PROPOSED MERGER OF AVENTIS INTO SANOFI-AVENTIS
PROPOSED MERGER OF AVENTIS INTO SANOFI-AVENTIS Paris, October 14, 2004 The Management Board of Aventis at its meeting on October 13, 2004, and the Supervisory Board of Aventis and the Board of Directors of sanofi-aventis at their respective meetings on October 14, 2004, have each approved the terms of a plan of merger of Aventis with and into sanofi-aventis. The decision to study a plan of merger was previously announced on August 31, 2004. The proposed merger follows sanofi-aventis' offer in the first half of 2004 to acquire Aventis and thereby create the largest pharmaceuticals group in