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o Aetna has announced it has reached a definitive agreement with
ING Group to sell Aetna Financial Services and Aetna International. The
goal is to close the sale by the end of the year. The sale is subject
to regulatory and shareholder approvals, and other closing conditions.
o As a subsidiary of Aetna Financial Services, Aeltus will be a part of
this sale.
o Aeltus will continue to provide valuable products and services to all
of the customers who currently rely on us every day to be the company
that offers them smart solutions.
o This deal does not impact our ability or intent to meet our contractual
and other obligations to our customers.
o Once the sale is complete, we will be part of one of the 15 largest
companies in the world (based on revenue and other key measures). As
part of this organization, we will be able to offer even more choices
and more flexibility to our customers.
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Definitive Agreement with ING:
Aetna to Sell Financial Services and International Businesses to ING for $7.7
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Aetna will be filing a proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning
the merger with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"). WE URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Investors will be able to obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's Web
site, http://www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Aetna
will be available free of charge by calling 1-800-237-4273. Documents filed
with the SEC by ING will be available free of charge from the Investor
Relations Department, Strawinskylaan 2631.1077 ZZ Amsterdam, P.O. Box 810, 1000
AV. Amsterdam, The Netherlands 31-20-541-5462.
PLEASE READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE
MAKING A DECISION CONCERNING THE MERGER.
This document does not constitute a solicitation by Aetna or its board of
directors of any approval or action of its shareholders.
Aetna and its board of directors will be soliciting proxies from Aetna
stockholders in favor of the merger. You can obtain more information about
Aetna's directors and officers and their beneficial interests in Aetna's common
stock from the SEC's Web site, http://www.sec.gov, and Aetna's Web site,
http://www.aetna.com. Updated information with respect to the security holdings
of these individuals will be included in the final proxy statement to be filed
with the SEC.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT -- Certain information in this document concerning the
transaction with ING is forward-looking, including statements regarding the
amount of cash per share that Aetna's shareholders are projected to receive
from the transaction, the tax-efficient nature of the transaction, and Aetna's
expectation as to the closing date of the ING transaction. Certain information
in this document concerning Aetna's health business is also forward-looking,
including the future business prospects for Aetna's health business and Aetna's
expectations as to the future impact of certain actions and plans Aetna intends
to implement in its health business. Forward-looking information is based on
management's estimates, assumptions and projections, and is subject to
significant uncertainties, many of which are beyond Aetna's control. Important
risk factors could cause the actual future results to differ materially from
those currently estimated by management. Risk factors that could materially
affect statements made concerning the ING transaction include, but are not
limited to: the capitalization of Aetna on the closing date, including the
number of shares outstanding at that time; the timely receipt of necessary
shareholder, regulatory and other consents and approvals needed to complete the
transaction, which could be delayed for a variety of reasons related or not
related to the transaction itself; the fulfillment of all of the closing
conditions specified in the transaction documents; and the results of, and
credit ratings assigned to, Aetna's health business at and prior to the closing
of the ING transaction. Risk factors that could materially affect statements
made concerning the results of Aetna's health business include, but are not
limited to: continued or further unanticipated increases in medical costs
(including increased medical utilization, increased pharmacy costs, increases
resulting from unfavorable changes in contracting or recontracting with
providers, changes in membership mix to lower premium or higher cost products
or membership adverse selection); the ability to successfully integrate the
Prudential HealthCare transaction on a timely basis and in a cost-efficient
manner and to achieve projected operating earnings targets for that acquisition
(which also is affected by the ability to retain acquired membership and the
ability to eliminate duplicative administrative functions and integrate
management information systems); adverse government regulation (including
legislative proposals to eliminate or reduce ERISA pre-emption of state laws
that would increase potential litigation exposure, other proposals that would
increase potential litigation exposure or proposals that would mandate coverage
of certain health benefits); and the outcome of litigation and regulatory
matters, including numerous purported health care actions and ongoing reviews
of business practices by various regulatory agencies. For further discussion of
important risk factors that may materially affect management's estimates,
Aetna's results and the forward-looking statements herein, please see the risk
factors contained in Aetna's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which
risk factors are incorporated herein by reference. You also should read those
filings, particularly Aetna's 1999 Report on Form 10-K and Report on Form 10-Q
for the period ended March 31, 2000 filed with the SEC, for a discussion of
Aetna's results of operations and financial condition.
