Sufficient conditions for absolute asymptotic stability of linear equations in a Banach space

For a linear differential equation of the type (1) $$\frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = A_0 x(t) + A_1 x(t - \Delta _1 ) + ... + A_n x(t - \Delta _n )$$ we establish the followingTHEOREM. If $$\overline {\left| {z_1 } \right| = ...\underline{\underline \cup } \left| z \right|_n = 1\sigma \left( {A_0 + \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {z_k A_k } } \right)} \subset \left\{ {\lambda :\operatorname{Re} \lambda< 0} \right\}$$ then system (1) is absolutely asymptotically stable.