CNP Assurances - CNP Assurances has Finalized the Sale to Barclays Bank of its Stake in CNP BVP

PARIS, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

As mentioned in the press release of December 22, 2014, after approvals by the relevant authorities, CNP Assurances completed the sale of its 50% stake in Spanish-based CNP Barclays Vida y Pensiones (CNP BVP) to Barclays Bank, on April 21, 2015, for a total of €457 MM, including a special dividend.

This transaction results in a capital gain of €248.5 MM in the first half of 2015.

About CNP Assurances

CNP Assurances is France's leading personal insurer with net profits of €1,080 million in 2014. The Group also has operations in other European countries and in Latin America, with a significant presence in Brazil. It has more than 28 million personal risk/protection insureds worldwide and more than 13 million savings and pensions policyholders. For 160 years, CNP Assurances has been protecting people against the risks of everyday life. The Group designs and manages life insurance, pension, personal risk insurance and protection products (term creditor insurance and health insurance).

• In France, CNP Assurances distributes its individual insurance products through La Banque Postale and the Caisses d'Epargne, as well as through its own network: Amétis. In Brazil, its second largest market, the Group's partner is Caixa Econômica Federal, the country's second-biggest state-owned bank.
• In group insurance, CNP Assurances crafts tailor-made personal risk, pension and term creditor insurance products that are aligned with the needs of companies, local authorities, mutual insurers, non-profit organizations, and banks in Europe and Latin America.

CNP Assurances has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since October 1998 (the first market) and has a stable shareholder structure thanks to the signing of an agreement between its major shareholders (Caisse des Dépôts, La Banque Postale, Groupe BPCE and the French State).

Disclaimer: Some of the statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements referring to projections, future events, trends or objectives that, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements by reason of factors such as changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets, legal or regulatory decisions or changes, changes in the frequency and amount of insured claims, particularly as a result of changes in mortality and morbidity rates, changes in surrender rates, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the competitive environment, the policies of foreign central banks or governments, legal proceedings, the effects of acquisitions and the integration of newly-acquired businesses, and general factors affecting competition.

Further information regarding factors which may cause results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements is included in CNP Assurances' filings with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers. CNP Assurances does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements presented herein to take into account any new information, future event or other factors.

Contacts 
Press : 
Florence de Montmarin: +33(0)1-42-18-86-51 
Tamara Bernard:  +33(0)1-42-18-86-19 
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Investors et analysts: 
Jim Root:  +33(0)1-42-18-71-89 
Annabelle Beugin-Soulon: +33(0)1-42-18-83-66 
Julien Docquincourt: +33(0)1 42 18 94 93
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SOURCE CNP Assurances