AEGON shares to be delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange
THE HAGUE - AEGON's common shares are scheduled to be delisted from the Tokyo
Stock Exchange on March 27th, 2010. All trading in AEGON common shares will
cease from that date.
This follows the Tokyo Stock Exchange's decision to approve AEGON's application
for a delisting, which was filed in February.
AEGON shares continue to be listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the New York Stock
Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.
As previously announced, AEGON applied for a delisting after deciding the
volume of shares traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange did not justify the related
expense.
Contact information
Media relations: Greg Tucker
+31(0)70 344 8956
gcc-ir@aegon.com
Investor relations: Gerbrand Nijman
+31 (0)70 344 8305
877 548 9668 - toll free USA only
ir@aegon.com
www.aegon.com
About AEGON
As an international life insurance, pension and investment company based in
The Hague, AEGON has businesses in over twenty markets in the Americas,
Europe and Asia. AEGON companies employ approximately 28,000 people
and have more than 40 million customers across the globe.
Key figures - EUR Full year Full year
2009 2008
Underlying earnings 1.2 1.6
before tax billion billion
New life sales 2.0 2.6
billion billion
Gross deposits (excl. 23.6 22.4
inst. guar. prod.) billion billion
Revenue generating 361 332
investments billion billion
(end of period)
Forward-looking statements
The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements as defined in the US Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following are words that identify such
forward-looking statements: aim, believe, estimate, target, intend, may,
expect, anticipate, predict, project, counting on, plan, continue, want,
forecast, goal, should, would, is confident, will, and similar expressions as
they relate to our company. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult
to predict. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which merely reflect company expectations
at the time of writing. Actual results may differ materially from expectations
conveyed in forward-looking statements due to changes caused by various risks
and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to
the following:
* Changes in general economic conditions, particularly in the United States,
the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
* Changes in the performance of financial markets, including emerging
markets, such as with regard to:
* The frequency and severity of defaults by issuers in our fixed income
investment portfolios; and
* The effects of corporate bankruptcies and/or accounting restatements on the
financial markets and the resulting decline in the value of equity and debt
securities we hold;
* The frequency and severity of insured loss events;
* Changes affecting mortality, morbidity and other factors that may impact
the profitability of our insurance products;
* Changes affecting interest rate levels and continuing low or rapidly
changing interest rate levels;
* Changes affecting currency exchange rates, in particular the EUR/USD and
EUR/GBP exchange rates;
* Increasing levels of competition in the United States, the Netherlands, the
United Kingdom and emerging markets;
* Changes in laws and regulations, particularly those affecting our
operations, the products we sell, and the attractiveness of certain
products to our consumers;
* Regulatory changes relating to the insurance industry in the jurisdictions
in which we operate;
* Acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war and pandemics;
* Effects of deliberations of the European Commission regarding the aid we
received from the Dutch State in December 2008;
* Changes in the policies of central banks and/or governments;
* Lowering of one or more of our debt ratings issued by recognized rating
organizations and the adverse impact such action may have on our ability to
raise capital and on our liquidity and financial condition;
* Lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings of our
insurance subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the
premium writings, policy retention, profitability of its insurance
subsidiaries and liquidity;
* Litigation or regulatory action that could require us to pay significant
damages or change the way we do business;
* Customer responsiveness to both new products and distribution channels;
* Competitive, legal, regulatory, or tax changes that affect the distribution
cost of or demand for our products;
* The impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product
withdrawals and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate
acquisitions and to obtain the anticipated results and synergies from
acquisitions;
* Our failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or operational
efficiencies as well as other cost saving initiatives; and
* The impact our adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards
may have on our reported financial results and financial condition.
Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the company are
described in the company's filings with Euronext Amsterdam and the US
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document.
Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the company expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any
change in the company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Press release
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
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