Stock Fraction Interim Dividend 2008 AEGON N.V. Determined at 1/27
06 September 2008 - 3:47AM
PR Newswire (US)
THE HAGUE, September 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On August 7, 2008
AEGON N.V. declared an interim dividend for the financial year
2008. Shareholders were given the choice to receive the interim
dividend either in cash or in stock. The interim dividend in cash
is EUR 0.30 per share of EUR 0.12 nominal and will be made payable
as of September 15, 2008. Shareholders who elected an interim
dividend in shares will receive one new AEGON common share for
every 27 common shares. The stock fraction has been based on the
average share price on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange over
the period from September 1 up to and including September 5, 2008.
Any remaining fractions of one share will be paid in cash. The
value of the stock dividend is approximately equal to the cash
dividend. AEGON intends to neutralize the dilutive effect of the
stock dividend. AEGON is one of the world's largest life insurance
and pension groups, and a strong provider of investment products.
AEGON empowers local business units to identify and provide
products and services that meet the evolving needs of customers,
using distribution channels best suited to local markets. AEGON
takes pride in balancing a local approach with the power of an
expanding global operation. With headquarters in The Hague, the
Netherlands, AEGON companies employ more than 31,500 people
worldwide. AEGON's businesses serve millions of customers in over
twenty markets throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Respect,
quality, transparency and trust constitute AEGON's core values as
the company continually strives to meet the expectations of
customers, shareholders, employees and business partners. AEGON is
driven to deliver new thinking with the ambition to be the best in
the industry. 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: believe, estimate,
target, intend, may, expect, anticipate, predict, project, counting
on, plan, continue, want, forecast, 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; - Changes in the policies of
central banks and/or governments; - 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; - 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
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