Aegon calls EUR 700 million of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes
19 March 2024 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
Aegon calls EUR 700 million of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes
The Hague, March 19, 2024 - Aegon today announces it is
exercising its right to redeem EUR 700 million of 4%
fixed-to-floating subordinated notes. The redemption of these
grandfathered Tier 2 securities will be effective as of April 25,
2024, when the aggregate principal amount of EUR 700 million will
be repaid, together with any accrued and unpaid interest. As
previously announced, Aegon intends to refinance the notes.
The securities (ISIN code: XS1061711575) are currently listed on
Euronext Amsterdam. This listing will be terminated following the
redemption of the securities.
A notice of redemption will be sent to all currently registered
holders of the notes by the fiscal agent, Citibank N.A., London
Branch.
Contacts
Media
relations |
Investor
relations |
Richard
Mackillican |
Yves Cormier |
+31(0) 62 741
1546 |
+31(0) 70 344
8028 |
richard.mackillican@aegon.com |
yves.cormier@aegon.com |
About Aegon
Aegon is an international financial services holding company.
Aegon’s ambition is to build leading businesses that offer their
customers investment, protection, and retirement solutions. Its
portfolio of businesses includes fully owned subsidiaries in the
US, UK, and a global asset manager. In addition, Aegon has
partnerships in Spain & Portugal, Brazil, and China, which
create value by combining strong local partners with Aegon’s
international expertise. In the Netherlands, Aegon generates value
via a strategic shareholding in a market leading insurance and
pensions company.
Aegon's purpose of helping people live their best lives
runs through all its activities. As a leading global investor and
employer, Aegon seeks to have a positive impact by addressing
critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate
change and inclusion & diversity. Aegon is headquartered in The
Hague, the Netherlands, and listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the
New York Stock Exchange. More information can be found at
aegon.com.
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would, could, is confident, will, and similar expressions as they
relate to Aegon. These statements may contain information about
financial prospects, economic conditions and trends and involve
risks and uncertainties. In addition, any statements that refer to
sustainability, environmental and social targets, commitments,
goals, efforts and expectations and other events or circumstances
that are partially dependent on future events are forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that
are difficult to predict. Aegon undertakes no obligation, and
expressly disclaims any duty, 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 and adversely 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:
- Unexpected delays, difficulties, and expenses in executing
against Aegon’s environmental, climate, diversity and inclusion or
other “ESG” targets, goals and commitments, and changes in laws or
regulations affecting us, such as changes in data privacy,
environmental, safety and health laws;
- Changes in general economic and/or governmental conditions,
particularly in Bermuda, the United States, the Netherlands and the
United Kingdom;
- Civil unrest, (geo-) political tensions, military action or
other instability in a country or geographic region;
- Changes in the performance of financial markets, including
emerging markets, such as with regard to:
- The frequency and severity of defaults by issuers in Aegon’s
fixed income investment portfolios;
- 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 Aegon holds;
- The effects of declining creditworthiness of certain public
sector securities and the resulting decline in the value of
government exposure that Aegon holds;
- The impact from volatility in credit, equity, and interest
rates;
- Changes in the performance of Aegon’s investment portfolio and
decline in ratings of Aegon’s counterparties;
- Lowering of one or more of Aegon’s debt ratings issued by
recognized rating organizations and the adverse impact such action
may have on Aegon’s ability to raise capital and on its liquidity
and financial condition;
- Lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings
of Aegon’s insurance subsidiaries and the adverse impact such
action may have on the written premium, policy retention,
profitability and liquidity of its insurance subsidiaries;
- The effect of applicable Bermuda solvency requirements, the
European Union’s Solvency II requirements, and applicable
equivalent solvency requirements and other regulations in other
jurisdictions affecting the capital Aegon is required to
maintain;
- Changes in the European Commissions’ or European regulator’s
position on the equivalence of the supervisory regime for insurance
and reinsurance undertakings in force in Bermuda;
- Changes affecting interest rate levels and low or rapidly
changing interest rate levels;
- Changes affecting currency exchange rates, in particular the
EUR/USD and EUR/GBP exchange rates;
- Changes affecting inflation levels, particularly in the United
States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
- Changes in the availability of, and costs associated with,
liquidity sources such as bank and capital markets funding, as well
as conditions in the credit markets in general such as changes in
borrower and counterparty creditworthiness;
- Increasing levels of competition, particularly in the United
States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and emerging
markets;
- Catastrophic events, either manmade or by nature, including by
way of example acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war and
pandemics, could result in material losses and significantly
interrupt Aegon’s business;
- The frequency and severity of insured loss events;
- Changes affecting longevity, mortality, morbidity, persistence
and other factors that may impact the profitability of Aegon’s
insurance products;
- Aegon’s projected results are highly sensitive to complex
mathematical models of financial markets, mortality, longevity, and
other dynamic systems subject to shocks and unpredictable
volatility. Should assumptions to these models later prove
incorrect, or should errors in those models escape the controls in
place to detect them, future performance will vary from projected
results;
- Reinsurers to whom Aegon has ceded significant underwriting
risks may fail to meet their obligations;
- Changes in customer behavior and public opinion in general
related to, among other things, the type of products Aegon sells,
including legal, regulatory or commercial necessity to meet
changing customer expectations;
- Customer responsiveness to both new products and distribution
channels;
- Third-party information used by us may prove to be inaccurate
and change over time as methodologies and data availability and
quality continue to evolve impacting our results and
disclosures;
- As Aegon’s operations support complex transactions and are
highly dependent on the proper functioning of information
technology, operational risks such as system disruptions or
failures, security or data privacy breaches, cyberattacks, human
error, failure to safeguard personally identifiable information,
changes in operational practices or inadequate controls including
with respect to third parties with which Aegon does business, may
disrupt Aegon’s business, damage its reputation and adversely
affect its results of operations, financial condition and cash
flows;
- The impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings,
product withdrawals and other unusual items, including Aegon’s
ability to complete, or obtain regulatory approval for,
acquisitions and divestitures, integrate acquisitions, and realize
anticipated results, and its ability to separate businesses as part
of divestitures;
- Aegon’s failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or
operational efficiencies, as well as other management
initiatives related to cost savings, Cash Capital at Holding, gross
financial leverage and free cash flow;
- Changes in the policies of central banks and/or
governments;
- Litigation or regulatory action that could require Aegon to pay
significant damages or change the way Aegon does business;
- Competitive, legal, regulatory, or tax changes that affect
profitability, the distribution cost of or demand for Aegon’s
products;
- Consequences of an actual or potential break-up of the European
Monetary Union in whole or in part, or further consequences of the
exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union and potential
consequences if other European Union countries leave the European
Union;
- Changes in laws and regulations, or the interpretation thereof
by regulators and courts, including as a result of comprehensive
reform or shifts away from multilateral approaches to regulation of
global or national operations, particularly regarding those laws
and regulations related to ESG matters, those affecting Aegon’s
operations’ ability to hire and retain key personnel, taxation of
Aegon companies, the products Aegon sells, and the attractiveness
of certain products to its consumers;
- Regulatory changes relating to the pensions, investment, and
insurance industries in the jurisdictions in which Aegon
operates;
- Standard setting initiatives of supranational standard setting
bodies such as the Financial Stability Board and the International
Association of Insurance Supervisors or changes to such standards
that may have an impact on regional (such as EU), national or US
federal or state level financial regulation or the application
thereof to Aegon, including the designation of Aegon by the
Financial Stability Board as a Global Systemically Important
Insurer (G-SII);
- Changes in accounting regulations and policies or a change by
Aegon in applying such regulations and policies, voluntarily or
otherwise, which may affect Aegon’s reported results, shareholders’
equity or regulatory capital adequacy levels;
- Changes in ESG standards and requirements, including
assumptions, methodology and materiality, or a change by Aegon in
applying such standards and requirements, voluntarily or otherwise,
may affect Aegon’s ability to meet evolving standards and
requirements, or Aegon’s ability to meet its sustainability and
ESG-related goals, or related public expectations, which may also
negatively affect Aegon’s reputation or the reputation of its board
of directors or its management; and
- Reliance on third-party information in certain of Aegon’s
disclosures, which may change over time as methodologies and data
availability and quality continue to evolve. These factors, as well
as any inaccuracies in third-party information used by Aegon,
including in estimates or assumptions, may cause results to differ
materially and adversely from statements, estimates, and beliefs
made by Aegon or third-parties. Moreover, Aegon’s disclosures based
on any standards may change due to revisions in framework
requirements, availability of information, changes in its business
or applicable governmental policies, or other factors, some of
which may be beyond Aegon’s control. Additionally, Aegon may
provide information that is not necessarily material for SEC
reporting purposes but that is informed by various ESG standards
and frameworks (including standards for the measurement of
underlying data), internal controls, and assumptions or third-party
information that are still evolving and subject to change.
This document contains information that qualifies, or may
qualify, as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1)
of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014). Further details of
potential risks and uncertainties affecting Aegon are described in
its filings with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial
Markets and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the 2022 Integrated Annual Report. These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of this document. Except as required by
any applicable law or regulation, Aegon 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 Aegon’s expectations with regard thereto or
any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such
statement is based.
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