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-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) AXA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AXF)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 12/23/00 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
AXA Merger Corp. curity Number of ---- ----
Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
------------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
c/o Corporation Trust Center Line
1209 Orange Street --------------------------- Form filed by One
X Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip)
City of Wilmington, Delaware
County New Castle
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 53,399,909(1) I(2) Shares beneficially owned by
the reporting person are held
by Claude Bebear, Patrice
Garnier and Henri de
Clermont-Tonnerre as voting
trustees under a voting
trust.(2)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97)
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
-------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Representing the number of shares of Common Stock acquired by AXA and
AXA Merger Corp. in their joint exchange offer for all outstanding shares of
Common Stock, other than shares owned by AXA and its subsidiaries and shares
held in treasury by AXA Financial, Inc., and allocated to AXA Merger Corp.
(2) Pursuant to the terms of a Voting Trust Agreement dated as of May 12,
1992, among AXA and Claude Bebear, Patrice Garnier and Henri de
Clermont-Tonnerre (together, the "Voting Trustees"), as amended by Amendment
No. 1 thereto dated as of January 22, 1997, AXA Merger Corp. has deposited
its shares of Common Stock into a voting trust (the "Voting Trust"). AXA
Merger Corp. will remain the beneficial owner of such Common Stock, but,
during the term of the Voting Trust, the Voting Trustees will exercise all
voting rights with respect to the Common Stock.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Christianne Butte January 2, 2001
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Name: Christianne Butte Date
Vice President and Secretary
**Signature of Reporting Person
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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