31, 2014, 2million treasury shares backing
contracts where nancial risk is borne by policyholders held
in consolidated investment funds were not deducted from
shareholders equity. Their total estimated historical cost was
33million and their market value 39million at the end of
December2014.
UNDATED SUBORDINATED DEBT AND RELATED
FINANCIAL EXPENSES
On October29, 2014, AXA launched a liability management

exercise and offered to eligible holders of four series of existing
notes the possibility to exchange them for new undated deeply
subordinated resettable notes. This transaction is part of AXAs
active management of its renancing program aiming to ensure
adequate visibility and optimum terms for the renewal of its
outstanding debt maturing in the coming years.
The exchange offer has been successfully completed on
November7, 2014 with a 58% average take-up rate and resulted
in the issuance of 984million undated deeply subordinated
resettable notes (initial coupon set at 3.941% per annum until
the rst call date in 2024) and 724million undated deeply
subordinated resettable notes (initial coupon set at 5.453% per
annum until the rst call date in 2026). Impact was -105million
post tax on shareholders equity (Group Share) due to the
premium offered to the holders.
DIVIDENDS PAID
At April23, 2014 Shareholders Meeting, shareholders approved

a dividend distribution of 0.81 per share corresponding to
1,960million with respect to the 2013 nancial year.
13.2. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE PERIOD
The Statement of Comprehensive Income, presented as primary
nancial statements, includes net income for the period, the
reserve relating to the change in fair value of available for sale
nancial instruments, the translation reserve, and actuarial gains
and losses on employee benet obligations.
In 2014, the change in other reserves was driven by:
+997million from the issuance of a new subordinated debt

(net of fees);
-35million from the exercise of an early redemption call on

an undated subordinated debt;
-307million from interest expense related to the undated

subordinated debt (net of tax);
+418million from foreign exchange rate uctuations.
13.2.1. Comprehensive income for 2015

RESERVE RELATED TO CHANGES IN FAIR VALUE
OF AVAILABLE FOR SALE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
INCLUDED IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
The decrease of gross unrealized gains and losses on assets

available for sale totalled -8,028million, of which -7,814million
decrease in unrealized capital gains on debt securities which was
mainly driven by interest rates and corporate spreads increase.
269

The following table shows the reconciliation between gross unrealized gains and losses on available for sale nancial assets and the
corresponding reserve recognized in shareholders equity:
December31,
2015
December31,
2014(a)
49,459
57,487
(29,459)
(33,973)
(1,072)
(1,246)
(155)
(178)
Unallocated unrealized gains and losses before tax
18,773
22,091
Deferred tax
(5,630)
(6,762)
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) - Assets available for sale
13,142
15,328
(in Euro million)
Gross unrealized gains and losses(b)

Less unrealized gains and losses attributable to:
Shadow accounting on policyholders participation and other obligations
Shadow accounting on Deferred Acquisition Costs(c)
Shadow accounting on Value of purchased Business In force
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) - Equity accounted companies(d)
210
140
UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES (NET OF TAX) 100% - TOTAL
13,352
15,469
Minority interests share in unrealized gains and losses(e)
(133)
(154)
Translation reserves(f)
(445)
12
12,774
15,327
UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES (NET GROUP SHARE)
(d)
(b) Unrealized gains and losses on total available for sale invested assets including loans.
(c) Net of shadow accounting on unearned revenues and fees reserves and held for sale activities.
(d) Including unrealized gains and losses on assets held for sale operations.
(e) Including foreign exchange impact attributable to minority interests.
(f) Group share.
At December31, 2015, most of the unrealized gains on assets available for sale related to the Life & Savings segment, leading to
signicant movements in shadow policyholders participation and other obligations.
270

In jurisdictions where participating business represents an important portion of contracts in force and where required minimum local
policyholders share in the entities results (limited to investment or not) are signicant, the reconciliation between gross unrealized
gains and losses on available for sale nancial assets and the corresponding net reserve recognized in shareholders equity were as
follows as of December31, 2015:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Gross unrealized gains and losses(a)
France Life
& Savings
Germany
Life &
Savings
Switzerland
Life &
Savings
16,768
8,282
3,742
(12,255)
(7,090)
(2,982)
(279)
(33)
(81)
4,234
1,192
646
Less unrealized gains and losses attributable to:

Shadow accounting on policyholders participation and other obligations
Shadow accounting on Deferred Acquisition Costs
(b)
Shadow accounting on Value of purchased Business In force

Unallocated unrealized gains and losses before tax
(1,423)
(368)
(136)
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) - Assets available for sale
Deferred tax
2,811
824
510
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) - Equity accounted companies
31
2,842
824
510
(7)
(226)
2,835
824
284
UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES (NET OF TAX) 100% - TOTAL

Minority interests share in unrealized gains and losses(c)
Translation reserves(d)
UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES (NET GROUP SHARE)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Unrealized gains and losses on total available for sale invested assets including loans.
Net of shadow accounting on unearned revenues and fees reserves.
Including foreign exchange impact attributable to minority interests.
Group share.
The change in reserves related to changes in fair value of available for sale nancial instruments included in shareholders equity as
of December31, 2015 and December31, 2014 broke down as follows:
(in Euro million)
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) 100%, opening

Transfer in the income statement on the period(b)
Investments bought in the current accounting period and changes in fair value
Foreign exchange impact
Change in scope and other changes
Unrealized gains and losses (net of tax) 100%, closing
December31,
2015
December31,
2014(a)
15,469
8,426
(809)
(538)
(1,928)
7,228
497
219
123
133
13,352
15,469
(b) Transfer induced by disposal of nancial assets, impairment write-back following reevaluation, or transfer of expenses following impairment charge during the period,
and debt instruments discount premium impacts.
CURRENCY TRANSLATION RESERVE
The total impact of foreign exchange rate movement was

+3,557million (of which +3,387million from group share and
+169million from minority interest) as of December31, 2015.
The Group share translation reserves movement (+3,387million)
was mainly driven by the United States (+1,351 million),
Switzerland (+1,047million), Japan (+495million), Hong Kong
(+313million), the United Kingdom (+310million) and AXAIM
(+193million), partly offset by (-288million) driven by change
in fair value of derivatives and debt hedging net investments in
foreign operations.

The total impact of employee benets actuarial gains and losses
amounted to -62million (of which group share was -63million
and minority interests was +1million) as of December31, 2015.
The negative impact in equity of actuarial losses arising from
employee dened benets obligation was mainly explained by:
the effect of the decrease in the discount rates in Switzerland;
the underperformance of assets covering employees Dened

Benet Pension plans (mainly in the UK) compared to the
discount rate;
271

the increase in the ination rate and pension growth rates

(in the UK);
almost offset by:
the effect of the increase in discount rates in Eurozone

countries, in the US and in the UK;
net experience gains and other parameters affecting the

Dened Benet Obligation.
Additional information on pension benefits is provided in

Note26.2.
13.2.2. Comprehensive income for 2014
13.3. CHANGE IN MINORITY INTERESTS

Under IFRS, minority interests in most investment funds in
which the Group invests consist of instruments that holders
can redeem at will at fair value, and qualify as a liability rather
than shareholders equity items.
13.3.1. Change in minority interests for 2015

The 1,351million increase in minority interests to 4,166million
was driven by comprehensive income and transactions with
minority interests holders:
RESERVE RELATED TO CHANGES IN FAIR VALUE

OF AVAILABLE FOR SALE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
INCLUDED IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
The increase of gross unrealized gains and losses on

assets available for sale totalled +30,479million, of which
+30,137million increase in unrealized capital gains on debt
securities which was mainly driven by interest rates and
corporate spreads decrease.
CURRENCY TRANSLATION RESERVE
The total impact of foreign exchange rate movement was

+2,625million (of which +2,432million from group share
and +193million from minority interest) as of December31,
2014.
The Group share translation reserves movement (+2,432million)
was mainly driven by the United States (+1,392million), the
United Kingdom (+357million), Hong Kong (+323million),
AXAIM (+214million) and Switzerland (+185million), partly
offset by Russia (-223million), Japan (-76million), and the
Company (-44million) driven by change in fair value of debt
hedging net investments in foreign operations.
the decrease in the discount rates;
plan assets outperformance above the opening discount rate;
the decrease in the ination rate and pension growth rates.
net income attributable to minority interests for

+370million,
reserves relating to changes in fair value through

shareholders equity for -26million,
foreign exchange movements for +169million;
transactions with minority interests holders, mainly included:
dividend payout to minority interests holders for

-355million,
minority interest qualified as equity resulting from the

consolidation of a new consolidated investment fund for
+1,129million.
13.3.2. Change in minority interests for 2014

The 294million increase in minority interests to 2,815million
was driven by comprehensive income and transactions with
minority interests holders:

The total impact of employee benefits actuarial gains and
losses amounted to -1,239million (of which group share was
-1,230million and minority interests was -8million) as of
December31, 2014.
The negative impact in equity of actuarial gains and losses
arising from employee dened benets obligation was mainly
explained by:
the comprehensive income for the period notably included

the following:
the comprehensive income for the period notably included

the following:
net income attributable to minority interests for

+313million,
reserves relating to changes in fair value through

shareholders equity for +54million,
foreign exchange movements for +193million;
transactions with minority interests holders, mainly included:
Additional information on pension benefits is provided in

Note26.2.
272
Dividend payout to minority interests holders for

-276million.

I Note14 Liabilities arising from insurance and investment

contracts
14.1. LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INSURANCE CONTRACTS
(GROSSANDREINSURERSSHARE)
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts, including those where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders, were split by segment
as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Life &
Savings
December31, 2014
Property &
Casualty
International
Insurance
Total
Life &
Savings
Property &
Casualty
International
Insurance
Total
292,396
Future policy benet reserves
314,943
64
704
315,712
291,772
35
588
Unearned premiums reserves
646
10,231
637
11,515
631
9,679
600
10,911
Claim reserves(a)
12,209
40,673
8,198
61,080
11,453
39,295
7,703
58,452
of which IBNR(b)
3,730
8,943
3,345
16,018
3,413
7,942
3,274
14,629
Liability adequacy test reserves

Other reserves(c)
Liabilities arising from insurance
contracts
4,935
5,462
73
10,470
4,580
5,071
65
9,717
332,733
56,431
9,613
398,776
308,437
54,080
8,957
371,474
of which measured at current

assumptions(d)
14,464
14,464
11,366
11,366
151,863
151,863
141,802
141,802
Claim reserves(a)
67
67
74
74
of which IBNR(b)
149
149
166
166
152,079
152,079
142,042
142,042
12,893
26
(3)
12,916
12,518
12,518
Other reserves
Liabilities arising from insurance
contracts where the nancial risk is
borne by policyholders
Reinsurers share in future policy benet
reserves
Reinsurers share in unearned premiums
reserves
Reinsurers share in claim reserves(a)
of which IBNR(b)
Reinsurers share in other reserves
Reinsurers share in liabilities arising
from insurance contracts
Reinsurers share in liabilities arising
from insurance contracts where the
nancial risk is borne by policyholders
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM
INSURANCE CONTRACTS, NET OF
REINSURANCE CEDED
47
551
202
799
49
560
194
803
1,538
1,918
1,929
5,385
1,366
2,114
1,425
4,905
18
100
2,625
2,743
15
291
205
511
379
(2)
(1)
377
425
(5)
420
14,857
2,493
2,127
19,477
14,358
2,669
1,619
18,646
469,955
53,937
7,486
531,378
436,121
51,411
7,338
494,869
Note: Liabilities relating to unearned revenues and fees (see Note7.3), to policyholders participation (see Note14.8), and derivative instruments (see Note20.4) are excluded
from the table above.
Reinsurers share in insurance contracts liabilities relating to policyholders participation (155million in 2015 and 154million in 2014), as well as derivatives instruments
(none in 2015 and 2014) are excluded from the table above.
(a) Includes reserves for claim handling expenses.
(b) For the detail of Property & Casualty and International Insurance IBNR, see Note21.3.4.
(c) Notably includes non-life annuities mathematical reserves.
(d) See Note1.14.2 Reserves measured according to the option offered by IFRS4.24 for selective re-measurement of reserves at current market assumptions.
273

14.2. LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

(GROSS AND REINSURERS SHARE)
The following table shows a breakdown by segment of liabilities arising from investment contracts including those where the nancial
risk is borne by policyholders:
(in Euro million)

Unearned premiums reserves
Claim reserves(a)
Liability adequacy test reserves
Other reserves
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary participating features
of which measured at current assumptions(b)
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
Total
Total
32,808
33,377
322
281
12
11
33,142
33,669
533
475
Claim reserves(a)
Other reserves
538
481
Liabilities arising from investment contracts with no discretionary participating features

42,919
39,282
Claim reserves(a)
17
Other reserves
42,926
39,299
Liabilities arising from investment contracts where the nancial risk is borne
by policyholders
Reinsurers share in liabilities arising from investment contracts with discretionary
97
89
Reinsurers share in liabilities arising from investment contracts with no discretionary

Reinsurers share in liabilities arising from investment contracts where the nancial risk
is borne by policyholders
76,505
73,355
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INVESTMENT CONTRACTS - NET OF REINSURANCE

CEDED
Note: Liabilities relating to unearned revenues and fees (see Note7.3), to policyholders participation (see Note14.8), and derivative instruments (see Note20.4), are
excluded from the table above.
Reinsurances share in investments contracts liabilities relating to policyholders participation (none in 2015 and 2014), as well as derivatives instruments (none in 2015
and 2014) are excluded from the table above.
(a) Includes reserves for claim handling expenses.
(b) See Note1.14.2. Reserves measured according to the option opened by IFRS4.24 for selective re-measurement of reserves at current market assumptions.
274

14.3. CHANGE IN CLAIM RESERVES FOR PROPERTY & CASUALTY

AND INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE (INSURANCE CONTRACTS)
14.3.1. Change in gross of reinsurance claim reserves
2015
(in Euro million)
Claim reserves as of January1
2014
Property
& Casualty
International
Insurance
38,172
7,442
Total
Property
& Casualty
International
Insurance
Total
45,614
36,093
7,330
43,423
Claim handling cost reserves as of January1
1,123
261
1,384
1,090
253
1,344
Gross claims reserve as of January1(a)
39,295
7,703
46,998
37,183
7,584
44,767
Current year charge
19,847
2,569
22,417
19,084
1,872
20,956
Loss reserves development (prior years)

Total claim expenses(b)
(553)
(251)
(804)
(516)
(237)
(753)
19,294
2,319
21,613
18,568
1,636
20,203
Claim payments (current year)
(10,105)
(723)
(10,829)
(9,539)
(526)
(10,064)
Claim payments (prior years)
(8,369)
(1,416)
(9,785)
(7,804)
(1,409)
(9,213)
(18,475)
(2,139)
(20,614)
(17,343)
(1,935)
(19,278)
(175)
(19)
(194)
383
157
540
Claim payments
(b)
Change in scope of consolidation

and change in accounting method
Impact of foreign currency uctuation
732
334
1,067
504
262
766
Claim reserves as of December31
39,483
7,934
47,417
38,172
7,442
45,614
Claim handling cost reserves as of

December31
1,190
264
1,454
1,123
261
1,384
40,673
8,198
48,871
39,295
7,703
46,998
Gross claim reserves as of

December31(a)
(a) Excluding other policy benets liabilities (mainly mathematical annuity reserves), which totaled 5.4billion in 2015 and 5.1billion in 2014.
(b) Excluding claim handling expense reserves.
14.3.2. Change in reinsurers share in claim reserves

2015
(in Euro million)
Reinsurers share in claim reserves

as of January1
Reinsurers share in total claim expenses
2014
Property
& Casualty
International
Insurance
2,114
1,425
Total
Property
& Casualty
International
Insurance
Total
3,539
1,728
1,810
3,538
707
973
1,679
1,192
(109)
1,083
(976)
(493)
(1,469)
(932)
(519)
(1,451)
Change in scope of consolidation,

portfolio transfers, change in accounting
principles and other changes
45
(27)
18
76
157
233
27
52
78
49
86
136
1,918
1,929
3,847
2,114
1,425
3,539
Reinsurers share in claim payments
Reinsurers share in claim reserves

as of December31
275

14.4. CHANGE IN LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT

CONTRACTS - LIFE & SAVINGS
14.4.1. Change in liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts
grossofreinsurance
The table below includes liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts for the Life & Savings segment, whether or not the
risk is borne by policyholders (i.e. including unit-linked business), but excludes unearned revenue and unearned fees reserves, liabilities
arising from policyholders participation and other obligations and derivative instruments relating to insurance and investment contracts.
2015
2014
Total
Insurance
contracts
Investment
contracts
Total
73,449
523,928
414,226
70,874
485,100
48,793
12,320
61,113
45,056
9,269
54,325
(48,019)
(8,466)
(56,485)
(46,807)
(8,098)
(54,905)
Unit-Linked technical reserves value

adjustment (+/-)
1,372
189
1,561
8,631
(1,641)
6,990
Change in reserves relating to technical

and actuarial items (+/-)(b)
5,161
1,148
6,310
8,826
2,681
11,507
681
(681)
581
(581)
(0)
(351)
(3,060)
(3,411)
272
(851)
(580)
(in Euro million)
Technical reserves as of January1(a)

Collected premiums net of loadings
on premiums (+)
Surrenders, maturities and other claims
and benets paid net of charges
and penalties (-)
Transfers following technical reserves/

contract reclassication
Change in scope of consolidation, portfolio
transfers and change in accounting
principles
Technical reserves as of December31(a)
Insurance
contracts
Investment
contracts
450,479
26,696
1,704
28,400
19,694
1,797
21,491
484,813
76,606
561,418
450,479
73,449
523,928
(a) Includes: future policy benets reserves (including shadow accounting reserves), unearned premiums reserves, unexpired risk reserves, claims reserves, claims expense
reserves, other policy benets reserves. Excludes: unearned revenues and unearned fees reserves, liabilities from policyholders participation.
(b) Notably includes interests credited and policyholders participation credited to reserves, fees on account balance and investment management fees and change in
reserves relating to other technical and actuarial items.
In 2015, the change in scope of consolidation totalled -3,411million, mainly due to the classication as held for sale of Portugal
business for -831million and deconsolidation of Polish pension funds for -2,212million.
276

14.4.2. Change in reinsurers share in liabilities arising from insurance

andinvestmentcontracts
2015
(in Euro million)
Reinsurers share in technical reserves

as of January1(a)
Reinsurers share in collected premiums
net of loadings on premiums (+)
Reinsurers share in surrenders, maturities
and other claims and benets paid net
of charges and penalties (-)
Reinsurers share in change in reserves
relating to technical and actuarial items
(+/-)(b)
Change in scope of consolidation
and change in accounting principles
Reinsurers share technical reserves
as of December31(a)
2014
Insurance
contracts
Investment
contracts
Total
Insurance
contracts
Investment
contracts
Total
14,360
94
14,453
13,473
23
13,495
1,541
15
1,556
1,273
15
1,288
(1,193)
(15)
(1,208)
(1,080)
(5)
(1,086)
(440)
(433)
144
146
(74)
58
(16)
588
590
623
624
14,858
101
14,959
14,358
94
14,452
(a) Includes: future policy benets reserves (including shadow accounting reserves), unearned premiums reserves, unexpired risk reserves, claims reserves, claims expense
reserves, other policy benets reserves. Excludes: unearned revenues and unearned fees reserves, liabilities from policyholders participation.
(b) Notably includes interests credited and policyholders participation credited to reserves, fees on account balance and investment management fees and change in
reserves relating to other technical and actuarial items.
14.5. LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

BY ACCOUNTING METHOD
Carrying value
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
33,142
33,669
538
481
3,362
4,053
Investment contracts with no Discretionary Participation Features (DPF) measured at current

unit value(d)
39,564
35,246
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
76,606
73,449
(in Euro million)
(Non Unit-Linked) Liabilities arising from:

Investment contracts with Discretionary Participation Features (DPF) measured according
to existing accounting policies(a)(d)
Investment contracts with Discretionary Participation Features (DPF) measured
with current assumptions(b)
Investment contracts with no Discretionary Participation Features (DPF) measured according
to existing accounting policies
(Unit-Linked) Liabilities arising from contracts where nancial risk is borne by
policyholders:
Investment contracts with Discretionary Participation Features (DPF) measured according
to existing accounting policies(a)(c)
Note: This information is presented net of the impact of derivatives, which is described in Note20.4.1.
(a) In accordance with IFRS4 standard which allows, under certain conditions, to continue to use a previous accounting policy to liabilities arising from contracts with
discretionary participating features.
(b) See Note1.14.2. Reserves measured according to IFRS4.24 option which allows to evaluate certain portfolios with current assumptions.
(c) &(d) As unit-linked contracts, such contracts share the same reserves measurement determined on the basis of held assets units fair value (current unit value).
Only the valuation of related assets is different:
for unit-linked contracts with a discretionary participating feature(c), an asset representing the deferred acquisition costs is recognized in continuity with previous
accounting policies;
for unit-linked contracts with no discretionary participating feature(d), an asset representing the rights to future management fees is recognized in accordance
with IAS18 (Rights to future management fees also known as Deferred Origination Costs DOC) see Note1.7.3 and Note7.
277

The recognition of investment contracts with discretionary

participating features is subject to IFRS4, which allows, under
certain conditions, the use of accounting principles applied
prior to the adoption of IFRS. However, these contracts
must be treated in accordance with IFRS7 with regards to
the disclosures to be provided in the Notes to the nancial
statements. IFRS7 requires the disclosure of fair value or value
ranges for these contracts, unless the Group cannot reliably
measure the participating features.
In PhaseI, the IAS Board acknowledged the difculties involved
in the recognition and the measurement of discretionary
participating features included in insurance or investment
contracts. The IAS Board issued guidance to measure fair
value but with no principles addressing policyholder participation
features and interpreting them before the issuance of IFRS4
PhaseII would be premature.
Outstanding questions on these issues are highly complex and
are not yet sufciently advanced. PhaseII discussions regarding
insurance and certain investment contracts, even if re-activated
at the IASB level soon after the issuance of IFRS4, are still
insufciently developed. After a Draft Statement of principles
issued in 1997, a PhaseII Discussion Paper was published in
May2007 and an Exposure Draft in July2010.
A new Exposure Draft was issued in June2013. Most of the
comment letters posted in October2013 rejected the proposal
for participating contracts as too complex and not reecting
the Asset and Liability (ALM) management principles which
are the essence of the insurance business. In 2015, the IASB
tentatively decided to make changes to the proposed insurance
accounting model for contracts with participation features. The
discussed approach will apply only to contracts that meet
specied conditions. In February2016, the IASB decided to
commence the drafting process for the nal standard and any
remaining issues will be handled during this process which
they still intend to nalize in 2016. In this context, too many
uncertainties remain outstanding to dene how to determine
the fair value of participating contracts. As a result, AXA cannot
reliably disclose fair value or value ranges for investment
contracts with a discretionary participating features.
278
14.6. LOSS RESERVE DEVELOPMENT

TABLE
The loss reserves development table shows movements in loss
reserves between 2005 and 2015, based on previously applied
accounting standards, in accordance with IFRS4. All contracts
concerned are insurance contracts as dened by IFRS.
The rst line labelled Gross reserves for unpaid claims and claim
expenses developed initially at the booking date represents the
loss reserves developed in the Groups balance sheet on the
reporting date for the year indicated in the column heading. For
example, the amount of 31,168million appearing in the rst
line of the table in the 2005 column represents all loss reserves
developed in all years of occurrence prior to and including 2005,
recognized on the Groups balance sheet as of December31,
2005.
The second line entitled Gross reserves for unpaid claims
and claim expenses developed in 2015 adjusted for changes
in exchange rates and scope of consolidation indicates the
amount that would have been developed initially at the booking
date, had the exchange rates for the current year been used
(for reserves recognized by AXA Group entities that do not use
the Euro as their functional currency) and assuming an identical
scope of consolidation to that used for the last diagonal of the
table.
The rst section of the table entitled Cumulative payments
shows, for a given column N, the cumulative amount of
payments related to years of occurrence prior to and including
N, made since December31 of year N.
The second part of the table entitled Reserve re-estimated
shows, for a given column N, an estimate of the nal cost of
liabilities carried as of December31 of year N in respect of all
years of occurrence prior to and including N, at each future
period end. The final cost estimate varies year on year as
information relating to losses still outstanding becomes more
reliable.
The surplus (shortfall) of the initial reserve with respect to the
re-estimated (gross) nal cost for each year represents, for a
given year N, the difference between the amount shown in
the second line (gross reserves for unpaid claims and claims
expenses developed in 2015 adjusted for changes in exchange
rates and scope of consolidation) and the amount shown in the
nal diagonal under Reserve re-estimated.

Loss reserves development table: Property & Casualty and International Insurance
(excluding Colise RE - ex AXARE)
2005
2006(b)
2007
2008(c)
2009
2010
2011(d)
2012
2013(e)
2014
2015
Gross reserves for unpaid

claims and claims expenses
developed initially at the
booking date
31,168
41,301
44,020
44,046
44,470
46,367
45,946
46,440
47,031
49,868
51,997
Gross reserves for unpaid

claims and claims expenses
developed in 2015 adjusted
for changes in exchange
rates and scope of
consolidation
28,879
43,553
45,315
45,856
46,217
46,447
46,940
47,622
48,532
50,480
51,997
10,144
(in Euro million)
Cumulative payments at:

One year later
6,084
7,652
8,312
9,145
9,483
8,953
9,183
9,361
9,422
Two years later
8,700
11,243
12,395
13,358
13,360
13,016
12,841
13,315
13,761
Three years later
10,314
14,036
15,418
15,549
16,078
15,330
15,911
16,322
Four years later
12,239
16,451
17,143
17,525
17,684
18,012
18,375
Five years later
13,460
17,782
18,553
18,679
19,741
19,821
20,900
Six years later
13,637
18,655
19,429
20,317
Seven years later
14,483
19,337
20,790
21,465
Eight years later
14,702
20,563
21,803
Nine years later
15,559
21,509
Ten years later
15,838
Reserve re-estimated at:

One year later
29,878
40,966
41,371
42,610
44,814
44,518
44,971
45,394
47,707
Two years later
27,084
38,406
39,471
42,501
41,973
42,904
43,412
44,479
46,085
Three years later
24,595
37,019
39,818
39,889
41,301
41,782
42,449
43,992
Four years later
24,048
37,590
38,094
39,302
40,250
40,769
42,057
Five years later
24,008
35,992
37,509
38,372
39,653
40,719
Six years later
23,434
35,402
36,737
37,931
39,739
Seven years later
23,493
34,371
36,302
38,124
Eight years later
22,975
34,139
36,244
Nine years later
23,476
34,225
Ten years later
23,066
49,762
Cumulative redundancy
(deciency) from the initial
gross reserves in excess
of re-estimated gross
reserves:(a)
Amount
Percentages
5,813
9,328
9,071
7,732
6,478
5,727
4,883
3,631
2,448
718
20.1%
21.4%
20.0%
16.9%
14.0%
12.3%
10.4%
7.6%
5.0%
1.4%
(a) It is not appropriate to extrapolate future redundancies or future deciencies based on the loss reserves development presented in the table, as conditions and trends
that have affected development of the liability in prior periods may not necessarily occur in the future periods. Redundancy or deciency disclosed includes forex impact
between one year and the next.
This line also includes the impact of the unwind of discount rate on annuities (which are developed from 2006 on) for an amount of 119million for 2013.
(b) In 2006, Winterthurs operations were integrated within AXA. Total loss reserves developed amounted to 41.3billion including 8.7billion in respect of Winterthur (nal
gure after PGAAP re-opening).
(c) In accordance with IFRS3, i.e. within 12months following the acquisition date, the Group adjusted certain items impacting the allocation of Seguros ING (Mexico)
purchase price, resulting in a 33million increase in the goodwill to 512million. Most of this increase in goodwill was due to adjustments to provisions for liabilities
and claims reserves.
(d) Following the disposal of Canadian operations, amounts in its respect were not reported for the current year while previously disclosed amounts were unchanged.
(e) The comparative information related to previous periods was restated for the implementation of IFRS10 and 11.
279

Loss reserves development table:

Colise RE (ex AXARE)
On December21, 2006, the Group nalized an agreement to
sell the Colise RE reinsurance business to Paris RE Holding.
Under the terms of the agreement, AXA retains exposure
to any changes in the final cost of claims occurring before
December31, 2005. However, the proportional treaty set in
place as part of the agreement between Colise RE and Paris RE
protects AXA entirely from any claims occurring after January1,

2006. Consequently, the table below shows the development
of loss reserves recognized in Colise REs balance sheet at
each year-end until December31, 2005. Reserves recognized
after that, which correspond to exposure assumed fully by Paris
RE, have not been developed. Paris RE has been acquired by
Partner RE and terms of the agreements mentioned above
remains in-force.
(in Euro million)
2005
Gross reserves for unpaid claims and claims expenses developed initially at the booking date(a)
4,523
Gross reserves for unpaid claims and claims expenses developed in 2015
4,253
Initial retroceded reserves
(1,048)
Retroceded reserves in 2015
(1,048)
Initial net claims reserves
3,205
Cumulative payments at:

One year later
1,191
Two years later
1,688
Three years later
2,123
Four years later
2,298
Five years later
2,421
Six years later
2,571
Seven years later
2,606
Eight years later
2,672
Nine years later
2,696
Ten years later
2,657
Reserve re-estimated at:

One year later
4,061
Two years later
3,745
Three years later
3,884
Four years later
3,629
Five years later
3,654
Six years later
3,495
Seven years later
3,436
Eight years later
3,292
Nine years later
3,194
Ten years later
3,282
Cumulative redundancy (deciency) from the initial gross claims reserves in excess of (less than) re-estimated
gross claim reserves
Re-estimated retroceded reserves
Premiums adjustment(b)
Re-estimated net claims reserves
971
492
(403)
-
Initial net claims reserves in excess of (less than) re-estimated net claims reserves as of December31, 2015
Amount(a)
Percentage of original net reserve(a)
819
25.6%
(a) The loss reserves development table is presented on an underwriting year basis for Colise RE (ex AXARE) business. Accordingly reserves re-estimated and the excess
of re-estimated reserves of the initial reserves include reserves for losses occurring up to twelve months subsequent to the original year-end. It is not appropriate to
extrapolate future redundancies or future deciencies based on the loss reserves development presented in the table, as conditions and trends that have affected the
development of the liability in prior periods may not necessarily occur in future periods.
(b) Represents premiums earned subsequent to the accounting year end and premiums reinstatements/ experience-rated premiums received and accrued from the ceding
insurers as assumed losses were incurred.
280

Reconciliation between developed reserves and total recognized claim reserves

December31, 2015 December31, 2014
(in Euro million)
Carrying value
Carrying value
51,997
49,868
Gross claims and other reserves developed

Property & Casualty and International Insurance (excluding Colise RE (ex AXARE))(a)
of which future policy benefit annuity reserves
4,761
4,571
of which construction reserves (PSNEM)
2,011
2,016
51,997
49,868
2,409
2,267
54,406
52,135
Total gross claims and other reserves developed

Other reserves non developed
(b)
TOTAL GROSS CLAIM RESERVES AND OTHER RESERVES FOR PROPERTY

& CASUALTY AND INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE
(a) Total gross claims and other reserves developed are presented on the basis of the loss reserves development table. The reserves of AXA Corporate Solutions Insurance
US were included in Property & Casualty and International Insurance loss reserves. The reserves of Mosaic Insurance Company (ex AXARE P&C Insurance Company)
and Coliseum RE (ex AXACS Reinsurance Company) (70million in 2015, 72million in 2014) were included in Colise REs (ex AXARE) loss reserves development
table.
(b) Includes reserves inward reinsurance (1,214million in 2015, 1,222million in 2014).
14.7. ASBESTOS
AXA continues to receive claims from policies written in prior
years asserting damages from asbestos-related exposures.
There is considerable uncertainty as to the future cost of
asbestos. The ultimate cost of claims is very much dependent
on legal factors that are difcult to predict with any certainty. It
is common to have issues of allocation of responsibility among
parties, as well as involvement of multiple insurers and multiple
policy periods. Such issues raise considerable coverage issues.
AXA actively conducts its exposure to asbestos claims by using
its unit specialized in non-life run-offs: AXA Liabilities Managers.
Claims are managed by dedicated teams of experts who use
a variety of claims payment including settlements, policy buybacks and, in certain cases, litigation. In addition, they focus
specically on nal resolutions of exposures, either through
commutations or other solutions.
The calculation of reserves for asbestos risks raises specic

difficulties as conventional reserving techniques cannot be
used for evaluating IBNR. AXA evaluates the future cost of
those claims using a range of specic methods based either
on exposure analysis, frequency/ cost projections or reserving
benchmarks. Asbestos reserves are reviewed on a yearly basis to
ensure that they adequately reect the latest claims experience,
as well as legal and economic developments. Consistent with
AXAs reserving practices, and despite the particularly long-tail
nature of those risks, reserves for asbestos are undiscounted.
Due to the uncertainty surrounding asbestos claims, it is not
possible to determine their future cost with the same degree of
certainty as for other types of claims. Although AXA considers
its reserves for asbestos claim to be adequate, it is possible
that, under some adverse scenarios, they may turn out to be
insufcient to cover future losses.
281

At year-end 2015, key data relating to Asbestos claims were as follows:

2015
(in Euro million)
2014
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
1,050
Evolutions of reserves
Claims reserves at end of year
1,136
1,077
1,117
of which Reported claims
165
153
176
159
of which IBNR claims
971
924
941
892
29years
31years
38years
42years
589%
604%
535%
561%
46%
45%
43%
42%
Reserves adequacy ratios

3-Year survival ratio excluding commutations(a)
IBNR/ Case Reserves
Cumulative Payments to date/ Projected Ultimate Cost
(a) Reserves at the end of the year/ Average yearly payments over the last 3years (excluding commutations).
AXA held total reserves for asbestos exposure (net of reinsurance)

of 1,077million at year-end 2015. This increase was mainly
driven by movement in exchange rates between 2014 and 2015.
This year, the 3-Year survival ratio decreased due to claims

settlements.
14.8. LIABILITIES AND ASSETS ARISING FROM POLICYHOLDERS PARTICIPATION

AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
The following table shows liabilities and assets arising from policyholders participation and other obligations as of December31, 2015.
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Policyholders participation reserves
10,350
9,804
Policyholders deferred participation liabilities and other obligations
35,872
38,687
Total Liabilities arising from policyholders participation and other obligations
46,222
48,491
88
Total Assets arising from policyholders participation

The deferred policyholders participation and other obligations
liability and deferred policyholders participation asset include
the impact of shadow accounting (see denition in Note1.14.2)
mainly in relation to unrealized gains and losses on invested
nancial assets available for sale as described in Note13.2.1, but
also with regard to other temporary differences not necessarily
linked to nancial assets. Note13.2.1 also contains a focus on
jurisdictions with signicant portions of participating business
and where required minimum local policyholders share in the
entities results are signicant. This Note discloses for such
jurisdictions unrealized gains and losses related to available for
sale investments and related shadow accounting adjustments.
The decrease in deferred policyholders participation liability
mainly relates to a reduction in unrealized gains on assets
available for sale in France and Germany partially offset by an
increase of other temporary differences not necessarily linked
to financial assets in Switzerland. The increase in deferred
policyholders participation assets relates to unrealized losses
on assets available for sale in Hong Kong Life & Savings.
282
December31, 2014
14.9. PAYMENT, SURRENDER

PROJECTIONS, INSURANCE
AND INVESTMENT CONTRACT
LIABILITIES DISCOUNT RATES
In the tables presented in Note14.9.1 and 14.9.2, liabilities
arising from Life & Savings and Property & Casualty insurance
and investment contracts exclude contracts where the nancial
risk is borne by policyholders. These liabilities are not exposed
to interest rate or duration risk, except unit-linked contracts
with performance guarantees. In addition, as far as liquidity
risk is concerned, entities hold unit-linked assets backing the
corresponding liabilities arising from these contracts. Occasional
mismatches result mainly from administrative timing differences
in the processing of day-to-day operations.

14.9.1. Payment and surrender projections

The table below shows the breakdown of projected payments
and surrenders related to insurance and investment contracts
(excluding contracts where the financial risk is borne by
policyholders) of Life & Savings, Property & Casualty and
International Insurance. Actual maturities may differ signicantly
from the estimates set out below, mainly because some of
the contracts contain a surrender option controlled by the
policyholder that may reduce their duration.
The projections shown below cannot be compared with the
reserves carried on the balance sheet and are higher than
the published balance sheet gures because they represent
expected cash ows without any discounting element. They
are also shown net of inows of periodical premiums payable

by policyholders.
The gures shown in the rst line of the table below represent
estimated undiscounted cash outows in connection to death,
incapacity and disability claims, surrenders, annuities, minimum
guaranteed benets for unit-linked contracts, Property & Casualty
and Health claims, net of premiums due from policyholders under
contracts in-force. These cash ows are based on assumptions
regarding mortality, incapacity and disability, surrender and
settlement frequency for Property & Casualty, which are
consistent with past experience in the Groups business. They
are gross of reinsurance. Given the strong use of estimates, it is
likely that actual payments will differ.
2015
2014
12months
or less
More
than
1 year
up to
5years
More
than
5years
Liabilities arising from insurance and

investment contracts
27,333
68,969
514,259
610,561
of which Life & Savings liabilities relating

to contracts including a surrender
optionwith some surrender benet
before maturity
13,095
49,892
367,310
430,297
(in Euro million)
14.9.2. Insurance and investment contract

liabilities discount rates
The table hereafter and related comments exclude contracts
where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders (unit-linked
contracts).
The general principles for establishing insurance liabilities are set
out in Note1 of the consolidated nancial statements. Liabilities
are based on estimates, and one of the key assumptions used
in these estimates is the discount rate.
As shown in the table below, as of December31, 2015: 87%
of Life & Savings reserves (excluding unit-linked contracts) were
discounted, and 12% were subject to a revision of the discount
rate and 76% retained the rate set at inception, subject to the
liability adequacy test described in Note1.
By convention, contracts with zero guaranteed rates are deemed
not-discounted, except for products offering guaranteed rates
More
than
1 year
up to
5years
More
than
5years
Total
28,512
76,524
478,186
583,222
13,154
53,424
344,072
410,650
12months
Total
or less
updated annually and for one year: these contracts are presented
in discounted reserves. Reserves for savings contracts with nonzero guaranteed rates are discounted at the technical interest
rate. Contracts for which the assumptions are revised in the
nancial statements at closing mainly consist of reserves for
guarantees (Guaranteed Minimum Death Benets, etc.).
In Property & Casualty and International Insurance business,

most reserves (91 % as of December 31, 2015) are not
discounted, with the exception of disability annuities and
workers compensation liabilities that are deemed structured
settlements and where the discount rate is revised regularly.
Undiscounted reserves are not sensitive to interest rate risks in
the nancial statements.
The rates presented in the table below are weighted average
rates for all the portfolios under consideration. For contracts with
guaranteed rates that are revised annually, rates are considered
at the closing date. The risk factors associated with policyholders
contracts are set out in Note4.
283

December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Life & Savings locked-in discount rate(a)
December31, 2014
Carrying
value
Average
discount rate%
Carrying
value
Average
discount rate%
277,573
2.17%
263,746
2.25%
Life & Savings unlocked discount rate
42,557
3.17%
36,670
3.47%
Life & Savings undiscounted reserves
46,283
42,172
Sub-total Life & Savings
366,413
342,588
Non Life locked-in discount rate(a)
4,237
3.48%
4,324
3.61%
Non Life unlocked discount rate
1,822
3.03%
1,462
3.25%
Non Life undiscounted reserves
59,984
57,251
Sub-total Non Life and International Insurance
66,043
63,037
432,456
405,625
TOTAL INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
Amounts are presented excluding the impact of derivatives on insurance and investment contracts (presented in Note20.4) and excluding liabilities related to unearned
revenues and fees, and to policyholders participations. Liabilities relating to contracts where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders are also excluded.
(a) Subject to liability adequacy tests.
In accordance with IFRS7, the Group discloses, in Note4 of

its consolidated nancial statements, quantitative sensitivities of
the Group Embedded Value (as dened in the market risks
section) to interest risk and equity price risk.
The estimated impact of the unlocking of discount rates relating
to Life & Savings reserves was -525million reserve increase
for 2015 (compared to 3,207million reserve increase for 2014)
gross of policyholders participation, tax impacts and other
shadow accounting impacts and was included in the income
statement of the period.
14.9.3. Major business areas

The tables in Note21 set out the Groups major insurance
business areas, and reflect the Groups high level of
diversication.
14.10. EMBEDDED DERIVATIVES

MEETING THE DEFINITION
OF AN INSURANCE CONTRACT
AXA sells insurance contracts that contain a variety of options
and guarantees for contract-holders. These features are
described in Note4. They are not embedded derivatives which
AXA reports separately at fair value because:
many of the features would be considered clearly and closely

related to the host contract, and
many of the features would themselves qualify as insurance

contracts under PhaseI (IFRS4).
This Note describes the features that are embedded derivatives

and meet the denition of an insurance contract on a standalone basis. The primary features can be divided into two main
categories: Guaranteed Minimum Death Benets (GMDB) or
Guaranteed Minimum Income Benets (GMIB) offered on unitlinked contracts and guaranteed annuity purchase rates.
GMDB features provide a guaranteed death benet which may
be higher than the contract account balances of the unit-linked
284
contract, depending on performance of the unit-linked assets.

GMIB features provide a guaranteed lifetime annuity which may
be elected by the contract-holder after a stipulated waiting
period, and which may be larger than what the contract account
balance could purchase at then-current annuity purchase rates.
The risk of GMDB and GMIB features to AXA are related to
the unhedged portion of the benets and to the policyholder
behaviour becoming materially different from the expected
behavior. Reserves are established for these features on the
basis of actuarial assumptions related to projected benets and
related contract charges. The determination of estimated GMDB
and GMIB liabilities is based on models which involve numerous
estimates and subjective judgments, including those regarding
expected market rates of return and volatility, policyholders
behaviour assumptions and GMIB election rates. There can
be no assurance that ultimate experience will not differ from
managements estimates. In addition to providing for risk through
establishing reserves, AXA also manages the risk through a
combination of reinsurance programs and active nancial Risk
Management programs including derivatives.
Guaranteed annuity purchase rates provide contract-holders
with a guarantee that at a future date the accumulated balance
on their contract will be sufcient to purchase a lifetime annuity at
currently dened rates. The risk to AXA in these features is either
that longevity will improve signicantly so that contract-holders
electing to exercise this benet will live longer than assumed in
the guaranteed purchase rates, or that investment returns during
the payout period will be lower than assumed in the guaranteed
purchase rates. Reserves are established for these features
on the basis of actuarial assumptions related to projected
benets and related contract charges. The determination of this
estimated liability is based on models which involved numerous
estimates and subjective judgments, including those regarding
expected rates of return and volatility, policyholders behaviour
assumptions, mortality, and benet election rates. There can
be no assurance that ultimate experience will not differ from
managements estimates. In addition to providing for risk through
establishing reserves, AXA also manages these risks through
asset-liability management programs including derivatives to
protect against a decline in interest rates.

I Note15 Liabilities arising from banking activities

15.1. BREAKDOWN OF THE LIABILITIES ARISING FROM BANKING ACTIVITIES
(in Euro million)
Banking liabilities issued at fair value - Retail customers
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Carrying
value
Carrying
value
Fair
value
Fair
value
2,829
2,829
2,447
2,447
19,521
19,523
19,720
19,727
Corporate customers
4,433
4,596
8,638
8,640
Interbanking renancing
2,990
2,992
3,976
3,978
644
644
330
330
2,485
2,569
2,529
2,600
(264)
(263)
(239)
(239)
32,639
32,890
37,402
37,484
Retail customers
Renancing with central banks

Other liabilities arising from banking activities
Macro-hedge derivatives and other derivatives relating to liabilities
arising from banking activities
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM BANKING ACTIVITIES
The fair value option is used to measure the fair value through
prot or loss of certain Banking liabilities issued at fair value
(2,829million in 2015 and 2,447million in 2014), including
the Euro Medium Term Notes.

in Note1.5. The valuation method of liabilities arising from
banking activities excluding derivatives (detailed in Note20.5)
are as follows:
banking liabilities issued at fair value Retail customers

(2,829million at 2015):
1,196million at 2015 (834million at 2014) based upon

market prices that are available in active markets and
areconsidered as Level1 fair values,
1,258million at 2015 (1,333million at 2014) mainly based
on observable market data inputs and are considered as
Level2 fair values; and
375million fair values at 2015 (280million at 2014)

mainly based on non-observable market data inputs and
are considered to be Level3 fair values;
retail customers ( 19,523 million at 2015), Corporate

customers (4,596 million at 2015), and Interbanking
renancing (2,992million at 2015), are not traded in active
markets and quoted prices are not available. Given the short
maturities of main liabilities arising from banking activities
(see Note15.2), the carrying amounts may be considered
as reasonable proxies for fair values. Thus, the fair value
of amounts displayed above for these instruments are
considered to be Level3 fair values;
other liabilities arising from banking activities relate to bonds

issued with prices quoted regularly and publically available in
active markets. As such, the fair values of these liabilities are
considered as Level1 instruments.
285

In 2015, debt relating to investments under lending agreements and equivalent in banking activities amounted to 4,083million
(8,375million in 2014).
15.2. BREAKDOWN BY MATURITY

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Carrying value by
contractual maturity
(in Euro million)
Banking liabilities issued at fair value Retail customers
Total
More
than carrying 12months
value
5years
or less
More
than
1 year
up to
5years
More Total net

than carrying
5years amount
258
729
1,842
2,829
35
764
1,648
2,447
17,868
1,500
153
19,521
17,596
1,999
124
19,720
Corporate customers
4,400
18
15
4,433
8,608
23
8,638
Interbanking renancing
Retail customers
2,803
169
17
2,990
3,595
222
159
3,976
Renancing with central banks
180
464
644
150
180
330
Other liabilities arising from banking

activities
442
2,043
2,485
179
1,737
613
2,529
Macro-hedge derivatives and other

derivatives related to liabilities arising
from banking activities
(87)
(151)
(26)
(264)
23
(60)
(201)
(239)
25,864
4,773
2,002
32,639
30,187
4,865
2,350
37,402
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING

FROMBANKING ACTIVITIES
286
12months
or less
More
than
1 year
up to
5years
Carrying value by
contractualmaturity

I Note16 Provisions for risks and charges

16.1. BREAKDOWN OF PROVISIONS FOR RISKS AND CHARGES
Provisions for risks and charges included the following items:
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
10,374
10,116
61
154
Restructuring provisions
261
258
Lawsuits contingency provisions
312
286
1,651
1,841
12,659
12,656
(in Euro million)
Employee benets
Share-based compensation
Other provisions for risks and charges

TOTAL PROVISIONS FOR RISKS AND CHARGES
Provisions relating to employee benefits and share-based
compensations are commented in Note26 Employees.
As of December31, 2015, the Other provisions for risks and
charges mainly included provisions for tax liability (896million)
mainly in the United States (780million). Other provisions for

risks and charges other than provisions for tax liability amounted
to 754million mainly in the Holdings (368million), in Property
& Casualty segment (196million), France (61million) and
MedLA (59million).
16.2. CHANGE IN PROVISIONS FOR RISKS AND CHARGES

(EXCLUDINGEMPLOYEEBENEFITS AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION)
Changes in provisions for risks and charges (excluding employee benets and share-based compensation) are set out below:
(in Euro million)
2015
2014
Carrying value as of January1
2,386
2,202
(106)
Financial cost related to unwind

Impact of change in scope of consolidation and changes in accounting method
Increase in provisions
381
543
Write back after use
(349)
(140)
Write back after nal cost review
(335)
(260)
Impact of foreign exchange uctuations

Carrying value as of December31
132
144
2,224
2,386
287

I Note17 Financing debt

17.1. FINANCING DEBT BY ISSUANCE
Carrying value
(in Euro million)
AXA
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
7,256
6,714
Debt component of subordinated convertible notes, 3.75% due 2017 ()
1,701
1,622
Subordinated notes, 5.25% due 2040 ()
1,300
1,300
Subordinated notes, 5.125% due 2043 ()
1,000
1,000
U.S. registered redeemable subordinated debt, 8.60% 2030 (US$)
1,148
993
443
417
1,022
963
U.S. registered redeemable subordinated debt, 7.125% 2020 ()

Subordinated debt, 5.625% due 2054 ()
Derivatives relating to subordinated debts
(a)
642
418
AXA Financial
165
Surplus notes, 7.70%, due 2015
165
116
165
AXA Bank Europe

Subordinated debt maturity below 10years xed rate
46
68
Undated Subordinated debt xed rate
70
97
AXA-MPS Vita and Danni
71
76
Subordinated notes, euribor 6months + 81bp
71
76
Other subordinated debt (under 100million)
22
26
7,465
7,146
AXA
1,000
Euro Medium Term Notes, due through 2015
1,000
AXA Financial
321
288
Senior notes, 7%, due 2028
321
288
AXA UK Holdings
206
196
GRE: Loan Notes, 6.625%, due 2023
206
196
97
102
136
155
Subordinated debt
Other nancing debt instruments issued (under 100million)

Other nancing debt instruments issued (under 100million)
Derivatives relating to other nancing debt instruments issued
(a)

TOTAL FINANCING DEBT(b)
(39)
(53)
624
1,586
8,089
8,733
(a) Hedging instruments in accordance with IAS39 and economic hedge derivatives which are not qualied as hedge under IAS39.
(b) Excluding accrued interest on derivatives.
Derivative instruments hedging nancing debt are commented in Note20.

For the sensitivity to movements in interests rates, please refer to page 180 of the Interest rates & Equity risk related to the operating
activities of Group subsidiaries Section.
288

17.2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF FINANCING DEBT

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Carrying
value
Fair
value
Carrying
value
Fair
value
6,823
7,801
6,728
8,009
642
642
418
418
7,465
8,443
7,146
8,427
Financing debt instruments issued at cost
663
821
1,639
1,847
Derivatives on nancing debt instruments issued(a)
(39)
(39)
(53)
(53)
624
782
1,586
1,794
8,089
9,225
8,733
10,221
(in Euro million)
Subordinated debt at cost

Derivatives on subordinated debt(a)
Subordinated debt
FINANCING DEBT
(a) Hedging instruments in accordance with IAS39 and economic hedge derivatives which are not acting as hedge under IAS39.
The Group does not hold any nancing debt designated as

at fair value through prot or loss (fair value option or trading
instruments).
Information on the fair value figures presented in this Note
is provided in addition to information on carrying values and
should be used with caution. On the one hand, these estimates
are based on closing date parameters such as interest rates
and spreads, which fluctuate over time, and resulting in
instantaneous values, and on the other hand because there
are multiple possible methods to derive these estimates.
Data used when calculating the fair value of nancing debt are
period-end market data that reect (i)interest rates by currency,
(ii)AXAs average spread by maturity and currency, distinguishing
subordinated and senior debt and (iii)options included in issued
contracts, such as issuer redemption options.
The fair value of subordinated convertible bonds is equal

to the quoted price for these instruments at the end of the
period. Therefore, reported fair value includes the value of the
conversion option, which is included as a component of equity.
The fair value of financing debt as of December31, 2015,
excluding accrued interests, was 9,225 million, including
related hedging derivative instruments. The fair value decreased
by 996million compared to December31, 2014 mainly due
to the repayment of nancial debts instrument issued and the
increase in interest rates.
in Note 1.5. The fair value amounts are mainly based on
observable market data inputs and are therefore considered as
level2 fair value amounts.
17.3. EXPOSURE TO INTEREST RATE RISK AND CONTRACTUAL MATURITIES

The table below sets out the contractual maturities of nancing debt (excluding the impact of derivatives detailed in Note20.1).
Effective maturities may differ from those presented, mainly because some instruments include clauses allowing early redemption,
with or without penalty.
Carrying value of nancing debt by contractual
maturity as of December31
12months or less
More than 1 year up

to 5years
More than 5years
Total carrying
value
2015
31
2,256
5,199
7,486
2014
1,128
1,743
5,497
8,367
(in Euro million)
289

I Note18 Payables
18.1. BREAKDOWN OF PAYABLES
(in Euro million)
Minority interests of consolidated investment funds

Other debt instrument issued, notes and bank overdraft(a)
Debts relating to investments under total return swap agreement(b)
Payables arising from direct insurance and inward reinsurance operations
Carrying value
Carrying value
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
10,525
10,241
3,539
1,855
153
138
9,760
8,831
252
931
Current accounts payables to other insurance companies
683
737
8,825
7,164
Payables to policyholders, brokers and general agents

Payables arising from direct outward reinsurance operations
12,917
12,538
8,055
8,199
Current accounts payable to other companies
4,853
4,336
Other payables arising from direct outward reinsurance operations
10
1,662
1,616
Debt relating to investments under lending agreements and equivalent(c)
25,635
21,331
Other payables
14,509
14,352
TOTAL PAYABLES
78,700
70,902
Payable - current tax position
(a) Other activities than banking operations.

(b) Amounts are included in the line item Other debt instruments issued, notes and bank overdrafts in 4.1 Consolidated statement of nancial position.
(c) Excludes debt relating to investments under lending agreements and equivalent in Bank segment (see Note15).
The Minority interests in consolidated investment funds caption

is the counterparty of assets recognized on the different lines
of the consolidated balance sheet for the share not held by
the Group in consolidated investment funds. Movements in this
caption both depend on the changes in the Groups ownership
and the changes in fair values of these funds.
Minority interests in funds under this caption totaled
10,525 million as of December 31, 2015, an increase of
284million compared with December31, 2014, mainly coming
from France Life & Savings, Belgium Property & Casualty due to
290
increase in Group share of the funds partially offset by Belgium

Life & Savings and Switzerland Life & Savings due to reduction
in portfolio.
Debt relating to investments under lending agreements and
equivalent totaled 25,635million as of December31, 2015, an
increase of 4,304million compared with December31, 2014,
or 3,232million at constant exchange rate, mainly due the
increase in repurchase agreements activity in Belgium Life &
Savings, Japan Life & Savings and US Life and Savings.

18.2. OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS ISSUED, NOTES AND BANK OVERDRAFTS

(OTHERTHAN FINANCING DEBT) BY ISSUANCE
Other debt instruments issued, notes and bank overdrafts (other than nancing debt) by issuance are described below:
Carrying value
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
AXA Financial
785
760
Commercial paper
785
760
AB
538
404
Short term commercial paper, 4.3%
538
404
AXASA
1,285
Commercial paper
1,285
2,612
1,164
144
130
(in Euro million)
Other
OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS ISSUED (OTHER THAN FINANCING DEBT)
AXA Life Insurance Japan
Collateralized debt JPY Libor 3M + 4bps annual interest maturity March27, 2021
144
130
Real estate investment funds
138
132
11
OTHER DEBT (OTHER THAN FINANCING DEBT) - OWED TO CREDIT

INSTITUTIONS
282
273
Bank overdrafts
645
418
3,539
1,855
Other
OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS ISSUED, NOTES AND BANK OVERDRAFTS

As of December31, 2015, other debt instruments issued and
bank overdrafts (other than nancing debt) totaled 3,539million,
an increase of 1,684million compared to December31, 2014,
mainly due to increase in other debt instruments issued.
18.3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

OF OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS
ISSUED AND BANK OVERDRAFTS
The fair value of other debt instruments issued and bank
overdrafts (other than nancing debt) were 3,539million as
of December31, 2015. Among the elements included in the
preceding table, fair value is only calculated for other debt
instruments issued.
As of December31, 2015 and December31, 2014, the Group
did not hold any debts other than Financing debt designated as
at fair value through prot or loss.
Such fair values are mainly based on observable market data
input (see Note1.5 for a description of observable data) and are
therefore classied as level2 instruments.
18.4. PAYABLES ARISING FROM

DIRECT INSURANCE, INWARD
REINSURANCE OPERATIONS
AND DIRECT OUTWARD
REINSURANCE OPERATIONS
As of December31, 2015, payables arising from direct insurance

and inward reinsurance operations totaled 9,760 million,
a increase of 929million compared to December31, 2014
mainly due to increase in payables to policyholders, brokers
and general agents and reinsurance operations in Switzerland
Life & Savings, ACS Assurance and France Property & Casualty.
As of December31, 2015, payables arising from direct outward
reinsurance operations totaled 12,917million, an increase of
379million compared to December31, 2014 mainly due to
rise in ceded reserves coming from ACS Assurance, US Life
& Savings, France Property & Casualty, AXARE and Belgium
Property & Casualty partly offset by a decrease in current
account payables to other insurance companies in MedLA
Property & Casualty.
Payables arising from direct insurance, inward reinsurance
and direct outward reinsurance operations are measured at
amortized cost.
291

18.5. EXPOSURE TO INTEREST RATE RISK AND CONTRACTUAL MATURITIES

The table below sets out the contractual maturities of other debt instruments issued, notes and bank overdrafts (excluding the impact
of derivatives which is detailed in Note20.1). Effective maturities may differ from those presented, mainly because some instruments
include clauses allowing early redemption, with or without penalty.
Carrying value of other debt instrument issued,
notes and bank overdrafts by contractual maturity
12months or less
More than 1 year up

to 5years
More than 5years
Total carrying value
2015
3,256
64
219
3,539
2014
1,657
197
1,855
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Income tax - France
408
510
Current
452
496
Deferred
(44)
14
Income tax - Foreign countries
1,340
1,281
Current
1,411
1,581
(in Euro million)
I Note19 Tax
19.1. TAX EXPENSE
19.1.1. Breakdown of tax expense between current and deferred tax
The income tax charge was split as follows:
(in Euro million)
Deferred
TOTAL INCOME TAX
292
(71)
(300)
1,748
1,791

19.1.2. Tax proof

The reconciliation between the theoretical tax charge (pre-tax prot multiplied by the applicable tax rate in France for the period
concerned) and the effective tax charge was as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Income from operating activities, gross of tax expenses

(excluding result from investments consolidated using equity method)
Notional tax rate
Notional tax charge
Impact of rates difference on notional tax charges
December31, 2014
7,521
7,201
38.00%
38.00%
2,858
2,736
(691)
(586)
Impact of change in tax rates
12
Impact of differences in tax rate and impact of taxes not linked to pre-tax income
57
71
(621)
(507)
Impact of differences in tax rates and tax bases

Tax losses of prior years used in the current year without DTA recognized previously
(26)
(27)
Deferred tax assets recognized on tax losses of prior years
(40)
(16)
17
23
Deferred tax assets not recognized on tax losses of the year

Derocognition of deferred tax assets on tax losses of prior years
(a)
Tax losses impact

Impact of permanent differences
Adjustments of tax relating to prior years
Derecognition/Recognition of DTA on temporary differences of prior years
(other than tax losses)(a)
Other
Impact of adjustments, decrease in value and other items
(48)
(14)
(373)
(308)
(94)
(137)
(3)
(3)
29
25
(68)
(115)
EFFECTIVE TAX CHARGE
1,748
1,791
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE (%)
23.24%
24.87%
(a) Derecognition of Deferred Tax Assets (DTA) arising on tax losses is shown in Tax losses impact.
The impact of rate differences on notional tax charge represents

the difference between the expected tax calculated at each entity
level with the applicable standard rate and the tax calculated
using the 38.00% French tax rate applicable to the Company.
This tax rate is composed of the following items: a basic tax
rate (33.3%), a social contribution (1.1%) and a temporary
exceptional contribution (3.6%). The blended standard rate was

29% in 2015 and 30% in 2014.
Permanent differences mainly represent the impact in some
countries of non-deductible nancial impairments and realized
capital losses on equity instruments, or non taxable dividends
and realized capital gains on equity instruments.
293

19.2. DEFERRED TAX

Net deferred tax balances broke down as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
December31, 2014
Deferred tax
assets
Deferred tax
liabilities
Net deferred
tax position
Net deferred
tax position
12,787
11,574
1,214
1,113
9,058
14,689
(5,630)
(6,762)
(27)
234
(261)
(281)
1,599
14
1,585
1,588
19
(0)
19
23,437
26,509
(3,073)
(4,335)
Deferred tax Assets/(liabilities) concerning:
Prot or loss
Reserves relating to the fair value adjustment of available

for sale assets
Reserves relating to hedge accounting and other items
Reserves relating to gains and losses on dened benets

pension plans
Reserves relating to Equity-Settled share based

compensation plans
TOTAL NET DEFERRED TAX

In the table above, the net deferred tax position corresponds to
the difference between deferred tax assets (DTA) and deferred
tax liabilities (DTL) carried on the Groups consolidated statement
of financial position. Note that the breakdown of DTA/DTL
disclosed in these tables corresponds to the deferred tax before
the netting that occurs for balance sheet presentation purpose
as required by IAS12.
(in Euro million)
January1
Movements through prot or loss
Movements through shareholders equity
(a)
Forex impact
Change in scope and other variations
December31
The change from net liability position -4,335million in 2014 to

-3,073million in 2015 mainly came from a signicant decrease
in unrealized capital gains on xed income assets.
2015
2014
Net deferred tax
Net deferred tax
(4,335)
(1,983)
115
285
1,289
(2,749)
(153)
58
12
55
(3,073)
(4,335)
(a) The movements through shareholders equity mainly concern net investment hedge in the Company, revaluation to fair value of nancial investments through shareholders
equity and employee benets actuarial gains and losses.
In 2014, the change in scope was mainly driven by the rst time consolidation of Colpatria (Colombia).
Recognized Deferred Tax Assets (DTA)

ontax loss carried forward by maturity
andexpiration date
The tables below break down (i)in the rst part the maturity by
which the Group expects to use the DTA accounted at year
294
end and the corresponding tax losses carried forward, (ii)in the
second part, the expiration date of the DTA, i.e. the latest date
at which the Group could use them.
The 23,437million DTA included 1,466million of DTA on tax
losses carried forward as of December31, 2015.

2015
(in Euro million)
DTA
maturity date
1 year
DTA
maturity date
2years
DTA
maturity date
3years
DTA
maturity date
4years
DTA
maturity date
5years
DTA
maturity date
6years
DTA
maturity
date
between
7 and
11years
DTA
maturity
date >
11years
No
maturity date
Total
Expected date of use

DTA recognised on tax
losses carried forward
207
197
280
260
294
85
111
32
1,466
Corresponding carry forward

losses
751
722
940
836
907
249
352
145
4,902
Latest date of possible use

14
17
62
495
856
1,466

losses
41
38
32
21
82
220
1,453
3,016
4,902
In 2014, the 4,335million net DTL position included 22,512million DTA of which 1,584million DTA on tax losses carried forward.
2014
(in Euro million)
DTA
maturity date
1 year
DTA
maturity date
2years
DTA
maturity date
3years
DTA
maturity date
4years
DTA
maturity date
5years
DTA
maturity date
6years
DTA
maturity
date
between
7 and
11years
DTA
maturity
date >
11years
No
maturity date
TOTAL
Expected date of use

216
254
208
254
239
142
252
19
1,584

losses
737
880
736
828
743
437
756
72
5,190
Latest date of possible use

losses
23
12
70
607
848
1,584
27
80
60
28
18
16
242
1,781
2,939
5,190
tax losses carried forward in 2014). The major part of these

losses has no maturity date (2,257 million in 2015 and
1,565 million in 2014); the significant increase of nonrecognised DTA mainly concerned the Genworth group
integrated on December1, 2015 for the rst time;
Unrecognized Deferred Tax Assets (DTA)

The amount of the potential DTA which has not been recorded in
the accounts at the end of the year as considered unrecoverable
represented 582million (479million in 2014) of which:
497million concerned unrecognized DTA on 2,512million

tax losses carried forward (404million DTA on 1,764million
85million related to other unrecognized deferred tax assets

295

I Note20 Derivative instruments

This Note includes all types of derivatives excluding derivative instruments that meet the denition of shareholders equity instruments
(see Note13 for details) or derivative instruments held by consolidated investment funds in the Satellite Investment Portfolio (see
Note1.8.2) which are recognized at fair value in accordance with the IFRS hierarchy as described in Note1.5.
20.1. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: MATURITIES, NOTIONAL VALUES AND FAIR VALUES

Maturity of notional amount
as of December31, 2015(a)
December31,
2015
Positive
fair value
Negative
fair value
Net
fair value
December31,
2014
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
68,762 101,003 236,498 261,579
10,897
14,597
9,771
12,799
1,126
1,798
23,125
1,176
1,420
665
811
511
609
6,798 126,911 100,901
1,997
2,172
3,907
4,298
(1,909)
(2,126)
(in Euro million)
< 1 year 1 to 5years
Interest rates derivatives
66,733
Equity derivatives
Notional
amount
> 5years
19,975
6,020
103,820
16,293
Credit derivatives
2,599
19,733
1,588
23,919
21,523
253
237
359
387
(106)
(150)
Other derivatives
18,382
2,162
8,723
29,267
26,413
551
912
800
787
(249)
125
211,510 112,969 120,457 444,936 433,540
14,875
19,338
15,502
19,082
(628)
256
Currencies derivatives
TOTAL
2,346
28,341
Note: This table includes all derivatives (assets and liabilities) as described in Note1.10, i.e. hedge, macro-hedge and other asset or liability positions.
(a) By convention, notional amounts are displayed in absolute value, and exclude potential netting out.
Main reasons for the evolution in the use of derivatives (mostly interest rates, currency derivatives and credit derivatives) are detailed
in Note20.2.
20.2. DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS BY IAS39 TYPE OF HEDGE

Derivative instruments are broken down as follows:
December31, 2015
used in fair value hedging used in cash ow hedging
relationship
relationship
(in Euro million)
Notional
amount
48,160
Equity derivatives
Fair value
Notional
amount
(1,462)
5,675
used in hedges of net
investment in a foreign
operation
Fair value
Notional
amount
1,344
Macro-hedges
and other derivative
instruments not qualifying
under IAS39 but generally
used as economic hedges
Fair value
Notional
amount
182,662
Total
Fair value
Notional
amount
Fair value
1,244
236,498
1,126
238
(10)
28,102
521
28,341
511
3,293
(22)
2,379
144
5,116
(279)
116,123
(1,752)
126,911
(1,909)
Credit derivatives
2,530
(41)
21,390
(65)
23,919
(106)
Other derivatives
287
(5)
4,500
20
24,480
(264)
29,267
(249)
54,509
(1,539)
12,555
1,508
5,116
(279)
372,756
(317)
444,936
(628)
TOTAL
As of December31, 2015, the net fair value (-628million) of derivatives instruments is comprised of the fair value of derivatives on
investment assets (-1,777million see Note20.3) and of the fair value of derivatives on liabilities (-1,149million see Note20.4).
296

December31, 2014
used in fair value hedging used in cash ow hedging
relationship
relationship
(in Euro million)
Notional
amount
47,630
Equity derivatives
Fair value
Notional
amount
(2,022)
5,826
used in hedges of net
investment in a foreign
operation
Fair value
Notional
amount
1,619
Macro-hedges
and other derivative
instruments not qualifying
under IAS39 but generally
used as economic hedges
Fair value
Notional
amount
208,123
Total
Fair value
Notional
amount
Fair value
2,200
261,579
1,798
749
(19)
22,376
628
23,124
609
4,030
(143)
1,876
(2)
5,688
(92)
89,306
(1,890)
100,901
(2,126)
Credit derivatives
3,037
(103)
18,486
(47)
21,523
(150)
Other derivatives
287
(2)
4,168
(29)
21,958
156
26,413
125
55,733
(2,288)
11,870
1,588
5,688
(92)
360,248
1,048
433,540
256
TOTAL
As of December31, 2015, the notional amount of all derivative

instruments totaled 445.0billion (433.5billion at the end of
2014). Their net fair value as of December31, 2015 totalled
-628million (256million at the end of 2014).
AXA uses derivatives primarily to hedge various risks stemming
from both sides of the balance sheet in the context of its Asset
Liability Management (ALM) strategy in insurance companies, as
well as holdings and banks. Notional amount of such hedging
strategies amounted to 432.8billion as of December31, 2015
(424.0billion at the end of 2014) and includes:
(i)
m anaging interest rate exposures on fixed maturity

investments, long-term debt and guaranteed interest rates
on insurance contracts;
(ii) reducing foreign-currency exposures on foreign-currency

denominated investments and liabilities;
(iii) managing liquidity positions (including the ability to pay
benets and claims when due) in connection with Asset
Liability Management and local regulatory requirements for
insurance and banking operations;
(iv) limiting equity risk;
(v) limiting credit risk with regard to certain investments in
corporate debt instruments.
AXA also uses derivatives as an alternative to gain exposure to
certain asset classes through synthetic positions, for example,
holding cash and equity futures instead of physical equities.
Another example is the combination of government bonds
and credit default swaps (CDS) as a synthetic position and an
alternative to the direct purchase of a corporate bond. These
schemes do not add any specic risks compared with other
investment assets.
The notional amount of derivatives which is used to express

the volume of instruments outstanding and to provide a basis
for comparison with other nancial instruments most certainly
overstates the level of activity and does not directly measure
risk as it greatly exceeds the possible credit and market loss
that could arise from such transactions. It does not represent
the amounts that are effectively exchanged by the parties, and
thus is not a measure of the Groups exposure to derivative
instruments. For example, the Group is exposed to credit risk
in respect of its counterparties to the derivative instruments,
but is not exposed to credit risk on the entire notional amounts.
AXA actively manages counterparty risk generated by derivatives
through a specic Group-wide policy. This policy includes a limit
framework and an exposure monitoring process. Limits are
specically set for each authorized counterparty, based on an
internal scoring system. This policy also includes daily to weekly
collateralization for the majority of the Groups exposure. The
total net collateral received or given for all derivative instruments
including those related to derivatives held within investment
funds of the Satellite Investment Portfolio (see Note1.8.2)
was -0.5billion as of December31, 2015 (-0.6billion at the
end of 2014). This net total includes amounts recognized in the
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position and unrecognized
commitments received or given disclosed in Note29.
The market turmoil that started in 2008 highlighted increasing

importance of Risk Management and led to additional hedging
activity over the 2008-2012 period. Since then AXA has
continued the use of derivatives to hedge risks, increasing
or decreasing derivative positions in accordance with AXAs
governance framework for derivatives.
297

In particular, hedging activities are one of the most important

instruments to decrease the risk of the options and guarantees
that are embedded in most Life & Savings products and in some
Property & Casualty products; they also lead to a reduction
of the capital requirements for those business activities under
SolvencyII. The various policies that AXA applies with reference
to the use of derivatives and hedging instruments, include a
close monitoring of its hedging strategy and associated risks as
part of a Systemic Risk Management Plan (SRMP), approved by
the Management Committee and the Board of Directors, in the
context of the policy measures that apply to Global Systemically
Important Insurers (GSIIs).
20.2.1. Interest rate derivative instruments

The AXA Groups primary interest rate exposure is related to
contracts with guaranteed benets and the risk that the value of
the nancial assets purchased with the consideration received
from the contract holders is insufcient to fund the guaranteed
benets and expected discretionary participation payable to
them. To hedge against potential adverse market conditions,
derivative strategies are used to reduce the risk arising from the
guarantee liability over time.
For further detail on Asset Liability Management governance,

please refer to page 194 of Section3.4 Investment Community
and Organization.
In 2015, the use of derivatives within the Group increased
overall by +11.4billion in terms of notional amount for the main
reasons listed below (see also details in Note20.2.1):
These instruments are mainly used to:
notional amount of currency derivatives increased by

+26.0billion compared to 2014 mainly due to an increased
fair value of foreign currency portfolios driven by market
conditions notably denominated in the United States dollar
and the Great Britain sterling pound;
(i)
notional amount of interest rates derivatives decreased by

-25.1billion, mainly due to (i)the decrease of interest rate
hedgings assets mainly in the Company hedging debts, (ii)the
unwind of interest rate swaps and the sale of interest rate
caps mainly in AXA Bank Europe, (iii)the sale of interest rate
caps combined with the the maturity of interest rate swaps
in Switzerland Life & Savings and (iv) to a lower extent,
the decrease of interest rate derivatives associated with
guaranteed minimum benets on Variable Annuity products,
mainly in the United States;
notional amount of credit derivatives increased by +2.4billion

in order to increase exposure to the corporate spread risk.
In the tables above, the fourth column includes derivatives that

do not qualify for hedge accounting under IAS39, but whose
objective is nevertheless to provide economic hedging of a risk,
with the exception notably of certain credit derivatives. They also
include macro-hedging derivatives as dened by the IASB in
IAS39.
In 2015 the notional amount of hedging derivative instruments
as defined by IAS 39 (fair value hedge, cash flow hedge
and net investment hedge) of the Group was 72.2 billion
versus 73.3billion in 2014. The net fair value recorded was
-310million as of December31, 2015, versus -792million
in 2014.
298
As of December31, 2015, the notional amount of interest rate

derivative instruments totalled 236.5billion (261.5billion at
the end of 2014). Their net fair value as of December31, 2015
totalled 1,126million (1,798million at the end of 2014).
AXA mainly uses (i)interest rate swaps (57% of total notional
amount of interest rate derivative instruments), (ii)interest rate
options (25%), and (iii)futures and forwards (17%).
hedge interest rate risk and interest volatility risk as part

of the Asset Liability Management strategy associated
with the guaranteed minimum benets on Variable Annuity
products, with notional amount of 62.0billion at the end of
2015 (59.6billion at the end of 2014) mainly in the United
States Life & Savings (notional amount of 31.8billion in
2015 versus 27.6billion in 2014), Germany Life & Savings
(notional amount of 13.6billion in 2015 versus 18.0billion
in 2014), and in Japan Life & Savings (notional amount of
8.8billion in 2015 versus 7.2billion in 2014);
(ii) manage duration gap and/or hedge convexity risk between

assets and liabilities on the General Account as a part of
Asset Liability Management strategy mainly in France Life
& Saving for 52.8billion (versus 49.2billion in 2014) and
in Japan Life & Saving for 22.5billion in 2015 (versus
24.0billion in 2014);
(iii) minimize the cost of Group debt and limit volatility of nancial
charges, mainly in the Company, with notional amount of
41.8billion in 2015 versus 58.0billion in 2014, mainly
due to the management of its interest rate derivatives in a
context of low but volatile interest rate environment;
(iv) hedge interest rate risk exposures arising in the context of
its ordinary banking activities, mainly at AXA Bank Europe,
in order to manage an interest rate exposure between its
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities mainly
by interest rate swaps (notional value of 14.9billion in 2015
versus 15.6billion in 2014).

20.2.2. Equity derivatives instruments

As of December 31, 2015, the notional amount of equity
derivative instruments totalled 28.3billion (23.1billion at the
end of 2014). Their net fair value as of December31, 2015
totalled 511million (609million at the end of 2014). AXA
mainly uses (i)equity option contracts (51% of total notional
amount of equity derivative instruments) and (ii)equity futures
and forwards (40%).
These instruments are mainly used to:
(i)
hedge equity risk as part of the Asset Liability Management

strategy associated with the guaranteed minimum benets
on Variable Annuity products, which totalled 11.7billion
at the end of 2015 (10.8billion at the end of 2014) mainly
in the United States Life & Savings (notional amount of
11.1billion in 2015 compared with 9.9billion in 2014);
(ii) hedge the exposure to equity risk within the General

Account assets, protecting policyholders investments
and their guaranteed liability over time, mainly in the United
States Life & Savings (notional amount of 6.9billion in
2015 compared with 5.2billion in 2014), and in Japan
Life & Saving for 0.5billion (versus 0.7billion in 2014).
20.2.3. Currency derivative instruments

The Group has entered into different currency instruments to
reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk. Currency derivative
instruments represent agreements to exchange the currency of
one country for the currency of another country at an agreed
price and settlement date.
In 2015, the notional amount of currency derivative amounted to
126.9billion versus 100.9billion in 2014. Their market value
was -1,909million versus -2,126million in 2014. AXA mainly
uses (i)currency future and forward contracts (63% of total
notional amount of currency derivative instruments), (ii)currency
swaps (27%) and (iii)currency option contracts (10%).
One of the main objectives of currency derivatives instruments
is to limit variations in net foreign currency-denominated
assets resulting from movements in exchange rates in order to
protect partially or in full the value of AXAs net foreign-currency
investments in its subsidiaries and thus reduce the variability
of Group consolidated shareholders equity against currency
uctuations, but also of others key indicators such as liquidity,
gearing and solvency ratios. Notional amount of derivatives
used by the Company to hedge the foreign currency exposure
increased from 23.1billion in 2014 to 24.2billion in 2015,
mainly due to the continuous review of its Net Investment Hedge
policy.
Currency derivative instruments are also used to hedge foreign

exchange mismatch between assets and liabilities in insurance
subsidiaries of the Group. While most of the operating units
commitments are matched by assets denominated in the
same currency, some entities may invest in foreign currency
denominated assets to diversify their investments. This is the
case mainly in (i)Switzerland using such contracts to hedge
exchange rate risk arising from their investments in equities and
debt instruments denominated in non CHF currencies (mainly
Euro and US Dollar) with a total notional amount of 50.4billion
in 2015 versus 34.4billion in 2014, and (ii)Japan Life & Savings
using future and forward foreign currency contracts to hedge
exchange-rate risk arising from its investments in xed-maturity
debt instruments denominated in non JPY currencies with a total
notional amount of 13.9billion in 2015 versus 15.5billion in
2014.
A description of exchange-rate risk related to the operating
activities of Group subsidiaries and the Company is included in
Section3.3 Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about risk
factors with amounts of exposures to exchange-rate risk and
corresponding hedges.
In accordance with IAS21 and IAS39, the translation difference
relating to these debt instruments used in operational entities
is recognized in prot & loss and offsets most of the change in
market value of associated derivative instruments, which is also
recognized in prot & loss.
20.2.4. Credit derivative instruments (CDS)

The Group, as part of its investment and credit risk management
activities, uses strategies that involve credit derivatives, which
consist mainly of Credit Default Swaps (CDS). These instruments
are used as an alternative to corporate bonds portfolios, when
coupled with government debt instruments, but also as a
protection on single names or specic portfolios.
In 2015, the notional amount of credit derivatives held by the

Group was 23.9billion compared to 21.5billion in 2014
(excluding the instruments held within investment funds of the
Satellite Investment Portfolio (1.0billion); see Note1.8.2).
Credit derivative instruments are mainly used to:
(i)
hedge credit risk involving the purchase of CDS as a

protection mainly on single corporate names or specic
portfolios (notional amount of 9.2billion in 2015 versus
8.5billion in 2014).
(ii) implement credit risk hedging strategies by purchasing

bonds and protection on the same name (i.e. CDS). During
stressed market conditions, the credit derivative market
is indeed more liquid than the cash market. For instance,
299

holders of cash bonds may be unwilling or unable to sell the

bonds that they hold as part of their longer-term investment
strategies. For this reason, rather than simply selling their
bonds, they turn to the CDS market to buy protection on a
specic company or issuer and thus, contribute to increase
the CDS market liquidity. This creates hedging opportunities
(i.e. bond spread is higher than CDS spread) where the
Group can hedge the underlying asset at an attractive price.
In fact, through hedging strategies, insurance companies
execute Negative Basis Trade (NBT) strategies, leading to
the creation of an asset that can be compared to a riskfree asset. CDS protections use by AXA in this context
amounted to 2.5billion in 2015 versus 3.4billion in 2014.
(iii) enhance the return mainly on government bonds portfolios

by holding government bonds and at same time selling
protection on very good quality names as an alternative
to the direct purchase of a corporate bond. This type of
ALM strategy is implemented to compensate for the lack
of depth or liquidity in some markets by taking a synthetic
credit risk (notional amount of 12.2billion in 2015 versus
9.5billion in 2014).
20.3. EFFECT OF HEDGING ON FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

The impact of derivative instruments is presented in the consolidated statement of nancial position within their related underlying
nancial assets (and liabilities see Note20.4). The table below sets out the impact of derivative instruments on the related underlying
assets.
December31, 2015
Insurance
(in Euro million)
Investment in real estate

properties
Net book
value excluding effect
of derivatives(a)
Other activities
Net book
Net book
Impact of value inclu- value excluderivative ding effect ding effect
instruof derivaof derivaments(b)
tives(c)
tives(a)
Total
Net book
Net book
tives(c)
tives(a)
Net book
Impact of value includerivative ding effect
instruof derivaments(b)
tives(c)
20,353
17
20,369
126
126
20,478
17
20,495
Debt instruments
417,366
(1,797)
415,569
10,948
(310)
10,638
428,314
(2,107)
426,207
Equity securities
25,934
25,937
1,893
1,893
27,827
27,830
13,477
(83)
13,394
785
785
14,263
(83)
14,179
Other investments(d)
11,386
11,394
156
156
11,542
11,550
(507)
1,422
914
(3)
(406)
(409)
(511)
1,015
505
467,656
(447)
467,209
13,779
(716)
13,063
481,435
(1,164)
480,272
33,164
(61)
33,103
24,959
(569)
24,390
58,122
(629)
57,493

TOTAL FINANCIAL
INVESTMENTS
Loans
Assets backing contracts where

the nancial risk is borne by
policyholders
194,601
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
715,774
(0)
194,601
194,601
(0)
194,601
(492)
715,282
38,864
(1,285)
37,579
754,637
(1,777)
752,860
(a) Carrying value, i.e. net of impairment, discount premiums and related amortization, including accrued interest, but excluding any impact of derivatives.
(b) Including macro-hedge and other derivatives.
(c) Carrying value (see(a)), including effect of hedging instruments (IAS39), economic hedging instruments not acting as hedging under IAS39, macro-hedge and other
derivatives.
(d) Other investments held through consolidated investment funds designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
300

December31, 2014
Insurance
(in Euro million)
Investment in real estate

properties
Net book
value excluding effect
of derivatives(a)
Other activities
Net book
Net book
tives(c)
tives(a)
Total
Net book
Net book
tives(c)
tives(a)
Net book
Impact of value includerivative ding effect
instruof derivaments(b)
tives(c)
18,610
18,610
613
613
19,223
19,223
Debt instruments
408,257
(2,068)
406,189
13,013
(406)
12,607
421,269
(2,474)
418,795
Equity securities
23,287
(89)
23,199
1,789
1,789
25,076
(89)
24,987
12,026
(182)
11,844
756
756
12,781
(182)
12,600
8,882
(54)
8,828
202
202
9,084
(54)
9,031
(265)
1,363
1,098
(0)
(165)
(165)
(266)
1,199
933
452,186
(1,028)
451,158
15,759
(570)
15,188
467,945
(1,599)
466,346
29,801
29,801
24,444
(710)
23,734
54,244
(709)
53,535
Assets backing contracts where

the nancial risk is borne by
policyholders
181,082
(0)
181,082
181,082
(0)
181,082
(1,028)
680,651
40,815
(1,280)
39,535
722,495
(2,308)
720,187
Other investments(d)
TOTAL FINANCIAL
INVESTMENTS
Loans
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
681,679
(a) Carrying value, i.e. net of impairment, discount premiums and related amortization, including accrued interest, but excluding any impact of derivatives.
(b) Including macro-hedge and other derivatives.
(c) Carrying value (see(a)), but including effect of hedging instruments (IAS39), economic hedging instruments not acting as hedging under IAS39, macro-hedge and
other derivatives.
(d) Other investments held through consolidated investment funds designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
20.4. EFFECT OF HEDGING ON LIABILITIES

The impact of derivative instruments is presented in the balance sheet within their related underlying nancial liabilities (and assets
see Note20.3). The tables below set out the impact of derivative instruments on the related underlying liabilities.
301

20.4.1. Liabilities arising from insurance investment contracts and other nancial liabilities
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Carrying
value
excluding
effect of
hedging
value
December31, 2014
Carrying
value
including
Impact of effects of
derivative
derivainstruments
tives
Carrying
value
excluding
effect of
hedging
value
Carrying
value
including
Impact of effects of
derivative
derivainstruments
tives
398,776
(654)
398,123
371,474
(1,338)
370,137

152,079
152,079
142,042
142,042
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INSURANCE

CONTRACT
550,856
(653)
550,202
513,516
(1,338)
512,179
TOTAL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM INVESTMENT

CONTRACTS
76,606
(114)
76,492
73,449
(75)
73,374
MACRO-HEDGE AND OTHER DERIVATIVE

INSTRUMENTS ON INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT
CONTRACTS (LIABILITIES)
(873)
(873)
(1,424)
(1,424)
6,823
642
7,465
6,728
418
7,146
663
(39)
624
1,639
(53)
1,586
7,486
603
8,089
8,367
365
8,733
32,902
(264)
32,639
37,640
(239)
37,402
PAYABLES
78,548
152
78,700
70,756
145
70,902
746,399
(1,149)
745,249
703,729
(2,565)
701,165
Subordinated debt
Financing debt owed to credit institutions
FINANCING DEBT(a)
TOTAL LIABILITIES
(a) Financing debts are disclosed in the balance sheet net of the impact of derivatives. As a result, the amount showing in the column value including effect of derivatives
is their carrying value.
20.4.2. Liabilities (and assets) arising

from banking activities
As of December31, 2015, derivatives related to banking liabilities
shown in Note15 are used to hedge interest rate risk exposures
302
in the context of ordinary banking activities, in order to achieve

an appropriate interest rate spread between its interest earning
assets and interest bearing liabilities. Related hedged assets are
disclosed in Note9.4.2 and liabilities in Note15.

20.5. BREAKDOWN OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS BY VALUATION METHOD

December31, 2015
Instruments
quoted in
an active
market
(in Euro million)
Net value of derivative instruments assets(1)
December31, 2014
Instruments
quoted in
an active
market
Instruments not quoted

in an active market No active market
Fair value
determined
Fair
directly by value mainly
reference
based on
to an active observable
market market data
(Level1)
(Level2)
Fair value
mainly not
based on
observable
market data
(Level3)
Total
Instruments not quoted

in an active market No active market
Fair value
determined
Fair
directly by value mainly
reference
based on
to an active observable
market market data
(Level1)
(Level2)
Fair value
mainly not
based on
observable
market data
(Level3)
Total
(412)
(1,365)
(1,777)
(1,822)
(486)
(2,308)
(9)
(1,632)
(1,641)
19
(2,856)
(2,837)
Derivative instruments relating to nancing

debt, operating debt and other nancial
liabilities
603
603
365
365
Macro-hedge banking activities and other

derivatives
23
(122)
(12)
(111)
(80)
(17)
(93)
Net value of derivative instruments liabilities (2)
14
(1,151)
(12)
(1,149)
22
(2,570)
(17)
(2,565)
Derivative instruments relating to insurance

and investment contracts
NET FAIR VALUE(1)-(2)

Principles applied by the Group in order to proceed with the
classication of nancial instruments into the IFRS13 fair value
hierarchy categories and the fair value hierarchy applicable to
such instruments are described in Note1.5. Same principles
apply as far as derivatives instruments are concerned.
(628)
256
The Group mitigates counterparty credit risk of derivative

instruments by contractually requiring collateral for the majority
of derivative contracts. At December31, 2015, the adjustment
to the fair value of derivatives for non-performance risk was
not material.
303

I Note21 Information by segment

For more information about the Groups segments identication, please refer to page 232 to 236 of Note3 Statement of income by
segment.
21.1. TOTAL REVENUES

Total revenues(a)
(in Euro million)
LIFE & SAVINGS

of which direct premiums
of which reinsurance assumed
of which fees and charges on investment contracts with no participation features
of which revenues from other activities
France
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Asia (excl. Japan)
Other countries
PROPERTY & CASUALTY
France
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Direct
Asia
Other countries
AXA Global Life & AXA Global P&C
AXA Assistance
Other
ASSET MANAGEMENT
AB
BANKING
AXA Banque
AXA Bank Europe
German bank
Other Banks
Holdings
TOTAL
304
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
59,211
54,100
3,276
371
1,464
15,994
13,620
700
4,194
6,650
7,170
1,715
5,705
3,029
434
31,265
30,411
783
71
6,020
3,909
4,792
3,100
2,010
7,496
2,732
1,099
104
3,615
2,545
823
246
2,255
85
1,226
50
3,822
2,580
1,242
621
163
400
33
26
98,534
55,345
50,551
3,255
327
1,211
15,121
11,469
639
3,801
6,640
6,720
1,813
6,384
2,280
478
29,460
28,902
495
63
6,034
3,779
4,034
2,783
2,026
7,440
2,361
853
149
3,292
2,360
704
228
2,118
102
1,021
51
3,326
2,175
1,151
564
217
252
32
63
0
91,988

Geographical information regarding revenues and assets of International Insurance and Asset Management is not readily available in
the Group reporting tool and the cost to develop it would be excessive. A relevant split by entity is provided above for these segments.
Given the Groups scale and diversity, none of its clients accounts for more than 10% of its business.
21.2. TOTAL ASSETS

Total assets(a)(b)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
LIFE & SAVINGS
703,288
656,576
France
185,867
180,364
United States
174,267
157,255
United Kingdom
30,982
26,552
Japan
50,021
43,855
Germany
80,137
78,679
Switzerland
80,288
70,290
Belgium
40,474
38,624
43,376
43,093
Asia (excl. Japan)
15,368
13,162
(in Euro million)
Other countries
2,509
4,704
PROPERTY & CASUALTY
79,463
77,807
France
21,966
20,344
Germany
10,325
10,452
8,613
8,951
Switzerland
8,623
9,016
Belgium
9,631
9,019
13,256
14,261
Direct
5,251
4,395
Asia
2,007
1,593
(209)
(224)
14,001
12,721
10,281
9,307
285
457
Other countries(c)
AXA Global Life & AXA Global P&C

AXA Assistance
946
902
Other
2,489
2,055
ASSET MANAGEMENT
8,506
7,416
AB
5,685
4,941

BANKS
AXA Banque
AXA Bank Europe
2,822
2,475
33,858
38,948
6,529
5,671
26,639
32,339
German bank
606
604
Other Banks
84
333
47,952
46,602
887,070
840,069
Holdings
TOTAL
(a) Net of intercompany eliminations and after deduction of the value related to the shares eliminated in consolidation.
(b) Including assets held for sale.
(c) Reso Garantia is accounted for using the equity method in the Group Consolidated Financial Statements on the basis of a closing at September30. Given signicant
305

21.3. OTHER INFORMATION BY SEGMENT

21.3.1. Life & Savings
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Gross
written
premiums
December31, 2014
Liabilities
arising from Liabilities arising
insurance from investment
contracts(a)
contracts(a)
Gross
written
premiums
Liabilities
arising from Liabilities arising
insurance from investment
contracts(a)
contracts(a)
Retirement/annuity/investment
contracts (individual)
21,699
240,093
29,143
20,153
223,514
30,227
Retirement/annuity/investment
contracts (group)
2,336
29,063
6,508
2,212
27,285
7,161
22,727
177,493
851
21,493
165,030
334
8,073
25,531
7,747
23,075
Life contracts (including

endowment contracts)
Health contracts
Other
Sub-total
2,541
12,632
2,202
11,575
57,376
484,813
36,504
53,806
450,479
37,722
371
40,102
327
35,727
Fees and charges relating

to investment contracts
with no participating features(b)
Fees, commissions and other
revenues
1,464
1,211
TOTAL
59,211
484,813
76,606
55,345
450,479
73,449
Contracts with nancial

risk borne by policyholders
(unit-linked)
17,383
152,079
42,926
15,650
142,042
39,299
(a) Excludes liabilities relating to unearned revenues and fees, and policyholder bonuses, along with derivatives relating to insurance and investment contracts.
(b) Relates to liabilities arising from investment contracts without discretionary participation features and investment contracts without discretionary participation features
where the nancial risk is borne by policyholders.
21.3.2. Property & Casualty

Liabilities arising

(in Euro million)
December31, 2015 December31, 2014 December31, 2015 December31, 2014
Personal lines
17,858
17,216
26,290
25,412
Motor
10,405
10,383
17,685
17,669
4,034
3,870
3,552
3,456
1,203
Property damage
Health
1,806
1,446
1,604
Other
1,613
1,517
3,449
3,084
12,773
11,671
29,096
27,679
2,783
2,623
4,453
4,008
Commercial lines
Motor
Property damage
3,245
3,042
3,154
3,019
Liability
1,776
1,668
8,170
7,926
Health
3,177
2,441
6,977
6,766
Other
1,791
1,897
6,342
5,961
Other
563
509
1,044
989
31,194
29,397
56,431
54,080
71
63
31,265
29,460
56,431
54,080
Sub-total
Fees, commissions and other revenues
TOTAL
306

21.3.3. International Insurance

Liabilities arising
December31, 2015 December31, 2014 December31, 2015 December31, 2014
(in Euro million)
Property damage
847
780
1,941
1,517
913
903
2,485
2,189
Liability
496
524
3,589
4,041
Other
1,112
857
1,598
1,210
Sub-total
3,368
3,064
9,613
8,957
246
228
3,615
3,292
9,613
8,957
Fees, commissions and other revenues

TOTAL
21.3.4. Liabilities arising from insurance contracts in the Property & Casualty and International
Insurance segments
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Claims
reserves
IBNR
Claim
expense
reserves
10,270
2,760
363
Claim
expense
reserve on
IBNR
Total Claims
reserves
including IBNR
and expenses
Unearned
premiums
reserves &
others
Total
Technical
Liabilities
31
13,424
4,261
17,685
Personal lines
Motor
Property damage
1,400
418
67
1,887
1,665
3,552
Other
1,600
716
89
2,413
2,640
5,053
13,270
3,894
519
40
17,724
8,566
26,290
Motor
2,592
593
88
3,276
1,177
4,453
Property damage
1,710
414
43
2,170
984
3,154
Liability
5,456
1,982
190
20
7,649
521
8,170
Sub-total Personal lines

Commercial lines
Other
Sub-total Commercial lines
Other
TOTAL - PROPERTY
&CASUALTY EXCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
6,950
1,753
248
14
8,965
4,354
13,319
16,708
4,742
569
41
22,060
7,036
29,096
644
225
20
889
155
1,044
30,622
8,861
1,108
82
40,673
15,758
56,431
Property damage
1,151
517
41
1,713
228
1,941
1,415
889
72
12
2,388
97
2,485
Liability
1,676
1,646
82
40
3,444
144
3,589
406
235
11
652
946
1,598
TOTAL - INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
Other
4,646
3,287
206
58
8,198
1,415
9,613
TOTAL - PROPERTY
&CASUALTY INCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
35,268
12,149
1,315
139
48,871
17,172
66,043
307

December31, 2014
(in Euro million)
Claim
expense
reserve on
IBNR
Total claims
reserves
including IBNR
and expenses
Unearned
premiums
reserves &
others
Total
technical
liabilities
Claims
reserves
IBNR
Claim
expense
reserves
10,571
2,406
366
18
13,361
4,308
17,669
1,334
408
69
1,814
1,642
3,456
Personal lines
Motor
Property damage
Other
1,484
642
80
2,213
2,074
4,287
13,388
3,456
515
29
17,388
8,024
25,412
Motor
2,265
509
89
2,867
1,140
4,008
Property damage
1,685
340
40
2,067
952
3,019
Liability
5,402
1,856
161
14
7,433
493
7,926
Other
6,867
1,514
237
15
8,632
4,095
12,727
16,219
4,218
527
36
20,999
6,680
27,679
688
204
17
908
81
989
30,295
7,877
1,058
64
39,295
14,785
54,080
1,517
Sub-total Personal lines

Commercial lines
Sub-total Commercial lines

Other
TOTAL - PROPERTY &
CASUALTY EXCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
Property damage
756
433
47
1,242
275
1,224
799
69
14
2,106
84
2,189
Liability
1,948
1,827
87
29
3,890
150
4,041
291
165
465
745
1,210
4,218
3,224
211
50
7,703
1,254
8,957
34,513
11,101
1,270
114
46,998
16,039
63,037
Other
TOTAL - INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
TOTAL - PROPERTY &
CASUALTY INCLUDING
INTERNATIONAL
INSURANCE
21.4. NET REVENUES FROM BANKING ACTIVITIES

(in Euro million)
Net interests revenues

Net commissions
Others
308
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
547
492
69
67
621
564

I Note22 Net investment result excluding financing expenses

Net investment result (excluding nancing expenses) from the nancial assets of insurance Companies and Companies in other business
segments (excluding revenues from the nancial assets of banks included in net revenues from banking activities) was as follows:
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)

Investment in real estate properties as at fair value
through prot or loss
Debt instruments designated as at fair value through
prot or loss(b)
Non quoted debt instruments (amortized cost)
Debt instruments
Equity instruments designated as at fair value through
prot or loss(c)
Equity instruments
Non-consolidated investment funds designated as at fair
value through prot or loss
Other assets held by consolidated investment funds
designated as at fair value through prot or loss
Loans at cost
Loans
Assets backing contracts where the nancial risk
Investment management expenses
Other
NET INVESTMENT RESULT
Net realized
gains and
losses
relating to
investments
at cost and
at fair value
Net
through
investment shareholders
income(a)
equity
Net realized
gains and
losses and
change in fair
value of other
investments
at fair value
through prot
or loss
Change in
Net ininvestments vestment
impairment
result
817
166
(68)
916
36
853
11,920
166
767
63
63
(105)
(68)
(110)
99
1,015
12,472
1,010
28
132
13,090
540
2
769
1,175
(523)
(29)
(657)
(119)
(110)
(392)
486
(1)
134
13,091
1,204
227
4
772
345
1,175
175
247
(2)
125
(85)
(392)
(74)
474
2
1,680
361
332
2
679
175
(124)
(26)
(234)
(74)
208
(24)
545
153
4
1,185
1,189
0
0
(211)
-
(6)
(6)
(57)
4
1,180
1,183
(82)
(671)
259
16,242
232
2,518
1,407
(580)
269
182
(74)
(724)
1,407
(661)
(671)
686
18,218
(a) Includes gain/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities.

(b) Includes debt instruments held by consolidated investment funds, designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
(c) Includes equity instruments held by consolidated investment funds, designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
309

December31, 2014
(in Euro million)

Investment in real estate properties as at fair value
through prot or loss
Debt instruments designated as at fair value through
prot or loss(b)
Non quoted debt instruments (amortized cost)
Net realized
gains and
losses
relating to
investments
at cost and
at fair value
Net
through
investment shareholders
income(a)
equity
668
Net realized
gains and
losses and
change in fair
value of other
investments
at fair value
through prot
or loss
242
(7)
903
41
15
56
709
242
15
(7)
959
11,648
513
245
(112)
12,293
1,023
688
1,711
20
(12)
(0)
12,694
513
920
(112)
14,014
666
991
67
(388)
1,336
Equity instruments designated as at fair value through

prot or loss(c)
276
292
568
(2)
Equity instruments
948
991
357
(388)
1,909
279
159
169
(49)
558
Non-consolidated investment funds designated as at fair

value through prot or loss
331
(29)
302
Debt instruments

Other assets held by consolidated investment funds
designated as at fair value through prot or loss
612
159
145
(49)
867
155
78
77
Loans at cost
1,073
11
(26)
1,058
Loans
1,078
11
(26)
1,063
9,520
9,520
624
(1,588)
(964)
Assets backing contracts where the nancial risk

Investment management expenses
Other
NET INVESTMENT RESULT
(615)
(615)
12
2,879
2,902
16,139
1,924
12,325
(579)
29,810
(a) Includes gain/losses from derivatives hedging Variable Annuities.

(b) Includes debt instruments held by consolidated investment funds, designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
(c) Includes equity instruments held by consolidated investment funds, designated as at fair value through prot or loss.
310
Change in
Net ininvestments vestment
impairment
result

Net investment income is presented net of impairment charges

on directly-owned investment properties, and net of amortization
of debt instruments premiums/discounts. All investment
management fees are also included in the aggregate gure.
Net realized gains and losses relating to investment at cost
and at fair value through shareholders equity include write
back of impairment following investment sales.
Net realized gains and losses and change in fair value of
investments designated as at fair value through profit or
loss consists mainly of:
adjustments relating to investments backing contracts where

the nancial risk is borne by policyholders which are offset by
an adjustment of related policyholders reserves, as there is
a full pass through of the performance of held assets to the
individual contract holder;
changes in the fair value of investments designated as at

fair value through prot or loss held by funds of the Satellite
Investment Portfolios as dened in Note1.8.2;
changes in fair value of underlying hedged items in fair value

hedges (as designated by IAS39) or natural hedges (i.e.
underlying assets designated as at fair value through prot
or loss part of an economic hedge not eligible for hedge
accounting as dened by IAS39).
The changes in investments impairment for available for

sale assets include impairment charges on investments,
and releases of impairment only following revaluation of the
recoverable amount. Write back of impairment following
investment sales are included in the net realized capital gains
or losses on investments aggregate.
I Note23 Net result of reinsurance ceded

Net result of reinsurance ceded was as follows:
December31, 2015
Life & Savings
Property &
Casualty
International
Insurance
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
Premiums ceded and unearned

premiums ceded
(2,310)
(2,224)
(1,000)
499
(5,035)
Claims ceded (including change

in claims reserves)
2,005
799
987
(112)
3,678
36
313
158
(30)
476
(269)
(1,112)
145
356
(881)
Life & Savings
Property &
Casualty
International
Insurance
Inter-segment
eliminations
Total
Premiums ceded and unearned

premiums ceded
(1,908)
(2,050)
(857)
484
(4,332)
Claims ceded (including change

in claims reserves)
(in Euro million)
Commissions received from/

paid to reinsurers
NET RESULT OF
REINSURANCE CEDED
December31, 2014
(in Euro million)
2,154
1,242
293
(490)
3,198
Commissions received from/

paid to reinsurers
(13)
266
131
(13)
371
NET RESULT OF
REINSURANCE CEDED
233
(542)
(433)
(20)
(762)
311

I Note24 Financing debt expenses

In 2015, nancing debt expenses, which includes income and expenses relating to hedging derivative instruments on nancing debt,
amounted to 488million (509million in 2014) mainly in the Company: 435million (460million in 2014).
I Note25 Expenses by type

25.1. ACQUISITION EXPENSES
December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Life & Property & International

Savings
Casualty
Insurance
Acquisition expenses
gross(a)
December31, 2014
Total
Asset
Inter-segment
Insurance Management Banking Holdings eliminations
Total
Total
5,767
5,434
524
11,724
(29) 11,696
10,821
Change in deferred
acquisition expenses
and equivalents(b)
(1,291)
(25)
(9)
(1,325)
- (1,325)
(1,252)
NET ACQUISITION
EXPENSES
4,475
5,409
515
10,399
(29) 10,370
9,568
(a) Includes all acquisition expenses relating to insurance and investment contracts before capitalization/amortization of deferred acquisition expenses and equivalents.
(b) Change (capitalization and amortization) in deferred acquisition expenses relating to insurance and investment contracts with discretionary participation features and
changes in net rights to future management fees relating to investment contracts with no discretionary participation features.
312

25.2. EXPENSES BY TYPE

December31, 2015
(in Euro million)
Life &
Savings
Acquisition expenses
gross
Property & International

Casualty
Insurance
Total
Asset
Insurance Management
December31, 2014
Banking Holdings
Inter-segment eliminations
Total
Total
(29) 11,696
10,821
5,767
5,434
524
11,724
Claims handling
expenses
557
1,316
198
2,071
(2)
2,068
2,314
Investment
management
expenses
228
52
281
12
(41)
253
433
(473) 10,115
9,227
Administrative
expenses
2,882
2,908
219
6,009
3,025
504
1,051
Banking expenses
63
63
66
Increase/(write back)
of tangible assets
amortization
(0)
(0)
(0)
Other income/
expenses
(14)
365
353
284
(133)
(329)
165
340
276
9,437
9,695
1,308
20,440
3,309
433
734
(380) 24,536
23,136
6,087
1,682
151
270
TOTAL EXPENSES
BY DESTINATION
Breakdown of
expenses by type
Staff expenses
2,644
2,930
513
Outsourcing and
professional services
285
284
58
627
139
66
76
(57)
851
864
IT expenses
595
627
43
1,264
140
59
197
(1)
1,660
1,619
Charges relating
to owner occupied
properties
240
265
43
548
204
17
22
(1)
790
689
Commissions paid
4,329
4,708
525
9,563
770
27
(309) 10,050
9,376
Other expenses
1,345
882
125
2,352
374
112
169
Expenses increased by 1,400 million compared to

December 31, 2014. On a constant exchange rate basis,
expenses increased by 148million, driven by:
higher expenses in high growth markets (57million) mainly in

Mediterranean & Latin America region, reectingthe full impact
of the consolidation of Colpatria in Colombia in April2014, as
well as in Asia notably following the change in consolidation
methodology from equity method to full consolidation in 2015
in Thailand;
higher expenses in Direct business (53 million) as a
consequence of the acquisition of BRE Insurance in Poland
as well as business growth in Japan and France; and
(15)
8,193
2,991
7,607
2,981
higher commissions at AXA Assistance (50million) reecting

business growth across all geographies.
Partly offset by:
a decrease in both administrative and acquisition expenses in

mature markets reecting the effect of cost savings programs;
and
lower expenses at AXA Bank Hungary (113million) mainly

due to the non-repeat of a one-off provision of 101million
in 2014.
313

I Note26 Employees
26.1. BREAKDOWN OF STAFF EXPENSES
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Wages and benets
6,112
5,579
Social contributions
911
863
Employee benets expenses
560
583
Share based compensation
278
247
Other staff expenses and employees prot sharing(a)
332
334
8,193
7,607
(in Euro million)
TOTAL STAFF EXPENSES
(a) Including redundancies and early retirement expenses (triggering event = set up of the plan), and prot sharing with employees in France.
26.2. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

26.2.1. Dened contribution plans
The cost of the contributions paid was recognized as an expense
in the income statement, and amounted to 186million as of
December31, 2015 (161million in 2014).
26.2.2. Dened benet plans

The Group operates various dened post-employment benet
plans mainly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany,
Switzerland, France and Belgium.
The dened benet plans within AXA are mostly nal salary
pension plans or are based on a cash balance formula, which
provide with members, benets in the form of a guaranteed
level of lump-sum payable at retirement age or pension payable
for life. The level of benets is generally based on members
length of service and their salary in the nal years leading up
to retirement.
In Switzerland, the benet plan is a Swiss contribution-based
plan classied as a dened benet plan under IAS19 because
of guarantees, risks related to mortality and disability coverage.
In the United Kingdom, United States and Germany, pensions in
payment are generally updated in line with the retail price index
or ination, as opposed to in other countries where pensions do
not necessarily receive inationary increases once in payment.
314
Most of the dened pension benet plans are funded through

long-term employee benefit funds or covered by insurance
policies or Mutual funds. In Switzerland and Belgium, the main
dened benet plans are contributory pension plans whereas
in the United States, France and Germany, the main plans are
non-contributory dened benet plans.
Benet payments in the United Kingdom, the United States and
Switzerland are from trustee-administered funds and plan assets
held in trusts are governed by local regulations and practices.
The board of trustees, generally composed of representatives
of the Company and plan participants in accordance with the
plans regulations is responsible for governance of the plans
including investment decisions and contribution schedules in
order to meet the existing minimum funding requirement or
funding regime objective, jointly with AXA at local level.
In France and Belgium, benefit payments are managed by
insurance companies or Mutual funds.
In the United Kingdom the main dened benet plan was closed
to new members on August31, 2013 and members who were
part of dened benet sections had the option to participate in
the dened contributions sections.
In the United States, AXAUS discontinued benet accruals
under its dened benet pension plans after December31, 2013
and provides a company dened contributions benet plan for
services after January1, 2014.
In Ireland, the defined pension benefit plan was amended
(with effect from July31, 2015) so that the scheme is closed
to future accrual and a new dened contributions benet plan
was established from this date.

26.2.3. Signicant actuarial assumptions

The assumptions for each of the liabilities are consistent with the economic features of the corresponding countries plans. The
weighted-average nancial assumptions used by AXA for pension plans in the principal regions in which AXA operates were as follows:
DECEMBER2015 ASSUMPTIONS
Europe
North
America
Japan
Other
Discount rate
2.4%
4.0%
0.9%
6.0%
Salary increase for future years
2.1%
6.4%
2.2%
5.0%
Ination rate
1.3%
2.5%
0.0%
4.0%
Pension benet obligation - assumptions as of December31, 2015
DECEMBER2014 ASSUMPTIONS
Europe
North
America
Japan
Other
Discount rate
2.4%
3.6%
0.9%
5.5%
Salary increase for future years
2.2%
6.0%
1.9%
5.0%
Ination rate
1.4%
2.5%
0.0%
4.0%
Pension benet obligation - assumptions as of December31, 2014
For any given plan, the discount rate is determined at the closing
date by using market yields for the corresponding currency on
high quality corporate bonds with consideration of AA and
depending on the plans duration and the maturity prole of the
dened benet obligation.
Signicant demographic assumptions used by AXA are mortality
tables in the measurement of the Groups obligations under
its dened benet schemes. These assumptions are often set
based on actuarial advice in accordance with published statistics

and experience in each country. Translated into averages
remaining life expectancy at retirement age (between 60 and
65 in average), the mortality assumptions would give:
22.6years for male and 25.0years for female retiring at end

of December2015;
25.1years for male and 27.5years for female retiring at end

of December2025 (i.e. 10years after the reporting date).
315

26.2.4. Statement of nancial position/balance sheet information

The table below presents the change in benet obligation and the change in plan assets associated with pension plans and other
benet plans sponsored by AXA, together with an analysis of Separate Assets and the balance sheet position.
Pension benets
(in Euro million)
Change in benet obligation

Dened Benet Obligation at the beginning of the year
Current service cost
Interest cost
Employee contributions
Plan amendments and curtailments(a)
Experience (gains) and losses
Actuarial (gains) and losses arising from changes in demographic
assumptions
Actuarial (gains) and losses arising from changes in nancial assumptions
Benets paid by plan assets and by separate assets
Benets directly paid by the employer
Settlements
Net transfer In/(Out) (including acquisitions, disposals and reclassications)(b)
Other
Dened Benet Obligation at the end of the year (A)
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of year
Interest income on plan assets
Actual return on plan assets, excluding interest income
Employer contributions(c)
Benets paid by plan assets
Amount paid in respect of settlements
Other
Fair value of plan assets at the end of the year (B)
Change in separate assets
Fair value of separate assets at the beginning of year
Interest income on separate assets
Actual return on separate assets, excluding interest income
Employer contributions
Benets paid by separate assets
Other
Fair value of separate assets at the end of the year
Change in the cumulative effect of asset ceiling
Cumulative effect of asset ceiling at the beginning of the year
Interest cost on asset ceiling
Changes in the asset ceiling, excluding the interest cost
Cumulative effect of asset ceiling at the end of the year
Funded status
Funded status (B)-(A)
Cumulative impact of asset ceiling
Liability and asset recognized in the statement of nancial position
(excluding separate assets)
Net position (excluding separate assets)
Fair value of separate assets at the end of the year
Net balance sheet position (including separate assets)
Other benets
Total
2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014
20,310
268
529
60
(79)
(239)
16,787
213
603
53
(3)
71
665
7
21
(34)
546
8
23
1
20,974
275
550
60
(79)
(273)
17,333
222
626
53
(3)
71
64
(130)
(687)
(334)
0
93
31
1,208
21,093
68
2,540
(559)
(299)
0
(5)
8
833
20,310
(14)
(33)
(36)
(15)
62
623
(9)
74
(41)
63
665
49
(163)
(687)
(370)
0
93
17
1,269
21,716
59
2,613
(559)
(340)
0
(5)
8
896
20,974
11,187
347
(411)
273
51
(571)
(0)
(8)
829
11,697
9,536
378
799
219
40
(0)
(453)
(9)
677
11,187
5
0
(1)
1
5
5
0
(1)
1
5
11,191
347
(412)
273
51
(571)
(0)
(8)
829
11,702
9,541
378
799
220
40
(0)
(453)
(9)
677
11,191
1,116
18
68
89
8
93
(116)
0
1,276
1,038
32
38
101
13
(106)
1,116
1,116
18
68
89
8
93
(116)
0
1,276
1,038
32
38
101
13
(106)
1,116
17
1
0
1
19
10
0
6
1
17
17
1
0
1
19
10
0
6
1
17
(9,396)
(19)
(9,123)
(17)
(618)
-
(660) (10,014)
(19)
(9,783)
(17)
(9,415)
1,276
(8,139)
(9,140)
1,116
(8,024)
(618)
(618)
(660) (10,033)
1,276
(660) (8,757)
(9,800)
1,116
(8,684)
(a) In 2015, this amount mainly includes plan amendments or curtailments effect in Ireland and France.
(b) this amount mainly includes the variation in the scope of plans reported under IAS19 (contribution-based plan with a promised return in Belgium and Genworth acquisition
in 2015).
(c) In 2015 and 2014, this amount includes additional contributions paid to plan assets in the United Kingdom and in the United States to reduce the decit.
316

Other benefits include postretirement benefits other than

pensions, principally health care benets, and post-employment
benets after employment but before retirement.
A surplus (including any minimum funding requirement effect)

is recognized to the extent that it is recoverable, either through
future contribution reductions or a refund to which the Group
has an unconditional right, including the ability to use the surplus
to generate future benets.
26.2.5. Pension and other benets expense

The annual expense for employee pension and other benets recorded in the income statement (included in Note26.1.), for the years
ended December31, 2015 and 2014 is presented below:
Pension benets
(in Euro million)
Other benets
Total
December31, December31, December31, December31, December31, December31,

2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014
Pension and other benets

expense
Current service cost
268
213
275
222
Plan amendments and

curtailments
(79)
(3)
(79)
(3)
40
24
(14)
26
24
229
235
(7)
222
244
Settlement gains or losses

Other
Total Service Cost
Interest cost on the dened
benet obligation
529
603
21
23
550
626
(347)
(378)
(0)
(0)
(347)
(378)
Interest income on separate

assets
(18)
(32)
(18)
(32)
Interest cost on asset ceiling
Net Interest Cost/Income
164
194
21
22
185
216
Dened pension and other

benets expense (Service
Cost + Net Interest Cost/
Income)
393
429
14
31
407
460
Interest income on plan assets
26.2.6. Change in the liability (net of plan

assets but excluding Separate Assets
and assets within the insurance
General Accounts backing employee
benets) recognized in the statement
of nancial position
employees and ii)insurance policies with related parties that are

outside the scope of consolidation. Under these circumstances,
these assets are not considered Plan Assets that would be
deducted from pensions DBO (Dened Benet Obligation),
but represent reimbursement rights accounted for as Separate
Assets under IAS19.Insurance assets or liabilities (within the
Group) and pension obligations remain on the balance sheet.
Consistently with IAS19 requirements, this Note only considers

liabilities net of Plan Assets and therefore excludes Separate
Assets and assets within the insurance General Accounts that
are backing employee benets.
Similarly in some other countries (mainly in Switzerland), although

non-transferable insurance policies related to Dened Benets
Obligation between entities within the Group are effectively
backed by General Account assets (available to general creditors
in case of bankruptcy), they are not taken into consideration in
the pension assets disclosures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

SEPARATE ASSETS (OR REIMBURSEMENT RIGHT)
ANDRELATED OBLIGATIONS
Separate Assets amounted to 1,276million as of December31,

2015 (1,116million as of December31, 2014) mainly in France
and Belgium. This represents the fair value of assets backing
Defined Benefit Obligations covered by both i) insurance
policies written within the Group that provide direct rights to the
IAS19 considers liabilities net of Plan Assets on the one hand

and Separate Assets and a part of Swiss assets on the other
hand separately while economically, Separate Assets and a part
of Swiss assets should be considered as backing Dened Benet
Obligation like any other Plan Assets (which are presented in
Note26.2.8.) and deducted from the Dened Benet Obligation.
317

the liability recorded in the Groups statement of nancial position

net of Plan Assets and does not include Separate Assets and
Swiss assets included in the Insurance General Account liabilities
(which are presented in Note26.2.8.). The table below shows
the detailed roll-forward of the statement of nancial position
liability, with the Separate Assets added at each year end.
The presentation required by IAS19 seems to imply that such

DBOs are not covered by corresponding assets.
Consistently with IAS19 requirements, the roll-forward of the
statement of nancial position liability from January1, 2015 to
December31, 2015 shown below only captures the evolution of
Pension benets
(in Euro million)
Other benets
Total
2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014
(9,140)
(7,261)
(660)
(542)
(9,800)
(7,802)
(460)
Change in the liability recognized

in the statement of nancial
position
Statement of nancial position
liability at the beginning of the year
Pension and other benets expense
(393)
(429)
(14)
(31)
(407)
Adjustment due to separate assets
(94)
(83)
(94)
(83)
Employer contributions
273
219
273
220
Benets directly paid by the

employer
334
299
36
41
370
340
Benets paid by separate assets
116
106
116
106
Net transfer In/(Out) (including

acquisitions, disposals and
reclassications)
(93)
(93)
Actuarial gains and losses

recognized in OCI
(38)
(1,839)
80
(66)
43
(1,905)
(0)
(0)
(380)
(157)
(62)
(63)
(441)
(220)

liability at the end of the year
(9,415)
(9,140)
(618)
(660)
(10,033)
(9,800)
Fair value of separate assets at the

end of the year
1,276
1,116
1,276
1,116
(8,139)
(8,024)
(618)
(660)
(8,757)
(8,684)
Other
Net balance sheet position at

the end of the year
26.2.7. Sensitivity analysis of the Dened Benet Obligation (DBO): gross of all assets
A description of the risk that pension schemes are exposed to is presented in Note26.2.10. The sensitivity analysis for signicant
actuarial assumptions showing how the Dened Benet Obligation (totaling 21,716million as of December31, 2015 and 20,974million
as of December31, 2014) would have been affected by changes in the relevant actuarial assumption that is reasonably possible for
year ended as of December31, 2015 and 2014 is presented below:
2015
effect of
0.50%
increase
Discount rate
2014
effect of
0.50%
decrease
effect of
0.50%
increase
effect of
0.50%
decrease
-6.7%
7.3%
-7.4%
8.3%
Salary growth rate
0.7%
-0.7%
0.9%
-0.8%
Ination rate
4.5%
-2.7%
4.5%
-3.1%
One year increase in the life expectancy (derived from adjusted mortality rates) would result in an increase of 3.5% of the Dened
Benet Obligation.
The sensitivity analysis are performed plan by plan using the projected unit credit method (same than the method applied when
calculating the dened benet liability recognized in the statement of nancial position) and are based on a change in an assumption
while holding all other assumptions constant.
318

26.2.8. Near-term cash ows (benets paid

and employer contributions)
income tax purposes. Valuations are performed annually on a

January1 measurement date and any contribution in excess of
the minimum is determined at the discretion of the plan sponsor.
FUNDING POLICY AND FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS

THATAFFECT FUTURE CONTRIBUTIONS
In Switzerland and Belgium, entities should fund the cost of

the entitlements expected to be earned on at least a yearly
basis where contributions are determined as a percentage
of pensionable salaries depending on the age-class of the
beneciaries.
In the United Kingdom, the Pensions Act 1995 legislation governs

pension funds and the Pensions Act 2004 introduced regulations
on the funding of dened benet pension arrangements and
several other measures. Central to the funding regime are the
Statutory Funding Objective (SFO) which is a requirement that
the Scheme has appropriate and adequate assets to meet its
technical provisions and the Statement of Funding Principles
(SFP) which is a document prepared by the Trustees which sets
out their policy for ensuring that the SFO is met. As part of the
actuarial valuation, the appropriate level of future contributions
to be paid to the pension plan is determined and a schedule
of contributions is prepared by the Trustees of the pensions
scheme following discussions with the entity. This includes a 10
year recovery plan to ensure that the Statutory Funding Objective
(SFO) is met. The contributions for the recovery plan are based
on the actuarial valuation performed every three years. However
the schedule of contributions may change more frequently if
signicant events occur in the year.
In the United States, the funding policy of the plans is to make an
annual aggregate contribution to satisfy its funding obligations
each year in an amount not less than the minimum required
by ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974),
and not greater than the maximum it can deduct for Federal
In Switzerland, the presentation of the pension liability reects

the fact that the assets covering a large part of the retirees
do not qualify as pension assets dened under IAS19 (not
taken into consideration in the pension assets disclosures as
described in Note26.2.6.) because managed internally by the
insurance company and not handled by a third party. However,
legally, the sole purpose of these assets is the coverage of the
liabilities of the pension fund. This means that under statutory
(and legal) requirements, the pension fund of AXA Switzerland
is not underfunded and therefore there is no requirement of
additional contributions from AXA.
In France, voluntary regular employer annual contributions are
made to separate assets, with an objective of the coverage ratio
remaining within a targeted range of the total Dened Benet
Obligation after consideration of the yearly predetermined
service cost.
In Germany, there is no requirement to fund employee benet
obligation.
In summary, considering both the Swiss case (and other entities in a similar case) and Separate Assets, the net economic situation
of the funding for Dened Benet plans is the following:
Pension benets
(in Euro million)
Other benets
December31, December31, December31, December31, December31, December31,

2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014

liability(a)
(9,415)
(9,140)
(618)
(660)
(10,033)
Assets other than plan assets(b)
3,042
2,794
3,042
2,794
(6,373)
(6,347)
(618)
(660)
(6,991)
(7,006)
Net economic position
Total
(9,800)
(a) This amount represents the Dened Benet Obligation less plan assets adjusted for any assets not recoverable.
(b) This amount includes: Separate Assets or right to reimbursements and other assets managed within the Group but not taken into consideration in the pension disclosures
as described in Note26.2.6.
319

ESTIMATED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL REPORTING
The estimated amount of 2016 employer contributions for pension benets is 384million (296million estimated in 2014 for 2015).
ESTIMATED FUTURE BENEFITS TO BE PAID BY THE ASSETS OR THE EMPLOYER

Pension benets
Other benets
2016
1,028
45
2017
1,025
43
2018
1,036
41
2019
983
40
2020
1,016
39
Five years thereafter
5,284
181
27,579
680
(in Euro million)
From year N+11 until the last benet payments is paid
These estimated future contributions and benets expected to be paid are subject to uncertainty as they will be notably driven by
economics of future years.
26.2.9. Asset mix of Plan Assets

As pension liabilities have a long-term nature, a mix of equity instruments, debt instruments and real estate investments is used in
plan assets.
The following tables disclose the fair values of Plan Assets and their level within the fair value hierarchy for the Dened Benet plans of
AXA Group as at December31, 2015 and 2014, respectively (fair value hierarchy principles as described by the Group are described
in Note1.5.):
Total Group
Europe
North America
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Quoted
December31, 2015
in an
Asset mix for
active
Plan Assets
market
Equity instruments
13.6%
1.3%
Quoted
in an
active
Total market
14.9%
8.2%
1.0%
Quoted
in an
active
Total market
9.2%
33.6%
2.4%
Other
Not
Quoted quoted
in an
in an
active active
Total market market
36.0%
0.4%
Total
0.0%
0.5%
Debt instruments
46.7%
0.6%
47.3%
46.4%
0.7%
47.1%
47.0%
0.3%
47.3%
95.5%
3.6%
99.1%
Other(a)
18.1%
19.7%
37.8%
21.5%
22.2%
43.7%
5.8%
10.9%
16.7%
0.0%
0.4%
0.4%
TOTAL
78.4%
21.6% 100.0%
76.2%
23.8% 100.0%
86.4%
13.6% 100.0%
96.0%
4.1% 100.0%
TOTAL
(in Euro million)
9,173
2,529
11,702
6,984
2,187
9,170
2,165
341
2,506
24
25
Not
Quoted quoted
in an
in an
active active
Total market market
Total
(a) The other category of Plan Assets mainly includes Investment funds.
Total Group
Europe
North America
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Not
quoted
in an
active
market
Quoted
December31, 2014
in an
Asset mix for
active
Plan Assets
market
Equity instruments
15.1%
0.0%
Quoted
in an
active
Total market
15.1%
9.2%
0.0%
Quoted
in an
active
Total market
9.2%
36.9%
0.0%
Other
36.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
Debt instruments
50.7%
0.1%
50.8%
51.1%
0.0%
51.1%
48.7%
0.4%
49.1%
93.1%
5.8%
98.9%
Other(a)
12.2%
21.9%
34.1%
14.2%
25.5%
39.7%
5.1%
9.0%
14.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.7%
TOTAL
78.0%
22.0% 100.0%
74.5%
25.5% 100.0%
90.6%
9.4% 100.0%
93.5%
6.5% 100.0%
TOTAL
(in Euro million)
8,733
2,458
11,191
6,530
(a) The other category of Plan Assets mainly includes Investment funds.
320
2,231
8,761
2,177
225
2,402
27
29

26.2.10. Management of risks specic

to the Group arising from dened
benet plans
Local operating entities and trustees have the primary
responsibility for managing the risks that plans are exposed
to through a defined benefit plan, in accordance with local
legislation if any and the risk framework dened at local level.
Dened benet plans expose AXA mainly to market investment
risk, interest rate risk, inationary risk and longevity risk:
a decline in asset market value (equity, real estate, alternatives

etc.) will immediately increase the balance sheet liability and
the near-term cash-flows for countries where there is a
minimum funding requirements,
a decrease in corporate bond yields will result in an increase

in plan liabilities even if this effect will be partially offset by an
increase in the value of the plans bonds,
and an increase in ination rate or an increase in life expectancy

will result in higher plan liabilities.
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES USED

BYENTITIES/TRUSTEES TO MANAGE RISKS
In most countries, Trustees or Investment Committees set

the general investment policies and guidelines regarding the
allocation of plan assets in accordance with the long term
horizon of the benet plans. The investment strategy is reviewed
regularly, following actuarial valuations of the funded benet
plans.
The investment positions are managed within an Asset
Liability Management (ALM) framework defining an optimal
strategic allocation with respect to the liabilities structure.
The management of the assets notably includes liquidity
management, diversication of each asset type so that the failure
of any specic investment does not present a material risk to the
plans, and implementation of hedging programs.
Over 2015, the UK pension scheme entered into a longevity
swap transaction with the aim of economically hedging longevity
risk inherent within the pensioner population of the Scheme.
Moreover, caps on inationary increases are in place to protect
the plan against extreme ination in the United Kingdom and in
the United States.
26.2.11. Statement of nancial position/balance sheet reconciliation

Statement of nancial position reconciliation
(in Euro million)
Net position (excluding Separate Assets)(a)
(Assets)/liabilities held for sale(b)
Other liabilities
TOTAL(c)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
(10,033)
(9,800)
11
(352)
(316)
(10,374)
(10,116)
(a) Net position (excluding Separate Assets) for pension benets and other benets as reported in Note26.2.6.
(b) Included in the net position above but the contribution of held for sale operations is stated on separate asset and liability items on the statement of nancial position.
(c) It corresponds to a liability of 10,374million as of December31, 2015 (10,116million as of December31, 2014) included in the statement of nancial position under
the caption provision for risks and charges, and an asset included in the statement of nancial position under the caption other receivables.
321

26.3. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

All gures are gross of tax (in Euro million)
2015
2014
3.7
5.1
Cost by plan
AXASA stock options
2010 grants
0.1
2011 grants
0.2
0.9
2012 grants
0.6
1.5
2013 grants
0.9
1.5
2014 grants
1.5
1.0
2015 grants
0.6
0.9
1.0
AXA stock options for US holding Company
2010 AXASA grants
0.1
2011 AXASA grants
0.1
0.3
2012 AXASA grants
0.1
0.2
2013 AXASA grants
0.1
0.1
2014 AXASA grants
0.2
0.3
2015 AXASA grants
0.4
AXA Group shareplan
7.8
6.9
Classic Plan
0.1
0.1
Leverage Plan
7.7
6.8
4.1
6.9
1.7
AXA Miles
Plan 2012 (2+2)
Plan 2012 (4+0)
4.1
5.2
25.7
31.4
4.8
AXA Performance Shares (in France)
2012 grants
2013 grants
4.3
15.6
2014 grants
15.0
11.0
2015 grants
6.4
102.3
78.2
AXA Performance Units and International Performance Shares plans
2011 cash grants
1.2
2012 cash grants
12.2
28.2
2013 equity grants
36.3
19.8
2014 equity grants
25.8
29.0
2015 equity grants
28.0
AXA Financial share-based compensation instruments
1.9
0.2
AXA Financial TSARs/SARs
1.6
0.2
AXA Financial Restricted Shares and PARS
0.3
0.1
7.8
7.7
AB share-based compensation instruments
137.0
116.2
Total employee share-based compensation cost
291.1
253.7
AXA Investment Managers Performance Shares
The cost includes the expenses from share-based compensation

instruments issued by the Group as well as by AXA subsidiaries.
The above presentation of the cost related to Performance Units
does not include a gain of 19.4million in 2015 before tax
(loss of 12.0million in 2014) on the hedging program through
equity swaps in place at Group level. Including this hedging
gain, the cost related to Performance Units and International
322
Performance Shares amounted to 82.9million in 2015 (net

amount of 90.2million in 2014).
The share-based compensation instruments listed above are
mostly composed of instruments settled in equity but include
also instruments settled in cash. The unit cost of the equity
settled instruments does not vary for a given plan while the
cash settled instruments unit cost is updated at each closing.

The total charge is amortized over the vesting period and

adjusted at each future closing date for the difference between
actual and expected lapse to take into account actual service
conditions and actual non-market performance conditions.
A detail of each of the major plans and associated cost is
presented in Note26.3.1 and in Note26.3.2.
26.3.1. Share-based compensation

instruments issued by the Group
AXASA STOCK OPTIONS
Executive ofcers and other key employees may be granted

options on AXA ordinary shares under employee stock option
plans. These options may be either subscription options involving
newly issued AXA ordinary shares or purchase options involving
AXA treasury shares. While the precise terms and conditions of
each option grant may vary, options are currently (i)granted at
a price not less than the average closing price of the ordinary
share on the Paris Stock Exchange during the 20 trading days
preceding the date of grant, (ii)valid for a maximum term of ten

years, and (iii)vest generally in instalments of 33.33% per year
on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant
date. For options granted since 2014, the vesting remains in
instalments of 33.33% per year but on each of the third, fourth
and fth anniversaries of the grant date.
From 2007 to 2012, for the employees who were granted more
than 5,000 options, the rst two instalments vest unconditionally
at the end of the vesting period, while the nal instalment is
subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions regarding the
performance of the AXA shares compared to the STOXX
Insurance Index (SXIP). Since 2013, for all beneciaries, the
vesting of the nal instalment has been subject to the fullment
of the market performance condition regardless of the number
of options granted.
All options granted to the members of the Management Board
since 2009, Management Committee since 2011, and Executive
Committee since 2014, have been subject to the fullment of
this market-based performance condition.
The following table shows AXASA stock options granted under all plans:
Options (in million)
Weighted exercise price (in Euro)
2015
2014
2015
2014
63.3
66.2
20.52
20.23
Options AXA
Outstanding on January1
Granted
3.0
3.1
22.90
18.68
(16.5)
(3.3)
17.72
14.68
Cancelled and expired
(2.3)
(2.6)
20.75
18.58
Outstanding as of December31
47.5
63.3
21.64
20.52
Exercised
Options ex-FINAXA
0.3
15.00
Exercised
(0.3)
15.00
47.5
63.3
21.64
20.52
TOTAL AXA AND EX-FINAXA
323

The number of outstanding options and the number of exercisable options among the outstanding options are shown below by
maturity date:
Exercisable options (taking
into account the market-based
performance condition)
Outstanding options
Expiry year of options
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
2015
2016
9.4
10.2
10.2
9.6
8.5
2017
8.6
7.9
8.1
6.3
6.5
2018
6.2
7.7
4.8
6.3
2019
2.7
4.5
1.4
2.7
2020
4.5
5.8
2.8
3.9
2021
5.0
7.1
3.4
3.7
2022
2.9
3.8
1.1
0.8
2023
3.0
3.3
0.8
2024
3.0
3.1
2025
3.0
47.5
63.3
29.0
42.9
(in million)
TOTAL AXA
Outstanding options
Exercisable options (taking

into account the market-based
performance condition)
Number
Exercise
price
Number
Exercise
price
(in million)
(in Euro)
(in million)
(in Euro)
6.48 12.96
4.7
11.25
2.7
10.71
12.97 19.44
16.3
15.51
6.7
14.87
19.45 25.92
9.2
21.63
4.8
21.01
25.93 32.40
9.5
27.82
8.5
27.82
32.41 38.87
7.8
33.21
6.3
33.22
6.48 38.87
47.5
21.64
29.0
23.25
Options AXA and ex-FINAXA

Price range
The fair value of AXASA stock options is calculated using the

Black & Scholes option pricing model. The effect of expected
early exercise is taken into account through the use of an
expected life assumption based on historical data. AXASA share
price volatility is estimated on the basis of implied volatility, which
324
is checked against an analysis of historical volatility to ensure

consistency. The expected AXASA dividend yield is based on
the market consensus. The risk-free interest rate is based on
the Euro Swap Rate curve for the appropriate term.

The option pricing assumptions and fair value at grant date for plans issued in 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012 are as follows:
2015
2014
2013
2012
6.39%
6.51%
7.66%
8.36%
Assumptions(a)
Dividend yield
Volatility
23.68%
29.24%
31.27%
39.89%
Risk-free interest rate
0.99%
1.64%
1.39%
2.11%
Expected life (in years)
8.8
8.8
7.9
7.6
1.42
1.88
1.36
1.81
Weighted average fair value per option at grant date (in Euro)
(b)(c)
(a) Assumptions at grant date, in average weighted by grants of the year.

(b) The options with market performance criteria were valued at 1.39 per option granted in 2015 and 1.78 per option granted in 2014, based on a Monte-Carlo model.
The options without performance criteria were valued at 1.47 per option granted in 2015 and 2.03 per option granted in 2014, based on the Black & Scholes model.
(c) Based on an estimated 5% pre-vesting lapse rate per year for options without performance criteria.
The total cost is amortized over the vesting period and an

estimated pre-vesting lapse rate of 5% is applied. On that
basis, the expense recognized in prot or loss for the year ended
December31, 2015 was 4.6million (6.1million for the year
ended December31, 2014).
AXA ADR STOCK OPTIONS
AXA Financial granted options to purchase AXA ADRs (American

Depositary Receipt). These options were issued at the market
value of AXA ADRs on the date of grant. Options granted prior
to 2004 vest over a three-year period, with one third vesting on
each anniversary date. However, starting in 2004, new grants
generally vest over a four-year period with one third vesting on
each of the second, third and fourth anniversary dates (generally
in March). Options currently issued and outstanding have a 10year contractual term from their date of grant.
In rst quarter 2010, AXA voluntarily delisted the AXA ADRs
from the New York Stock Exchange and filed to deregister
and terminate its reporting obligation with the SEC. AXAs
deregistration became effective in second quarter 2010.
Following these actions, AXA ADRs continue to trade in the over-
the-counter markets in the United States and be exchangeable

into AXA ordinary shares on a one-to-one basis while AXA
ordinary shares continue to trade on the compartiment A of
Euronext Paris, the primary and most liquid market for AXA
shares. Consequently, current holders of AXA ADRs may
continue to hold or trade those shares, subject to existing
transfer restrictions, if any.
The terms and conditions of AXA Financials share-based
compensation programs generally were not impacted by the
delisting and deregistration except that AXA ordinary shares
generally will be delivered to participants in lieu of AXA ADRs at
exercise or maturity of outstanding awards and new offerings are
expected to be based on AXA ordinary shares. In addition, due
to United States securities law restrictions, certain blackouts on
option exercise are expected to occur each year when updated
nancial information for AXA will not be available.
None of the modifications made to AXA Financials sharebased compensation programs as a result of AXAs delisting
and deregistration resulted in the recognition of additional
compensation expenses.
The following tables show a summary of the United States holding Companys AXA ADR stock option plans:
Options
Weighted price
(in million)
(in US$)
2015
2014
2015
2014
1.10
1.80
25.53
23.60
Options
Granted
Exercised
(0.51)
(0.60)
25.33
20.00
(0.55)
(0.10)
25.59
23.40
0.04
1.10
27.28
25.53
325

Outstanding options
Exercisable options
Number
Weighted
exercise price
Number
Weighted
exercise price
(in million)
(in US$)
(in million)
(in US$)
$12.01 - $15.61
0.02
12.01
0.02
12.01
$33.41 - $43.44
0.03
37.10
0.03
37.10
$12.01 -$43.44
0.04
27.28
0.04
27.28
Price range
The fair value of AXA ADR stock options was calculated using the Black & Scholes option pricing model.
The effect of expected early exercise was taken into account
through the use of an expected life assumption based on
historical data. AXA ADR volatility was based on AXASA ordinary
shares volatility, adjusted for the US$/ exchange rate volatility.
The expected dividend yield on AXASA shares was based on
the market consensus. The risk-free interest rate was based
on the U.S. Treasury bond curve for the appropriate maturity.
AXA GROUP SHAREPLAN
AXA offers to its employees the opportunity to become

shareholders through special employee share offerings. In
countries that meet the legal and fiscal requirements, two
investment options are available: the traditional plan and the
leveraged plan.
The traditional plan allows employees to purchase, through a
personal investment, AXA shares (either through Mutual funds
(FCPE) or through direct share ownership) with a discount of up
to 20%. The shares are restricted from sale during a period of
5years (except specic early exit cases allowed by applicable
laws). Employees bear the risk of all movements in the share as
compared to the subscription price.
The leveraged plan allows employees to purchase, on the basis
of 10 times their personal investment, to AXA shares (either
through Mutual funds (FCPE) or through direct share ownership)
with a discount. The leverage on the employees personal
investment is in the form of a loan (non-recourse) from a third
party bank. The shares are restricted from sale during a period
of 5years (except specic early exit cases allowed by applicable
laws). Employees who participate in the leverage plan benet
from a guarantee on their personal investment and also receive
a dened percentage of any upside appreciation (above the
non-discounted reference price) on the full leveraged amount
invested.
326
At the end of the 5years restricted period, the employees

can, depending on their residence country, do any one of the
following: (1)receive the cash value of their assets; (2)receive
the value of their assets in the form of AXA shares; or (3)transfer
their assets invested in the leveraged plan into the traditional
sub-fund.
The cost of this plan is valued taking into account the ve-year
lock-up period, as recommended by the ANC (Autorit des
Normes Comptables). The ANC approach values the restricted
shares through a replication strategy whereby the employee
would sell the restricted shares forward at the end of the lockup period, borrow enough money to buy unrestricted shares
immediately, and uses the proceeds of the forward sale together
with dividends paid during the lock-up period to nance the loan.
For the leveraged plan, the cost also includes the opportunity
gain implicitly provided by AXA by enabling its employees to
benet from an institutional price for derivatives as opposed to
a retail price.
On October21, 2015, the AXA Group made an employee share
offering at 17.74 per share for the traditional plan (discount of
20% to the reference price of 22.17 representing the average
over the twenty trading days ending on October20, 2015) and at
20.27 per share for the leverage plan (discount of 8.57% to the
reference price). Subscriptions amounted to 18.7million shares,
increasing the share capital by 375.5million. This offering
represented a total cost of 7.8million taking into account the
ve-year lock-up period.
In 2015, the cost of the lock-up period was measured at 19.68%
for the traditional plan and 8.54% for the leveraged plan (due
to different discounts). In addition to the lock-up cost, the
opportunity gain offered to the employees under the leveraged
plan was measured at 1.99%.

The table below shows the main features of the plan, the amounts subscribed, valuation assumptions, and the cost of the plan for
2014 and 2015:
2015
Traditional
Plan maturity (in years)
2014
Leveraged
Traditional
Leveraged
20.00%
8.57%
20.00%
10.80%
17.74
20.27
14.75
16.44
Amount subscribed by employee (in Euro million)
30.1
34.5
23.7
29.0
Total amount subscribed (in Euro million)
30.1
345.4
23.7
290.2
1.7
17.0
1.6
17.7
7.24%
7.60%
6.50%
6.91%
[A] Discount to face value

Reference price (in Euro)
Subscription price (in Euro)
Total number of shares subscribed (in million shares)

Interest rate on employee loan
22.17
18.43
5-year risk-free rate (euro zone)
0.36%
0.48%
Dividend yield
6.59%
6.19%
Early exit rate
1.20%
0.98%
Interest rate for borrowing securities (repo)
-0.09%
0.20%
Retail/ institutional volatility spread

[B] Cost of the lock-up for the employee
[C] Opportunity gain
Total cost for AXA = [A] [B] + [C] (as a percentage of the
reference price)
TOTAL COST FOR AXA (IN EURO MILLION)
N/A
2.39%
N/A
3.30%
19.68%
8.54%
19.64%
10.76%
N/A
1.99%
N/A
2.05%
0.32%
2.03%
0.36%
2.09%
0.10
7.70
0.10
6.80
AXA MILES
OTHER SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
On March16, 2012, AXA granted 50 free AXA ordinary shares

(AXA Miles) to more than 120,000employees worldwide,
engaging all employees in the successful execution of the
Companys strategic plan Ambition AXA. A rst tranche of 25
AXA Miles was granted without any condition. The second
tranche was subject to the fullment of a performance condition
determined by AXAs Board of Directors. This condition required
the achievement of at least one of two indicators related to
Ambition AXA: (1) an increase in underlying earnings per share
or (2) an increase in the Groups customer satisfaction index
(Customer Scope). For the year ended December31, 2012,
both of these conditions were met and, consequently, the grant
of the second tranche has been conrmed.
AXA Performance Shares

Performance Shares are granted to executive officers and
other key employees in France. These Performance Shares
plans are equity-settled award plans subjected to a non-market
performance criteria and have a two-year vesting period followed
by a two-year restrictions period until 2013. For 2014 grants,
the performance and the vesting period is raised to 3years for
100% of Performance Shares granted to the Groups executive
ofcers and for 50% of the Performance Shares granted to other
eligible employees. For 2015 grants, the performance and the
vesting period is 3years for all Performance Shares granted.
These 50 AXA Miles shares granted in 2012 will vest upon

completion of a two or four year vesting period (i.e. in 2014 or
2016) depending on applicable local regulations, and subject
to fullment of certain conditions.
The free shares are valued using the ANC (Autorit des Normes
Comptables) approach described in the AXA Group Shareplan
section using assumptions adapted to the structure of the plan
(2+2 or 4+0 plan), based on a market price of 13.18 per share
on March16, 2012 and an estimated 5% pre-vesting lapse rate.
The total cost of the AXA Miles is amortized over the vesting
period (i.e. over 2years for the 2+2 plan and over 4years for
the 4+0 plan) starting from the grand date. On that basis, the
expense recognized in the prot or loss for the year ended
December 31, 2015 was 4.1 million (6.9 million as of
December31, 2014).
The Performance Shares are valued using the ANC approach

described in the AXA Group Shareplan section using
assumptions adapted to the structure of the plan.
In 2015, the valuation was based on a market price of 22.42
per share at grant date and an estimate 5% pre-vesting lapse
rate per year. The grant date average fair value of Performance
Shares granted in 2015 was 14.35 (12.65 for 2014 grants).
The total cost of Performance Shares recognized was
25.7 million as December 31, 2015 (31.4 million as of
December31, 2014).
AXA Performance Units and International Performance

Shares
AXA issues Performance Units and International Performance
Shares to executive ofcers and other key employees outside
France.
327

The Performance Units plans, granted until 2012, were

mainly cash-settled award plans subjected to a non-market
performance criteria.
For 2011 and 2012 grants, the number of Performance Units
denitely acquired is known after two years and is paid one
year later in cash by the employing entity, provided that the
beneciary is still an employee of the AXA Group at that date.
For the cash-settled instruments, the expected payment at the
maturity date of the instrument is revised at each closing dates
and amortized over the vesting period (prorata temporis).
In 2013, AXA established common terms and conditions for
the attribution of International Performance Shares to eligible
employees. Under this 2013 International Performance Shares
(PSi)plan, beneciaries of Performance Shares have the right
to receive at the settlement date, a certain number of AXA
shares based on the achievement of performance criteria
dened by AXA. The performances period and measurement
is 2-years (similar to Performance Units granted in 2011 and
2012). The vesting period (service condition) is 3years (similar
to Performance Units granted in 2011 and 2012). However, as
opposed to Performance Units granted in 2012 and 2011, under
the 2013 International Performance Shares plan, the settlement
will be made in shares rather than in cash (except where the
settlement in shares is impossible for legal or other reasons).
In 2014 and 2015, the terms and conditions for the grant made
are similar to 2013 grants, except that for 50% of 2014 grants
and 100% of 2015 grants, the performance period is raised to
3years and the vesting period to 4years.
The total cost of the Performance Units and International
Performance Shares recorded as of December31, 2015, was
102.3million in earnings (78.2million as of December31,
2014).
26.3.2. Share-based compensation

instruments issued by axa
subsidiaries
Main share-based compensation plans issued by AXA
subsidiaries are described below:
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS SHARE-BASED
COMPENSATION PLANS
AXA Investment Managers grants Performance S hares to

certain key employees as part of its overall LTI policy that
also includes DIP (Deferred Incentive Plan). The Investment
Managers Performance Shares incentive plan is a long term
award plan in which participants are allocated AXA Investment
Managers shares or, more specically rights to acquire shares
328
upon completion of a specied vesting period depending on

applicable local regulations, and subject to fullment of certain
performance conditions. The performance condition is based on
the achievement of Actual AXA Investment Managers Underlying
Earnings Group share versus budgeted and/or investment
performance conditions.
The total cost of Investment Managers Performance Shares
recorded as of December31, 2015 amounted to 7.8million in
earnings (7.7million as of December31, 2014) gross of tax.
AB SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
AB grants Restricted AB Holding Units and options to acquire

AB Holding Units, which are valued and booked according to
IFRS principles.
The deferred awards under AB Incentive Compensation Award
Plan are in the form of restricted AB Holding Units or cash which
are granted to certain key employees.
During the fourth quarter of 2011, AB amended all outstanding
year-end long-term incentive compensation awards of active
employees, so that employees who terminate their employment
or are terminated without cause may retain their award,
subject to compliance with certain agreements and restrictive
covenants set forth in the applicable award agreement, including
restrictions on competition, employee and client solicitation, and
a clawback for failing to follow existing risk management policies.
This amendment eliminated employee service requirement but
did not modify delivery dates contained in the original award
agreements.
Most of the awards granted in 2014 and in 2015 contained the
same conditions as awards amended in 2011, resulting in the
immediate recognition of the cost of these awards instead of an
amortization over a maximum of four years.
Under the Incentive Compensation Program, AB made awards
in December2015 aggregating 159.7million (132.6million
in December 2014) of which 144.1 million in the form of
Restricted AB Holding Units (120.6million in 2014), elected
in December2015 and representing 6.6million restricted AB
Holding Units (6.6million in 2014).
AB also awarded restricted Holding Units in connection with
certain employee and separation agreements.
Moreover, options to acquire AB Holding Units were granted
as follows: 29,056 options were granted during 2015, 25,106
options were granted during 2014, and 37,690 options were
granted during 2013.
The 2015 total cost amounted to 137.0million (116.2million
in 2014), gross of tax.

26.4. COMPENSATION OF MANAGEMENT

AND OFFICERS
The increase of salaried employees by 2,000 in 2015 was mainly

driven by:
AXA Assistance (+931) mainly driven by business growth,

notably in the Mediterranean & Latin American Region;
Compensation costs/expenses:
short-term benefits: compensation paid to members of

the Management Committee in 2015 totaled 20.6million
(15.5 million in 2014), including fixed salary, bonuses,
directors fees, benets in kind and other short-term benets;
the United Kingdom and Ireland (+914) mainly reecting the

transfer of claims staff from Direct to Non-Direct business
(+493) combined with the acquisition of Simplyhealth business
(+375) and business expansion;
share-based compensation: the expense recognized in 2015

in respect of share-based compensation granted by AXASA
to Management Committee members was 7.3 million
(7.6million in 2014);
Asia (+774) reecting the change in consolidation methodology

from equity to full consolidation in Thailand (+489) along with
business growth across Malaysia (+99), Singapore (+89) and
Hong Kong (+71);
post-retirement benets: the estimated cost to the Group of

providing dened benet pensions and other post-retirement
benets to members of the Management Committee for the
current year of service measured in accordance with IAS19
amounted to 6.2million (4.4million in 2014).
AXA Business Services (+567) following business growth;
the Mediterranean & Latin American Region (+269) mainly

attributable to business growth notably in Colombia, the Gulf
region and Mexico.
Partly offset by:
Central and Easter n Europe (-810) reflecting the

deconsolidation of Ukraine;
France (-405) following natural leaves;
Germany (-229) reflecting efficiency programs and early

retirements.
26.5. SALARIED WORKFORCE

At December31, 2015, the Group employed 98,279 salaried
people on a full-time equivalent basis (96,279 at the end of
December2014).
329

I Note27 Net income per ordinary share

The Group calculates a basic net income per ordinary share and a diluted net income per ordinary share:
the calculation of the basic net income per ordinary share assumes no dilution and is based on the weighted average number of
outstanding ordinary shares during the period.
the calculation of diluted net income per ordinary share takes into account shares that may be issued as a result of stock option
plans. The effect of stock option plans on the number of fully diluted shares is taken into account only if options are considered to
be exercisable on the basis of the average stock price of the AXA share over the period.
Net income per ordinary share takes into account interest payments related to undated subordinated debt classied in shareholders
equity.
(in Euro million)(a)
Net income Group share

Undated subordinated debt nancial charge
December31,
2015
December31,
2014
5,617
5,024
(305)
(307)
5,312
4,718
2,442
2,414
Stock options exercised(b)
10
Treasury shares(b)
(2)
Net income including impact of undated subordinated debt
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (net of treasury shares) - opening

Increase in capital (excluding stock options exercised)(b)
(22)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
Capital increase/decrease
B
2,429
2,420
BASIC NET INCOME PER ORDINARY SHARE
C = A/ B
2.19
1.95
Potentially dilutive instruments:
Stock options
Other
2,441
2,432
F = A/ D
2.18
1.94
Fully diluted - weighted average number of shares
(c)
FULLY DILUTED NET INCOME PER ORDINARY SHARE

(a) Except for number of shares (million of units) and earnings per share (Euro).
(b) Weighted average.
(c) Taking into account the impact of potentially dilutive instruments.
In 2015, net income per ordinary share stood at 2.19 on a

basic calculation, all attributable to continuing operations, and
2.18 on a fully diluted basis also all attributable to continuing
operations.
330
In 2014, net income per ordinary share stood at 1.95 on a

basic calculation, all attributable to continuing operations, and
1.94 on a fully diluted basis also all attributable to continuing
operations.

I Note28 Related-party transactions

In 2015, the Company was party to the following transactions
with related parties which may be deemed to have been material
to AXA or the related party in question or unusual in their nature
or conditions.
28.1. RELATIONSHIPS
WITHTHEMUTUELLESAXA
The Mutuelles AXA (AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle and AXA
Assurances Vie Mutuelle, hereafter the Mutuelles AXA) are two
mutual insurance companies engaged in the Property & Casualty
insurance business and Life & Savings insurance business in
France. On December31, 2015, the Mutuelles AXA collectively
owned 14.13% of the Companys outstanding ordinary shares
representing 23.82% of the voting rights.
Each Mutuelle AXA is supervised by a Board of Directors elected
by delegates representing policyholders. Certain members of
the Companys Executive Management and Board of Directors
serve as directors or executive ofcers of the Mutuelles AXA.
The Mutuelles AXA and certain of the Companys French
insurance subsidiaries, AXA France IARD and AXA France Vie
(the Subsidiaries), are parties to an agreement pursuant to
which they provide a full range of management services to
manage the insurance operations and portfolios of the Mutuelles
AXA. The agreement includes provisions designed to ensure
the legal independence and protection of the respective client
portfolios of the Mutuelles AXA and these Subsidiaries. Certain
costs and charges (excluding commissions) are allocated
between the Subsidiaries and the Mutuelles AXA through an
economic interest grouping (groupement dintrt conomique)
or GIE.
The Property & Casualty insurance business generated in
France by insurance brokers is mainly underwritten through
a coinsurance arrangement between AXA Assurances IARD
Mutuelle and AXA France IARD, a Property & Casualty insurance
subsidiary of the Company. For this coinsurance, AXA France
IARD underwrites 89% of businesses and AXA Assurances
IARD Mutuelle 11%. Aggregate written premiums recorded in
this coinsurance agreement amounted to 1,654million in 2015
(of which 1,474million was attributed to AXA France IARD).
28.2. GROUPEMENT DINTRT

CONOMIQUE (GIE)
From time to time the Company enters into GIEs with certain of
its subsidiaries. GIEs are intercompany partnerships, governed
by French law, created to perform various common services for
their members and to allocate associated costs and expenses
among their members. The allocation of costs and expenses
invoiced to GIE members may be based on various agreed
criteria including particular activity drivers. The GIEs to which the
Company was party during 2015 covered a variety of common

services including services performed by the Groups central
functions (GIE AXA) for the benet of AXA Group companies
(e.g. nance, accounting and reporting, tax, legal, marketing
and brand, internal audit, human resources, procurement,
information systems, Risk Management, cash management)
as well as certain other services. Expenses invoiced by these
GIEs to the Company and its subsidiaries are generally invoiced
at cost and are included in the consolidated expenses reected
in the Companys audited consolidated nancial statements.
Expenses invoiced by the GIEAXA to its members in 2015 and
2014 amounted to respectively 228million and 213million.
28.3. LOANS/GUARANTEES/CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS, ETC.
AXA has given numerous commitments and guarantees,
including nancing commitments, guarantees given to nancial
institutions and customers, pledged assets, collateralized
commitments and letters of credit. For a description of these
commitments and guarantees, see Note29 Contingent assets
and liabilities and unrecognized contractual commitments to
the Groups Consolidated Financial Statements.
Certain of these guarantees are given by the Company for the
benet of its subsidiaries and afliates for various business
purposes including to promote development of their business
(e.g. to facilitate acquisitions, integration of acquired businesses,
distribution arrangements, off-shoring arrangements, internal
restructurings, sales or other disposals of assets or businesses,
sales or renewals of products or services or similar transactions),
to support their credit ratings, and/or to promote efcient use
of the Groups capital resources. In this context, the Company
may guarantee repayment of loans or other obligations between
its subsidiaries, guarantee obligations of its subsidiaries to third
parties, or provide other types of guarantees for the benet of its
subsidiaries. The beneciaries of these guarantees are generally
required to compensate the Company at a negotiated rate
based on prevailing market rates and conditions for guarantees
of a similar nature. In addition, from time to time, the Company
may provide comfort letters or similar letters to rating agencies
and/or regulators for the benet of its subsidiaries and afliates
for various business purposes, including facilitating specic
transactions, achieving target rating levels and, more generally,
helping to develop the business of these subsidiaries.
Commitments granted by the Company to its subsidiaries are

disclosed in Appendix V of this Annual Report AXA Parent
Company Financial Statements: subsidiaries and participating
interests.
The Company, from time to time, makes capital contributions,
loans, other extensions of credit, or otherwise provides liquidity
and capital resources to its subsidiaries and afliates for various
business purposes including to nance their business operations
331

and/or to promote the development of their business (e.g. to

facilitate acquisitions, integration of acquired businesses,
distribution arrangements, internal restructurings, or similar
transactions). These transactions may involve the Company
entering into various types of transactions with its subsidiaries
and afliates from time to time including loans or other types of
credit arrangements, acquisitions or sales of assets, securities
or other nancial instruments and/or similar transactions. The
Company may also from time to time borrow from its subsidiaries
for various business purposes. These transactions are generally
carried out on arms-length terms and conditions with loans and
other extensions of credit bearing interest at varying rates that
generally reect prevailing market rates at the respective dates
such loans were originated.
In addition, the Company may enter into various other types of
transactions with its subsidiaries and afliates from time to time
for various other business purposes including in connection with
liquidity, solvency and capital management initiatives designed
to promote efcient use and fungibility of the Groups capital
resources. These transactions may involve loans or other types
of credit arrangements, acquisitions or sales of assets, securities
or other nancial instruments (including swaps or other types
of derivatives), securitization transactions, and/or other types of
arrangements or transactions to which the Company may be a
direct party and/or guarantor.
332
28.4. KEY MANAGEMENT

ANDDIRECTORS
To the best of the Companys knowledge, based on information
reported to it:
on December31, 2015, there were no loans outstanding from

the Group to the Companys twoexecutive ofcers or to any
member of the Companys Board of Directors;
various members of the Companys Board of Directors as

well as various other executive ofcers and directors of other
AXA Group companies may, from time to time, purchase
insurance, wealth management or other products or services
offered by AXA in the ordinary course of its business. The
terms and conditions of these transactions are substantially
similar to the terms and conditions generally available to the
public or to AXA employees in general. In addition, certain
members of the Board of Directors are corporate ofcers,
directors or have interests, directly or indirectly, in companies
that may have agreements or enter into transactions from
time to time with AXA Group entities including extensions of
credit, loans (including investments in loans to French midcap
companies developed by AXA France with banking partners)
purchases of securities (for their own account or for third
parties), underwriting of securities and/or furnishing of other
types of services or goods. These agreements or deals are
generally fully negotiated and performed on arms length terms
and conditions.

I Note29 Contingent assets and liabilities and

unrecognized contractual commitments
Consistent with the principles set forth in Note1.3.1 Scope
and basis of consolidation to the nancial statements, (i)AXAs
investments or other arrangements with non-consolidated special
purpose entities (SPEs) do not allow AXA to exercise control over
such SPEs; and (ii)SPEs controlled by AXA are consolidated as
disclosed in Note2.2 to the nancial statements.
Investments in non-consolidated investment funds are limited

to the shares in these funds which do not provide control.
Any material arrangements between AXA and these funds are
disclosed in this Note.
29.1. BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENTS RECEIVED

(in Euro million)
Financing commitments
Customers
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
14,439
14,285
Credit institutions
14,439
14,285
Guarantee commitments
21,329
18,935
Credit institutions
3,288
2,515
Customers
18,041
16,420
Other
39,994
46,809
Pledged securities and collaterized commitments
32,437
37,306
Letters of credit
3,677
728
Other commitments
3,880
8,776
75,762
80,030
TOTAL
Commitments received by AXA totalled 75,762million at the
end of 2015, and decreased by 4,268million compared to
the end of 2014, mainly due to a decrease in pledged assets
and collaterals (4,869 million) and in Other commitments
(4,896million) partly offset by increase in commitment received
on letter of credit (2,949million) and in guarantee commitments
(2,394million).
These commitments broke down as follows:
credit facilities received from banks for 12,652million in the

Company mainly due to stand-by credit lines;
mortgage security collateral taken for loans totaled

21,684 million, mainly from AXA Bank Europe
(21,589million);
1,151million at AB including 921million commitment lines

with various banks and other lenders and 230million standby credit lines;
4,585million collaterals for reinsurance operations mainly

from the United States Life & Savings (2,941million) and
from France Life & Savings (648million);
3,698million collateral for derivatives mainly from Germany

Life & Savings (1,240million), AXA Bank Europe (991million)
and France Life & Savings (542million) from an increase in
collaterals deposit according to the variations of the derivatives
to cover the risk of the counterparty;
security reverse repurchase agreements and similar operations

totaled 2,290 million mainly in Japan Life & Savings
(1,375 million), Germany Life & Savings (225 million),
France Life & Savings (187million), Belgium Property &
Casualty (142million) and Switzerland Property & Casualty
(121million).
413 million commitment lines granted to Japan Life &

Savings as part of its operations;
190million stand-by credit lines at AXA Banque France.
Guarantee commitments received totalled 21,329million at

the end of 2015, and mainly consisted of (i)guarantees from
customers related to mortgage loans (15,677million) received
mainly by Switzerland Life & Savings (8,788 million), AXA
Bank Europe (3,101million), Switzerland Property & Casualty
(1,452million), Belgium Life & Savings (1,320million), AXA
Pledged securities and collateralized commitments received

totalled 32,437million at the end of 2015, and mainly consisted
of:
Financing commitments received totalled 14,439million at

the end of 2015, and mainly consisted of:
Banque France (803million) and Belgium Property & Casualty

(209million), (ii)2,359million other guarantees received from
customers mainly at AXA Banque France and (iii)3,288million
guarantees received from credit institutions mainly at AXA
Banque France (3,064million).
333

Property & Casualty (494million), Japan Life & Savings

(433million), and Belgium (376million) related to mortgages
as guarantees to debt instruments;
Letters of credit received totaled 3,677million at the end of

2015 and were mainly from the United States (3,447million)
mainly due to LOC related to reinsurance transactions and from
Turkey Property & Casualty (160million).
Other commitments received totaled 3,880million at the end

of 2015, and mainly consisted of:
773million mainly received by Switzerland Life & Savings

(415 million) and Switzerland Property & Casualty
(358million) mainly due to covered bonds collaterals.
2,950 million mainly received by France Life & Savings

(801million), Germany Life & Savings (548million), France
29.2. BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENTS GIVEN

December31, 2015
December31, 2014
Expiring date
(in Euro million)
12months
or less
More than
1 year up
to 3years
More than
5years
Total
Total
Financing commitments
1,766
887
90
443
3,185
3,237
Customers
1,766
887
87
443
3,183
3,172
65
Guarantee commitments
1,972
2,739
801
2,373
7,886
7,463
Credit institutions
1,925
2,738
771
2,325
7,760
7,332
47
30
48
126
131
Other
39,651
2,462
1,172
10,472
53,758
54,679
Pledged securities and collaterized

commitments
35,589
173
298
3,033
39,093
39,723
Credit institutions
Customers
Letters of credit
Other commitments
TOTAL
14
101
120
301
4,048
2,285
874
7,338
14,545
14,655
43,390
6,088
2,063
13,288
64,829
65,378
Commitments given totaled 64,829million at the end of 2015,

a decrease by (549) million compared to the end of 2014,
mainly due to a decrease of (1,125) million in pledged securities
and collateralized commitments mainly in relation with derivative
instruments, (580) million in other pledged securities and
collateralized commitments, (566) million in pledged securities
and collateralized commitments for repurchase and similar
transactions partly offset by increase in pledged securities and
collateralized commitments in relation with loans (1,666million)
(see below).
Financing commitments given totalled 3,185million at the
end of 2015, and mainly consisted of nancing commitments
to customers (3,183 million), notably comprising loan
334
More than
3years up
to 5years
commitments granted at AXA Bank Europe (1,194million), AXA

Banque France (639million), AXA Germany Life & Savings
(606million) and AXA France Life & Savings (403million) to
their customers.
Guarantee commitments given totalled 7,886million at the
end of 2015, and mainly consisted of 7,760million guarantee
commitments given to credit institutions mainly from the
Company with guarantees related to loans (4,104million), from
AXA Bank Europe through guarantees in case of insolvency
or default (1,615 million) and through guarantees related
to financial obligations (950 million) and from AB through
guarantees related to nancial obligations (703million);

Pledged securities and collateralized commitments given

totalled 39,093million at the end of 2015, and mainly consisted
of:
29.3. OTHER AGREEMENTS
Partial disposal of UK Life & Savings

operations
security repurchase agreements and similar operations totaled

30,506million mainly in France Life & Savings (9,322million),
Japan Life & Savings (8,145million), AXA Bank Europe
(4,070), the United States Life & Savings (3,098million),
Belgium Life & Savings (2,894million), France Property
& Casualty (1,737million) and AXA Corporate Solutions
Assurance (499million);
pledged assets and collaterals for derivatives instruments
totaled 5,123 million mainly in Japan Life & Savings
(2,489million), AXA Bank Europe (1,044million) and France
Life & Savings (854million);
pledged assets and collaterals for loans totaled 1,666million

coming from AXA Banque France;
other pledged assets/ collaterals totaled 1,716million mainly

in AXA Bank Europe (1,197million) due to securities in its
own investment portfolio given as collateral for derivative
instruments and Hong Kong Life & Savings (298million)
Letters of credit given totalled 120million at the end of 2015

and were mainly from Colise RE (66million), from Turkey
Property & Casualty (33million) and from Germany Property &
Casualty (13million).
Other commitments given totalled 14,545million at the end
of 2015 and mainly consisted of:
5,766million commitment to Private Equity funds mainly

from France Life & Savings (1,926million), Switzerland Life
& Savings (846million), Japan Life & Savings (775million),
Germany Life & Savings (725million), the United States
Life & Savings (523million), France Property & Casualty
(340million), Switzerland Property & Casualty (303million)
and Germany Property & Casualty (181million);
2,765million commitments to invested assets other than
Real Estate funds and/or Private Equity funds mainly from
Belgium Life & Savings (1,269million), Belgium Property &
Casualty (769million), Germany Life & Savings (437million)
and UK & Ireland Property & Casualty excluding Direct
(116million);
2,481million guarantees given by the Company as part of

Group employee insurance contracts;
1,386million as commitments to Real Estate funds mainly

from the United States Life & Savings (797million), Belgium
Life & Savings (235 million) and France Life & Savings
(220million);
835million as commitments to insurance regulatory and

insurance protection funds given mainly by Germany Life &
Savings (495million) and by the Company (149million);
175million as commitments to partnerships given mainly

by France Life & Savings (142 million) and AXA France
Assurances (32million);
AXA has guaranteed the liabilities and obligations of AXA UK in

connection with the sale, in 2010, of part of its Life & Savings
insurance business to Resolution Ltd. This includes the potential
liability of AXA UK under customary warranties and indemnities
given by AXA UK to Resolution Ltd. in connection with this
transaction.
Employee and Director Indemnication

Obligations
In addition to other employment-related obligations, various
AXA subsidiaries are required to indemnify their employees and
directors against certain liabilities and costs that they may incur
from time to time in performing activities within the scope of their
duties. These activities may include, for example, service as a
director, ofcer, agent, general partner, or in a similar capacity
for (i) an AXA Group company other than the employees
principal employer or (ii)a company outside the AXA Group
where service is at the request of (or for the benet of) the Group
(e.g. joint ventures, partnerships, or special-purpose investment
Companies or funds). The potential amount of compensation
relating to commitments covered by these obligations cannot
be evaluated with any certainty.
Supports provided without having

a contractual or constructive obligation
to do so
The Group did not provide any material support without having
a contractual or constructive obligation to do so to structured
entities during the period.
29.4. OTHER ITEMS: RESTRICTION

ON DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
TO SHAREHOLDERS
Certain AXA subsidiaries and joint ventures, principally insurance
companies, are subject to restrictions on the amount of funds
they may transfer in the form of cash dividends or otherwise.
In most cases, the amounts available for distribution from AXAs
insurance subsidiaries and joint ventures are limited to net income
for the year and retained earnings calculated in accordance with
the statutory accounting policies used by the subsidiaries to
prepare their local nancial statements. Further restrictions may be
imposed by the local insurance regulators in countries where AXA
operates. In some cases, amounts available for distribution are
also subject to regulatory capital adequacy tests or the approval
of an independent actuary, or subject to individual provisions
contained in a companys by laws.
335

In accordance with European Union directives, insurance

companies with their registered office in a European Union
member country are required to maintain minimum solvency
ratios which must be supported by capital, retained earnings
and reserves and unrealized capital gains on marketable
securities and real estate as reported in regulatory lings or
subject to approval by local regulators in some countries. AXAs
insurance operations in countries outside the European Union

are also subject to local capital adequacy and solvency margin
regulations.
AXASA is exposed to foreign currency uctuations notably
stemming from its non Euro participations. The aim of the
hedging programs of AXASA is to protect the shareholder value
while managing the associated costs.
I Note30 Fees paid to Statutory Auditors
Incumbent auditors
Membership in a professional body:

Mazars is registered as an independent auditor with the
Compagnie Rgionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de
Versailles.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUDIT:
Alternate auditors
30.1. STATUTORY AUDITORS
63, rue de Villiers 92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, represented

by Messrs. Xavier Crpon and Michel Laforce, rst appointed
on February28, 1989. The current appointment is for a term
of 6years, until the General Shareholders Meeting called to
approve the nancial statements for the scal year2017.
Membership in a professional body:

PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit is registered as an independent
auditor with the Compagnie Rgionale des Commissaires aux
Comptes de Versailles.
MAZARS:
61,rueHenri Regnault 92400Courbevoie, represented by

Messrs. Jean-Claude Pauly and Gilles Magnan, rst appointed
on June8, 1994. The current appointment is for a term of
6 years, until the General Shareholders Meeting called to
approve the nancial statements for the scal year2015.
336
Mr.Yves Nicolas: 63, rue de Villiers 92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine,

rst appointed on April25, 2012. The current appointment is
for a period of 6years, until the Annual General Meeting of the
shareholders called to approve the nancial statements for the
scal year2017.
Mr. Jean-Brice de Turckheim: 61, rue Henri Regnault
92400Courbevoie Cedex, rst appointed on April29, 2010.
The current appointment is for a period of 6years, until the
Annual General Meeting of the shareholders called to approve
the nancial statements for the scal year2015.

30.2. FEES PAID TO STATUTORY AUDITORS

According to Article222-8 of the Autorit des Marchs Financiers
(AMF) General Regulations, the table below distinguishes the fee
amounts paid by AXA to each of the Statutory Auditors in charge
of auditing the Groups nancial statements between the fees

for the legal mission of Statutory Auditors of the statements,
for the diligence directly related to them, and for other services.
PwC
Amount (before VAT)
(in Euro thousand)
Mazars
%
% Amount (before VAT)
2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014
2015
2014
28,025
2,432
25,593
8,704
2,635
6,069
36,728
23,732
2,483
21,249
8,392
2,816
5,576
32,124
67%
6%
61%
21%
6%
15%
88%
65%
7%
59%
23%
8%
15%
89%
10,067
694
9,373
2,809
1,360
1,449
12,876
10,212
685
9,527
2,591
1,352
1,239
12,803
76%
5%
71%
21%
10%
11%
98%
79%
5%
74%
20%
10%
10%
99%
3,527
1,583
5,110
41,839
2,714
1,430
4,144
36,268
8%
4%
12%
100%
7%
4%
11%
100%
282
22
304
13,180
54
54
109
12,912
2%
0%
2%
100%
0%
0%
1%
100%
Audit
Statutory audit and certication of local
andconsolidated nancial statements
Parent company
Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Other specic audit assignment
Parent company
Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Sub-total
Other services
Legal, tax and employment consulting
Other(a)
Sub-total
TOTAL
(a) Including Technology, IT systems consulting and other services.
External audit fees are also paid by certain Afliates and Mutual funds which are not required to be included in the table above.
337

I Note31 Litigation
With respect to all signicant litigation matters, we consider
the likelihood of a negative outcome. If we determine the
likelihood of a negative outcome is probable, and the amount
of the loss can be reasonably estimated, we establish a reserve
and record an estimated loss for the expected outcome of the
litigation. However, it is often difcult to predict the outcome or
estimate of a possible loss or range of loss because litigation
is subject to inherent uncertainties, particularly when plaintiffs
allege substantial or indeterminate damages, the litigation is
in its early stages, or when the litigation is highly complex or
broad in scope.
31.1. MATTERS DIRECTLY CONCERNING

AXASA
AXASA is involved in lawsuits, investigations and other actions
arising in the various jurisdictions where it does business,
including the following:
In 2007, AXASA completed the squeeze out of the minority
shareholders at two German subsidiaries, AXA Konzern AG
(AKAG) and Klnische Verwaltungs-AG fr Versicherungswerte
(KVAG). Following the effective date of these squeeze out
transactions in July2007, certain former AKAG and KVAG
shareholders brought an action in Germany alleging that the
cash compensation offered by AXASA was not adequate. In the
rst half of 2016, we expect an initial expert valuation report to
be delivered to the court. Based on recent precedents in other
German minority buy-out transactions, there is a substantial risk
that this expert opinion may recommend a signicant increase
in the cash compensation to be paid to minority shareholders.
In addition, interest will be payable on any additional amount.
The expert report will be subject to judicial review and further
litigation which is likely to last more than 2years. Consequently,
the nancial impact of this matter cannot be estimated with any
certainty at this time.
31.2. MATTERS CONCERNING AXA

SUBSIDIARIES
In addition, several AXA subsidiaries are involved in lawsuits
(both class action and individual), investigations, and other
actions arising in the various jurisdictions where they do
business, including the following:
31.2.1. United States matters

In the United States, certain AXA subsidiaries are involved in a
number of lawsuits (both class actions and individual litigations),
investigations and other actions in various states and jurisdictions
338
where they do business. A detailed description of signicant

matters involving AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and
its subsidiaries (including AB L.P.) is included in the Annual
Reports on Form10-K for the year ended December31, 2015
and subsequent reports on Form10-Q, respectively, of AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company (SEC le no.000-20501) and
AB (SEC le no.000-29961) led with the SEC (collectively, the
Subsidiary SEC Reports). The Subsidiary SEC Reports are
publicly available and Management encourages readers of the
nancial statements to consult the Subsidiary SEC Reports for a
full description of all the various litigations and related matters in
which these subsidiaries are involved. Copies of the Subsidiary
SEC Reports can be obtained through the SECs EDGAR system
(www.sec.gov).
A number of lawsuits have been filed against insurers and
other nancial institutions in the United States and elsewhere
involving insurers sales practices, alleged agent misconduct or
misrepresentation, alleged failure to properly supervise agents,
compensation of intermediaries, product features, fees or
performance as well as numerous other matters. Some of these
actions have resulted in the award of substantial judgments
against insurers (including material amounts of punitive damages)
or in substantial settlements. In certain jurisdictions, juries have
broad discretion in awarding punitive damages. AXAs United
States subsidiaries are involved in these types of litigations
as well as regulatory inquiries, investigations or actions with
respect to these and a wide variety of other matters related to
the ownership or management of real estate, asset or investment
management activities, corporate transactions, employee benet
disputes, alleged discrimination in employment practices, as well
as other matters. For additional details on these matters, please
see the Subsidiary SEC Reports.
AXAUS
In July2011, a derivative action was led in the United States

District Court of the District of New Jersey entitled Mary Ann
Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA
Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (FMG LLC)
(Sivolella Litigation) and a substantially similar action was led
in January2013 entitled Sanford et al. v.FMGLLC (Sanford
Litigation). These lawsuits were led on behalf of a total of
twelve Mutual funds and in each case seek recovery under
(i) Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the Investment Company Act), for alleged
excessive fees paid to AXA Equitable and FMG LLC for
investment management services and administrative services
and (ii)a variety of other theories including unjust enrichment.
The plaintiffs purport to le the lawsuits as class actions in
addition to derivative actions and seek recovery of the alleged
overpayments, rescission of the contracts, restitution of all fees
paid, interest, costs, attorney fees, and expert witness fees.
They also reserve the right to seek punitive damages where

applicable. The Sivolella Litigation and the Sanford Litigation

have been consolidated and went to trial on January6, 2016
and testimony concluded in February2016. Closing arguments
are scheduled to occur in May2016 following post-trial brieng.
AXAEquitable believes that it has strong defenses to these
claims and will defend them vigorously.
Beginning in April2014, a series of related lawsuits (Yale/Ross
and Yarbrough) were led against AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Company in US federal district court for the Southern District
of New York on behalf of a purported class of persons who
renewed or paid premiums on life insurance and/or annuity
contracts issued by AXAEquitable from 2011 to March2014.
These actions alleged that AXAEquitable did not disclose in its
New York statutory annual statement or elsewhere that certain
reinsurance transactions with afliated reinsurance companies
were collateralized using contractual parental guarantees, and
thereby AXAEquitable allegedly misrepresented its nancial
condition and legal reserve system. These lawsuits seek
recovery under Section4226 of the New York Insurance Law of
the equivalent of all premiums paid by the class for life insurance
policies and annuity contracts during the relevant period. In the
second half of 2015, the court granted AXAEquitables motion
to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiffs have
appealed. AXAEquitable believes that it has strong defenses to
these claims and will defend them vigorously.
Beginning in November 2014 a series of related lawsuits
(Zweiman, Schuster and ODonnell) were filed against AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut state courts. These actions were brought on
behalf of a class of persons who purchased Variable Annuities
or variable life insurance policies from AXAEquitable that were
subject to the AXA Tactical Manager (ATM) strategy which is
a managed volatility strategy in certain variable investment
options offered to purchasers of certain AXAEquitable Variable
Annuity and variable life insurance contracts. These suits assert
claims for breach of contract which alleges that AXAEquitable
breached express provisions of the contracts/policies by failing
to comply with New York State law when it implemented this
strategy. Damages sought are not quantied. During 2015, the
Zweiman case was removed from New York state court to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York and dismissed on grounds that the claims are precluded
by federal law (the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act).
The plaintiffs initially appealed but have voluntarily dismissed that
appeal. In January2016, the Schuster case was dismissed on
similar grounds. The ODonnell case remains pending but, in
November2015, was referred to the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York. AXAEquitable believes
that it has strong defenses to these claims and will defend them
vigorously.
AB
During the rst quarter of 2012, AB received a legal letter of claim

(Letter of Claim) on behalf of Philips Pension Trustees Limited
and Philips Electronics UK Limited (Philips), a former European
pension fund client, alleging that AB Limited (a wholly-owned
subsidiary of AB organized in the U.K.) was negligent and failed
to meet certain applicable standards of care with respect to the

initial investment in and management of a 500million portfolio
of U.S. mortgage-backed securities. The alleged damages range
between $177million and $234million, plus compound interest
on an alleged $125million of realized losses in the portfolio. On
January2, 2014, Philips led a claim form in the High Court of
Justice in London, England, which formally commenced litigation
with respect to the allegations in the Letter of Claim. AB believes
that any losses to Philips resulted from adverse developments
in the U.S. housing and mortgage market that precipitated the
nancial crisis in 2008 and not from any negligence or failure
on their part. AB believes that it has strong defenses to these
claims and intends to defend this matter vigorously.
31.2.2. Other litigations

AXA FRANCE
A class action was brought against AXA France and AGIPI

(a French insurance association) on October28, 2014 by a
French consumer association, CLCV. This action alleges that
AXA France and AGIPI breached their contractual obligation to
maintain a 4.5% interest rate on certain life insurance contracts
(CLER) subscribed by policyholders prior to June1995. The
class action complaint cites seven individual cases and is
brought on behalf of all similarly situated policyholders. AXA
France believes that it has strong defenses to these claims and
will defend this matter vigorously.
AXA SPAIN
During the fourth quarter of 2012 a lawsuit was led against AXA
Seguros GeneralesSA de Seguros y Reaseguros (AXA Spain)
in Madrid by a real estate development company, Sistema KLEC,
alleging breach of contract in connection with an arrangement
entered into by AXA Spain in 2008 for the development of up
to 125 agencies. The plaintiff claims damages on alternative
theories for amounts ranging from approximately 149million to
623million. On the June11, 2015, the Court of First Instance
of Madrid ruled in favor of KLEC and awarded damages of
18 million to KLEC which have been reserved in AXAs
consolidated accounts. Both parties have appealed. AXA Spain
believes that it has strong defenses to support its appeal and
will defend this matter vigorously.
AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
ERDF (a subsidiary of the primary electric utility in France) has

notied claims for coverage under a professional liability policy
underwritten by AXA Corporate Solutions (AXA CS). The
underlying liabilities in question arise out of a series of lawsuits
(more than 500 individual suits) brought against ERDF by local
electricity producers in France engaged in production of solar/
green energy. These local producers allege nancial losses due
to ERDFs delay in processing their applications to be connected
to the public grid within the statutory period, resulting in their
inability to prot from attractive buyback rates under certain
French government Decrees promulgated in 2006 and 2010 (the
Decrees). In February2014, the Court of Appeal of Versailles
ruled against ERDF in one of these lawsuits and, as part of this
339

decision, ruled that AXACS was liable to ERDF under the terms
of the insurance policy for compensation of these losses in this
specic case. AXACS has appealed this decision to the French
Cour de cassation but the appeal was dismissed in June2015
(and damages are currently being assessed). In the context of
another case before the court in December2015, however, the
Court of Appeal of Versailles referred the question as to legality
of the Decrees to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a
preliminary ruling. An ECJ ruling that the Decrees were illegally
adopted would substantially limit any claims for damages by the
plaintiffs. Pending the ECJ decision on illegality, it is anticipated
that other courts may stay proceedings. AXACS believes that
strong defenses exist to the claims brought against ERDF and,
in addition, that certain policy exclusions and defenses apply to
ERDFs claims for coverage under the professional liability policy
underwritten by AXACS.
RBS has notied claims for coverage to AXACS under general
liability policies covering the years 2001-2004. AXACS insured
the primary layer (up to 5million per claim or series of related
claims) under these policies. RBS seeks coverage for potential
liabilities arising out of three class actions brought against
NatWest (an RBS subsidiary) between 2005-2007 in New
York federal court under the US Anti-Terrorism Act for aiding
and abetting terrorism due to certain accounts it maintained.
NatWest succeeded in having this case dismissed in March2013
on a summary judgement motion but, during 2014, this was
overturned and the case was remanded to the court of rst
instance. The exposure of AXACS in this matter, if any, cannot
be reasonably estimated at this time and will depend on a variety
of factors including (i)the ultimate outcome of the litigation for
NatWest and, in the event of an adverse outcome, (ii)the number
of deemed separate incidents that would trigger coverage, and
(iii)whether certain policy exclusions apply.
In addition to the various matters noted above, AXA and certain
of its subsidiaries are also involved in numerous legal actions and
proceedings arising out of transactions involving the acquisition
or sale of businesses or assets, mergers or other business
combination transactions, the establishment or dissolution
of joint ventures or other partnerships, public exchange or
tender offers, buy-outs of minority interests or similar types
of transactions (M&A Transactions). In connection with M&A
Transactions, AXA and its subsidiaries from time to time:
340
are involved in legal actions or other claims brought by

purchasers, joint venture partners, shareholders or other
transaction parties asserting claims for damages on various
theories (including misrepresentation, failure to disclose
material information, failure to perform contractual duties,
breach of duciary duties), seeking contractual indemnication,
or otherwise seeking to impose liability on AXA and/or its

subsidiaries; and/or
benet from contractual rights to indemnication from third

party sellers or other transaction counterparties that are
designed to protect the Group against existing or potential
future litigation exposures or other types of contingent liabilities
of the acquired businesses or assets. These indemnities
generally constitute unsecured obligations of the indemnifying
party and, consequently, their value may be substantially
impaired or rendered worthless in the event of the bankruptcy
or insolvency of the indemnifying party.
AXA and certain of its subsidiaries are also involved in tax

assessment negotiations and/or active litigation with tax
authorities over contested assessments or other matters in
a number of jurisdictions including in France. These actions
or assessments arise in a variety of circumstances including
matters in connection with M&A, restructuring or financing
transactions as well as in the ordinary course of business.
Over the past several years a number of jurisdictions, including
France and Belgium, have enacted legislation that permits
corporate entities to be charged with criminal offences. The
standard for attributing criminal conduct by corporate ofcers
and employees to corporate entities is not clearly dened in
many of these jurisdictions and government prosecutors and
judges have broad discretion in this area. In recent years,
complaints against or indictments of corporate entities for
alleged criminal offences have become increasingly common
and certain AXA Group companies have been the subject of
penal complaints and/or indictments from time to time including
in Belgium and France. While a criminal complaint against or
indictment of a corporate entity may not pose material nancial
risk, it has broad potential implications for a regulated nancial
institution like AXA both from a reputation point of view and
from a regulatory perspective because a criminal conviction can
have potentially far reaching negative implications for AXA Group
companies engaged in regulated businesses around the world
(including for their ability to obtain and/or maintain licenses to
engage in certain types of regulated business activities such as
Asset Management, insurance and banking).
In addition to the matters noted above, AXA and its subsidiaries
are also involved in various legal actions and proceedings of a
character normally incident to their business including claims
litigation arising in connection with the Groups insurance
business and litigation arising from the Groups Asset
Management business.
Beyond litigation risks of the type described above, AXA and
its subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive regulation in the

various jurisdictions where they do business. In this context,

AXA and its subsidiaries are subject, from time to time, to
examinations, investigations, enforcement proceedings and other
actions by regulatory and law enforcement authorities (involving
civil and/or penal matters) as well as to proposed changes in law
and/or regulation that may signicantly impact their business and
results of operations. For additional information on these matters
as well as other risks and contingent liabilities affecting the Group
and its business, please see Section3.1 Regulation and 3.2
Risk Factors in Part3 of this Annual Report and Note29 to
the Groups consolidated nancial statements in Part4 of this
Annual Report. Some of the litigations described above have
been brought on behalf of various alleged classes of claimants,
and certain of the claimants in these actions seek signicant or
unspecied amounts of damages, including punitive damages.
Although the outcome of any lawsuit cannot be predicted

with certainty, particularly in the early stages of an action,
Management believes that the ultimate resolutions of the matters
described above are not likely to have a material adverse effect
on the consolidated nancial position of AXA, taken as a whole.
However, due to the nature of such lawsuits and investigations
and the frequency of large damage awards and regulatory
sanctions in certain jurisdictions (particularly the United States)
that bear little or no relation to actual economic damages
incurred by plaintiffs or the underlying regulatory violations, AXAs
Management cannot make an estimate of loss, if any, or predict
whether or not these matters, individually or in the aggregate,
will have a material adverse effect on AXAs consolidated results
of operations in any particular period.
I Note32 Subsequent events

In order to meet its obligation to deliver shares and to eliminate
the dilutive effect of certain share-based compensation
schemes(1), AXA bought on February2, 2016, 20,100,000shares
for 460 million. These shares will either be delivered to
the beneficiaries of share-based compensation schemes
or cancelled, all in accordance with the share repurchase
program(2).
AXA to sell its Hungarian banking operations

operations.
exceptional loss of 80million accounted for in Net income,
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions,

including obtaining required regulatory approvals, and should be
nalized during the second semester of 2016.
Africa Internet Group and AXA Partner

to provide insurance products and services
to African customers
On February8, 2016, AXA and Africa Internet Group (AIG), a
leading e-commerce group in Africa announced a partnership
whereby AXA would become the exclusive provider of insurance
products and services through Jumia and other AIG online and
mobile platforms in Africa. As part of the partnership, AXA will
also invest 75million and own approximately 8% of the capital
of AIG. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary
closing conditions, including the closing of a previous investment
round, and is expected to take place in the rst quarter of 2016.
Disposal of two real estate properties

intheUS
In 2015, AXA undertook a review of its historical strategic real
estate ownership in New York City. On December2, 2015, AXA
(1) Stock-options plans and performance shares plans (including the AXA Miles plan).
(2) AXA share repurchase program has been authorized by the General Shareholders Meeting of April30, 2015.
341

signed an agreement to sell its 50% interest in a property located

at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, for a price of $825million,
with completion expected during the rst semester of 2016.
On January27, 2016, AXA completed the sale of a property
located at 787 7thAvenue, for a price of $1,950million. As a
consequence, both properties have been reclassied as held
for sale as of December31, 2015. AXA expects to realize an
exceptional gain of ca. $1.1billion (or ca. 1.0billion) after tax
on these disposals, which will therefore be accounted for in net
income during the rst half of 2016.
AXA launched a global initiative to scale

up its protection of tomorrows Emerging
Middle Class
On February11, 2016, AXA announced a business initiative to
contribute to nancial inclusion and better serve the middle class
of tomorrow by accelerating the development of its Emerging
Customer insurance offer across high-growth markets.
Building upon its existing micro-insurance schemes developed
locally across Asia, Africa and Latin America that currently
protect over 3million emerging customers, AXA has decided
to allocate dedicated resources and expertise to address this
growth segment, and develop offerings encompassing Life
& Savings, Health, Property & Casualty insurance as well as
Assistance. This business is expected to develop innovative
solutions, be it in terms of partnerships, products and services,
distribution channels or operating models, in order to better
address the needs of this client segment.
To accelerate the scaling-up of this initiative, AXA has increased
to 46% its participation in MicroEnsure, a UK-based leader in the
mobile micro-insurance space serving over 20million emerging
customers through partnerships with mobile network operators,
banks and micronance institutions in 17countries across Asia
and Africa. MicroEnsure will become the platform of choice for
AXA to develop its emerging customer insurance offer.
Henri de Castries, Chairman and Chief

Executive Ofcer of AXA, will retire on
September 1st, 2016 - Thomas Buberl will
be appointed Chief Executive Ofcer of
AXA - Denis Duverne will be appointed
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors
On March 21st, 2016, AXA announced that Mr. Henri de Castries,
Chairman and Chief Executive Ofcer of AXA, announced his
intention to retire and to step down from the Board of Directors
Following a comprehensive succession planning process led by
AXAs Compensation and Governance Committee, at a special
Board meeting held on March 19, 2016, AXAs Board of Directors
unanimously decided to separate the functions of Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Ofcer, and approved
the following appointments effective upon Mr. Henri de Castries
retirement on September 1st: (i) Mr. Denis Duverne as Chairman
of the Board of Directors, and (ii) Mr. Thomas Buberl as Chief
Executive Officer of AXA and a member of AXAs Board of
Directors coopted to replace Mr. Henri de Castries.
Until September 1st, 2016, Mr. Thomas Buberl will be Deputy
CEO of AXA (Directeur Gnral Adjoint). He will work closely
with Messrs. Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne to nalize
AXAs new strategic plan, and to ensure an effective leadership
transition.
AXA announced the successful placement

of EUR 1.5 billion dated subordinated notes
due 2047
On March 24, 2016, AXA announced the successful placement
of EUR 1.5 billion of Reg S subordinated notes due 2047 to
institutional investors to refinance, in advance, part of its
outstanding debt. The initial spread over swap is 275 basis
points. The initial coupon has been set at 3.375% per annum
corresponding to a reoffer yield of 3.462%. It will be xed until
the rst call date in July 2027 and oating thereafter with a
margin including a 100 basis points step-up.
Settlement of the notes is expected to take place on March
30, 2016.
The notes will be treated as capital from a regulatory and rating
agencies perspective within applicable limits. The transaction
has been structured for the notes to be eligible as Tier 2 capital
under Solvency II.
342

4.7REPORT OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4.7 REPORT OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS

ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
MAZARS
61, rue Henri Regnault
63, rue de Villiers
92400 Courbevoie
92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
I Report of the Statutory Auditors on the consolidated

nancial statements
AXA
25, Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
To the Shareholders,
In compliance with the assignment entrusted to us by your Annual General Meeting, we hereby report to you, for the year ended
December 31, 2015, on:
the audit of the accompanying consolidated nancial statements of AXA;
the justication of our assessments;
the specic verication required by law.
These consolidated nancial statements have been approved by the Board of Directors. Our role is to express an opinion on these
consolidated nancial statements, based on our audit.
I - OPINION ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated nancial statements are free of material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures, using sampling techniques or other methods of selection, to obtain audit evidence about the
amounts and disclosures in the consolidated nancial statements. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting
policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made, as well as the overall presentation of the consolidated nancial
statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufcient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated nancial statements give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and of the nancial position
of the Group at December 31, 2015 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.
343

4.7REPORT OF THE STATUTORY AUDITORS ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
II - JUSTIFICATION OF OUR ASSESSMENTS

In accordance with the requirements of article L.823-9 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) relating to the justication
of our assessments, we bring to your attention the following matters:
Your Company describes in Notes 1.8.2 and 9 to the consolidated nancial statements the valuation methods it applies to nancial
assets.
We have assessed the appropriateness of the nancial asset valuation process, as well as the information disclosed in the above
mentioned notes.
Certain consolidated statement of nancial position items that are specic to the insurance and reinsurance business are estimated
on the basis of statistical and actuarial data, such as technical reserves, policyholders deferred participation, deferred acquisition
costs and their amortization, and the value of business in force. The methods and assumptions used to calculate the carrying
values of these items are described in Notes 1.14, 1.7.3 and 1.7.2 to the consolidated nancial statements.
We assessed the reasonableness of the assumptions used to calculate these values, particularly with respect to the Groups
experience and its regulatory and economic environments as well as the overall consistency of these assumptions.
The carrying value of goodwill is tested for impairment at each closing date using the methods described in Notes 1.7.1 and 5.2.2
to the consolidated nancial statements.
We ensured that the valuation approaches used were based on assumptions that are consistent with the forecasts resulting from the
strategic plans established by the Group. We also examined the information gathered by the Group to justify the other assumptions
used as well as the sensitivity tests performed.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded and measured using the methods described in Note 1.17.1 to the consolidated
nancial statements.
We veried that the valuation methods used take into account the nature of tax differences, forecasts established by the Group
and, when accounting policies permit, its intentions.
Derivatives and hedging transactions are recognized in accordance with the methods and procedures described in Note 1.10
to the consolidated nancial statements. We assessed whether transactions that qualify for hedge accounting have been duly
documented in accordance with hedge accounting rules.
These assessments were made as part of our audit of the consolidated nancial statements taken as a whole, and therefore contributed
to the opinion we formed which is expressed in the rst part of this report.
III - SPECIFIC VERIFICATION

As required by law, we have also veried in accordance with professional standards applicable in France the information presented
in the Groups management report.
We have no matters to report as to its fair presentation and its consistency with the consolidated nancial statements.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie, March 31, 2016
French original signed by*
344
Mazars
Michel Laforce Xavier Crpon
Jean-Claude Pauly - Gilles Magnan
This document is the English translation of the original legal statutory audit report which is, by law, prepared in French. All possible care has been
taken to ensure that the translation is an accurate representation of the original. However, in all matters of interpretation of information therein,
the original language version takes precedence over this translation. This English version should be read in conjunction with, and construed in
accordance with French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
5.1 CHARTER
346
Corporate purpose
Members of the Board of Directors
Rights, preferences and restrictions attached totheshares
Modification of shareholders rights
Shareholders Meetings
Anti-takeover provisions
Disclosure requirements when holdings exceed specified thresholds
Changes in the capital
5.2 DESCRIPTION OF AXAS SHARE CAPITAL

Transactions involving AXAs share capital
5
346
346
347
348
348
348
349
349
350
350
345

5.1CHARTER
5.1 CHARTER
We summarize below certain material provisions of applicable French law, in force at the ling date of this Annual Report, and of
our Charter (Statuts). You may obtain copies of our Charter in French from the Paris Trade and Companies Register (Registre du
commerce et des socits).
I Corporate purpose
Under Article 3 of its Charter, AXAs corporate purpose is
generally to:
acquire all types of ownership interests in any French or

foreign company or business, including insurance companies
or businesses;
acquire, manage and sell all listed or unlisted shares and

securities, as well as personal or real properties, rights, shares
or securities, whether listed or unlisted, that are related to
such properties; and
perform all industrial, commercial, nancial, personal or real

property transactions, directly or indirectly related to any of
the foregoing.
I Members of the Board of Directors

In addition to French law provisions, AXAs Charter and the Board
of Directors Bylaws include a number of specic provisions
concerning members of the Board of Directors, including the
following:
COMPENSATION
RETIREMENT
Notwithstanding the term of ofce for which the Chairman of the
Board of Directors is appointed, his/her functions shall terminate,
at the latest, at the end of the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting
convened to approve the nancial statements of the preceding
scal year and held during the year the Chairman reaches the
age of 70.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive

Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) receive
compensation in the amount and on conditions set by the Board
of Directors, upon proposal of the Compensation & Governance
Committee. Members of the Board of Directors receive a xed
annual directors fee, the maximum overall amount of which is
determined by the Shareholders Meeting and apportioned by
the Board of Directors among its members. Notwithstanding the
above, the Board of Directors Bylaws provide that no directors
fee shall be paid to directors who are also executive ofcers (i.e.
the Chief Executive Ofcer and Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer).
Notwithstanding the term of ofce for which the Chief Executive

Ofcer is appointed, his/her functions shall terminate at the latest
at the end of the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting convened to
approve the nancial statements of the preceding scal year
and held during the year the Chief Executive Ofcer reaches the
age of 65. The same rule applies for the Deputy Chief Executive
Ofcer(s).
For further information, please see Part 2 Corporate

governance of this Annual Report.
When the number of Board members aged 70 or older exceeds

one-third of the directors in ofce, the oldest director is deemed
to have resigned automatically unless any member of the Board
of Directors aged 70 or older voluntarily resigns within three
months.
An individual aged 70 or older may be appointed or reappointed

to the Board of Directors exclusively for a two-year term of ofce.
His/her term of ofce can be renewed only once.
When the permanent representative of a legal entity member of

the Board of Directors reaches 70 years old, the legal entity is
deemed to have resigned automatically unless it designates a
new representative within three months.
346

5.1CHARTER
SHAREHOLDING
In accordance with the Afep-Medef Code, the directors shall be
shareholders of the Company and own a signicant number of
shares in the Company; if they do not own such shares at the
time they are rst appointed, they shall use their directors fees to
acquire AXA shares. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has set
for each Board member, whether an individual or a permanent
representative of a legal entity to whom directors fees were paid,
the objective of holding, within two years after rst being appointed,
a number of shares in the Company, the value of which, on the
basis of the closing price of the AXA share on December31 of the
preceding scal year, corresponds to an amount at least equivalent
to the gross directors fees earned in respect of the previous scal
year. The shares purchased for the purpose of this holding objective
must be held in registered form.
For additional information regarding the powers of the Board of
Directors, please see Part2 Corporate governance of this
Annual Report.
I Rights, preferences and restrictions attached

totheshares
VOTING RIGHTS
Under the provisions of AXAs Charter, the actual dividend

payment date is decided by the Board of Directors.
Each AXA share entitles its holder to one vote at every AXA
Shareholders Meeting, subject to the provisions regarding
double voting rights described below. On May26, 1977, the
Shareholders Meeting decided that each ordinary share fully
paid up and held in registered form by the same person for at
least two full scal years entitled its holder to double voting rights
with respect to such share.
AXAs Charter provides that, the Shareholders Meeting may

grant each shareholder the choice of receiving dividends in either
cash or additional ordinary shares.
In the event of a capital increase by capitalization of existing

reserves, prots or premiums, shares granted for free to any
shareholder holding shares entitled to double voting rights will
also carry double voting rights.
Under French law, shareholders have preferential subscription

rights to subscribe, on a prorata basis, additional ordinary
shares (and/or convertible, exchangeable or other securities
giving a claim, directly or indirectly, to AXA ordinary shares). This
subscription right is transferable and normally trades separately
during the subscription period for a capital increase. In order
to issue additional shares without preferential subscription
rights, except for issues already approved or authorized by
AXA shareholders, AXA must obtain the approval of a twothirds majority of voting rights at an Extraordinary Shareholders
Meeting.
The rights of the holders of double voting rights may only be

modied or cancelled upon the decision of an Extraordinary
Shareholders Meeting and after authorization by a special
meeting of the holders of these rights.
DIVIDENDS
Upon proposal by the AXA Board of Directors, the shareholders
of AXA may decide to allocate all or part of distributable prots to
special or general reserves, to carry them forward to the next scal
year as retained earnings, or to allocate them to the shareholders
as dividends. If AXA has earned a distributable prot since the
end of the previous scal year, as reected in an interim balance
sheet certied by its Statutory Auditors, the Board of Directors may
distribute interim dividends to the extent of the distributable prot
without prior approval of the shareholders. AXAs Charter requires
AXA to distribute dividends between its shareholders in proportion
to their share in the capital.
PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS
LIQUIDATION RIGHTS
If AXA is liquidated, the assets remaining after it pays its debts,

liquidation expenses and all prior claims will be used to repay
AXA shareholders up to the amount of the liquidation balance
and the par value of the shares held by each shareholder. Any
surplus will be divided among all shareholders, subject to rights
arising, if any, from the different classes of shares, in proportion
of the rights they own in the Companys share capital.
347

5.1CHARTER
I Modication of shareholders rights

Under French law, shareholders of a French public company
(socit anonyme) have the power to amend the Charter of the
Company. Such an amendment generally requires the approval
of two-thirds of the shareholders attending or represented at
an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting. However, no such
Extraordinary Shareholders Meetings may decide (i) to increase
the liability of the shareholders in respect of the Company or a

third-party; or (ii) to reduce the individual rights vested in each
shareholder (such as voting rights, the right to distributable
prots of the Company when allocated as dividends, the right
to sell ones shares and the right to sue the Company).
I Shareholders Meetings
Shareholders are convened, meet, and deliberate in accordance
with applicable French laws and AXAs Charter.
A Notice of Meeting must be published in the Bulletin des
annonces lgales obligatoires (BALO), at least 35 days before
any Shareholders Meeting (or 15 days in certain specic cases)
and must indicate, in particular, the agenda and the proposed
resolutions.
At least 15 days (or 6 days in certain cases) prior to the date set
for the meeting on rst call, and at least 10 days (or 4 days in
certain cases) before any second call, the Company shall send
a nal notice containing all the information requested by Law by
mail to all registered shareholders who have held shares for more
than one month prior to the date of this nal notice and publish
this nal notice in a bulletin of legal notices as well as the BALO.
All shareholders are entitled to attend these meetings, either
in person or by proxy, provided that they show valid proof of
ID and share ownership as specied under French Law. This
ownership is justied by a book entry showing the number of
shares in the name of the shareholder (or the intermediary for the
account), on the second business day preceding the meeting
at midnight (Paris time), either in the registered share accounts
kept by the Company or in the bearer share accounts kept by
a qualied intermediary.
I Anti-takeover provisions
There are no French anti-takeover statutes similar to the antitakeover statutes enacted by certain states in the United
States and other jurisdictions. However, a number of French
law provisions in particular those resulting from the law dated
March29, 2014 (visant reconqurir lconomie relle) or from
certain provisions of the European Directive of April21,2004
(which was implemented in France in 2006) concerning takeover
bids, may have certain anti-takeover effects. In the case of
AXA, the relevant provisions include, among other things, the
existence of AXA shares with double voting rights.
348
French law generally requires mergers and certain consolidations

to be approved by two-thirds of the shareholders attending
or represented at the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting
convened to decide on such matters. French law also requires
the affirmative vote of the shareholders of the surviving
corporation of a merger at an Extraordinary Shareholders
Meeting. However, Shareholders Meetings of the respective
shareholders of the merged and surviving companies are not
required in the case of a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary
with its parent company.

5.1CHARTER
I Disclosure requirements when holdings exceed specied

thresholds
Pursuant to Article7 of AXAs Charter, any person, acting alone
or jointly, who comes to hold, directly or indirectly through
companies it controls within the meaning of ArticleL.233-3 of
the French Commercial Code, a number of shares representing
0.5% of the Companys share capital or voting rights, shall
notify the Company by registered letter with acknowledgment
of receipt within ve days from the threshold crossing. This
notication shall detail the total number of shares and voting
rights held as well as the total number of securities giving a
differed claim to the share capital and the potential voting rights
attached thereto.
The notication shall be repeated in the conditions stated above

each time an additional fraction of 0.5% of the share capital or
voting rights is crossed upward or downward.
In the event of failure to comply with the notication requirements
described above, shares exceeding the fraction that should have
been notied will be deprived of voting rights at Shareholders
Meetings if, at such meetings, the notication failure has been
recorded and if one or more shareholders jointly holding at least
5% of the share capital so request. Loss of voting rights shall be
applicable in all Shareholders Meetings that would be held up until
two years following proper notication.
I Changes in the capital

The Companys share capital may be modied only under the conditions stipulated by the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
The provisions of the Charter or the Bylaws shall not prevail over changes in the law governing the Companys share capital.
349

5.2DESCRIPTION OF AXAS SHARE CAPITAL
5.2 DESCRIPTION OF AXAS SHARE CAPITAL

I Transactions involving AXAs share capital
On December31, 2015, AXAs share capital was comprised of 2,426,458,242 ordinary shares, each with a par value of 2.29. All
these shares were fully paid up and non-assessable and began earning dividends on January1, 2015. The following table sets forth
changes in the number of shares from January1, 2013 to December31, 2015:
Date
Transaction
2013
Exercise of stock options

New equity issue reserved for employees
of AXA (SharePlan 2013)
2014
(inEuro)
3,250,276
28,139,757
2,391,861,260
5,477,362,285
(inEuro)
244,011,703
2,410,695,530
5,520,492,764
7,169,941
97,734,715
2,417,865,471
5,536,911,929
New equity issue related to the AXA Miles

Program (2 + 2 plan)
1,521,950
2,419,387,421
5,540,397,194
2,332,987
30,549,924
2,421,720,408
5,545,739,734
19,253,990
263,799,925
2,440,974,398
5,589,831,371
1,302,279
14,592,483
2,442,276,677
5,592,813,590
9,980,538
168,615,907
2,452,257,215
5,615,669,022
(10,763,717)
(219,244,525)
2,441,493,498
5,591,020,110
2,658,146
34,055,711
2,444,151,644
5,597,107,264
18,736,297
327,179,193
2,462,887,941
5,640,013,385
(40,313,450)
(812,967,057)
2,422,574,491
5,547,695,584
3,883,751
52,198,740
2,426,458,242
5,556,589,374

Share capital reduction by cancellation
of shares
350
Issue or merger
premium
18,834,270
Share capital reduction by cancellation

of shares
31/12/2015
Number of
shares issued
or cancelled

2015
Amount of
share capital
after the
transaction
Number
of shares
afterthe
transaction
APPENDICES
APPENDIXI
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OFDIRECTORS REPORT
352
APPENDIX II
MANAGEMENTS ANNUAL EVALUATION OF INTERNAL

CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
362
APPENDIX III
STATEMENT OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE

FORTHEANNUALREPORT
365
APPENDIXIV
FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS
366
APPENDIX V
AXA PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
368
APPENDIX VI
GROUP EMBEDDED VALUE
394
APPENDIX VII
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
395
APPENDIX VIII BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT CORRESPONDENCE TABLE 415

APPENDIX IX
COMMISSION REGULATION OF APRIL29, 2004

CORRESPONDENCETABLE
416
APPENDIXX
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT CORRESPONDENCE TABLE
418
351
APPENDICES
APPENDIXICHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OFDIRECTORS REPORT
APPENDIXI CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

OFDIRECTORS REPORT
This report presents, pursuant to the provisions of ArticleL.225-37
of the French Commercial Code, the composition of the Board of
Directors and the gender balance on the Board, the conditions
of preparation and organization of the Board of Directors work
(Part1) as well as the internal control and Risk Management
procedures implemented by the Company (Part2). The report
also presents the principles and the rules adopted by the Board
I Part1
Composition and conditions of preparation

andorganization oftheBoard of Directors work
For information on the composition of the Board of Directors and

the gender balance on the Board, as well as on the conditions
of preparation and organization of the Board of Directors
work please see Part2 Corporate governance, Board of
Directors and Board of Directors Committees, Sections of
I Part2
this Annual Report. For information on specic limitations of the

powers of the Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer decided by the
Board of Directors please see Part2 Corporate governance,
The Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer Sectionof this Annual
Report.
Internal control and Risk Management

procedures
In accordance with ArticleL.225-37 of the French Commercial

Code, the Chairman of the Board of Directors is required to
report annually on the internal control and Risk Management
procedures implemented by the Company.
In this context, the following report provides a summary of
the AXAGroups principal internal control mechanisms and
procedures that allow management to conclude that the Group
has a sound and comprehensive system of internal control well
adapted to its business and the specic risks inherent to its
activities. This report is not intended to provide a comprehensive
description of all internal controls and procedures in place within
the Company and its subsidiaries, but rather to provide an
overview of the Groups principal internal control mechanisms
and procedures.
In preparing this report, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
has consulted, as he deemed appropriate, AXAsexecutives
and has taken into account information furnished to the
Board of Directors with respect to the Groups internal control
352
of Directors in order to determine the compensation and the

other benefits granted to the Companys executive officers
(Part3). Finally, the report identies the Companys Corporate
Governance Code of reference and species the provisions of
that code, if any, that have not been applied by the Company
and the reasons why they have not been applied (Part4).
environment. This report was assessed by the Audit Committee

before being reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors
during its meeting of March17, 2016.
In this report, the term Group refers to AXASA (the Company)
together with its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries.
INTERNAL CONTROL AND RISK

MANAGEMENT: OBJECTIVES
The AXAGroup is engaged in the nancial protection and wealth
management business on a global scale. As such, it is exposed
to a very wide variety of risks insurance risks, nancial market
risks and other types of risks which are described in detail in
this Annual Report. Please see, in particular, Part3 Regulation,
Risk Factors, certain disclosures about market risks and related
matters and Part4 Consolidated Financial Statements
Note31 Litigation.
APPENDICES
In order to manage these risks, the Group has put in place a

comprehensive system of internal controls designed to ensure
that executives are informed of signicant risks on a timely and
continuing basis, have the necessary information and tools to
appropriately analyse and manage these risks, and that the
Groups nancial statements and other market disclosures are
timely and accurate.
the responsibility of the Board of Directors and report regularly

to the Board of Directors on matters within the scope of their
respective responsibilities.
These mechanisms and procedures principally include:
A detailed description of AXAscorporate governance structures

including the composition and assignments of the Board of
Directors as well as the structure and composition of the Board
of Directors Committees is set forth in Section2.1 Corporate
ofcers, executives and employees of this AnnualReport.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
the Groups corporate governance structures which are

designed to ensure appropriate supervision and management
of the Groups business as well as clear allocation of roles and
responsibilities at the highest level;
management structures and control mechanisms designed
to ensure that the Group executives have a clear view of the
principal risks the Group faces and the tools necessary to
analyse and manage these risks;
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR), designed
to ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the
Groups consolidated nancial statements;and
disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that
executives have the necessary information to make fully
informed disclosure decisions on a timely basis and that the
Companys disclosures on material information (both nancial
and non-nancial) to the markets are timely, accurate and
complete.
These mechanisms and procedures, taken together, constitute

a comprehensive control environment that executives believe is
appropriate and well adapted to the Groups business.
STRUCTURES
Group level governance bodies
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Executive Management oversees implementation of the internal

control system and the existence and appropriateness of internal
control and Risk Management monitoring systems within the
Group.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors determines the Companys business

strategy and oversees its implementation. The Board considers
all material questions related to the proper functioning of the
Company and takes decisions it deems appropriate for the
Companys business. The Board of Directors also undertakes
all controls and verications as it deems appropriate from time
to time.
The Board of Directors has established three Committees to
assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities: an Audit Committee,
a Finance Committee and a Compensation & Governance
Committee. These Committees exercise their activities under
All the Board Committees constitute an important part of

the Groups overall internal control environment and plays a
particularly important role in reviewing internal control and risk
related issues. The Committee reviews the Groups internal
control systems and procedures for Risk Management.
The scope of the Audit Committees responsibilities is set forth
in the Audit Committee Terms of Reference, approved by the
Board of Directors.
For more information about the Audit Committees assignments
and activities, its composition and the principal matters it
handled in2015, please see Section2.1 Corporate ofcers,
executives and employees of this Annual Report.
Subsidiary level governance structures

AXAsprincipal subsidiaries, whether publicly traded or not, are
generally governed by (i) a board of directors or a supervisory
board which generally include independent or non-executive
directors and (ii) various board committees including an audit
committee and a compensation committee, which generally
include independent or non-executive directors.
AXA has taken steps designed to harmonize corporate
governance standards throughout the Group. This effort is
focused, among other matters, on standardizing, to the extent
practicable, principles relating to various corporate governance
matters including b oard composition and size, directors
independence criteria, board committees and their roles, and
directors fees.
Group Governance Standards require, among other things,
the b oards of AXAs principal subsidiaries to establish an
audit committee and a compensation committee. The audit
committees have a critical role in reviewing nancial results
and other nancial information prepared by the management,
nancial reporting and control processes, critical accounting
policies, particular accounting issues, key risks and systems of
internal control, fraud and similar issues.
The Group Governance Standards are part of a larger set
of Group standards that apply to all AXA Group companies
(the Group Standards Handbook). These Group Standards
are designed to ensure that all the companies of the Group
have effective Risk Management processes and appropriate
governance structures, and meet the Groups minimum control
requirements. Chief Executive Ofcers of AXA Group companies
are therefore required to annually certify that the companies
under their responsibility are in compliance with the Group
Standards.
353
APPENDICES
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES
ANDCONTROLS
In order to manage the various risks to which it is exposed, the
AXAGroup has various management structures and control
mechanisms designed to ensure that executives have a clear
and timely view of the principal risks facing the Group and the
tools necessary to analyse and manage these risks.
These management structures and controls include the
following:
On January 1, 2016, AXA had a 9-member Management
Committee which is an Internal Committee that assists the
Chief Executive Ofcer and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
in the operational management of the Group. The Management
Committee does not have any formal decision making power.
AXAsManagement Committee generally meets once a week to
discuss strategic, nancial and operational decisions.
For more information about the Management Committee
including its composition, please see Section2.1 Corporate
ofcers, executives and employees of this Annual Report.
Executive Committee Quarterly Business

Reviews (QBR) Strategic Plan
On January 1, 2016, AXA had a 17-member Executive Committee
composed of the members of AXAsManagement Committee,
the Chief Executive Ofcers of the Groups principal subsidiaries
and/or business units and selected other senior executives.
While the Executive Committee is an internal committee with
no formal decision making power, it plays an important role in
assisting the Executive Management to effectively manage the
Groups operating businesses, consider strategic initiatives and
other subjects the Executive Management deems appropriate
from time to time. The Executive Committee usually meets four
times a year.
At the end of the rst three quarters of each year, the Management
Committee conducts QBRs, during which the performance of
the main Group business units is reviewed. These QBRs were
introduced in2000 to provide management with a clear and
consistent framework for: (1)reviewing operational performance
and monitoring the progress of key projects using quantiable
standards of measurement dened in collaboration with the
Management Committee; (2)assessing the status of Group
transversal projects; and (3) exchanging ideas and information
on key Group strategic orientations.
These QBRs constitute an important management control
mechanism to monitor the operating performance of the Group
and its principal business units on a continuing basis and to
identify any new material risks or issues facing the Group in a
timely manner.
354
During the fourth quarter, each business unit presents its

strategic plan to the Groups Strategic Plan Steering Committee
chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer. The Groups
strategic plan is reviewed by the Management Committee and
approved by the Board of Directors.
For more information about the Executive Committee including
its composition, please see Section2.1 Corporate ofcers,
executives and employees of this Annual Report.
Key functions
The Solvency II regulations, which became effective on
January 1, 2016, require the Group to have in place a
governance system designed to guarantee a sound and prudent
management. This governance system is based on a clear
separation of responsibilities and must be proportionate to the
nature, extent and complexity of the Groups operations.
In addition to the Groups Chief Executive Ofcer and Deputy
Chief Executive Ofcer, who under Solvency II, are considered
to be persons who effectively run the Group, the Solvency II
regulations dene four key functions:
the risk-management function which is, in particular, in charge

of the design, implementation and validation of the internal
model, the documentation of this model and any subsequent
changes made to it as well as the analysis of the performance
of this model and the production of summary reports thereof;
the compliance function, which is, in particular responsible

for advising on compliance with the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions regarding insurance and reinsurance
activities;
the internal audit, which is, in particular, responsible for

performing an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness
of the Groups internal control system and other elements of
the system of governance. The internal audit function must be
objective and independent from the operational functions; and
the actuarial function, which is, in particular, responsible for

overseeing the calculation of technical provisions (including
ensuring the appropriateness of the methodologies and
underlying models used as well as the assumptions made
in the calculation of technical provisions), assessing the
sufciency and quality of the data used in the calculation of
technical provisions and comparing best estimates against
experience.
The Groups two executive ofcers and each person in charge

of a key function must fulll the requirements of a t and proper
assessment, as set in the Groups internal procedure, and be
notied to the Autorit de Contrle Prudentiel et de Rsolution
(ACPR). Solvency II also requires procedures whereby the key
function holders must have a direct access to the Board of
Directors.
APPENDICES
Group Management Services (GMS)(1)

Departments focused principally on internal
control and risk related matters
The localPBR units are responsible for producing their respective

contribution to the Group consolidated nancial statements.
Several GMS Departments are responsible for managing and/or

monitoring some aspects of internal control and/or risk related
matters. However, the following four GMSDepartments are
primarily focused on these matters as part of their principal
day-to-day management responsibilities:
development of both accounting and reporting standards;
managing instructions to process with the subsidiaries for the

various exercises;
managing the Groups nancial consolidation and reporting

systems;
producing the consolidated nancial statements in accordance

with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and
analyzing key performance indicators;
managing the Internal Financial Control (IFC) program;
developing and using management control tools;
managing and consolidating the European Embedded Value

process, related actuarial indicators and the economic
balance sheet;
coordinating the production of AXAs Annual Report

(Document de Rfrence) led with the Autorit des marchs
financiers (AMF);
coordinating the production of reports led with the ACPR

related to Solvency;
liaising with the Statutory Auditors and contributing to Audit

Committee meetings as required;and
fostering convergence of accountingand nancial reporting

processes, systems and organizationsfor insurance activities
in Europe.
GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
The role of Group Risk Management(GRM) is to identify, quantify

and manage the main risks to which the Groupis exposed.
To this end, GRM develops and deploys a number of risk
measurements, monitoring instruments and methods, including
a standardized methodology and framework for stochastic
modelling (through AXAs Solvency II internal model) including
the ORSA (Own Risk & Solvency Assessment) required under
Solvency II.
When appropriate, this work leads to the implementation of
decisions that affect the Groups risk prole, helping to monitor
the solvency position and manage the volatility of AXAsearnings
through improved understanding of the risks taken and
optimization of capital allocation.
GRM coordinates Risk Management for the Group and is
supported by local Risk Management teams within each
operating unit. The types of risks covered include risks coming
from the invested assets, from the insurance liabilities, asset/
liability mismatch risks and operational risks. Under the
SolvencyII regulation, the Group (and each entity) is required to
produce an ORSA Report which is led with the regulator. GRM
has dened and implemented a set of policies and procedures
to ensure that all risks embedded in the business processes
are appropriately reviewed on a yearly basis. The Group ORSA
Report is reviewed by the Solvency II Steering Committee and
then presented to the Management Committee, the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors
which approves the conclusions of the Group ORSA Report and
authorizes the ling of the Group ORSA Report with the ACPR.
For a detailed description of the organization, governance,
missions and controls of Risk Management, please see
Section3.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk
Factors of this Annual Report.
PBRC(PLANNING, BUDGETS, RESULTS CENTRAL)
The PBRCDepartment within the Group Finance Department is

responsible for consolidation, management reporting, the internal
nancial control program, as well as actuarial indicators and
the economic balance sheet. These missions are performed for
regular closings, forecasts and strategic plan exercises. PBRC
works with localPBR units within the Finance Departments of
Group subsidiaries.
PBRCs role encompasses the following principal activities:
PBRC has defined and implemented a set of policies and

procedures to ensure that the consolidation process leading
to the consolidated nancial statements is timely and accurate.
This consolidation process is based on the following:
Denition of standards and maintenance of an information

system
Group accounting standards, which are consistent with
accounting and regulatory principles, are set forth in the
AXA Group Accounting Manual and updated regularly
by PBRC experts. These guidelines are submitted to
AXAsStatutory Auditors for review before being made available
to AXAsubsidiaries.
The information system is based on Magnitude, a consolidation
tool managed and updated by a dedicated team. This system is
also used to deliver management reporting information used to
produce an economic perspective on the consolidated nancial
statements and the economic balance sheet. The process
through which this management reporting information and the
economic balance sheet are produced and validated is the same
as the one used to prepare consolidated nancial information.
(1) Central functions at the holding Company level.
355
APPENDICES
Operating control mechanisms

At entity level, AXAsubsidiaries are responsible for entering and
controlling accounting and nancial data that comply with the
AXAGroup Accounting Manual and reect consolidation rules
under IFRS accounting standards. In this respect, the Chief
Financial Ofcer of each entity signs off on the accuracy of their
respective contribution to the consolidated gures reported
through Magnitude and their compliance with both the Group
accounting manual and instructions in all frameworks produced
(IFRS, Embedded Value, actuarial indicators and economic
balance sheet) within the internal nancial control program.
At PBRC level, accounting, nancial and economic information
reported by entities are analyzed by teams that liaise with
subsidiaries on a full-time basis. In particular, these teams
analyze the compliance with the AXA Group Accounting
Manual and Group actuarial standards.
GROUP LEGAL&COMPLIANCE
GROUP INTERNAL AUDIT
The Groups Internal Audit function provides the Group Audit

Committee and the Groups Management Committee with
independent and objective assurance on the effectiveness of
internal control and Risk Management across the Group.
The Groups Global Head of Audit reports to the Chairman of
the AXA Group Audit Committee with an administrative reporting
line to the Groups Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer.
The Group Legal Department is responsible for identifying and

managing the signicant legal, regulatory and compliance risks
to which the Group is exposed. It provides expertise and advice
on all signicant corporate legal matters at the Group level and
manages the legal aspects of transactions undertaken by the
Group as well as signicant litigation, regulatory, and compliance
matters.
All internal audit teams across the Group report to the Groups
Global Head of Audit whilst also having a direct and unfettered
reporting line to their local Audit Committee Chairman and an
administrative reporting line within their local management
structure.
The Group Legal Department is structured in three Practice

Groups which are organized around the substantive matters
that the department manages on a continuing basis in
addition to one-off projects or issues that arise from time to
time. These Practice Groups are: (i) Corporate (Mergers &
Acquisitions, Corporate Finance &Securities Law andCorporate
G overnance & Company Law), (ii) Compliance (including
General Compliance, Financial Crime as well as Litigation and
Regulatoryreporting) and (iii) Global business lines (Life and
Property & Casualty).
In 2008, M anagement established a Group Risk and

Compliance Committee (RCC) to ensure that the Group has:
(i) a comprehensive view of the various risks facing it on a
continuing basis, (ii) a dedicated forum for reviewing, analyzing
and prioritizing these risks, (iii) dened action plans to manage
these risks and (iv) optimal coordination and communication
between the different departments managing these risks.
As part of its Compliance responsibilities, the Group Legal

Department manages a wide range of compliance related
matters including (i) regular reporting from Group companies
on signicant compliance, litigation and regulatory matters,
(ii) implementation of the AXA Group Compliance and Ethics
Guide which applies to all AXAGroup employees worldwide
and (iii) nancial crime matters including the Groups global AntiMoney Laundering Program, the Groups anti-corruption/bribery
program, the Groups Cross-Border Business Standard and the
Group Standard on business with countries and/or individuals
subject to international sanctions. The Compliance Support
and Development Program is a structured program of on-going
reviews with the Group operating companies around the world
that is designed both to review signicant compliance issues
and processes as well as the quality of the Groups Compliance
programs and personel.
356
The Group Legal Department works closely with the legal

departments of AXAsprincipal subsidiaries on legal, regulatory,
and compliance matters impacting those companies. In order
to optimize integration, coordination, ensure open lines of
communication across the Groups global Legal&Compliance
Organization and share best practices, the Group General
Counsel has established and chairs a Global Legal Steering
Group composed of the general counsels of AXAsprincipal
subsidiaries which meets on a regular basis.
GROUP RISK AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
This internal management committee is co-chaired by the Group

Chief Financial Ofcer and the Group Chief Operating Ofcer
and is managed by Group Risk Management. The RCC usually
meets on a quarterly basis.
The RCC is comprised of the followingGMS Departments,
each of which is responsible for presenting to the Committee
the signicant risks within its scope: Group Risk Management,
Group Corporate Finance and Treasury, Group Audit, Group
Legal & Compliance, Planning Budgets Results Central,
Information Technology (IT), Group Operational Excellence &
Procurement, Strategy, Sustainability & Public Affairs, AXAGlobal
P&C, AXAGlobal Life, Group Human Resources and Group
Communication Department.
The RCC is responsible for monitoring operational risks,
compliance risks, regulatory risks, country risks and reputation
risks. The RCC provides guidelines and challenges the level of
risk appetite implemented by AXA, as well as the risk assessment
and proposed action plan. It also approves the operational risk
prole of the Group and coordinates the second line of defense.
APPENDICES
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL

REPORTING
AXAsInternal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR) is a
process designed under the supervision of AXAsChief Financial
Ofcer(CFO) to provide reasonable but not absolute assurance
regarding the reliability of nancial reporting and the preparation
of AXAsconsolidated nancial statements.
AXAsICOFR includes policies and procedures that:
At each year-end, the in-scope AXAGroup companies are

required to perform an evaluation of their ICOFR as part of an
internal certication process. This process involves formal signoff by the Companys process owners and culminates with a
formal management report from the CompanysCFO or another
senior executive stating their conclusion as to the effectiveness
of the CompanysICOFR.
DISCLOSURE CONTROLS
ANDPROCEDURES
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable

detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of Group assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded

as necessary to permit the preparation of nancial statements
in accordance with the applicable generally accepted
accounting principles;
provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures

are being made only in accordance with the authorization of
executives and managers of the Group; and
1.
CFO Sign-Off Certicates required to be submitted by all

localCFOs to PBRC, together with the required subsidiary
nancial reporting& consolidation information;
provide reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition,

use or disposition of Group assets that could have a material
effect on the Groups nancial statements would be prevented
or detected in a timely manner.
2.
IFC Management reports required to be submitted by

the CFO or another senior executive of every in-scope
AXAGroup company, as part of the IFCprogram;
3.
Disclosure Controls& Procedures Certicates required to

be submitted by AXAsExecutive Committee members,
regional CFOs and certain other senior executives
(including heads of GMSDepartments) pursuant to which
each of these executives is required to review the Groups
Annual Report and formally certify (i) the accuracy and
completeness of the information in the Annual Report with
respect to the companies under his/her responsibility, and
(ii) the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures
and ICOFR at companies under his/her responsibility (with
specic disclosure of any signicant deciencies or material
weaknesses). In addition, as part of this sub-certication
process, these executives are required to review and
comment on a number of transversal disclosures in the
Annual Report relating to risk and other matters;
4.
CFO Sign-Off on notes to the Consolidated Financial

Statements: PBRC provided regional CFOs with the
contribution of the companies under their responsibility to
the consolidated nancial statements in order to facilitate
their certication on the accuracy and completeness of the
information in the Annual Report of the Group.
AXASA has implemented a formal internal review and sign-off

process pursuant to which all Executive Committee members,
CFOs and certain other senior executives are required to certify
various matters covered in AXAsAnnual Report.
This process is based on the following four pillars:
AXAhas implemented a comprehensive program, managed

by PBRC, entitled Internal Financial Control(IFC), designed
to ensure that AXAsChief Executive Ofcer and Deputy Chief
Executive Ofcer have a reasonable basis to conclude that
AXAsICOFR is effective as of the end of eachyear.
The IFC program is based on AXAsIFC Standard, which is an
internal control and governance standard. AXAsIFCStandard is
based on the Internal Control Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission(COSO). It is designed to dene the IFCscope and
governance, ensure consistency and quality in AXAsnancial
reporting, and provide an overall framework for theannual
IFCprogram.
In accordance with AXAs IFCStandard, the in-scope AXAGroup
companies (i) document the significant processes and
controls, as well as the rationale of how the associated risk
of material misstatement due to error or fraud can be reduced
to an acceptable level and (ii) test the design and operational
effectiveness of key controls based on the test plans.
These tests form part of a continuous improvement process
in the internal control exercised over nancial reporting. Areas
for improvement are identied by specic test plans designed
by management with insight into the risks covered. These
processes then help remediate the identied potential control
deciencies and maintain high standards of internal control
within the Group.
357
APPENDICES
CONCLUSION
The AXAGroup believes it has put in place a comprehensive
system of internal control procedures and mechanisms that is
appropriate and well adapted to its business and the global
scale of its operations.
guaranty or provide absolute certainty. Even systems determined

to be effective by executives may not prevent or detect all human
errors, all system malfunctions, all fraud or all misstatements and
can provide only reasonable assurance. In addition, effective
controls may become inadequate over time because of changes
in conditions, deterioration of compliance with procedures or
other factors.
However, all internal control systems, no matter how well

designed, have inherent limitations and do not constitute a
I Part3
Compensation
For information on the principles and rules adopted by the Board of Directors in order to determine the compensation and the
advantages granted to the corporate ofcers please see Part2 Section2.2 Full disclosure on executive compensation and share
ownership of this Annual Report.
I Part4
Corporate Governance Code of reference

directorship in a Group subsidiary: the Company considers
the fact that certain members of the AXA Board of Directors
hold a non-executive directorship in one or more Group
subsidiaries wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by AXA does
not automatically (i) place them in a situation of conict of
interest, or (ii) impair their independence in any way. The Board
believes that permitting its members to sit on the boards of
certain Group subsidiaries is benecial to the Boards overall
knowledge and appreciation of the Groups operations,
strategy and risk prole. Directors who also serve on the
boards of Group subsidiaries, however, are required to abstain
from participating in the decisions of the AXA Board which
could affect the interests of the entity in which they hold a
directorship to prevent potential independence issues;
In December 2008, AXA adopted all of the Afep -Medef

recommendations, including the recommendations on the
compensation of executive ofcers dated October2008, asits
Corporate Governance Code of reference.
These recommendations were consolidated in a Corporate
Governance Code of Listed Corporations published by the
Afep(Association franaise des entreprises prives) and the
Medef (Mouvement des entreprises de France) in April2010 and
revised in June2013 and November2015 (hereafter the AfepMedef Code), which is available at AXAsregistered ofce or on
its website (www.axa.com) under the Corporate governance
Section.
AXAcomplies with the recommendations of the Afep-Medef
Code that are in line with the long-established corporate
governance principles initiated by the Company. Details are
presented in Sections2.1 Corporate ofcers, executives and
employees and2.2 Full disclosure on executive compensation
and share ownership of this Annual Report describing corporate
governance mechanisms and containing information about
executives compensation.
The Company implements all the recommendations of the AfepMedef Code. However, in order to take into account certain
specicities of its business and governance practices, AXAhas
decided to adapt in certain cases set out below the provisions of
the Afep-Medef Code while remaining in line with the principles
of the Afep-Medef Code:
358
Section 9.4 of the Afep-Medef Code relates to the

independence of parent company directors holding a
Section 16.2.1 of the Afep-Medef Code relates to the review

of the accounts by the Audit Committee: for practical reasons,
the review of the accounts by the Audit Committee generally
occurs on the day preceding the Board of Directors review,
and not two days before as it is recommended by the AfepMedef Code. However, the Companys practice is to provide
the members of the Audit Committee with documents early
enough to allow sufcient time to examine the documents
thoroughly. In addition, the Audit Committee holds a specic
session in December of each year to discuss in detail the
accounts closing process and any issues arising. If at that time
the Audit Committee identies during the December session
one or more issues which require specic attention, it has
the possibility to organize an ad hoc meeting to ensure the
Committee has adequate time to consider and address any
issues concerning the Companys annual accounts;
APPENDICES
Section 23.2.4 of the Afep-Medef Code relative to stock

options and performance shares:
(i)
holding of shares subsequent to subscription options or

allotment of performance shares: pursuant to the AfepMedef Code, performance shares awarded to executive
ofcers are conditional upon the executive ofcers acquiring
a certain number of shares prior to the vesting date. In
2007, the Company decided to implement strict rules
pertaining to shareholding requirements for executive
ofcers. This policy requires each executive ofcer to hold,
during the entire duration of his/her functions, a minimum
number of AXA shares representing a multiple of his/her
annual cash compensation (xed salary plus annual variable
compensation) received for the previous scal year. The
Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer is consequently required
to hold the equivalent of his/her total cash compensation
multiplied by three and the Deputy Chief Executive Ofcer
is required to hold the equivalent of his/her total cash
compensation multiplied by two. AXA shares and ADS
are taken into account to calculate the number of shares
actually held. Each executive ofcer is required to meet
with this minimum shareholding requirement within a period
of five years from the date of his/her first appointment
as executive ofcer. Considering the demanding level of
these shareholding requirements imposed upon executive
ofcers, the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of
its Compensation & Human Resources Committee, has
decided that it was not appropriate to compel executive
ofcers to acquire more AXA shares following the expiration
of the compulsory holding period applicable to their
performance shares. AXAs internal share ownership policy
adequately covers the Afep-Medef Code requirement;
(ii) exercise of stock options: pursuant to the Afep-Medef

Code, companies shall determine periods preceding the
disclosure of their nancial statements during which the
exercise of the stock options is not allowed (sensitive
periods). Sensitive periods are determined by applying
the AXA Groups Compliance and Ethics Guide whereby
these periods begin 30 days prior to the disclosure of the
annual or half-year earnings releases and 15 days prior to
its quarterly nancial information releases. During sensitive
periods, the AXA Groups Compliance and Ethics Guide
(i)permits the exercise of AXA stock options but (ii) prohibits
the sale of shares acquired upon exercise of stock options
(subscription and sale transactions). Consequently,
beneficiaries of options may exercise options at their
pre-determined strike price at any time but may not sell
AXA shares obtained upon exercise (or otherwise engage
in transactions involving AXA securities) during sensitive
periods (or during other periods outside of sensitive periods
when they may be in possession of material non-public
information). It should be noted that the Haut Comit de
Gouvernement dentreprise in its Annual Report dated
October2014 considers this position to be acceptable.
Pursuant to the provisions of ArticleL.225-37 of the French
Commercial Code, it is specied that the conditions for the
participation to Shareholders Meetings are detailed in Section23
of AXAsCharter (statuts), copies of which are available at the
Paris Trade and Companies Register (Registre du commerce et
des socits du tribunal de commerce de Paris). AXAsCharter
is also available on the Companys website (www.axa.com). In
addition, the information referred to in ArticleL.225-100-3 of
the French Commercial Code is made public in the report of
AXAsBoard of Directors which is included in this Annual Report.
359
APPENDICES
63, rue de Villiers
92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Mazars
92400 Courbevoie
I Report of the Statutory Auditors prepared in

accordancewith Article L.225-235 of the French
Commercial Code on the report prepared
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AXA
This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors report issued in the French language and is provided solely for
the convenience of English speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with,
French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the shareholders of AXA

25, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris, France
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In our capacity as Statutory Auditors of AXA, and in accordance with ArticleL.225-135 of the French Commercial Code, we hereby
report to you on the report prepared by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of your Company in accordance with ArticleL.225-37
of the French Commercial Code for the year ended December31, 2015.
It is the Chairmans responsibility to prepare, and submit to the Board of Directors for approval, a report describing the internal control
and risk management procedures implemented by the Company and providing the other information required by ArticleL.225-37 of
the French Commercial Code in particular relating to corporate governance.
It is our responsibility:
to report to you on the information set out in the Chairmans report on internal control and risk management procedures relating
to the preparation and processing of nancial and accounting information; and
to attest that the report sets out the other information required by ArticleL.225-37 of the French Commercial Code, it being specied
that it is not our responsibility to assess the fairness of this information.
We conducted our work in accordance with the professional standards applicable in France.
Information concerning internal control and Risk Management procedures relatingto the
preparation and processing of nancial and accounting information
The professional standards require that we perform procedures to assess the fairness of the information on internal control and Risk
Management procedures relating to the preparation and processing of nancial and accounting information set out in the Chairmans
report. These procedures mainly consisted of:
obtaining an understanding of the internal control and Risk Management procedures relating to the preparation and processing
of nancial and accounting information on which the information presented in the Chairmans report is based, and of the existing
documentation;
obtaining an understanding of the work performed to support the information given in the report and of the existing documentation;
determining if any material weaknesses in the internal control procedures relating to the preparation and processing of nancial
and accounting information that we may have identied in the course of our work are properly described in the Chairmans report.
On the basis of our work, we have no matters to report on the information given on internal control and Risk Management procedures
relating to the preparation and processing of nancial and accounting information, set out in the Chairman of the Board of Directors
report, prepared in accordance with ArticleL.225-37 of the French Commercial Code.
360
APPENDICES
Other information
We attest that the Chairmans report sets out the other information required by ArticleL.225-37 of the French Commercial Code.

Mazars
Jean-Claude Pauly Gilles Magnan
361
APPENDICES
APPENDIX IIMANAGEMENTS ANNUAL EVALUATION OF INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
APPENDIX II MANAGEMENTS ANNUAL

EVALUATION OF INTERNAL
CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING
AXAs Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICOFR) is a
process designed under the supervision of AXAs Chief Financial
Ofcer (CFO) to provide reasonable but not absolute assurance
regarding the reliability of nancial reporting and the preparation
of AXAs consolidated nancial statements.
Since its delisting from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in March2010 and its deregistration with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June2010,
AXA has maintained an annual Internal Financial Control (IFC)
programme designed to evaluate the effectiveness of AXAs
ICOFR. AXAs Statutory Auditors provide a reasonable assurance
report on AXAs ICOFR each year.
The IFC programme is based on AXAs IFC Standard, which is
an internal control and governance standard.
(a) AXAs IFC Standard

AXAs IFC Standard is based on the Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). It is
designed to define the IFC scope and governance, ensure
consistency and quality in AXAs nancial reporting, and provide
an overall framework for the annual IFC programme.
(A.1) IFC SCOPE
The IFC programme includes primarily the entities which are

individually signicant to AXAs consolidated nancial position
or results of operations, as well as the entities which provide
signicant services to AXA and/or its consolidated subsidiaries
(the Group).
(A.2) IFC GOVERNANCE
Management, including AXAs Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)

and his deputy, is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate ICOFR.
The IFC programme is steered by the Group IFC Committee
chaired by AXAs CFO and involves the Planning Budgets Results
Central (PBRC) Department, other relevant AXA Departments,
and representatives from each in-scope AXA Group company.
The IFC programme and the conclusion of management as to
the effectiveness of AXAs ICOFR are also reviewed by AXAs
Audit Committee.
362
(A.3) IFC PRINCIPLES
AXAs ICOFR includes policies and procedures that:
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable

detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of Group assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded

as necessary to permit the preparation of nancial statements
in accordance with the applicable generally accepted
accounting principles;
provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures

are being made only in accordance with the authorization of
management and directors of the Group; and
provide reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition,

use or disposition of Group assets that could have a material
effect on the Groups nancial statements would be prevented
or detected in a timely manner.
In order to assess the effectiveness of ICOFR, nancial reporting

risks are initially identied at AXA Group level with a focus on
identifying those risks that may result in a material misstatement
of AXAs consolidated nancial statements not being prevented
or detected in a timely manner. This top-down and risk-based
approach enables to identify in-scope AXA Group companies
and processes.
In line with the COSO framework, AXAs ICOFR is organized
around the following key process categories: Entity-Level
Controls (ELC), IT ELC, Financial Statement Closing Process,
Business Processes, and IT General Controls.
For every key process category, the in-scope AXA Group
companies (i) document the significant processes and/or
controls, as well as the rationale of how the associated risk of
material misstatement due to error or fraud can be reduced to an
acceptable level, (ii) test the design and operational effectiveness
of key controls based on the test plans elaborated with insight
into risks, and (iii) remediate identied control deciencies.
APPENDICES
Outstanding control deciencies are consolidated at Group

level to evaluate their impact on AXAs consolidated nancial
statements, considering their likelihood, potential impact,
compensating controls and other qualitative factors. This
evaluation process is designed to identify any control deciencies
that may rise to the level of a material weakness. A material
weakness is a deficiency or a combination of deficiencies
in internal control over nancial reporting, such that there is
a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
Companys financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on time.
(A.4) IFC CERTIFICATION
At each year-end, the in-scope AXA Group companies are

required to perform an evaluation of their ICOFR as part of
an internal certication process. This process involves formal
sign-off by the Companys process owners and culminates
with a formal management report from the Companys CFO or
another senior executive ofcer stating their conclusion as to
the effectiveness of the Companys ICOFR.
This internal certication process across all in-scope Group
companies is designed to assist AXAs management in its
evaluation of AXAs ICOFR and to support its conclusion as to
the effectiveness of AXAs ICOFR.
(b) Managements annual evaluation

on ICOFR based on AXAs IFC Standard
Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of
AXAs ICOFR in accordance with the IFC Standard as described
above. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that
AXAs ICOFR was effective as of December31, 2015.
All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have
inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined
to be effective may not prevent or detect misstatements and
can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to nancial
statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the
risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or if the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures deteriorates.
(c) Report of the Statutory Auditors

onICOFR
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit and Mazars have performed
audit procedures in order to be able to obtain reasonable
assurance as to whether managements conclusion as to the
effectiveness of AXAs ICOFR based on the AXAs IFC Standard
is fairly stated.
363
APPENDICES
63, rue de Villiers
Mazars
92400 Courbevoie
I Report of the Statutory Auditors on internal control

overnancial reporting
To the Board of Directors of AXA:
As Statutory Auditors of AXA and at your request, we have performed audit procedures on AXA and its subsidiaries (the Company)
internal control over nancial reporting as of December31, 2015, in order to be able to obtain reasonable assurance as to whether
AXAs managements assertion that internal control over nancial reporting is effective, as included in managements annual evaluation
of internal control over nancial reporting, is fairly stated.
The Companys management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over nancial reporting and for establishing a
statement on its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over nancial reporting as of December31, 2015. A companys
internal control over nancial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of nancial
reporting and the preparation of nancial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS accounting principles. The
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over nancial reporting is based on criteria established in the Internal Financial
Control Standard of AXA (AXAs IFC Standard), which is an internal control and governance standard, as described in managements
annual evaluation of internal control over nancial reporting on page362 of this Annual Report. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Companys managements assertion, based on our audit procedures.
We conducted our work in accordance with French professional standards and ISAE 3000 (Assurance engagements other than
audits or reviews of historical nancial information). These standards require that we plan and perform the audit procedures to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether AXA managements assertion that internal control over nancial reporting is effective, was fairly
stated in all material respects. Our audit procedures included obtaining an understanding of internal control over nancial reporting,
assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control
based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe
that our audit procedures provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over nancial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or if the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Companys managements assertion that internal control over nancial reporting as of December31, 2015 is
effective, in all material respects, is fairly stated based on the criteria established in AXAs IFC Standard.
364
Mazars
APPENDICES
APPENDIX IIISTATEMENT OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FORTHEANNUALREPORT
APPENDIX III STATEMENT OF THE

PERSON RESPONSIBLE
FORTHEANNUALREPORT
STATEMENT OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE
I, the undersigned, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, hereby certify that the information contained in
this Annual Report is, to the best of my knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no material omission likely to render
it misleading or inaccurate in any material respect.
I conrm that, to the best of my knowledge, the nancial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting
standards and fairly present the assets and liabilities, the nancial position and the prot or loss of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the periods presented, and that the Board of Directors report, the various Sections of which are mentioned on
page415 of this Annual Report, fairly presents the evolution of the business, results and nancial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, and describes the principal risks and contingencies facing the Group.
The Statutory Auditors have provided me with a letter of completion of assignment, in which they conrm that they have veried
the information relating to the nancial position and the nancial statements contained in this Annual Report and have reviewed the
entire document.
The Statutory Auditors prepared a report on the Companys Consolidated nancial statements for the year ended December31,2014,
which are incorporated by reference in this document. This report, set out in pages336 and 337 of the Registration Document was
led with the AMF on March26, 2015 under number D.15-0208.
The Statutory Auditors prepared a report on the Companys Consolidated nancial statements for the year ended December31,2013,
which are incorporated by reference in this document. This report, set out in pages330 and 331 of the Registration Document was
led with the AMF on March21, 2014 under number D.14-0184.
Paris, March31, 2016

Henri de Castries
Chairman& Chief Executive Ofcer
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Denis Duverne
Member of the AXABoard of Directors
AXA
25, avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France
365
APPENDICES
APPENDIXIVFINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS
APPENDIXIV FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS

FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS TO ISSUE SHARES OR OTHER TYPES OF SECURITIES
VALID AS OF DECEMBER31, 2015
AXAsauthorizations to issue shares or other types of securities that were valid as of December31, 2015 are summarized in the
tables below:
Issues with preferential subscription rights for shareholders
Securities
Maximum nominal
amount in case of
debt instruments
Maximum
nominal
amount of the
capitalincrease
(in Euro)
(in Euro)
Term
Expiration
date
1billion(a) 26months
June30,2017
6billion(d)
2billion(e) 26months
June30,2017
Capitalization of reserves, earnings or premiums

Ordinary shares and other securities giving a claim to ordinary
shares of the Company through subscription, conversion,
exchange, redemption, presentation of a warrant or
otherwise(b)
Issues without preferential subscription rights for shareholders

Maximum
nominal amount
of the capital
Maximum nominal
increase
(in Euro or in
amount in case of
percentage of
debt instruments
Securities
Term
Expiration date
6billion(d)
550million 26months
June30,2017
Ordinary shares or securities giving access to the capital,

reserved for employees
135million(f) 18months
October30,2016
Ordinary shares reserved for a specic category of beneciaries

in connection with offerings for employees
135million(f) 18months
October30,2016
1%(h) 38months
June23,2017
1%(i) 38months
June23,2017
(in Euro)
Ordinary shares and other securities giving a claim to ordinary

shares of the Company through subscription, conversion,
exchange, redemption, presentation of a warrant or otherwise(c)
Performance shares (actions de performance)
(g)
Shares issued in connection with the exercise of stock options
theshare capital)
(a) Independent ceiling.

(b) Including the issue of ordinary shares as result of securities issued by subsidiaries of AXA.
(c) Including the issue of ordinary shares or securities(i)in the event of private investments or through public offers, (ii)in the event of public exchange offers initiated by
the Company, (iii)in consideration for contributions-in-kind for up to 10% of the Companys share capital, or (iv)as result of securities issued by subsidiaries of AXA.
(d) The aggregate nominal value of debt instruments associated with the issue of securities with or without preferential subscription rights may not exceed the global upper
limit of 6billion.
(e) The aggregate nominal value of the capital increase with or without preferential subscription rights may not exceed 2billion in nominal value.
(f) Common and independent ceiling.
(g) Existing shares and/or newly issued shares.
(h) At the date on which performance shares are granted by the Board of Directors.
(i) At the date on which stock options are granted by the Board of Directors.
366
APPENDICES
APPENDIXIVFINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS
NEW FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS

The following authorizations to issue shares or securities giving a claim to ordinary shares of the Company require the shareholders
approval and will be submitted to the Shareholders Meeting on April27,2016:
Issues without preferential subscription rights for shareholders

Maximum
nominal amount
of the capital
Maximum nominal
increase
(in Euro or in
amount in case of
percentage of
debt instruments
Securities
(in Euro)
the share capital)
Term
Expiration date
Ordinary shares or securities giving access to the capital,

reserved for employees
135million(a)
18months
October27,2017
Ordinary shares reserved for a specic category of

beneciaries in connection with offerings for employees
135million(a)
18months
October27,2017
(c)
38 months
June27, 2019
0.40%(c)
38 months
June27, 2019
Performance shares (actions de performance)
(b)
Performance shares (actions de performance)(b)(d)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
1%
Common and independent ceiling.

Existing shares and/or newly issued shares.
At the date on which performance shares are granted by the Board of Directors.
Dedicated to retirement.
USE OF THE VARIOUS FINANCIAL AUTHORIZATIONS PERTAINING TOCAPITAL

INCREASES IN2015
Equity issue reserved for employees
Please see Part 2.3 Major shareholders and related party
transactions, SectionEmployee shareholders of this Annual
Report.
Stock options/Performance shares

STOCK OPTIONS
3,014,469 stock options have been granted, each of which gives

the holder a right to acquire an AXA share (either newly issued
or existing) at a specied strike price.
PERFORMANCE SHARES
In2015, by virtue of the authorization granted by the shareholders

at the Shareholders Meeting of April23, 2014(resolution 19)
2,459,256 performance shares were granted by the AXABoard
of Directors.
In2015, by virtue of the authorization granted by the shareholders

at the Shareholders Meeting of April23, 2014(resolution 18)
367
APPENDICES
APPENDIX VAXA PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
APPENDIX V
AXA PARENT COMPANY

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT

NET INCOME
Net income for the scal year ending December31, 2015 was
1,747million against 2,392million at December31, 2014.
Dividends received from subsidiaries amounted to
2,552million, versus 3,342million in 2014, representing a
drop of 790million.
Capital operations resulted in a loss of 106million in 2015,

versus a loss of 24million in 2014, and breaks down as follows:
a 189million foreign exchange prot, versus 330million

in 2014, mainly coming from hedging adjustments on
investments in subsidiaries in foreign currencies;
270million in net allowances to provisions for investments in

subsidiaries, of which 214million for FamilyProtect due to the
redeployment of its portfolio to other AXA Group companies
and pending its liquidation;
99million in allowances to provisions for risks and charges,

versus 93million in 2014, which mainly includes the annual
allowance of 55million to provisions for 2017 subordinated
bond redemption premium;
64million of realized gains from the sale of 1% of AXA Life

Insurance Co., Ltd (Japan) to Nippon Life and the sale of AXA
SAs property & casualty business in Malaysia to AXA Asia.
Dividends received from insurance companies decreased by

669million to 2,329million mainly due to the following factors:
1,122 million dividends from the Northern, Central and

Eastern Europe Region, compared to 1,442million in 2014,
down 320million mainly due to the negative impact of low
interest rates on statutory prots;
893million dividends from AXA France Assurance versus
1,326million in 2014, down 433million as a result of the
negative impact of interest rates on statutory profits and
nancing of external growth, notably the acquisition of BRE
Insurance;
276million dividends from the Mediterranean and Latin

American Region, compared to 70 million in 2014, up
206million as AXA Mediterranean Holding decreased its
dividend in 2014 in order to fund the acquisition of Colpatria
Seguros in Colombia;
The corporate income tax benet amounted to 784million,

compared with a tax benet of 646million in 2014. It mainly
included 815million of tax receivables from members of the tax
consolidation Group in France, partly offset by the 70million
payment related to the French tax of 3% on dividends paid to
shareholders.
no dividends paid by AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd (Japan),

compared to 114million in 2014, 292million capital surplus
was paid in 2015 through a capital reduction.
In 2014, the corporate income tax benet derived mainly from

the 762million of tax receivables from members of the tax
consolidation Group.
Dividends received from nancial subsidiaries and other holding

companies fell by 121million to 223million versus 344million
in 2014. Of this decrease, 130million is due to the liquidation
of the company Finance Solutions during 2015 following the
reimbursement of internal loans granted to US entities.
Net financial expenses, which include interest expenses
net of interest incomes from loans and investments, stood at
948million versus 1,102million in 2014. This 154million
improvement is mainly explained by 131million gain on interest
rate hedging strategy.
Operating expenses stood at 513 million, compared
to 452 million in 2014, an increase of 61 million mainly
attributable to programs designed to develop the business
through improved digital capabilities.
368
BALANCE SHEET
At December31, 2015, total assets amounted to 74,827million,

versus 73,270million at December31, 2014.
Assets
Intangible assets totaled 343million. They mainly included
the AXA brand contributed by FINAXA as part of the 2005
merger and valued at 307million at the time based on brand
royalties billed to Group subsidiaries and to the Mutuelles AXA,
and 36million relating to the capitalization of software costs.
Investments in subsidiaries net of valuation allowances totaled
63,269 million, versus 62,586 million at year-end 2014,
representing an increase of 683million, reecting:
a 663million capital increase of AXA Global Life to deploy

the internal reinsurance program for AXA Group;
APPENDICES
465 million for the acquisition of Genworth Financial

European Group Holdings Ltd;
a 215million capital increase of Socit Beaujon mainly

to finance the acquisition of Mansard Insurance Plc and
the increased investment in Bharti AXA General Insurance
Company Ltd;
respectively 74million and 60million increases in capital of

AXA China and AXA Africa Holding to foster the development
of their businesses;
partly offset by:
a 292million capital reduction of AXA Life Insurance Co.,

Ltd (Japan) given its surplus capital;
a 273million capital reduction of Finance Solutions following

the liquidation of this entity;
270million in net allowances to provisions for investments

in subsidiaries referred to above.
Receivables from subsidiaries stood at 4,034million versus

3,521million at year-end 2014, representing an increase of
513million primarily due to a loan granted to AXA UK Plc for
350million (477million).
Liabilities
Shareholders equity, before net income for the period and
after payment of the dividends relating to the prior nancial year,
stood at 40,905million, a decrease of 479million, including
1,149million related to the cancellation of shares bought
back, partly offset by a 375million capital increase reserved
for employees and 293million following the exercise of stock
options.
Other shareholders equity included undated deeply
subordinated securities which totaled 6,734million, versus
6,441 million in 2014, taking account of the 262 million
negative foreign exchange effects.
Provisions for risks and charges amounted to 1,460million
and mainly consisted in 632 million for the redemption
premium related to the subordinated convertible note maturing
in January2017, 382million of provisions for the possible
repayment of tax savings to subsidiaries belonging to the French
tax consolidation Group and a 235million provision for foreign
exchange risk.
Subordinated debt stood at 9,187million versus 8,843million
in 2014, taking account of the 339million negative foreign
exchange effects.
Other financial assets amounted to 1,118million, versus

872million in 2014, a 246million increase mainly attributable
to margin calls paid to bank counterparties under collateral
agreements linked to the management of derivative instruments,
which stood at 970million at year-end 2015, compared with
727million at year-end 2014.
Financial debt totaled 13,557million versus 11,349million

at December 31, 2014, up 2,208 million, which primarily
takes into account internal loans granted by sub-holdings to
manage the cash position and outstanding commercial papers,
partially offset by the redemption of 1billion of senior debt in
January2015.
Tax receivables came to 112million, including a 51million

carry-back receivable.
Unrealized foreign exchange gains amounted to 604million at

year-end 2015, down from 785million at December31,2014.
This item reects the effects derived from the revaluation of
foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at the closing
exchange rate. It declined compared to 2014 due to Japanese
Yen and US Dollar exchange rate trends, which adversely
impacted liabilities.
Miscellaneous receivables totaled 193million, reecting

131million in nancial income receivables.
Cash and cash equivalents stood at 2,623million, versus
2,836million at year-end 2014, the 213million decrease
being mainly explained by the redemption of 1billion senior
debt in January2015 partly offset by dividends received from
subsidiaries net of the dividend paid to shareholders and carryback receivable cash payment.
Cash instruments totaled 15million versus 50million in
2014, a 35million decrease mainly due to unwinding Japanese
Yen options positions.
Unrealized foreign exchange losses amounted to
2,998million, of which 2,128million related to the deferred
recognition of foreign exchange losses in line with hedge
accounting principles, offset by unrealized gains on investments
in subsidiaries. This item also reects unrealized losses on assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies attributable to
the effects of their revaluation at the closing exchange rate. The
increase of 550million compared with 2014 is mainly due to
unfavorable impact of US Dollar and Pound Sterling on debts.
OTHER INFORMATION
In accordance with Article L.225.102-1 of the French

Commercial Code (Code de commerce), disclosures related
to the Companys executive compensation appear in Part2,
Section2.2. Full disclosure on executive compensation and
share ownership.
Supplier invoices to be paid at December31, 2015 came to
11million, 10million of which are due within three months
(application of ArticleD.441-4 of the French Commercial Code).
At December31, 2014, they amounted to 8million, 5million
of which was due within three months.
ACQUISITION OF EQUITY INTERESTS
In 2015, The Company did not acquire any signicant equity

interests within the meaning of ArticleL.233-6 of the French
Commercial Code.
369
APPENDICES
BALANCE SHEET
Assets
December31, 2015
Gross
carrying
value
(in Euromillion)
Amortizations
and provisions
Net
carrying
value
Net carrying
value as at
December31,2014
32
343
347
Fixed assets
375
Intangible assets
Tangible assets
Land
Buildings and other xed assets
64,897
1,628
63,269
62,586
Financial assets
Investments in subsidiaries
Receivables from subsidiaries
4,035
4,034
3,521
Other nancial assets
1,201
83
1,118
872
40
40
34
70,550
1,744
68,806
67,361
Loans
I
Current assets
Operating receivables
Tax receivables
112
112
401
Receivables and subsidiaries current accounts
194
193
134
Marketable securities
38
37
Cash instruments
15
15
50
2,623
2,623
2,836
14
14
2,996
2,994
3,426
290
263
27
33
2,998
2,998
2,448
76,836
2,009
74,827
73,270

Prepaid expenses
II
Prepayments and accrued income
Deferred charges
Bond redemption premiums
Unrealized foreign exchange losses
TOTAL ASSETS
370
APPENDICES
Liabilities
(in Euromillion)
December31, 2015
December31, 2014
5,557
5,593
19,309
19,760
1,060
1,060
564
559
Shareholders equity
Capital
Ordinary shares
Issue premiums
Merger and contribution premiums
Reserves
Legal reserve
Specic reserves for long term capital gains
2,316
2,316
Other reserves
1,491
1,491
10,564
10,490
Retained earnings
Tax driven provision
44
42
1,747
2,392
42,653
43,703
6,734
6,441
II
6,734
6,441
III
1,460
1,780
Net income for the nancial year

Other shareholders equity
Undated subordinated notes
Liabilities
9,187
8,843
13,557
11,349
Tax payables
Social payables
Subordinated debt
Financial debt
Operating payables
Other payables
Debt on xed assets
366
129
Other
258
232
Cash instruments
Deferred income
23,376
20,561
604
785
74,827
73,270
IV
Prepayments and accrued expense
Unrealized foreign exchange gains
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
371
APPENDICES
INCOME STATEMENT
2015
2014
Dividends received from subsidiaries
2,552
3,342
Revenues on short-term investments
157
52
2,716
3,401
(505)
(440)
(1)
(in Euromillion)
I. Result on ordinary activities

Financial & operating revenues
Other revenues
I
Operating expenses
External expenses and other expenses
Tax expenses
Payroll and compensation
Interest expense
Allowances for depreciation of buildings and deferred charges
II
Operating prot
(III = I + II)
Contribution on common operations
IV
(5)
(3)
(1,105)
(1,154)
(10)
(15)
(1,625)
(1,613)
1,091
1,788
Financial operations on securities

Reversals to provisions for marketable securities
Net income on sale of short-term securities
Allowances to provisions for marketable securities
Investment result on securities
Prot on ordinary activities before tax
(VI = III + IV + V)
(22)
(18)
(22)
(18)
1,069
1,770
Proceeds from the sale of xed assets
169
110
Releases of provisions for risks and charges
112
12
41
132
189
330
(202)
(187)
II. Result on capital operations
Releases of equity securities provisions

Foreign exchange result
Net book value on the sale of xed assets
Allowances to provisions for risks and charges
Allowances to equity shares provisions
Exceptional result
372
(99)
(93)
(320)
(449)
121
(24)
VII
(106)
Income tax benet/(expense)
VIII
784
646
III. NET INCOME FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
VI + VII +VIII
1,747
2,392
APPENDICES
FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE COMPANY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

December31, December31, December31, December31, December31,
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
1 Closing balance sheet summary
a) Capital Ordinary shares (in Euromillion)
5,398
5,470
5,537
5,593
5,557
b) Ordinary shares (numbers inmillion)
2,357
2,389
2,418
2,442
2,426
a) Gross revenues before sales tax
4,719
3,438
3,289
3,394
2,709
b) Pre-tax income from continuing operations, before

depreciation, amortization and releases
2,992
1,850
1,776
1,785
1,079
c) Income tax expense/benet
2,002
375
558
646
784
d) Net after-tax income after depreciation,

amortization and releases
8,649
3,261
1,727
2,392
1,747
e) Net dividend distribution
1,626
1,720
1,960
2,317
2,669
a) After tax income, before depreciation, amortization

and releases
3.98
0.65
0.81
1.00
0.71
b) After tax income, after depreciation, amortization

and releases
3.67
1.37
0.71
0.98
0.72
c) Net dividend per share (b)
0.69
0.72
0.81
0.95
1.10
c) Bonds convertible into ordinary shares

(numbersinmillion) (a)
2 Income statement summary (in Euromillion)
3 Per share data (in Euro)
(a) Since January1, 2007, AXAs 2017 bonds can still be converted, but any dilutive impact created by the issuance of new shares resulting from the conversion of the
bonds is neutralized by the automatic exercise of call options on the AXA shares which have been put in place.
(b) Dividend proposed at year end 2015 is submited to the Shareholders Meeting of April27, 2016 and based on 2,426,458,242 outstanding ordinary shares.
373
APPENDICES
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(in Euromillion)
December31, 2015 December31, 2014
Cash inows
Prot on ordinary activities before tax
Result on capital operations before tax
1,069
1,770
(106)
(24)
Income tax expense/benet
784
646
Changes in reserves and amortization
(18)
(560)
1,729
1,832
Cash ow for the year

Increases in shareholders equity
New borrowings
668
366
3,054
4,369
-
Sale or decrease in xed assets
Intangible assets
Tangible xed assets
Financial assets
1,817
4,416
7,268
10,983
Dividends paid out during the year
2,317
1,960
Reduction in shareholders equity
1,149
Repayments of nancial debt
1,000
4,318
TOTAL CASH INFLOWS

Cash outows
Purchase of xed assets
Intangible assets
Tangible xed assets
Financial assets
Expenses amortized over several years
3,032
3,872
17
TOTAL CASH OUTFLOWS
7,498
10,167
Change in working capital
(230)
816
Short-term equivalents
Change in:
operating receivables
operating payables
cash and cash equivalent
TOTAL
374
(218)
(42)
(34)
241
22
617
(230)
816
APPENDICES
375
APPENDICES
SUBSIDIARIES AND PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
(in Euromillion)
Share
capital
Other
shareholders
equity
Percentage of
capital held
Gross Book
Value of
securities held
8,401
216
100.00%
8,413
60
100.00%
60
90
15
100.00%
96
681
724
100.00%
960
462
(18)
51.00%
235
2,846
99.96%
1,133
452
4,351
100.00%
4,315
171
(5)
99.66%
258
673
100.00%
747
176
64
95.04%
217
104
100.00%
158
453
1,089
100.00%
4,493
220
85
100.00%
229
53
874
78.96%
1,551
610
1,268
77.92%
2,572
100
1,069
100.00%
1,339
120
(108)
100.00%
120
A. DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING SUBSIDIARIES

ANDINVESTMENTS ACCOUNTING FOR IN EXCESS OF 1%
OFAXAS SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
1) Subsidiaries (at least 50%-owned)
AXA ASIA
21, avenue Matignon 75008 PARIS
AXA AFRICA HOLDING
AXA ASSISTANCE
6, rue Andr-Gide 92320 CHATILLON
AXA BANK EUROPE SA
25, boulevard du Souverain 1170 BRUXELLES Belgium
AXA CHINA
AXA EQUITY AND LAW PLC
5, Old Broad Street LONDON EC2N 1AD England
AXA FRANCE ASSURANCE
26, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS
AXA GENERAL INSURANCE
395-70, Shindaebang-dong, Dongjak-gu SEOUL South Korea
AXA GLOBAL LIFE
40, rue du Colise 75008 PARIS
AXA GLOBAL P&C
9, avenue de Messine 75009 PARIS
AXA GROUP SOLUTIONS
AXA HOLDINGS BELGIUM
25, boulevard du Souverain 1170 BRUXELLES Belgium
AXA HOLDING MAROC
120-122, avenue Hassan II 21000 CASABLANCA Morocco
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Cur Dfense Tour B La Dfense 4 100 Esplanade
du Gnral de Gaulle 92932 PARIS LA DEFENSE
AXA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CO Ltd
NBF Platinium Tower 1-17-3 Shirokane Minato-ku
108 8020 TOKYO Japan
AXA LIFE EUROPE
Guild House Guild Street IFSC DUBLIN 1 Ireland
AXA LIFE INVEST SERVICES
(a) For Insurance companies: gross written premiums. For real estate companies: rental revenues.
For holding companies: dividends. For nancial services companies: gross banking revenues.
(b) Consolidated data.
376
APPENDICES
Net Book
Value of
securities
held
Loans and
cash advances
given by the
Company still
outstanding
Guarantees and
commitments given
by the Company
under commitments
made by subsidiary/
participation
Last closing
revenues
available(a)
Last closing
result available
Dividends
received
Closing date
and other
observations
10
11
8,413
392
345
0 December31, 2015
60
0 December31, 2015
96
62
(8)
0 December31, 2015
939
345
63
0 December31, 2015
235
- December31, 2015
1,133
- December31, 2015
4,315
887
872
893 December31, 2015
258
596
(19)
0 December31, 2015
656
6,363
(22)
- December31, 2015
217
2,158
58
12 December31, 2015
103
232
- December31, 2015
4,493
102
96
229
37
132
30 December31, 2015
1,551
52
127
84
32
193 December 31, 2015
2,572
4,055
289
- December31, 2015
1,339
3,016
0 December31, 2015
27
(8)
- December31, 2015
377
APPENDICES
Share
capital
(in Euromillion)
AXA MEDITERRANEAN HOLDING
Other
shareholders
equity
Percentage of
capital held
Gross Book
Value of
securities held
147
3,455
100.00%
4,076
37
(35)
83.01%
72
72
353
100.00%
432
25
13
99.78%
73
2,073
5,856
53.12%
4,556
155
2,394
100.00%
5,171
100.00%
140
95
186
100.00%
620
214
(149)
100.00%
214
389
100.00%
464
100.00%
159
9,151
3,657
100.00%
12,299
47
939
99.99%
1,266
1,439
812
100.00%
4,285
395
16.76%
112
80
1,660
34.63%
2,120
136
27.78%
57
Calle monseor Palmer numro 1 PALMA DE MALLORCA Balearic Islands

AXA PORTUGAL COMPANHIA DE SEGUROS
Rua Gonalo Sampaio 39 4002-001 PORTO Portugal
AXA LIFE INVEST REINSURANCE
AXA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Les collines de lArche 76 route de la Demi Lune
92057 PARIS LA DEFENSE
AXA UK PLC (b)
5 Old Broad Street LONDON EC2N 1AD England
AXA VERSICHERUNGEN AG
General Guisan-str, 40 CH-8401 WINTERTHUR Switzerland
CFP MANAGEMENT
COLISEE RE
40, rue du Colise 75008 PARIS
FAMILY PROTECT
GENWORTH FINANCIAL EUROPEAN GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
Buldiing 11 Chiswick 566 Chiswick High Road LONDON W4 5XR
England
HOLDING VENDOME 3
OUDINOT PARTICIPATIONS
SOCIETE BEAUJON
VINCI B.V.
Graadt van Roggenweg 500 Postbus 30800
3503 AP UTRECHT Netherlands
2) Participating interests (10 to 50%-owned)
AXA HOLDING AS
Meclisi Mebusan cadn 15 Salipazari
80040 ISTANBUL Turkey
AXA KONZERN AG
Colonia Allee, 10-20 51067 KOLN Germany
LOR MATIGNON
100 , Esplanade du Gnral De Gaulle Cur Dfense Tour B
92400 COURBEVOIE
378
APPENDICES
Net Book
Value of
securities
held
Loans and
cash advances
given by the
Company still
outstanding
Guarantees and
commitments given
by the Company
under commitments
made by subsidiary/
participation
Last closing
revenues
available(a)
Last closing
result available
Dividends
received
Closing date
and other
observations
10
11
4,076
155
331
153
51
251
(7)
- December31, 2015
402
0 December31, 2015
34
241
(3)
- December31, 2015
4,556
1,029
1,635
392
- December31, 2015
5,171
3,029
590
1 December31, 2015
351
17
19 December31, 2015
(28)
- December31, 2015
464
- December31, 2014
0 December31, 2015
12,299
0 December31, 2015
1,230
120
114
48
66
0 December31, 2015
4,285
184
192
112
- December31, 2015
2,120
449
455
57
12
1 December31, 2014
379
APPENDICES
Share
capital
Other
shareholders
equity
Percentage of
capital held
Gross Book
Value of
securities held
(in Euromillion)
RESO GARANTIA (RGI Holdings B.V.)
356
39.34%
805
Ul, Svetlanskaya, 250/1, Vladivostok,Primorsky Territory

Far Eastern federal district, 690000 Russian Federation
Sub-total A
63,817
B. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER UNITS AND

PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
1) Subsidiaries not shown in Section A
a) French subsidiaries (total)
85
b) Foreign subsidiaries (total)
151
2) Participating interests not shown in Section A

a) in French companies (total)
59
b) in foreign companies (total)
130
TOTAL (A+B)
380
64,242
APPENDICES
Net Book
Value of
securities
held
Loans and
cash advances
given by the
Company still
outstanding
Guarantees and
commitments given
by the Company
under commitments
made by subsidiary/
participation
Last closing
revenues
available(a)
Last closing
result available
Dividends
received
Closing date
and other
observations
10
11
468
1,143
82
62,293
1,365
5,223
20,859
3,602
2,498
66
111
12
0 December31, 2015
59
86
11
62,615
1,373
5,229
20,859
3,602
2,522
381
APPENDICES
I Notes to the nancial statements as

at December 31, 2015
Net income
Net income for the scal year ending December31, 2015 was
1,747million against 2,392million at December31, 2014.
1.
HIGHLIGHTS
The signicant account movements are presented in the tables

in these notes.
2.
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
2.1. General principles

The nancial statements as at December31, 2015 are prepared
and presented in accordance with the provisions of the 2014
Chart of Accounts (regulation ANC n2014-03 dated June5,
2014).
Since January1, 2011, AXA has applied the hedge accounting
rules to hedge foreign exchange risk applicable to investments
in subsidiaries and afliates (regulation ANC n2015-05).
Since January1, 2005, AXA has applied regulations CRC 200210 relating to depreciation and amortization of assets (amended
by regulations CRC 2003-07 and CRC 2005-09), and CRC
2004-06 relating to the denition, recognition and measurement
of assets, repealed and replaced by regulation ANC n2014-03
chapter titre II, chapitreI Actifs non nanciers; application of
these regulations has had no impact on the Companys nancial
statements.
In accordance to regulation CRC 2008-15, repealed and
replaced by regulation ANC n2014-03 chapter titre VI, chapitre
II, Section4 Plans doptions dachat ou de souscription dactions
et plans dattribution dactions gratuites aux salaries (especially
Articles624-15 and 624-16) and chapters titre IX, chapitre
IV, Section5 Comptes nanciers (especially Article945-50)
treasury shares are recorded in Marketable securities. At
December31, 2015 1,491,713 shares were allocated to hedging
purposes, representing 37million.
The application of regulations relating to the accounting
treatment of stock options (subscription and purchase) and
performance shares/units (free shares granted to employees
and subject to performance conditions) had no impact on the
Companys nancial statements (regulation ANC n2014-03
chapter titre VI, chapitre II, Section4 Plans doptions dachat
ou de souscription dactions et plans dattribution dactions
gratuites aux salaris).
Find below a summary of options and performances or units shares granted in 2015 and 2014 to members of the Management
Committee paid by the Company:
Year 2015
Year 2014
Value of options
granted during
the year
Value of performance
shares and performance
units granted during
the year
202,048
1,511,514
Denis Duverne
202,080
1,185,353
Nicolas Moreau
82,994
489,608
(in Euro)
Henri de Castries
Stocks options, performance shares and performance units

plans are described in Part2 Section2.2 Full disclosure on
executive compensation and share ownership of this Annual
Report.
382
275,900
1,580,393
275,900
1,252,624
119,438
510,942
Securities are classied using the following criteria:
investments in subsidiaries and affiliates are securities

representing at least 10% of the share capital of the issuing
company plus those which the Company deems held for the
long term;
other nancial assets comprise securities representing less

than 10% of the share capital and which are not investments
in subsidiaries and afliates.
BALANCE SHEET
Tangible assets include investments in real estate, split between

land and buildings, as well as xtures and ttings.
Value of performance
shares granted during
the year
Financial assets consist in (i)investments in and receivables from

subsidiaries and afliates and (ii)other nancial assets and loans.
2.2. Presentation of the nancial statements

Intangible assets include concessions, patents, brands and
software.
Value of options
granted during
the year
APPENDICES
INCOME
The income statement distinguishes between ordinary operations

and capital operations:
ordinary operations include dividends, revenues from other

investments, nancial expenses, operating expenses and
income from transactions in investments;
capital operations include gains or losses on the disposal
of investments in subsidiaries and affiliates and portfolio
management investments, impairment charges and reversals
in respect of these securities and related receivables, gains
and losses arising from exchange rate movements, charges
and reversals of provisions for risks and charges, and
exceptional income and expense;
disposals of investments in subsidiaries and afliates are
measured using the weighted average unit cost method.
To improve the transparency of the financial statements,

(i)charges and releases of provisions for exchange rate risk
are recognized in foreign exchange result, and (ii)charges and
reversals of provisions for tax repayment risk are recognized in
income tax benet/expense.
2.3. Intangible assets

Intangible assets totaled 343million. They mainly included the
AXA brand contributed by FINAXA as part of the 2005 merger
and valued at 307million at the time based on brand royalties
billed to Group subsidiaries and to the Mutuelles AXA, and
36million relating to the capitalization of software costs.
2.4. Tangible assets

Tangible assets are recognized at acquisition cost or transfer
value. Buildings are depreciated using the straight line method
over fty years, and tting work is depreciated over ve or ten
years as appropriate.
2.5. Financial assets

Financial assets are measured at acquisition cost or transfer
cost. At the balance sheet date, the acquisition cost is compared
to the fair value, and the lower of these two values is then
recognized in the balance sheet.
The fair value of investments in subsidiaries and afliates is their
going concern value for the rm. This may be determined as a
function of (i) their share price, or (ii) their shareholders equity
(including unrealized gains) or (iii) prospects for the subsidiary.
This multi-criteria analysis reects the long-term nature of AXAs
ownership in these subsidiaries and excludes factors relating
to short-term market volatility. Net book value is compared
with the going concern value, which is the value of the assets
and expected profits of existing and new business, taking
into account the entitys future prospects. The value of future
prots is estimated on the basis of calculations of the European
Embedded Value of the Life&Savings business published by
the Group, or similar calculations for other activities.
For other investments, the fair value is the share price for listed
securities and the likely trading value for unlisted securities.
2.6. Receivables
Receivables are measured at nominal value. An impairment
provision is charged in the event of risk of non-recovery.
2.7. Marketable securities

At the balance sheet date, the acquisition cost is compared to
the fair value, which corresponds to the exit value for SICAV and
FCP Mutual funds and to the average share price over the last
month before the balance sheet date for the other securities.
2.8. Prepayments and accrued income

Deferred charges correspond to debt issue costs, which are
spread over the lifetime of the issue or for a maximum of
10years when the debt has no predetermined maturity.
2.9. Subordinated bonds

The Company has issued subordinated bonds with following
features :
3.75% bonds, maturity January1, 2017: 6,613,129 bonds

with a par value of 165.50 and a redemption value of 269.16
were in circulation at December31, 2015. The redemption
premium amounts to 688million.
These bonds have been recognized using the single transaction

approach. The redemption premium, being the difference
between the value at par and the redemption value of the bond
issue, was not recognized as a liability at the time of the bond
issue. Redemption premium have been amortized since 2002
and will be until maturity of the issue, using the compound
interest method. The yield to maturity used (3.29%) is the rate
which enables future payment of the redemption premium,
assuming the bond was issued on January1, 2002.
The charge for the year ending December31, 2015 amounted
to 55million, and the existing provision at December31, 2015
is 632million. The unamortized balance of 56million was
recognized as an off-balance sheet commitment.
On January11, 2007, the meeting of holders of AXAs 2017
convertible bonds were held to vote on an amendment of the
nal conversion dates of the bonds to January26, 2007 in
exchange for a cash payment in respect of the value of the
conversion option.
The General Meeting did not approve the amendment. As
a result, to fully neutralize the dilution impact of the 2017
convertible bonds, AXA bought call options on AXA shares with
an automatic exercise mechanism from a bank counterparty
for a total cash amount equivalent to the payment proposed to
bondholders. This 96million premium is to be amortized over
the residual ten-year term of the bond. At December31, 2015,
the remaining amount to be amortized was 10million.
383
APPENDICES
charges is recognized to take into account the unrealized

loss. Other derivative instruments are recognized off-balance
sheet at their nominal value. Unrealized losses arising from the
estimated market value of these nancial instruments give rise
to recognition of a provision for foreign exchange loss when
the hedge accounting can not be applied.
2.10. Employee benets

Employee benet liability was reviewed and a valuation was
carried out, in accordance with the Recommendation ANC
n 2013-02, so as to measure any additional adjustment
necessary to ensure the coverage of dened post-retirement
benet obligations and for accounting purpose. The method
1, as dened by this Recommendation has been applied: past
service costs are spread in prot and loss over the vesting period
and the expected return on asset is used in developing the net
periodic pension cost. Pursuant to this review and following a
27million payment to an external organism to fund the related
obligations, the employee benet liability recognised was nil as
at December31, 2015 and 2014. Additional information on
employees dened benet obligations is provided in Note26.2.
2.11. Unrealized foreign exchange gains/

losses
Foreign currency receivables and liabilities are adjusted at the
balance sheet date exchange rate. The matching item for this
adjustment is a translation variance asset account when the
difference is an unrealized loss, and a translation variance
liability account when it is an unrealized gain. These items do
not ow through the income statement but a provision for foreign
exchange risk is made to recognize unrealized losses relating to
the translation variance asset.
When a loan or borrowing generates an unrealized translation
loss, but is hedged, a provision for unhedged risk is registered.
2.12. Derivative products
384
Interest rate swaps: these transactions are recognized by

applying the accrued interest method. A distinction is made
in the income statement and balance sheet between income
from the principal transaction, which is the subject of the
swap, and the net income from the swap transaction. The
nominal value of the swaps serving as bases for interest rate
swaps is recognized off-balance sheet.
Derivative products qualifying as hedges against foreign

exchange risk (exchange rate or currency swaps, currency
futures) are recognized off-balance sheet as a reciprocal
liability and receivable commitment. For currency options,
the premium paid on acquisition is recognized as an asset
on the balance sheet in the cash instruments account.
When the option is exercised, the premium is recorded in the
income statement. The same is true when the option is not
exercised at term. For option sales, a provision for risks and
Equity derivative products: equity option rights paid or received

are posted in a suspense account on payment or receipt of
funds. At the balance sheet date, if the option has not been
exercised, the rights received, representing possible income,
are not recognized in the income statement. A provision is
created against rights paid if it is likely, given market trends,
that the option will not be exercised. When the option is
exercised, this represents an addition to the acquisition price
of the underlying instrument and an addition to the sale price
when the option is sold.
2.13. Other shareholdersequity

Undated deeply subordinated notes are classied as Other
shareholders equity when, like for ordinary shares, there is no
contractual obligation to remit cash or any other nancial assets.
Other shareholders equity included undated deeply
subordinated notes totaled 6,734million, versus 6,441million
exchange effects.
2.14. Provisions for risks and charges

The Company is the head of a French tax consolidation regime
group. The tax consolidation regime provides that tax savings
should be recognized directly in the Companys financial
statements. However, a provision for the return of tax savings
is recognized when there is a high probability that the benet
will accrue to subsidiaries as a result of the prospect of future
taxable income resulting from the Groups strategic planning.
3.
NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET
3.1. Movements in intangible assets

This account includes the AXA brand contributed by FINAXA as
part of the 2005 merger and valued at 307million at the time
based on brand royalties billed to Group subsidiaries and to the
Mutuelles AXA, and 36million relating to the capitalization of
software costs.
APPENDICES
3.2. Movements in nancial assets (before provisions)
(in Euromillion)
Acquisitions
63,944
1,648
695
64,897
3,522
6,127
5,614
4,035
947
254
1,201
Investments in subsidiaries(a)
Disposals/
Translation
variance and
Gross value at
accrued interests December31, 2015
Gross value at
December31,
2014
(b)
Other nancial assets(c)

Loans
TOTAL
34
12
40
68,447
8,041
6,315
70,173
(a) The net increase of 953million was explained by :
a 663million capital increase of AXA Global Life to deploy the internal reinsurance program for AXA Group;
465million for the acquisition of Genworth Financial European Group Holdings Ltd;
a 215million capital increase of Socit Beaujon mainly to nance the acquisition of Mansard Insurance Plc and the increased investment in Bharti AXA General
Insurance Company Ltd;
respectively 74million and 60million increases in capital of AXA China and AXA Africa Holding to foster the development of their businesses;
partly offset by:
a 292million capital reduction of AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd (Japan) given its surplus capital;
a 273million capital reduction of Finance Solutions following the liquidation of this entity.
(b) The net increase of 513million was primarily attributable to a loan granted to AXA UK Plc for 350million (477million).
(c) The increase of 254million was mainly attributable to margin calls paid to bank counterparties under collateral agreements linked to the management of derivative
instruments, which stood at 970million at year-end 2015, compared with 727million at year-end 2014.
3.3. Movement in provisions for impairment of nancial assets
(in Euromillion)
Provisions at
December31, 2014
Allowances
1,358
311
41
Investments in subsidiaries (a)

Other nancial assets
TOTAL
Provisions at
Releases December31, 2015
1,628
75
83
1,434
319
41
1,712
(a) 270million in net allowances to provisions for investments in subsidiaries, of which 214million for FamilyProtect due to the redeployment of its portfolio to other AXA
Group companies and pending its liquidation.
3.4. Statement of receivables by maturity

(in Euromillion)
Receivables on afliates
Tax receivables
Loans
Miscellaneous receivables and currents accounts with
subsidiaries
TOTAL
Gross value at
December31, 2015
Less than
1year
1 to 5years
More than
5years
4,035
1,053
498
2,484
112
112
40
31
194
194
4,381
1,368
498
2,515
3.5. Miscellaneous receivables and subsidiaries current accounts
(in Euromillion)
Income receivable
17
Miscellaneous debtors
44
Accrued interest on swaps

Subsidiaries current accounts
TOTAL
132
1
194
385
APPENDICES
3.6. Expenses payable over more than one period

Gross value at
December31, 2015
(in Euromillion)
Bond issue expenses

Other debt issue expenses
Investment acquisition expenses
TOTAL
Amount amortised at Charge and increase

December31, 2014
for the period
116
105
Net value at
December31, 2015
103
81
18
71
71
290
257
27
3.7. Unrealized foreign exchange losses
3.8. Share capital
Unrealized foreign exchange losses amounted to 2,998million,

of which 2,128million related to the deferred recognition of
foreign exchange losses in line with hedge accounting principles,
offset by unrealized gains on investments in subsidiaries. This
item also reects unrealized losses on assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies attributable to the effects of
their revaluation at the closing exchange rate. The increase of
550million compared with 2014 is mainly due to unfavorable
impact of US Dollar and Pound Sterling on debts.
The Companys share capital is represented by 2,426,458,242shares

with a par value of 2.29, giving a total value of 5,556,589,374.18
at December31, 2015. These shares were all entirely subscribed
and paid with rights from January1, 2015.
3.9. Movement in shareholders equity
(in Euromillion)
Net income
Per share
Movement in shareholders equity compared to opening balance
Per share
Proposed dividend
(a)
Per share
Year ending
December31, 2014
Year ending
December31, 2015
2,392
1,747
0.98
0.72
803
(1,050)
0.33
(0.43)
2,317
2,669
0.95
1.10
(a) Proposed dividend at year end 2015 is submited to Shareholders Meeting of April27, 2016.
(in Euromillion)
Equity at December31, 2014

Capital increase for employees
375
Exercise of equity instruments
293
Shares buyback/cancellation
(1,149)
Dividends paid out
(2,317)
Net income for the period
386
43,703
1,747
Tax driven provision and others
Equity at December31, 2015
42,653
APPENDICES
3.10. Other shareholders equity

Other shareholders equity amounted to 6,734million, compared to 6,441million at the end of 2014, taking account of the
262million negative foreign exchange effects.
(in Euromillion)
Value at
December31, 2014
6,356
Undated deeply Subordinated Notes

(nominal)
Accrued interests
TOTAL
Issues
Translation
variance/accrued
interests
Value at
December31, 2015
262
6,618
85
31
116
6,441
293
6,734
3.11. Provisions for risks and charges
(in Euromillion)
Value at
beginning
Allowances
of period for the period
Releases
for the period
(provisions used)
Releases
for the period
(provisions not used)
Value at end
ofperiod
30
397
Provisions for deferred taxes(a)
421
Provision for foreign exchange

losses
511
276
235
Other provisions for risks
271
46
121
196
Amortization of convertible bond

redemption premiums
577
55
632
1,780
107
427
1,460
TOTAL
(a) The 397million provision for deferred taxes at end of the period includes 382million of provisions for the possible repayment of tax savings to subsidiaries belonging
to the French tax consolidation group.
3.12. Subordinated debt

Value at
December31,
2015
Less than
oneyear
1 to 5years
More than
5years
206
206
Undated subordinated Euro Medium Term Notes
2,750
2,750
Convertible Subordinated bonds 3.75% 2017
1,094
1,094
Subordinated bonds 5.25% 2040
1,300
1,300
Subordinated bonds 5.125% 2043
1,000
1,000
Subordinated bonds 5.625% 2054 ()
1,022
1,022
Redeemable subordinated bonds 8.60% 2030 ($)
1,148
1,148
443
443
10
10
214
214
9,187
214
1,537
7,436
(in Euromillion)
Redeemable subordinated bonds 7.125% 2020 ()

Subordinated Euro Medium Term Notes
Accrued interests
TOTAL
Subordinated debt stood at 9,187million versus 8,843million
exchange effects.
The perpetual subordinated notes are undated bonds. The
Company has the option of deferring payment of the coupons
under certain conditions. Nonetheless, the coupons must be
paid when these conditions cease to be met or on redemption

of the instruments. When payment is deferred for an extended
period, the coupons remain payable by law. Similarly, in the
absence of dividends being paid, unpaid coupons accumulated
over the years will be recognized as payable upon liquidation,
if any. These instruments are classied as debt on the basis of
this contractual obligation to pay the coupons.
387
APPENDICES
3.13. Financial debt

(in Euromillion)
Value at
December31, 2015 Less than oneyear
Euro Medium Term Notes
350
1 to 5years
More than 5years
350
Bonds
7,231
1,110
6,121
Loans granted by Group entities
4,551
225
2,806
1,520
Commercial papers
1,285
1,285
Accrued interests
TOTAL
140
140
13,557
1,650
4,266
7,641
Financial debt totaled 13,557million versus 11,349million at December31, 2014, up 2,208million, which primarily takes into
account internal loans granted by sub-holdings to manage the cash position and outstanding commercial papers, partially offset by
the redemption of 1billion of senior debt in January2015.
3.14. Statement of operating payables

(in Euromillion)
Value at
December31, 2015
Less than 1year
1 to 5years
Debt on xed assets(a)
366
366
Other payables, including tax and social payables(b)
258
258
TOTAL
624
624
(a) Debt relating to non-current assets totaled 366million and included shares issued by entities but not yet fully paid, including 237million for AXA Global Life, 75million
for AXA Life Europe and 54million for AXA Life Invest Reinsurance.
(b) Of which 236million of expenses payable.
3.15. Unrealized foreign exchange gains

Unrealized foreign exchange gains amounted to 604million at year-end 2015, down from 785million at December1, 2014. This
item reects the effects derived from the revaluation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at the closing exchange
rate. It declined compared to 2014 due to Japanese Yen and US Dollar exchange rate trends, which adversely impacted liabilities.
4.
NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF INCOME
4.1. Executive remuneration
Directors fees allocated to members of the Board of Directors: 1.6million.
Other remuneration (net of recharging): 4million.
The Company had 3 employees or executive ofcers at the balance sheet date.
388
APPENDICES
4.2. Income tax

(in Euromillion)
Ordinary income(a)
Income from capital operations
Income tax expense(b)
TOTAL
Income
beforetax
Tax benet/
expense*
Net income
1,069
1,069
(106)
(106)
784
784
963
784
1,747
* A positive sign indicates tax benet.

(a) Dividends received from investments in subsidiaries with more than 5% ownership for more than 2 years are tax-exempt, apart from a share of the costs and charges
equal to 5% (application of the French CGI Article216).
(b) The corporate income tax benet amounted to 784million, compared with a tax benet of 646million in 2014. It mainly included 815million of tax receivables from
members of the tax consolidation group in France, partly offset by the 70million payment related to the French tax of 3% on dividends paid to shareholders.
5.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMMITMENTS

Notional value
(Commitments given)
Market value
72,965
(1,109)
1,256
Swaps
69,594
(1,111)
Interest rate swaps
43,966
(612)
Cross Currency swaps (long term)
15,333
(439)
Foreign Exchange swaps (short term)
10,295
(60)
Options
2,115
Equity options
1,786
324
(in Euromillion)
FINANCIAL FUTURES INSTRUMENTS

Foreign exchange Forward
Foreign Exchange Options

Floor
Other commitments
Credit facilities (authorized but not drawn)
Commitments given
Commitments received
2,526
12,690
Guarantees and securities

51
Other commitments
Commitments to buy back shares and bonds from Group entities
20,579
17
Of which nancial guarantees given to Group entities
13,822
57
Subordinated convertible bond redemption premium

(see 2.9 of this Appendix )
389
APPENDICES
6.
SENSITIVITY
By virtue of its business, the Company is mainly exposed to

interest rate and exchange rate risks.
The table below shows an estimate of changes in the fair value

of debt, loans and hedging instruments in the event of a 1%
rise in the interest rate curve or a 10% depreciation of the Euro.
Change in fair value
Sensitivity
(in Euromillion)
Debt(a)
Derivatives
(b)
Loans(c)
Interest rates: +100bps(d)
Depreciation of the Euro:

10%(e)
4.7%
-3.9%
9.0%
17.2%
-0.2%
8.2%
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
External and internal debts.

Both eligible and not eligible derivatives.
External and internal loans.
A 100bps rise in interest rates leads to a 4.7% improvement in the fair value of debt, a 9.0% improvement in the fair value of derivatives, and a -0.2% deterioration in
the fair value of loans.
(e) A 10% depreciation of the Euro leads to a -3.9% deterioration in the fair value of debt, a 17.2% improvement in the fair value of derivatives and a 8.2% improvement in
the fair value of loans.
The information on fair value presented above should be used with care:
since these estimates are based on the use of measurements such as interest rates and spreads at the balance sheet date; such measurements may uctuate
over time;
and because there are a number of possible ways to perform these calculations.
The information used for calculating the fair value of nancing

debt is market prices at the end of the period, using (i) market
rates for each currency, (ii) AXAs average spread by maturity and
for the main currencies, distinguishing between subordinated
390
debt and senior debt, and (iii) options included in issue contracts,
such as issuer redemption options.
This Note does not omit any material commitment or any which
might become material in the future.
APPENDICES
7.
OTHER INFORMATIONS
7.1. Afliated companies

Afliated companies (consolidated entities) (value net of provisions for impairment) (in Euromillion)
Investments
62,993
Of which:
AXA Asia
8,413
AXA Konzern AG
2,120
4,315
AXA UK Plc
4,556
AXA Holdings Belgium
4,493
Oudinot Participations
12,299
AXA Life Insurance co, Ltd
2,572
Vinci BV
4,285
AXA Equity&Law Plc
1,133
AXA Mediterranean Holding
4,076
AXA Versicherungen AG
5,171
AXA Belgium
AXA Bank Europe
1,551
AXA Life Europe
1,339
Socit Beaujon
1,230
Receivables towards related companies

Payables toward related companies
610
960
4,096
12,586
Financial income and expense in respect of afliates

Financial expense
Financial income
245
2,605
7.2. Related parties

None of the transactions operated by related parties, that are still outstanding at year end or that occurred during the course of the
year, account for the distinctive characteristics of transactions to be disclosed in accordance with the ANC regulations n 2014-03
(Article831-3).
391
APPENDICES
63, rue de Villiers
Mazars
92400 Courbevoie
I Report of the Statutory Auditors on the Companys

nancial statements
AXA SA
25, Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
In compliance with the assignment entrusted to us by your Annual General Meeting, we hereby report to you, for the year ended
December 31, 2015, on:
the audit of the accompanying nancial statements of AXA SA;
the justication of our assessments;
the specic verications and information required by law.
These nancial statements have been approved by the Board of Directors. Our role is to express an opinion on these consolidated
nancial statements, based on our audit.
I Opinion on the nancial statements

We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the nancial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
involves performing procedures, using sampling techniques or other methods of selection, to obtain audit evidence about the amounts
and disclosures in the nancial statements. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and
the reasonableness of accounting estimates made, as well as the overall presentation of the nancial statements. We believe that
the audit evidence we have obtained is sufcient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
In our opinion, the nancial statements give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and of the nancial position of the Company
at December 31, 2015 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with French accounting principles.
II Justication of our assessments

In accordance with the requirements of Article L.823-9 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) relating to the justication
of our assessments, we bring to your attention the following matters:
Financial assets are valued using the methods applying to each category and described in paragraph 2.5 of the notes to the
nancial statements.
Regarding investments, for which impairment is based on the value-in-use and the intent to hold the investments, we assessed
the data used in order to determine the value-in-use of the main investments in the portfolio and obtained conrmation of the
intent to hold them.
392
Provisions are recorded at the year-end for redemption premiums on convertible bonds issued by the Company, in accordance
with the policies described in paragraph 2.9 of the notes to the nancial statements. We reviewed the reasonableness of the
assumptions used to calculate these provisions, as regards stock market volatility and the maturities of outstanding convertible
bonds issued by the Company.
APPENDICES
Derivatives used by your Company are assessed pursuant to the rules contained in paragraph 2.12 of the notes to the nancial
statements. We checked that the implementation of hedge accounting, if applicable, was documented appropriately. In all other
cases, we veried that adequate provisions were recorded for the unrealized losses.
These assessments were made as part of our audit of the consolidated nancial statements taken as a whole, and therefore contributed
to the opinion we formed which is expressed in the rst part of this report.
III Specic verications and information

In accordance with professional standards applicable in France, we have also performed the specic verications required by French
law.
We have no matters to report as to the fair presentation and the consistency with the nancial statements of the information given in
the management Report of the Board of Directors, and in the documents addressed to the shareholders with respect to the nancial
position and the nancial statements.
Concerning the information given in accordance with the requirements of Article L.225-102-1 of the French Commercial Code relating
to remuneration and benets received by corporate ofcers and any other commitments made in their favor, we have veried its
consistency with the nancial statements, or with the underlying information used to prepare these nancial statements and, where
applicable, with the information obtained by your Company from companies controlling it or controlled by it. Based on this work, we
attest to the accuracy and fair presentation of this information.
As required by law, we have veried that the information pertaining to the identity of holders of share capital or voting rights and to
reciprocal participations has been duly disclosed in the aforementioned Board of Directors report.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie, March 31, 2016
French original signed by*
Mazars
This document is the English translation of the original legal statutory audit report which is, by law, prepared in French. All possible care has been
taken to ensure that the translation is an accurate representation of the original. However, in all matters of interpretation of information therein,
the original language version takes precedence over this translation. This English version should be read in conjunction with, and construed in
accordance with French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
393
APPENDICES
APPENDIX VIGROUP EMBEDDED VALUE
APPENDIX VI GROUP EMBEDDED VALUE

The information is disclosed in the Embedded Value 2015 report which is available on AXA Group website under Investor Relations/
Results and reports/Earnings presentations.
394
APPENDICES
APPENDIX VIISOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX VII SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL

INFORMATION
In accordance with the provisions of the articles L.225-102-1
and R.225-104 of the French Commercial Code, the following
information describes the manner in which the Company takes
into account the social, societal and environmental impacts of
its business.
Additional information about the AXA Groups corporate
responsibility-related policies and practices is available in the
Activity and Corporate Responsibility Report, in the Social
Data Report and on the AXA Groups website (www.axa.com),
in particular in the Corporate Responsibility Section.
Reporting certication, evaluation

and ratings
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit, one of AXA SAs Statutory
Auditors, appointed as an independent third party, presents in
their assurance report attached at the end of this appendix,
their attestation of completeness on the consolidated social,
environmental and societal information disclosed in the
Companys management report prepared for the year ended
December31, 2015 pursuant to ArticleL.225-102-1 of the
French Commercial Code as well as reasoned opinion on the
fairness of the Information.
The Groups environment social and governance (ESG)
performance is also evaluated by specialized rating agencies.
The Group ranks above average in its industry and is also
included in international ethical indices.
All Environmental, Social and Governance ratings are available
on https://www.axa.com/en/investor/sri-ratings-ethical-indexes
Institutional commitments
In 2012, the AXA Group joined two major initiatives in the area
of corporate responsibility: (1) the Group is a founding signatory
to the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance, a voluntary
framework to integrate environmental, social and governance
criteria into the insurance business; (2) the Group signed the
UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), a voluntary
framework to integrate environmental, social and governance
criteria into the investment value chain. Both AXA Investment
Managers and AB were already UN PRI members.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
AXA strives to be a responsible employer, placing employee
engagement at the heart of its business strategy. Achieving this
has meant creating a workplace built on AXAs values which
foster diversity and equal opportunities for all, promote employee
participation, encourage professional development and support
employee wellbeing. For additional and more comprehensive
information, refer to the 2015 Social Data Report.
Workforce size
AXAs overall salaried workforce on December31, 2015, was
120,486employees (open-ended and xed-term contracts),
which represents an increase of 3.8% compared to 2014. This
increase is due to the acquisition of 100% of the Genworth
Lifestyle Protection Insurance (17% as a proportion on total
increase) as well as organic growth, mainly in Asia, the Americas
and Africa.
As a result, the footprint of AXAs salaried workforce in 2015 was:
61.2% in Europe (vs. 62.6% in 2014), 20.5% in Asia-PacicMiddle East (vs. 20.1% in 2014), 14.2% in the Americas (vs.
13.7% in 2014) and 4.1% in Africa (vs. 3.6% in 2014).
AXA continued to recruit in 2015 and hired more than
18,650employees on open-ended contracts (excluding entries
due to mergers and acquisitions), of which more than 3,800
were sales employees.
Employee relations and collective bargaining

Effective labor-management communications and social
dialogue pave the way for the stability which is needed to
implement the Groups business development strategy.
Each AXA Group entity therefore engages with staff or their
representatives for communications on a regular basis. AXA has
also set up a European Works Council (EWC), whose extensive
role goes beyond regulatory requirements. The EWC is made
up of staff representatives from AXAs largest European entities,
who meet in order to receive and exchange information on the
social, strategic and economic issues that concern the Group
and maintain an ongoing dialogue between employees and
management.
395
Appendices
Appendix VIISocial and environmental information
In June 2009, a Group EWC agreement (available at

www.axa.com) was concluded in order to guarantee a high
level of social dialogue. AXA holds two EWC plenary meetings
a year as well as monthly sessions, held by 12members of the
EWC, to stay abreast of labor and economic developments in
each country.
The majority of the Groups employees are covered by the EWCs
framework agreement. Other affiliates outside the scope of the
EWC have also developed social dialogue agreements, but these
are not monitored at Group level. More generally beyond Europe,
the Group strives to ensure that employees are fairly represented
in all major countries where it is present. In addition to the work
of the EWC, numerous collective bargaining agreements are
signed on a local basis.
Headcount adjustments, mobility and

related measures
THE CONDUCT OF RESTRUCTURING
The aforementioned Group EWC agreement commits the Group

to a certain number of measures in favor of employees when
major organizational changes impact their jobs. AXA maintains
the following principles with a view to guiding its various
European business units in local management practices:
when
organizational changes affect jobs, AXA pledges to

supply relevant information and, as appropriate in light of
local cultures and rules, to consult with employees and their
representatives;
in
connection with an information-gathering and consultative

process, AXA would provide data and information about
possible alternative solutions, where relevant;
factoring
in its employees, customers and shareholders

interests, AXA undertakes to maximize opportunities for
internal and external redeployment, when applicable, for all
AXA employees affected by possible employment issues;
AXA
will do its utmost to prevent compulsory redundancies

and other collective transfers, by pursuing other approaches
whenever possible;
when
geographic mobility is necessary, it must be offered as

a matter of priority to employees who volunteer to move, with
the process managed with a view to enabling their integration
into a new environment under the best possible conditions;
AXA
pledges to acknowledge certain individuals as staff

representatives and uphold their liberty, rights and purpose, in
line with national legislation and, where relevant, agreements
in force in local business units;
aware
that training represents a major investment both for

the Group and for its employees, AXA commits to embrace
a continuous-learning culture;
396
AXA
condemns discrimination of any kind on the basis of

gender, color, ethnic origin, genetic form of difference,
disability, sexual orientation, language, religion, personal
conviction, union membership or political opinion.
In addition, AXA, UNI Europe Finance and all French trade unions
signed a major European agreement on anticipating change.
The agreement, negotiated within the European Works Council,
sets out an approach for social dialogue with the purpose of
anticipating change in the sector in order to adapt employee
skills to future needs and thus preserve jobs. According to the
EWC, this agreement is unique in the insurance sector. It offers
significant means to secure employment in Europe.
MOBILITY AND RECRUITMENT
AXA established Group-wide mobility policies and processes

and enabled Group-wide posting of internally and externally
available jobs. This makes business needs immediately visible
and facilitates transfers to align resources with AXAs business
priorities.
In 2014, AXA joined the Alliance for Youth, a private sector
initiative designed to address youth unemployment in Europe.
The Company committed to provide at least 20,000 young
people (aged 30 and under) with professional experience over five
years in Europe in the form of 10,000paid apprenticeships and/
or internship positions and 10,000employment opportunities
(open-ended or fixed-term contracts). Furthermore, AXA
pledges to help increase employability of young people through
coaching and training on essential skills and exposure to the
work environment. By the end of 2015 (two years after starting
the initiative) AXA provided more than 13,800 professional
opportunities for the youth in Europe (and more than 27,000
opportunities in AXA globally).
International mobility reached its historical maximum of 864
international assignments in 2015. AXAs Centre of Expertise
for International Mobility (CEMI) focused on the development
of key expertise and leadership skills especially in high growth
markets. In 2015, 45% of new assignments were linked to high
growth markets (vs. 35% in 2014).
With the aim of establishing a globally consistent and cost
controlled international mobility framework, the CEMI was
implemented in 2012 to deliver services to French-based
entities. In 2015, it worked on an extension of services to provide
centralized support to the majority of AXA entities across the
globe. The full extension is planned for the beginning of 2016.
Furthermore in 2015, revised international mobility policies
for short-term assignments and graduates (around 20% of all
assignments) were rolled out, aiming to reinforce the purpose
of different types of international assignments, for both the
individual and the business as well as provide more tailored
support to each type of assignment.
APPENDICES
STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING
AXAs employees are the Companys most important asset

and bring us a true competitive advantage. As the business
evolves so will its workforce and in 2014 AXA launched Strategic
Workforce Planning across its main entities, covering a majority
of AXAs workforce to map the evolution of its workforce.
Both, quantitative and high level qualitative analyses were
performed to identify AXAs workforce challenges and needs in
terms of headcount, level of experience, knowledge, and skills
required for AXA current and future success, with a special
focus on jobs impacted by digitization and AXA business
transformation overall.
This compensation policy is designed to support the Groups

long-term business strategy and to align the interests of its
employees with those of other stakeholders by (i) establishing a
clear link between performance and remuneration over the short,
medium and long term, (ii) ensuring that the Group can offer
competitive compensation arrangements across the multiple
markets in which it operates while avoiding potential conicts of
interest that may lead to undue risk taking for short-term gain,
and (iii) ensuring compliance with Solvency II regulations and
any other applicable regulatory requirement.
Detailed information concerning AXAs compensation policy is
provided in Part2 Section2 of this Annual Report.
Strategic Workforce Planning in 2016 will cover additional

entities and be embedded in all major HR processes to become
a sustainable approach and an integral part of AXA overall
strategic planning activities, complementary to nancial and
business strategic planning.
In 2015, total compensation cost was 8.6 billion, which

corresponds to an increase by 10.1% compared to 2014. On
a constant foreign exchange basis, total compensation cost
increased by 4.2%.
Working time and agile working environment
Benets form a signicant part of AXAs broader total rewards

offer. AXAs policy is to target benets coverage at a minimum
level of the median of the relevant market. Benets should include
pension, healthcare and protection covers (the nature and type
of which may vary by entity depending on local competitive and
cost considerations). In all cases, local minimum requirements
must be respected.
One of the Groups priorities over the recent years was to

create the foundations for an agile working culture. In 2015,
AXA developed and formalized an agility charter approved
by the Group Executive Committee and an agility toolkit at
Group level, describing the principles of agile working. By the
end of 2015, 28% of AXAs employees were already working in
an agile working environment and various initiatives to further
promote agility at work are in place across many AXA entities.
AXA Belgium for example launched the New Way of Working
initiative, introducing an activity-based desk-sharing principle
combined with teleworking. At the end of 2015, almost 1,500
AXA Belgiumemployees are working in this new environment.
This has resulted in an increase in employee trust, engagement,
empowerment, work-life-balance and productivity. Moreover it
has also boosted the attraction and retention of diverse talent
and yielded a reduced environmental footprint.
Reward, benets and compensation cost

COMPENSATION POLICY
Solvency II regulations came into force on January1, 2016 and

include a number of specic remuneration and governance
requirements applicable to European insurers and reinsurers.
In this context, AXA has undertaken a comprehensive review
of its existing remuneration policies and practices against the
requirements of Solvency II and has adopted a new Group
Remuneration policy applicable to all AXA employees as of
January1, 2016.
BENEFITS
SHAREPLAN PROGRAM
Through its Shareplan program, the Group encourages

employees to become AXA shareholders. Offered internationally
for the rst time in 1994, each year Shareplan gives AXA
employees an opportunity to acquire shares at preferential
prices.
In 2015, this offer was made in 36countries and approximately
24,000employees participated to the program. The aggregate
proceeds from the offering amounted to approximately
375million, for a total of approximately 19million newly-issued
shares.
Employee shareholders represented 6.2% of the outstanding share
capital and 8.1% of the voting rights as of December31, 2015.
Diversity and Inclusion

AXA promotes diversity & inclusion (D&I) by creating a working
environment where all employees are treated with dignity and
respect and where individual differences are valued. In all aspects
of the working environment, AXA offers equal opportunities
to all employees. AXA opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful
discrimination and does not tolerate discrimination based on
age, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender
identity, religion, marital status or disability.
397
APPENDICES
Acceleration towards gender equality remained a top priority for

AXA in 2015. The Sponsorship Tandems program, leveraging
senior executives to act as advocates and using their inuence
to help strengthen the development of female talent, has formed
18 new Sponsorship pairings with the Groups Executive
Committee members. Furthermore, local roll-outs are in operation
across 13 AXA entities. The third AXA Womens Conference was
held in October2015, aiming to foster networking among senior
executive women and men, and 2015s focuses were on the
topics Agility as an Accelerator of Diversity and Women as
Customers. Also in 2015, AXA and the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) released the SheforShield: Insure Women to
Better Protect All report. It analyzes the business opportunity
the womens market represents for insurers, identifying growth
drivers and highlighting womens needs in order to ensure the
industry develops the most relevant value-added propositions
for this segment.
As AXA strives to be the most inclusive company in the nancial
services industry, Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
were leveraged in 2015 as a way to engage AXAs employees
across the globe on various inclusion topics. Allies@AXA Pride,
a group on sexual orientation, and WoMen@AXA, a group on
gender equality, have grown in membership during the year (with
over 1,000 members in total).
Working parents were made another key topic in 2015: Research
was conducted into the current benets made available to new
parents across the Group and plans for improved provision are
being drawn up for implementation in 2016.
AXA also continued to further encourage and support the
integration of employees with disabilities and has signed the
ILO (International Labor Organization) Disability Charter in 2015.
In France, the number of employees with disabilities was 752
in 2015.
Health and safety, absenteeism

and employee wellbeing
AXA developed and formalized health and safety guidelines at
Group level, describing a set of rules which every local entity
is expected to adhere to and implement in order to ensure a
consistent management of the Group, its risks and ethics. In
Europe, health and safety commitments are covered by the
European Works Council agreement, which was signed with
the labor organizations in June2009 and which is available at
www.axa.com.
398
The sick absence rate in 2015 remained stable at 3.1%. As AXA

operates in an environment that generates business through
management of capital and nancial services (total absenteeism
rate due to work-related accidents is 0.1%), the Group does not
monitor gravity, severity nor frequency of work-related accidents
on a global level. Systems, procedures and processes are in
place and in compliance with local health, safety and welfare
legislation, wherever necessary.
To ensure that AXA remains a leader also in the protection of its
own employees, a study in 18 major entities was launched in
late 2015 with the objective of identifying any exposure across
the Companyto Health, Safety or Physical Security risks.
AXAs entities have undertaken initiatives to implement local
policies and best practices, which they have tailor-made to
their specic sectors and local environments. In accordance
with AXAs business environment, entities provide services and
information campaigns on lifestyle risks such as certain types
of cancer and cardiovascular problems, obesity, smoking, road
safety or stress prevention.
Training, learning and development

The results of AXAs development of employee skills remained
high with 81.3% of its employees receiving a training course at
least once during 2015. At the same time, the average number
of training days per employee was at 3.0days.
AXA focuses on delivering common learning solutions to
support the business needs within all AXA entities in four major
domains: (1) Leadership Excellence, (2) AXA Excellence, (3)
Technical Excellence and (4) Digital. Within those domains a
number of programs, targeting different employee populations
and business lines, were designed and delivered in 2015, such
as The Leader in Me or the Global Graduate Camp.
Following AXAs vision to create a virtual global learning offer
to provide employees with the ability to access knowledge
anywhere, at any time, and on any device, the majority of
learning programs are now managed in the Global Learning
Management System (GLMS), and some are delivered
exclusively on Massive Online Open Course format (MOOC).
Since 2012, more than 35 business units implemented and
deployed the Global Learning Management System. By the
end of the year 2015, more than 65,000 employees accessed
the system for their learning needs, and by early 2017 more
than 100,000 employees are expected to have access to the
GLMS and its content.
APPENDICES
Also in 2015, the Digital Academy delivered a number of

new programs (Agile Awareness, Unleash Innovation and
Marketing in the Digital Age) aiming to help AXA employees
better understand and participate in the Companys ongoing
digital transformation. Furthermore, more than 13,000
employees have played the Gamied Corporate Open Online
Course (COOC) Do you speak Digital?. Another innovative
experience designed especially for AXAs (Senior) Executives
was the Digital Reverse Mentoring, connecting digital savvy
employees with their leaders and acting as their mentors on
new technology, social media usage and trends. In 2015, 450
employees mentored mentors worldwide covered 558 mentees
delivering 2,232 hours of mentoring.
run efciently. During 2015, more than 76,000employees were

already making use of AXAs PeopleSoft platform for performance
management. The Group also provides with a multidimensional
feedback platform, AXA 360, enabling all AXA employees to
get qualitative feedback from their professional network and to
build a more comprehensive and tailored development plan.
Talent attraction and retention
To better engage with students and graduates and to enhance

its employer brand attractiveness among this population, AXA
continued to develop its Facebook page and Twitter handle
Discover AXA (over 137,000 fans and followers at the end of
December2015). Further in 2015, a global graduate campaign
branded Challenge Everything was launched with the objective
to attract talent able and ready to contribute to AXAs business
transformation.
PERFORMANCE AND TALENT MANAGEMENT
AXA conducts Organization and Talent Review processes

(OTR), which are systematic reviews of its organizational
structure, challenges and key positions. The process is designed
to identify the potential of key people, taking into consideration
their performance and leadership behaviors. It also helps build
and share a robust and solid talent pipeline to ensure the right
stafng around the globe.
In 2015, OTR was specically leveraged to better plan for the
skills needed going forward in the context of digitization and to
safeguard and build on AXAs key technical expertise.
A performance management standard has been established
to ensure that the Groups performance-based pay policy,
formalized skill mapping and the evaluation of training needs
EMPLOYER BRAND AND GRADUATES
Throughout 2015, AXA continued deploying its employer brand

through global campaigns on LinkedIn and other social media,
aiming to support the recruitment efforts of AXAs local entities.
The objective is to develop the pride of belonging to AXA
among its current employees and attract the best diverse and
international proles.
Since 2012, AXA has been running the AXA Global Graduate
Program aiming to recruit a variety of proles including risk
management, actuarial, IT, digital marketing and data. The
objective of the program is to attract and recruit the best diverse
graduate talent; consistently develop AXAs next generation of
leaders and contribute to enhance AXAs attractiveness as an
employer. In 2015, 141 graduates were hired on the AXA Global
Graduate Program (vs. 39 in 2014).
399
APPENDICES
SOCIAL DATA 2015 AXA GROUP

WORKFORCE(a)
Headcount (number of persons) as of December31
2015
Evolution
2014
Total headcount of salaried workforce

(open-ended and xed-term contract)
120,486
emp.
+3.8%
116,034
emp.
Headcount of salaried workforce
115,254
emp.
+3.4%
111,413
emp.
47.3
47.4
Proportion of men
Proportion of women
Headcount of salaried non-sales force

Executives
Proportion of men
Proportion of women
Managers
Proportion of men
Proportion of women
Experts and staff
Proportion of men
Proportion of women
Headcount of salaried sales force
52.7
99,080
emp.
52.6
95,536
emp.
3,468
72.3
emp.
3,395
emp.
72.7
+3.7%
27.7
27.3
17,008
emp.
+0.4pt
16,271
emp.
58.2
58.8
41.8
41.2
78,604
emp.
75,870
emp.
42.8
42.8
57.2
16,174
emp.
+0.6pt
+1.9%
57.2
15,877
emp.
Proportion of men
52.0
52.5
Proportion of women
48.0
47.5
Headcount of salaried workforce with xed-term contract
5,232
emp.
4,621
emp.
Non-sales force
4,447
emp.
3,962
emp.
Sales force
785
emp.
659
emp.
Full-Time Equivalents (headcount converted into full-time equivalents)
Average FTE of salaried workforce

Average FTE of salaried non-sales force
2015
Evolution
+2.7%
2014
108,632.2
fte
92,960.0
fte
105,766.7
90,353.5
fte
fte
Executives
3,419.7
fte
3,328.7
fte
Managers
16,531.6
fte
15,787.5
fte
Experts and staff
73,008.7
fte
71,237.3
fte
15,672.2
fte
15,413.2
fte
7,670.8
fte
6,233.5
fte
Average FTE of salaried sales force
Average FTE of temporary non-salaried staff
Non salaried temporary staff and contingent workers
4,845.2
fte
3,497.6
fte
Trainees/Apprentices
2,825.6
fte
2,735.9
fte
Prole of employees
2015
Evolution
2014
Average age of salaried workforce
40.6
yrs
40.8
yrs
Non-sales force
40.5
yrs
40.7
yrs
Sales force
41.6
yrs
41.7
yrs
Average length of service of salaried workforce
10.8
yrs
11.2
yrs
Non-sales force
11.4
yrs
11.8
yrs
Sales force
7.7
yrs
7.6
yrs
752
emp.
857
emp.
-0.6%
Disability (open-ended and xed-term contract)

Number of employees with disabilities concerns entities operating
in France only
400
APPENDICES
WORKFORCE DYNAMICS I
Movements
2015
Evolution
2014
Movements of salaried workforce

3,608
emp.
2,618
emp.
Net headcount evolution (entries versus departures)

Entries
20,279
emp.
+3.6%
19,578
emp.
Departures
16,671
emp.
-1.7%
16,960
emp.
2,435
emp.
+8.4%
15,031
emp.
11,427
emp.
Movements of salaried non-sales force

3,623
emp.
Entries
16,293
emp.
Number of external recruitments (including re-hires)
13,044
emp.
Number of xed-term contracts transformed into open-ended contracts
1,819
emp.
1,421
emp.
Number of entries following mergers and acquisitions
1,430
emp.
2,183
emp.
12,670
emp.
12,596
emp.
Departures
+0.6%
Number of resignations
7,876
emp.
7,165
emp.
Number of economic/collective layoffs
1,215
emp.
1,554
emp.
Number of individual layoffs
1,570
emp.
1,247
emp.
Number of retirements/pre-retirements
1,709
emp.
1,630
emp.
Number of departures due to external transfers
Number of other departures
(b)
150
emp.
814
emp.
150
emp.
186
emp.
Movements of salaried sales force

-15
emp.
Entries
3,986
emp.
183
emp.
4,547
emp.
Number of external recruitments (including re-hires)
3,743
Number of xed-term contracts transformed into open-ended contracts
87
emp.
4,123
emp.
emp.
119
Number of entries following mergers and acquisitions
emp.
156
emp.
305
emp.
Departures
4,001
emp.
4,364
emp.
Number of resignations
3,105
emp.
3,298
emp.
Number of economic/collective layoffs
178
emp.
193
emp.
Number of individual layoffs
462
emp.
548
emp.
Number of retirements/pre-retirements
218
emp.
266
emp.
Number of departures due to external transfers(b)
emp.
29
emp.
Number of other departures
34
emp.
30
emp.
Net headcount evolution of salaried non-sales force

(entries versus departures)
2,265
emp.
1,751
emp.
Number of external recruitments
5,704
emp.
4,948
emp.
Number of xed-term contracts ended
-12.3%
-8.3%
Movements of salaried workforce with xed-term contract
3,439
emp.
3,197
emp.
Net headcount evolution of salaried sales force

(entries versus departures)
210
emp.
150
emp.
Number of external recruitments
562
emp.
572
emp.
Number of xed-term contracts ended
352
emp.
422
emp.
401
APPENDICES
WORKFORCE DYNAMICS II
Mobility
2015
Evolution
Internal mobility rate of salaried workforce
8.9
Non-sales force
9.5
Sales force
5.4
8.9
9.7
4.4
Employee turnover
2015
Turnover rate of salaried workforce
14.6
0.0pt
2014
Evolution
0.0pt
2014
14.6
Involuntary (layoffs/dismissals)
3.0
3.2
Voluntary (resignations)
9.7
9.5
Other reasons (pre/retirements and miscellaneous)
Turnover rate of salaried non-sales force
1.9
12.9
+0.5pt
1,9
12.4
2.9
3.0
8.1
7.6
1.9
1.9
24.8
27.7
4.0
4.7
19.2
21.1
1.6
1.9
Turnover rate of salaried sales force
-2.9pts
COMPENSATION
Compensation cost
Compensation cost of salaried workforce(c)
2015
Evolution
8,610
+10.1% (c)
2014
7,818
Proportion of xed pay (related to wages)
76.8
77.3
Proportion of variable pay (related to wages)
23.2
22.7
Annual gross payroll of salaried non-sales force
83.4
83.1
16.6
16.9
Annual gross payroll of salaried sales force
45.6
47.2
54.4
52.8
TRAINING
Training days
402
2015
Evolution
2014
Number of training days of salaried workforce
327,939.3
days
318,774.3
days
Non-sales force
227,968.8
days
206,404.7
days
Sales force
99,970.5
days
112,369.6
days
Training attendees
2015
Percentage of salaried workforce having received at least one training

course
81.3
Non-sales force
79.3
Sales force
+2.9%
Evolution
+2.0 pts
2014
79.3
76.8
93.5
95.8
Average number of training days per salaried workforce
3.0
days
3.0
days
Non-sales force
2.4
days
2.3
days
Sales force
6.3
days
7.4
days
APPENDICES
LABOUR RELATIONS
Working time
Average number of working days
2015
Evolution
226.8
days
+0.4%
+0.4%
2014
225.8
days
Average number of working hours per week
36.7
hrs
36.6
hrs
Full-time employees
38.0
hrs
37.9
hrs
Part-time employees
26.0
hrs
26.0
hrs
11.4
11.9
3.0
2.9
Part-time salaried workforce
Proportion of part-time salaried non-sales force
Proportion of part-time salaried sales force
Absenteeism
Absenteeism rate of salaried workforce
Proportion of absences due to sickness
Proportion of absences due to work related accidents
Proportion of absences linked to maternity/paternity leave
Absenteeism rate of salaried non-sales force
Absenteeism rate of salaried sales force
2015
Evolution
4.7
66.2
+0.1pt
2014
4.6
65.3
%
%
2.0
2.1
31.8
32.6
4.9
4.8
67.0
65.9
%
%
1.9
2.1
31.1
32.0
3.8
3.6
59.9
60.0
2.4
2.4
37.7
37.6
Methodology note: The social data communicated here are collected through a reporting process defined by procedures associated with a list of indicators shared to all
the entities of the AXA Group. This process is updated and communicated to each entity on a yearly basis. These indicators represent the data of 303 entities of the AXA
Group (few entities may pre-consolidate data on a local level). The perimeter is updated annually following potential acquisitions/mergers or business disposals. These
indicators are reported for the period between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2015, unless mentioned otherwise. Evolutions are measured with ratios between 2014 and 2015
end-of-year data. The data are provided by local correspondents into an IT tool dedicated to the social data reporting process and accessible by all the entities since
2009. Consistency checks and quality controls are carried out before and during the data collect process. There are no estimations nor extrapolations made on the data
provided. Regarding data published in ratios and percentages: numerator and denominator are realigned for each calculations to exclude entities with empty data points.
(a) Salaried workforce refers to non-sales and sales force employees with open-ended contracts, unless stated otherwise.
(b) Salaried workforce who have left AXA because of an activity/job transfer to an external company or due to disposal of businesses, the employee is no longer under a
contract with AXA.
(c) As per the denition of compensation, it includes the individual xed pay, the individual variable pay, employer social contribution and collective prot sharing (if any) and
excludes equity based compensation (stocks options, performance shares, AXA Miles). On a comparable foreign exchange basis, total compensation cost increased
by 4.2%.
403
APPENDICES
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
AXA is committed to reducing its direct impact on the

environment by actively managing its energy, paper and water
consumption, as well as carbon emissions and waste. AXA is
also conscious of the role it can play in promoting environmental
protection awareness amongst its stakeholders, contributing to
improve the understanding of global and local environmental
risks, and committing to address climate change.
In addition, the Group has also set two environmental targets

that are unrelated to carbon emissions:
Environmental management perimeter

denition
With regards to Grenelle 2 legislation, AXA Group emphasizes
that its direct operations, focusing on nancial services, do not
generate major impacts on the environment. AXA has some
sites classied for environmental protection but they do not
produce any signicant emissions into air, water and soil, CO2
emissions being AXAs main environmental concern. Activities
and facilities are not likely to generate noise and odor emissions.
No complaints, to AXAs knowledge, related to this type of
pollution were led against the Group. AXAs operations and
land use do not signicantly threaten biodiversity, nor water
resource, as water consumption is mainly limited to building
usage. Land use is limited to the space where AXA built its
buildings (representing approximately 21% of the total area
occupied). In 2015, 559,968m2 of green space used by AXA
contribute to our scale to the preservation of biodiversity.
Carbon dioxide is the most signicant greenhouse gas emitted
by AXA (related to fossil fuel and electricity consumption).
Electronic waste is AXAs most signicant hazardous type of
waste. Paper is the most signicant raw material consumed by
AXA. As a result, AXAs environmental reporting and management
processes focus on energy, water and paper consumption, as
well as related CO2 emissions.
Performance targets
AXA Groups Corporate Responsibility and operational teams
(e.g. procurement, IT, marketing, HR) worked closely to
set ambitious 2020 targets which will steer AXA to a more
sophisticated and embedded environmental strategy. As a result,
AXA set a new Global Key Performance Indicator (KPI) target
for the 2012-2020 period:
404
95% of paper must originate from recycled or sustainable

sources;
-15% water consumption.
Environmental reporting network,

toolsandperimeter
To measure its environmental footprint, the Group Corporate
Responsibility team coordinates a network of around 300
dedicated environmental managers and employees in local
entities. This network monitors annual progress on its reduction
targets through the internal reporting tool, which helps local
entities evaluate their own action plans and targets. These
managers then analyse indicators, identify performance targets
and promote best practice sharing. To accompany these action
plans, entities have put in place a wide variety of activities to
raise awareness and train employees on environmental issues
and risks (e.g. lunch and learn conferences, etc.). At Group level,
AXA organizes a yearly event on Corporate Responsibility, the
CR Week which is rolled out by all local entities. Environmental
awareness is one of the key topics addressed during this event.
In addition, an annual transport survey available in 41 countries
and in 22 languages is used to help estimating the amount of
CO2 emissions related to home-work commuting and help raise
employee awareness on alternative modes of transportation.
Reducing the AXA Groups impact

ontheenvironment
POWER CONSUMPTION
AXAs power consumption per FTE decreased by 7% in 2015

compared to 2014. AXA entities made signicant steps forward
to reduce their energy footprint, for example:
AXA Technology Services has pursued its Green IT program

based on servers refreshes, data center consolidation
and virtualization, PC refreshes and power management.
For example, data centers in Germany decreased their
consumption by 2.3 GWh thanks to virtualization (94% versus
90% in 2014);
some entities have improved their energy efficiency by

upgrading their installations. For instance, AXA General
Insurance Japan changed lighting to LEDs in one of its call
centers and renovated their air-conditioning reducing their
electricity consumption by 20%;
some entities have selected more energy efcient buildings

in cases of location transfers (e.g. AXA Mexico, AXA Sigorta).
AXA headquarters renovated one of its buildings achieving a
13% reduction between 2013 and 2015.
25% carbon emissions per FTE.
This target is broken-down into the following targets:
-35% power consumption (kwh/FTE);
-15% business travel: vehicle eet (km/FTE);
-5% business travel: air and train (km/FTE);
-45% ofce paper (kg/FTE);
-50% marketing and distribution paper consumption (kg/

client).
APPENDICES
AXAs premises use electricity (72% of oor space), gas (18%

of oor space), fuel/steam (7% of oor space) and chilled water
(3% of oor space). Of note, the proportion of renewable energy
consumed by AXAs premises is 36%. Major improvements have
been accomplished end of 2015 as all French entities (e.g. AXA
France, AXA Corporate Solutions France) have switched their
energy mix to 100% renewable.
CO2 EMISSIONS: TRANSPORTATION, PAPER AND ENERGY
AXAs CO2 emissions per FTE related to energy, paper and

business travel (air, rail and car eet) decreased by 8% between
2014 and 2015. 52% of Group CO2 emissions are related to
energy consumption, 26% from business travel (air and train),
15% from AXAs vehicle eet and 7% from paper. In 2010, the
Group dened common environmental travel guidelines, which
were rolled out across the Group in 2011 and updated in 2014.
Some entities have adapted these guidelines to meet their local
specicities. For instance, AXA Germany, is among the rst
company in Germany to have implemented a exible driving
program offering an innovative and environment-friendly way of
mobility. Employees are free to use the car-sharing vehicles for
their business and private rides, which helps reduce the entitys
car-eet size.
To encourage employees to reduce travel, the Group has
installed 50 video-conferencing rooms since 2008. These are
estimated to have saved 225,855 trips and 333,013tons of
CO2 since 2009. Furthermore, employee commuting-related CO2
emissions per FTE increased by 3% compared to 2014 with
0.70 Teq.CO2 per FTE.
WATER CONSUMPTION
managed forests. In 2015, AXA used 62% of ofce paper and

65% of marketing and distribution paper from recycled sources.
To promote this type of paper, since 2011 the Group requires
environmentally-friendly ofce paper as a minimum standard for
the main Group entities.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
AXAs unsorted waste volume has increased by 4% and paper

sorted for recycling by 6% compared to 2015 as a result of
renovations and relocations. For sorted paper, entities such
as Belgium and Switzerland have improved their sorting
process, thus increasing volumes. For unsorted waste, food
waste is included from 75 canteens in the Group. Concerning
the recycling of ink cartridges and toners, AXA has a positive
trend increasing from 63% to 68% in 2015. AXAs IT business
unit, AXA Technology Services, for which electronic waste is of
particular relevance, is a key contributor to this effort, as it strives
to ensure compliance with the Waste Electronic and Electrical
Equipment (WEEE) Directive.
Business-related environmental initiatives

In addition to reducing its operational environmental footprint, the
Group seeks to minimize its indirect impact on the environment
by offering insurance and investment solutions that promote
environmentally-friendly behaviour.
Numerous offers with environmental added-value have been
developed by various AXA entities in the Property & Casualty
business segment:
in the retail product line: initiatives include Motor insurance

policies/products encouraging low CO2 emission vehicles (e.g.
promoting electric, hybrid and low emitting), home insurance
policies encouraging energy efciency (e.g. environmental
appliances upgrades), renewable energy installations (e.g.
wind, solar power, etc.), and environmental claims strategies
(e.g. repair rather than replace auto spare parts). In addition,
prevention devices (such as smartphone applications) to help
raise customer and general public awareness are also being
developed;
in the commercial product line, AXA entities strive to

encourage green buildings or car eets. They also promote
environmental risk prevention or the development of renewable
energies via adapted policies covering the equipment and
the revenues derived from electric energy sales, etc. AXA
also created a reinsurance pool to develop infrastructures
producing renewable energy.
AXAs water consumption per FTE has decreased by 4% between

2014 and 2015. Since 2008, AXA entities have achieved a better
level of management maturity and reporting quality regarding
their water consumption patterns. Related recent initiatives
include the installation of water sensors in bathroom facilities
for AXA France and water-saving initiatives at various entities
(e.g. AXA Investment Managers USA).
PAPER CONSUMPTION
AXAs ofce paper consumption per FTE decreased by 11%

between 2014 and 2015. A signicant number of entities have
implemented a printing policy to help decrease ofce paper
consumption which includes reducing the number of printers,
and installing an employee badging system to collect all printed
documents (e.g. AXA L&P Poland, AXA Thailand).
In 2015, AXAs marketing and distribution paper consumption
per customer decreased by 2% compared to 2014 mainly
explained by a more accurate measurement process in some
entities (e.g. AXA UK, US). AXA is also working on increasing the
volume of paper originating from recycled sources or sustainably
More examples of business-related environmental initiatives are

disclosed on:
https://www.axa.com/en/about-us/environment-climate-change
405
APPENDICES
AXAs position regarding climate change

AXAs position regarding climate change is not only to adapt, but
to take advantage of its privileged position to provide solutions
(see above Sections). Indeed insurers are well equipped to
address climate-related risks. They can fund and promote risk
research and education. They possess claims loss data, as well
as models and tools to analyse and project this data. They
have a duty to disseminate knowledge about such new risks,
including previously poorly known threats to society. Insurers,
through their signicant investments, are also well positioned
to send the right signals to the investment community and to
the specic companies they invest in. This strategy addresses
both the mitigation and the adaptation dimensions of climate
change. They are not solely self-interested or commercially
driven, but they need to be global and collective to be effective.
Since 2014, AXA also analyzes carbon asset risks and has
undertaken the following initiatives in 2015:
coal divestment: in May2015, AXA announced its decision to

reduce its General Accounts exposure to Electric utilities and
Mining players deriving over 50% of their turnover from coal
related activities representing around 500million;
green investments: in May2015, the Group also committed

to tripling its green investments aiming to reach over 3billion
by 2020 for its General Accounts, originating principally from
investments in renewable energy infrastructures, green bonds
and private equity;
carbon footprinting, carbon asset risk analysis: AXA

analyzed and disclosed (www.axa.com) the carbon intensity
of its General Accounts assets (equities, corporate bonds
and sovereign debt). This type of analysis, and more generally
portfolio alignment with energy transition scenarios, will
become mandatory for asset owners in France by 2017 in
accordance with Article173, modifying Grenelle II Act. Carbon
asset risk analysis (including exposure to coal-related assets)
is also a mandatory disclosure requirement for all insurers
operating in California starting from 2016, as announced
by this States insurance commissioner in January2016.
However, the Group, having signed the Montreal Carbon
Pledge in 2015, has voluntarily committed to disclose its
carbon footprint earlier. This analysis, which is available on
www.axa.com, shows limits to assess energy transition
risks, which AXA intends to address through more rened
analyses and shareholder engagement.
The Group is aware of the key role of the insurance sector in

the climate debate. AXAs work focuses on three main areas:
enhancing knowledge on climate risk;
reinforcing climate risk prevention services to help people

better anticipate and adapt to the changing climate;
developing insurance products and investment policies that

promote mitigation and adaptation.
AXA was an active supporter of the COP21 UN climate talks,

which took place in Paris in December2015. In the run-up to
COP21, AXA stressed the importance of both climate resilience
and of the private sectors involvement in helping combat
climate change and voiced its support for the introduction
of a meaningful carbon price and the need for nancial rules
and regulations that encourage and support quality, long-term
investment.
AXA believes it can also inform public policies on the importance
of tackling and adapting to climate change. Recent examples
of this approach include:
406
AXA was named Vice-Chair of the FSB Task Force on Climaterelated Financial Disclosures. The TCFD will develop voluntary,
consistent climate-related nancial risk disclosures for use
by companies in providing information to investors, lenders,
insurers, and other stakeholders. The Task Force will consider
the physical, liability and transition risks associated with climate
change and what constitutes effective nancial disclosures
across industries. The work and recommendations of the Task
Force will help rms understand what nancial markets want
from disclosure in order to measure and respond to climate
change risks, and encourage rms to align their disclosures
with investors needs;
AXA has strengthened its cooperation with the UN Ofce for

Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), particularly in supporting
the implementation of the March2015 Sendai Framework and
is working closely on issues of climate change with both the
UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the UN Principles
for Responsible Investment.
The Group is also committed to promoting research and

education to better understand and protect against climate risk:
the AXA Research Fund will dedicate 35million to climate risk
research by 2018. In addition, AXA works on climate issues
through its partnership with the humanitarian organization CARE;
this partnership is focused in part on disaster risk reduction
efforts among vulnerable populations in both Africa and Asia.
More examples of business-related environmental initiatives are
disclosed on:
https://www.axa.com/en/about-us/environment-climate-change
APPENDICES
Institutional commitments to protect

theenvironment
The AXA Group and local entities signed or joined the various
initiatives in the area of environmental protection (and/or CR
more generally). As indicated above, in 2015, AXA became a
vice-chair of the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial
Disclosures, signed the Montreal Pledge (which commits
investors to measuring and publishing details of the carbon
footprint of their investment portfolio) and, in the run-up to
the UN Climate talks in Paris last year, signed the French
Business Climate Pledge, which committed 39 of Frances
leading companies to fight climate change through new
industrial projects and R&D devoted to renewable energy, energy
efciency and other low carbon technologies. The Group also
signed up to various initiatives including the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) manifesto for
Energy Efciency in buildings, the Kyoto Statement (Geneva
Association), Caring for Climate (WBCSD/UNEP FI/UN
Global Compact), the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), the
Sustainable Development Charter (Fdration franaise des
socits dassurances) and the Investor Statement on Climate
Change (International Investor Group on Climate Change). AXA
also supports 2 Investing Initiative, a climate think tank.
AXA signed the UNISDR Private Sector Commitment for
Disaster Risk Reduction and is represented in their Advisory
Board Group. These principles cover 5 key areas around the role
that the private sector can take to further encourage Disaster
Prevention, Resilience and Risk Reduction (e.g. increase public

private partnership, share Risk Management expertise, etc.).
AXA is also part of the African Risk Capacity, a regional pooling
mechanism providing coverage to African governments in the
event of natural disasters or extreme weather events.
Other engagements are detailed online: https://www.axa.com/
en/about-us/environmental-commitments
Legal measures and environmental

expenditures
Regarding measures taken to ensure compliance with legal
requirements, the main concern arises from the existence of
classied facilities (for environmental protection purposes)
such as fuel tanks for backup electricity generators, or major air
conditioning systems. In 2015, the Group reported 35 sites with
a specic permit. Their impact on the neighbouring environment
is minimal. Nevertheless, being classied, those facilities benet
from adequate maintenance and their compliance with local legal
obligations is monitored regularly. The full range of expenditures
incurred to promote environmental preservation is minor, local
and of a heterogeneous nature, and as such, is not monitored
at Group level. No specic provisions or guarantees covering
environmental risks have been set aside, considering the limited
litigation risks arising from the management of AXAs direct
environmental footprint. Furthermore, in 2015, 39 sites were
reported to have some form of environmental certication.
407
APPENDICES
AXA Group environmental indicators(a)
Unit
Number of employees on site, Full-Time Equivalent (FTEs)
FTE
112,000
116,303
m2
1,857,330
1,910,211
Mwh
437,509
423,027
Kwh/FTE
3,906
3,637
Net internal area (sites)
2014
2015
POWER (sites)
Power consumption(b)
KPI: Power consumption per person
Evolution compared to 2014
-7%
TRANSPORTATION
Business travel: airplane and train(c)
Thousands
of km
328,391
332,400
Business travel: AXA vehicle eet
Thousands
of km
265,098
268,938
Home/workplace commute (round trip)(d)
Thousands
of km
865,390
957,561
T. eq CO2
133,675
121,514
CO2 EMISSIONS (e)

CO2 emissions: onsite power consumption
CO2 emissions: business travel: airplane and train
T. eq CO2
59,215
61,372
CO2 emissions: business travel: AXA vehicle eet(f)
T. eq CO2
33,679
33,441
CO2 emissions: paper
T. eq CO2
17,458
16,992
T. eq CO2/FTE
2.18
2.01
T. eq CO2
75,336
80,963
m3
1,076,192
1,075,030
m3/FTE
9.61
9.23
KPI: CO2 emissions resulting from onsite power consumption,

paper and business travel (airplane, train, AXA vehicle eet) per person

CO2 emissions: home/workplace commute(g)
-8%
WATER
Water consumption(h)
KPI: Water consumption per person
-4%
PAPER(i)
Ofce paper consumption
KPI: Ofce paper consumption per person
2,602
kg/FTE
23

Paper recycled and/or garanteeing sustainable management: ofce
2,410
21
-11%
%
61
62
15,678
15,382
kg/customer
0.15
0.15
60
65
Unsorted waste(k)
5,860
6,102
Sorted paper for recycling
4,354
4,636
63
68
Marketing and distribution paper consumption

KPI: Marketing and distribution paper consumption per customer(j)

Paper recycled and/or garanteeing sustainable management: marketing & distribution
-2%
WASTE
Cartridge and/or toners for recycling
Stable reporting perimeter compared to 2014, representing the 41 most signicant countries where the AXA Group is present. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) highlighted in bold.
(a) In 2015, environmental indicators were collected for sites representing 91,681 FTEs working on AXA sites (unless otherwise indicated in these footnotes) and were then
extrapolated, continent by continent, to cover all 116,303 salaried FTEs (all types of contracts) working at the AXA Group in average in 2015. In 2014, this process took
place on the basis of data collected from 90,988 FTEs, extrapolated to 105,767 revised in 2015 to 112,000 FTEs.
(b) Includes electricity, natural gas, heating oil, steam, chilled water and covers 91,681 FTEs.
(c) This data has been collected from 95,681 FTEs.
(d) Home/workplace commute estimations are based on an annual online transportation survey, issued to every AXA salaried employee. This data has been collected from
19,879 FTEs and then extrapolated. Sites whose response rate was below 5% have been excluded from the data consolidation process.
(e) The emissions factors specic to each country used for energy, train and air were revised in 2013. Source: the lnternational Energy Agency (IEA) and Ademe.
(f) The AXA vehicle eet covers 89,355 FTEs.
(g) Does not include company cars, to avoid double counting with the AXA vehicle eet data.
(h) This data has been collected from 84,380 FTEs. Some sites in Asia and America are not equipped with water meters, which prevents accurate measurement and excludes
them from the reporting scope before extrapolation. However, entities are starting to better track their water consumption with the installation of water meters (e.g. data
centers, AXA Ireland).
(i) Paper indicators covers 91,681 FTEs.
(j) The Group had 103million customers in 2015.
(k) Unsorted wasted covers 78,459 FTEs, which is low as many entities are currently unable to monitor this waste ow.
408
APPENDICES
SOCIETAL INFORMATION
Impact on regional development,
subcontracting
Given that its operations are largely decentralized and its staff
spread across a number of different locations. AXAs activities
generally have no signicant direct impact on local employment
or development in any specic region. Nor does AXA engage in
signicant levels of subcontracting.
However, AXA does promote economic growth and social
development more broadly through its insurance, savings
and investment services. The Group provides support to
103million customers around the world, including individuals,
local communities and businesses. Indeed AXAs business is
to protect people and businesses. These services help our
customers protect what is most important to them their lives,
their property and belongings, their health, and their savings
providing long-term peace of mind which allows them to build
and invest in the future.
As a Group, AXA offers products and services that meet the
needs of our customers, sharing its expertise to improve
understanding of the risks faced by both individuals and society
as a whole. AXA believes the insurance industry plays a key role
in promoting and nancing economic growth by identifying and
underwriting risk, managing claims, and acting as a signicant
long-term investor.
Community involvement: social & cultural

activities, philanthropy, education, employee
volunteering
RISK RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Protecting customers from risk and unexpected events is at the

core of AXAs purpose. This is why AXA is committed to using its
skills, resources and expertise to build a better understanding
of the risks faced by both individuals and society as a whole.
To support this, AXAs community investment program promotes
risk research and risk education. This approach is included in
the Companys Community Investment Guidelines, introduced
in 2011. Under these guidelines, AXA businesses were required
to devote at least 50% of their community investment budget to
risk research and education by 2015. This objective has been
largely achieved as 57% of the nearly 21million donated by
AXA business entities to community projects, were dedicated
to risk education and research. In addition, AXA also provided
support for other good causes, including healthcare, youth
employment and humanitarian aid.
AXAs approach to community investment also covers a number
of other activities and initiatives, including:
employee volunteering (through local volunteering programs

and the AXA Hearts In Action initiative);
the AXA Research Fund;
strategic partnerships (including the partnership with CARE,

aimed at helping vulnerable populations better prepare
for climate-related risks. Since 2011, AXA has donated
4.7million);
support for arts and heritage (including AXAs support to the

Louvre in 2015);
emergency fund-raising (In 2015, funds were raised to help the

victims of the Nepal earthquakes and the Ebola virus in west
Africa, including both company funds and those contributed
by AXA employees).
Stakeholder dialogue
AXAs stakeholders include any individual or group affected by
the Companys business operations or who may, in turn, affect
the environment in which AXA operates its performance,
reputation or business activities. AXAs stakeholders include its
customers, employees, business partners, governments and
regulators, and those in civil society.
Engagement may take place through regular discussions,
meetings, conferences, surveys or more formal structures,
such as the Companys European Works Council. AXA may also
work directly with stakeholders through strategic partnerships
(for example, the partnership with the humanitarian organization
CARE, which has been in place since 2011). AXA also has a
Stakeholder Advisory Panel, which meets twice a year and
provides high-level input to the Companys strategy and its
approach to corporate responsibility.
AXA has a set of Stakeholder Engagement Principles, published
on its corporate website. These principles apply to all AXAs
businesses worldwide, and set out the Groups overall approach
to stakeholder engagement. Engaging with stakeholders, AXA
believes, improves the Groups understanding of key social,
environmental, and governance issues. It is also used to
strengthen the Groups decision-making, help identify risks and
opportunities for the business and improve the products and
services AXA offers. By engaging, AXA can also help strengthen
society by making the Groups knowledge, expertise and
resources more widely available. Stakeholder engagement is
a key part of AXAs overall corporate responsibility approach.
THE AXA RESEARCH FUND
The AXA Research Fund, the science philanthropy initiative of

the insurance leader AXA, supports global fundamental research
to understand and better prevent environmental, human life and
socio-economic risks.
Since 2007, 149 million (1) have been committed to 492
research projects in 33 countries.
AXA Research Fund both undertakes long-term partnerships
with top-tier academia and helps them share their discoveries
to enrich public debate. Searching today will help better protect
tomorrow.
Media Gallery: https://gallery.axa-research.org/en/
Institutional website: https://axa-research.org/en/
(1) Including management costs.
409
APPENDICES
VOLUNTEERING
AXA employees worldwide support disadvantaged people

through AXA Hearts In Action, the Groups employee
volunteering program. In 2015, thousands of AXA Hearts In
Action volunteers around the world made their skills and time
available to help underprivileged people. AXA donated more
than 89,000 working hours to allow employees to volunteer,
down from 104,000 in 2014 because of a change in the
methodology(1).
RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTS
AXAs products general insurance, savings and associated

services do not pose direct health and safety concerns for our
customers. On the contrary, through our products, we encourage
and reward healthy and environmentally responsible behavior,
as well as help reduce social exclusion. Green products are
described in the Environmental Information Section above as
well as on www.axa.com in more detail.
Responsible investment
GROUP RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT STRATEGY
The Groups Responsible Investment Committee (RIC), chaired

by the Group Chief Investment Ofcer, develops and monitors
AXAs Responsible Investment strategy. It currently focuses on
four main activities:
ESG integration: AXA is committed to integrate environmental,

social & governance (ESG) performance metrics and factors
into our General Accounts assets through internal asset
managers investment processes and decision-making. AXA
has also initiated significant developments in the area of
carbon-related risks potentially posed by its investments.
This work is described in the Climate change Section above;
voting and engagement: in line with Group Responsible

Investment Policy, AXA aims to use its inuence as a large
asset owner to encourage ESG best practice within the
companies in which it invest. This is reected in our voting and
shareholder engagement activities on a range of ESG topics;
exclusion of sectors or companies that face acute social,

human rights, ethical or environmental challenges (current
exclusions: controversial weapons, coal mining and coalbased power generation, palm oil & forestry, soft commodities
derivatives);
development of impact investments delivering positive

environmental or social (as well as nancial) returns. Two funds
have been launched: the AXA Impact Fund, focusing on social
issues such as nancial inclusion, and the AXA Renewable
Energy Fund, focusing on green infrastructures.
MICROINSURANCE
AXA focuses on microinsurance projects that address social

exclusion while being breakeven in the long term, by enabling
vulnerable segments of the population to access insurance
services. Current initiatives include:
France: AXA, in partnership with the Association pour le droit

linitiative conomique (which helps people excluded from the
usual circuits set up their own business) and a French mutual
insurer, MACIF, offers since 2007 basic covers sold at cost;
India: Bharti AXA GI pioneered insurance for low income

segment by 2009 to distribute Personal Accident, Health
and Hospital Cash products through retailers and Cooperative
Banks network;
Indonesia: To address the lower middle class customers

asking for a loan, AXA leverages its partnership with Mandiri
Bank to propose Credit life, Personal Accident, and protection
for natural/sickness death;
Thailand: AXA GI launched a partnership with AIS, the rst

mobile network operator in Thailand, to distribute Personal
Accident and Hospital Cash products embedded in a
dedicated prepaid plan with SIM card (freemium approach);
Morocco: AXA partners since 2012 with a Microfinance

institution, Albaraka, to provide 120,000 micro-entrepreneurs
with credit life, property and hospicash coverages;
Nigeria: AXA Mansard ventured into microinsurance in

October 2013 with the introduction of an airtime-based
insurance service sold in collaboration with the mobile
network operator MTN Nigeria. In addition, AXA Mansard
distributes microinsurance products through partnerships
with Micronance institutions (MFIs);
Mexico: AXA partnered in 2015 with Oriamme, a cosmetics

company, to insure 110,000self-employed women distributing
the Companys products. Coverage includes accidental death,
medical reimbursements linked to accidents and medical
assistance.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Leveraging AXA IMs multi-expert model, AXA IM embeds

global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research
across all asset classes and provides investors the opportunity
to select the level of ESG integration that best ts their needs
and objectives. To do so, AXA IM has a dedicated Responsible
Investment (RI) research team as well as a global ESG research
capacity through its platform, RI Search. This tool covers more
than 5,000companies, 100% of the MSCI World index and 150
countries with ESG research from many sources. RI Search
provides an ESG score for each security and assesses these
scores against peers, thus enabling the portfolio managers to
take ESG risks into account in their decision-making process.
(1) In 2015, data is drawn from almost 80% of the Groups total number of FTEs (2015 social and environmental data). In 2015, the methodology
was changed to no longer include the hours of the (full or part time) salaried project managers in the volunteering hours.
410
APPENDICES
AXA IMs proxy voting coverage includes the voting on all listed
companies on a global basis and leads strategic engagement
efforts on specic themes and companies. Finally, the RI team
conducts thematic research in order to investigate material ESG
issues, such as RI & smart beta investing, research on the
skills shortage in the Oil & Gas sector, Board diversity in the
largest European companies, and ESG integration in equity
and sovereign debt asset classes. Further information can be
found at www.axa-im.com/en/responsible-investment. AXA IM
is a UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)
signatory since 2007. AB signed the UN PRI in 2011 and the
AXA Group in 2012.
Responsible procurement
AXA is a major purchaser of products and services for the
purpose of its internal operations as well as services provided
to its policyholders. The volume of purchases equalled
12.6 billion in 2015. The buyers are required to sign a
specic procurement code of ethics in addition to the Group
Compliance & Ethics Guide. AXA also encourages its suppliers
to be socially and environmentally responsible and requests
from them a formal commitment to uphold International Labor
Organisation principles. In addition, the Group applies social and
environmental criteria to assess supplier performance. These
criteria enable the Group to improve service quality and reduce
some supply chain risks.
Business ethics
AXAs Group Compliance and Ethics Guide (the Guide)
seeks to establish Group-wide guidelines and rules to ensure
that AXA Group companies and employees have a common
understanding of applicable ethical standards, participate in
the ght against corruption and conduct business accordingly.
The Guide covers a variety of matters, including specic rules
concerning conflicts of interest, transactions involving AXA
securities and those of its listed entities, condentiality and
control of sensitive information as well as record keeping and
retention. The Guide also seeks to reect AXAs values. Most
of AXAs principal operating entities have developed ethical
guidelines that comply with local regulatory and statutory
requirements. The Guide is available on the Groups website
(www.axa.com).
In 2013, AXA became a member of the non-prot Transparency

International France and, therefore, supports TIs vision, values
and founding principles disclosed in their so-called Charter.
More information about these commitments: http://www.
transparency-france.org/ewb_pages/n/notre-charte.php
Compliance with International Labour

Organization (ILO) recommendations
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
In addition to compliance with national law and regulations,

AXA joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2003,
formally committing to upholding and protecting principles for
human rights. The rst chapter of the aforementioned Group
Compliance and Ethics Guide refers to the UN Global Compact
in its founding principles. Both the Compliance Guide and UN
Global Compact adhesion are applicable to every AXA entity.
INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL
AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN RISK MANAGEMENT
AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
When appropriate or relevant, the Group underwriters

and portfolio managers integrate a number of emerging
environmental and social risks, including human rights concerns,
as well as more generally ethical concerns in their product
development processes and policies. This is notably undertaken
via (1) the AXA Group Controversial weapons policy, (2) the
Group underwriting guidelines for P&C Commercial lines that
require local AXA entities to exclude certain sensitive sectors or
activities, and (3) the Policy on business relationships involving
sanctioned countries and countries identied as having high
levels of corruption or political risk. The latter policy formalises
the Group policies and procedures with respect to business
in or with countries that are subject to international sanctions
or embargoes or otherwise identied as high corruption, high
political risk and/or tax haven jurisdictions.
AXA also has a number of products or services that have specic
social or environmental objectives (as well as nancial). These
include micro-insurance products, certain applications aimed at
risk prevention, particularly in health, and Groups green and
impact investments.
411
APPENDICES
I Report by one of the Statutory Auditors, appointed

as an independent third party, on the consolidated
human resources, environmental and social information
presented in the management report
For the year ended at the 31st of December, 2015
This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience
of English speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and
professional auditing standards applicable in France.
In our capacity as Statutory Auditor of AXA S.A., appointed as an independent third party and certied by COFRAC under number
3-1060(1), we hereby report to you on the consolidated human resources, environmental and social information for the year ended at
the 31st of December 2015, included in the management report (hereinafter named CSR Information), pursuant the article L.225102-1 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce).
COMPANYS RESPONSIBILITY
The Board of Directors is responsible for preparing a companys management report including CSR Information required by article
R.225-105-1 of the French Commercial Code and with the Social Data Report referential, the Environmental Reporting Protocol and
the Community Investment Survey Guide used by the Company (hereinafter the Guidelines), summarised in the management report
and available on request from the companys head ofce.
INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
Our independence is dened by regulatory texts, the French Code of ethics (Code de dontologie) of our profession and the
requirements of article L.822-11 of the French Commercial Code. In addition, we have implemented a system of quality control
including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with the ethical requirements, French professional standards
and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
STATUTORY AUDITORS RESPONSIBILITY
On the basis of our work, our responsibility is to:
attest that the required CSR Information is included in the management report or, in the event of non-disclosure of a part or all of
the CSR Information, that an explanation is provided in accordance with the third paragraph of article R.225-105 of the French
Commercial Code (Attestation regarding the completeness of CSR Information);
express a limited assurance conclusion that the CSR Information taken as a whole is, in all material respects, fairly presented in
accordance with the Guidelines (Conclusion on the fairness of CSR Information).
Our work involved 7 persons and was conducted between end of November 2015 and beginning of March 2016 during a 15 week
period. We were assisted in our work by our CSR experts.
We performed our work in accordance with the French professional standards and with the order dated 13 May 2013 dening the
conditions under which the independent third party performs its engagement and with ISAE 3000 (2) concerning our conclusion on
the fairness of CSR Information.
1.
Attestation regarding the completeness of CSR Information
NATURE AND SCOPE OF OUR WORK
On the basis of interviews with the individuals in charge of the relevant departments, we obtained an understanding of the Companys
sustainability strategy regarding human resources and environmental impacts of its activities and its social commitments and, where
applicable, any actions or programmes arising from them.
(1) Whose scope is available at www.cofrac.fr.

(2) ISAE 3000 Assurance engagements other than audits or reviews of historical nancial information.
412
APPENDICES
We compared the CSR Information presented in the management report with the list provided in article R.225-105-1 of the French
Commercial Code.
For any consolidated information that is not disclosed, we veried that explanations were provided in accordance with article R.225105, paragraph 3 of the French Commercial Code.
We veried that the CSR Information covers the scope of consolidation, i.e., the Company, its subsidiaries as dened by article
L.233-1 and the controlled entities as dened by article L.233-3 of the French Commercial Code within the limitations set out in the
methodological information described at the bottom of the data tables Social data 2015 AXA Group and AXA Group environmental
indicators, as well as the footnote of the paragraph Volunteering of the Appendix VII of the management report.
CONCLUSION
Based on the work performed and given the limitations mentioned above, we attest that the required CSR Information has been
disclosed in the management report.
2.
Conclusion on the fairness of CSR Information
NATURE AND SCOPE OF OUR WORK
We conducted around twelve interviews with the persons responsible for preparing the CSR Information in the departments in charge
of collecting the information and, where appropriate, responsible for internal control and risk management procedures, in order to:
assess the suitability of the Guidelines in terms of their relevance, completeness, reliability, neutrality and understandability, and
taking into account industry best practices where appropriate;
verify the implementation of data-collection, compilation, processing and control process to reach completeness and consistency
of the CSR Information and obtain an understanding of the internal control and risk management procedures used to prepare the
CSR Information.
We determined the nature and scope of our tests and procedures based on the nature and importance of the CSR Information with
respect to the characteristics of the Company, the human resources and environmental challenges of its activities, its sustainability
strategy and industry best practices.
Regarding the CSR Information that we considered to be the most important:
at parent entity level, we referred to documentary sources and conducted interviews to corroborate the qualitative information
(organisation, policies, actions), performed analytical procedures on the quantitative information and veried, using sampling
techniques, the calculations and the consolidation of the data. We also veried that the information was consistent and in agreement
with the other information in the management report;
at the level of a representative sample of entities, composed of AXA Belgium, AXA Bank Europe, AXA US, AXA France, GIE AXA,
AXA Italy and MPS, AXA Business Services, AXA Tech Shared Services, AXA Bharti, AXA Life Japan, AXA Seguros Mexico, AXA
Philippines, AXA Insurance UK, Winterthur Life UK, AXA UK Holding and AXA PPP Healthcare UK selected by us on the basis of
their activity, their contribution to the consolidated indicators, their location and a risk analysis, we conducted interviews to verify that
procedures are properly applied, and we performed tests of details, using sampling techniques, in order to verify the calculations
and reconcile the data with the supporting documents. The selected sample represents on average 35% of headcount, between
36% and 59% of quantitative environmental data and between 26% and 31% of quantitative social data.
For the remaining consolidated CSR Information, we assessed its consistency based on our understanding of the company.
We also assessed the relevance of explanations provided for any information that was not disclosed, either in whole or in part.
We believe that the sampling methods and sample sizes we have used, based on our professional judgement, are sufcient to
provide a basis for our limited assurance conclusion; a higher level of assurance would have required us to carry out more extensive
procedures. Due to the use of sampling techniques and other limitations inherent to information and internal control systems, the risk
of not detecting a material misstatement in the CSR information cannot be totally eliminated.
Conclusion
Based on the work performed, no material misstatement has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the CSR Information,
taken as a whole, is not presented fairly in accordance with the Guidelines.
Neuilly-sur-seine, March 31, 2016

One of the Statutory Auditors
Michel Laforce
Sylvain Lambert
Partner
Partner of the Sustainable Development Department
413
APPENDICES
Appendix: List of the information that we consider as the most important

LABOUR INFORMATION
Total workforce, including indicators headcount of salaried workforce as at the end of the year and average FTE of salaried workforce;
Distribution of employees by sex, by age and by geographic zone, including indicators headcount of salaried non-sales and sales
force men and women by professional category, average age and average seniority of salaried non-sales force;
Recruitments and departures, including indicators external recruitments, resignations, dismissals and involuntary turnover of
salaried non-sales force;
Compensations and evolutions, including total gross payroll of salaried non-sales force and gross xed payroll of salaried sales force;
Absenteeism, including indicator absenteeism rate and proportions by type of absence of salaried non-sales and sales force;
Organization of labour relations;
Work accidents, in particular frequency and gravity as well as work disease;
Training policy;
Total number of training hours, including indicators average number of days and training costs;
Measures taken in favour of the equality between men and women;
Measures taken in favour of the employment and the insertion of handicapped people;
Respect of the freedom of association and of the right of collective bargaining;
Elimination of segregation in terms of employment and professions.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Company organization to take into account environmental issues;
Measures to prevent, recycle and eliminate waste, including indicators unsorted waste, sorted paper for recycling and percentage
of cartridges and/or toners for recycling;
Water consumption and supply according to local constraints, including indicator water consumption per person;
Raw materials consumption and measures taken to improve the efciency of their use, including indicators ofce paper, marketing
and distribution consumption and percentage of paper recycled and/or guaranteeing sustainable management;
Energy consumption and measures taken to improve energetic efciency and the use of renewable energy, including indicators
consumption of electricity, gas, fuel, steam and chilled water and energy consumption per person;
Greenhouse effect gas emissions, including indicator CO2 emission resulting from onsite power consumption, paper and business
travel per person;
Usable occupied area and usable vacant area, including indicator net internal area.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
414
Territorial, economic and social impact in terms of employment and regional development;
Partnership and patronage actions, including volunteering hours during paid hours and cash donations to community projects;
Inclusion of social and environment issues in the purchase policy;
Actions carried out to prevent corruption;
Other actions carried out to promote human rights.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX VIIIBOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT CORRESPONDENCE TABLE
APPENDIX VIII BOARD OF DIRECTORS

REPORT CORRESPONDENCE
TABLE
This Registration Document includes all the compulsory matters
required to be covered in the Board of Directors report of AXA
established Pursuant to ArticlesL.225-100 and L.225-100-2 of
the French Commercial Code.
You will find below the references to the extracts of the

Registration Document corresponding to the parts of the Board
of Directors report as approved by the Board of Directors of
the Company.
Sections
Pages
1.
Business and trends/Earnings/Financial position and key performance indicators
20 to 88 and 368 to 393
2.
Use of nancial instruments by the Company when relevant for assessing its assets and liabilities,
nancial position, and prots and losses
89 to 94; 177 to 193 and

248 to 261
3.
Description of major risk factors and uncertainties
4.
Acquisition of signicant equity interests in companies headquartered in France
5.
Events subsequent to scal year end/Outlook
30 to 31; 85; 94 and

341 to 342
6.
Dividend distributions over the last three years
7.
Information on market and liquidity risks (interest rate, exchange rate and stock price uctuation risk)
8.
Purchase and sale of the Companys own shares
9.
Executive compensation
115 to 144
10.
Transactions involving Company stock completed by corporate ofcers
141 to 142
11.
Directorships and positions held by corporate ofcers of the Company
102 to 107
12.
Relevant provisions in the event of a public takeover bid on the Company
13.
Capital ownership
145 to 146
147 to 148
154 to 193
369
89 to 94 and 160 to 176

146
348
14.
Employee shareholders
15.
Adjustment of the rights of holders of securities with a claim on the capital of the Company
16.
Social and environmental information
395 to 414
17.
Research and development activities
n/a
n/a
18.
Terms of payment
369
19.
Agreements between a corporate ofcer or a shareholder of the Company and a subsidiary of the
Company
107
Exhibits
20.
Table of the capital increase delegations
21.
Table of the Companys nancial results over the last ve years
22.
Chairman of the Board of Directors report
366 to 367
373
352 to 359
415
APPENDICES
APPENDIX IXCOMMISSION REGULATION OF APRIL29, 2004 CORRESPONDENCETABLE
APPENDIX IX COMMISSION REGULATION

OF APRIL29, 2004
CORRESPONDENCETABLE
Annual Report (Registration Document) led with the AMF on March31, 2016
ANNEX1 OF THE COMMISSION REGULATION N809/2004

Pages
1.
Person responsible
365
2.
Statutory Auditors
336
3.
Selected nancial information
4.
Risk factors
5.
Information about the issuer

5.1
History and development of the issuer
5.2
Investments
6.
Business overview
7.
Organizational structure
6 to 7
25 to 28
9 to 19 and 20 to 23
7.1.
Brief description of the Group
6 to 10
7.2.
List of signicant subsidiaries
226 to 232
8.
Property, plants and equipment
9.
Operating and nancial review

9.1.
Financial condition
9.2.
Operating results
10.
n/a
198 to 207
20 to 88
Capital resources
10.1.
Capital resources
10.2.
Sources and amounts of cash ows
10.3.
Borrowing requirements and funding structure
10.4.
Restrictions on the use of capital resources
89 to 94
10.5.
Anticipated sources of funds needed
89 to 94
11.
R&D, patents and licenses
12.
Trend information
13.
Prots forecasts or estimates
14.
Administrative, Management, and Supervisory bodies and senior management

14.1.
Information on members of the Administrative, Management or Supervisory bodies
14.2.
Administrative, Management and Supervisory bodies conicts of interests
15.
416
4 to 5
154 to 193
89 to 94 and
267to272
89 to 94; 206 to 207
and 266to267
89 to 94 and
288to289
n/a
30 to 31; 85; 94 and
341 to 342
n/a
96 to 113
107 to 108 and
139to140
Remuneration and benets

15.1.
Amount of remuneration paid
115 to 144
15.2.
Amounts set aside or accrued to provide pension, retirement or similar benets
142 to 143
APPENDICES
APPENDIX IXCOMMISSION REGULATION OF APRIL29, 2004 CORRESPONDENCETABLE
Pages
16.
Board practices
16.1.
Date of expiration of the current term of ofce
16.2.
Information about members of the management bodies service contracts

with the issuer or any of its subsidiaries
16.3.
Information on the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee
16.4.
Statement of compliance with the country of incorporations corporate governance regime
17.
100 to 101
107
109 and 111
358 to 359
Employees
17.1.
Number of employees
17.2.
Shareholdings and stock options
17.3.
114 and 400 to 403

124 to 134 and
140 to 141
Arrangements for involving the employees in the capital of the issuer
147 to 148
18.
Major shareholders
145 to 146
19.
Related party transactions
20.
Financial information concerning the issuers assets and liabilities, nancial position
and prots and losses
147 and 331 to 332
20.1.
Historical nancial information*
20.2.
Pro forma nancial information
20.3.
Financial statements
20.4.
Auditing of historical annual nancial information
20.5.
Age of latest nancial information
417
n/a
20.6.
Interim and other nancial information
20.7.
Dividend policy
20.8.
Legal and arbitration proceedings
20.9.
Signicant change in the issuers nancial or trading position
21.
198 to 342
n/a
198 to 207
343 to 344 and
392 to 393
5
338 to 341
25 to 31; 89 to 94
and 341 to 342
Additional information
21.1.
Share capital
21.2.
Memorandum and Articles of association
145 to 147 and 350

346 to 349
22.
Material contracts
23.
Third party information and statement by experts and declarations of any interest
24.
Documents on display
25.
Information on holdings
n/a
412 to 414
6
7 and 226 to 232
Pursuant to Article28 of Commission Regulation (EC) n809/2004 of April29, 2004, the following items are incorporated by reference:
AXAs Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December31, 2014 and the Statutory Auditors report on them, respectively presented on pages192335 and on pages336-337 of the Annual Report (Registration Document), the French version of which was led with the AMF (Autorit des marchs nanciers)
on March26, 2015 under reference n D.15-0208;
AXAs Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December31, 2013 and the Statutory Auditors report on them, respectively presented on pages188329 and on pages330-331 of the Annual Report (Registration Document), the French version of which was led with the AMF (Autorit des marchs nanciers)
on March21, 2014 under reference n D.14-0184.
OTHER PERIODICAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE AMF GENERAL REGULATIONS

Pages
Compensation paid to Statutory Auditors in 2015 and 2014 (Art.222-8)
337
417
APPENDICES
APPENDIXXANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT CORRESPONDENCE TABLE
APPENDIXX ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

CORRESPONDENCE TABLE
This Registration Document includes all the components of the
Annual Financial Report (Rapport Financier Annuel) referred to
in paragraphI of ArticleL.451-1-2 of the French Monetary and
Financial Code as well as in Article222-3 of the AMF General
Regulations.
You will find below the references to the extracts of the

Registration Document corresponding to the various parts of
the AnnualFinancial Report.
Sections
Financial statements of the Company parent only
368 to 391
Consolidated nancial statements of the Group
198 to 342
Board of Directors report

Statement made by the person responsible for the Annual Financial Report
415
365
Report of the Statutory Auditors on the nancial statements of the Company parent only
392 to 393
Report of the Statutory Auditors on the consolidated nancial statements of the Group
343 to 344
Statutory Auditors fees
418
Pages
337
Report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors on the conditions of preparation and organization
oftheBoards work and on internal control procedures
352 to 359
Report of the Statutory Auditors on the report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors
360 to 361
419
420
CONTACTS
Readers can address any comments and questions
onthisdocument to:
Analysts and Institutional

Investors
AXA Group
25, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris France
Phone: + 33 (0) 1 40 75 48 42
E-mail: [email protected]
Individual Shareholders
AXA Group
Retail Shareholders Relations
25, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris France
Phone: 0 800 43 48 43
(toll-free number from France)
Phone: + 33 (0) 1 40 75 48 43
E-mail: [email protected]
THIS ANNUAL REPORT

IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON THE COMPANYS
WEBSITE AT
www.axa.com
on which you will nd theaggregate
regulated information published by
our Company.
This document is printed in compliance with ISO 14001.2004 for an environment management system.
Rfrence : 970096
www.axa.com

AXA Reference Document 2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

AXA Reference Document 2015

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

AXA Reference Document 2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

CERTAIN PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT

THE AXA GROUP

Selected consolidated financial data

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Corporate officers, executives andemployees

Certain disclosures about marketrisksand related matters

Consolidated statement of financial position

CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Chairman of the Board ofDirectors report

CERTAIN PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report as ADS. Since the delisting of AXAs ADS from

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

Exchange rate information

The average and closing exchange rates used in the preparation

End of Period Exchange Rate

Average Exchange Rate

British Sterling Pound

Cautionary statements concerning the use of non-GAAP measures and

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

THE AXA GROUP

1.2 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

1.3 ACTIVITY REPORT

Insurance and asset management markets

1.4 LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

THE AXA GROUP

1.1 SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL

The table of historical data set out below is only a summary.

(In Euromillion except per share data)

Income Statement Data

Net investment result excluding nancing expenses (a)

Income from operating activities before tax

Net income from operating activities before tax

Result from discontinued operations net of tax

Net consolidated income

Net consolidated income Group Share

Number of outstanding shares

Average share price

Net income per share (b)

Balance Sheet Data

Dividend per share (d)

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

THE AXA GROUP

The Company pays dividends in Euro. Future dividends

Proposal to be submitted to the Shareholders Meeting to be held on April27, 2016.

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

THE AXA GROUP

1.2 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

The following documents may be consulted at the AXA Group

I History and development

life insurance company, Nippon Danta Life Insurance

Takeover of the Groupe Drouot.

Acquisition of the American insurance group MONY.

Acquisition of the Groupe Prsence.

FINAXA (AXAs principal shareholder) merged into AXA.

I REGISTRATION DOCUMENT - ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - AXA I

THE AXA GROUP

mBanks Property & Casualty subsidiary in Poland; (iii)the P&C