Aware Inc.

Aware Inc. is listed on NASDAQ (AWRE). We are a worldwide leader in the development and marketing of intellectual property for broadband communications. We license our intellectual property to semiconductor companies that build integrated circuits based on our technology. Our principal offering is Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology for the telecommunications industry based upon the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) industry standards. ADSL enables telephone companies to use their existing copper telephone lines to offer broadband services. Numerous ADSL standards have been adopted by the ITU since 1999, including G.992.1 ADSL and G.992.2 G.lite as well as G.992.3 ADSL2 and G.992.5 ADSL2plus which were adopted by the ITU in 2002 and 2003, respectively. The newer standards enable higher speeds, greater reach and broader functionality and are poised to emerge in worldwide deployments over the next several years.

AXA

AXA is listed on NYSE (AXA). Introduction The Company is a French socit anonyme directoire et conseil de surveillance (a form of limited liability company) with a Management Board and a Supervisory Board. The Company's headquarters are located at 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France and its telephone number is (331) 40 75 57 00. For information on AXA's principal trading markets for its ordinary shares and ADSs, see Item 9 - The Offer and Listing included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The founding predecessor of AXA was organized under the laws of France in 1852. The Company's corporate existence will continue, subject to dissolution or prolongation until December 31, 2059. 23 Recent developments On April 19, 2005, the Supervisory Board of AXA and the Board of Directors of FINAXA announced their intention to merge FINAXA into AXA.

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