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SIACI to join up with ACSH

Posted On: Feb. 13, 2007 12:00 AM CST

PARIS—Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group P.L.C. said that its 32%-owned French associate company SIACI will join up with Paris-based broker Assurances et Conseils Saint Honoré.

The combined entities will continue to trade as separate operating subsidiaries of a newly created holding company, Newstone Courtage, London-based JLT said in a statement.

In a statement, ACSH said the combined companies would form France's fifth-largest insurance broker.

Under the terms of the deal, JLT will take a 20% stake in Newstone, and receive €21.4 million ($27.83 million), the broker said.

In addition, JLT said it would become a 70% shareholder in SIACI's business in Italy and Poland, and a 62% shareholder in SIACI's business in Spain.