Approval of the merger of Aventis with and into sanofi-aventis
Paris, December 23, 2004 Approval of the merger of Aventis with and into sanofi-aventis Sanofi-aventis announces that on December 23, 2004, the extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders approved all resolutions relating to the proposed merger of Aventis with and into sanofi-aventis, including the exchange ratio of 27 sanofi-aventis shares for 23 Aventis shares. The Aventis shareholders having approved all the resolutions relating to this merger on December 13, 2004, all of the conditions precedent provided in the merger agreement have been satisfied, and the merger will take effect