Aventis to add e1.5bn to German operations

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France - Aventis, the Franco-German pharmaceutical company, has decided to infuse an additional e1.5bn to its pension fund in Germany.

Aventis had an unfunded pension liability in the balance sheet of approximately e3.5 bn, of which e2.18 bn was in Germany as on December 31, 2002. “Following this contribution, Aventis pension o...

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