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 Wednesday October 10 2001
Aegon Taiwan to acquire AXA's Taiwanese Life Insurance activities
AEGON Life Insurance. in Taiwan, a member of the international AEGON Group, and AXA National Mutual in Taiwan, a member of the international AXA group, have reached agreement on AEGON's acquisition of AXA's Taiwanese life insurance activities. The acquisition is expected to be completed before the end of the year and is subject to regulatory approval in Taiwan.

Wednesday September 26 2001
Aegon wins Chinese licence
Aegon reported it had been given a permit by the Chinese financial sector authority to form an alliance with a Chinese bank or insurer. Aegon can only operate on the Chinese market via an alliance with a Chinese player, and then in only one city. An Aegon spokesman said the city will depend on where its future partner is based.

Wednesday September 19 2001
Aegon counts the claims cost
Aegon said on Wednesday it estimated the negative impact of insurance claims related to the US attacks on its full-year 2001 net earnings at less than Dollars 30m. Aegon said it had no significant group exposure in life, disability or accident insurance coverage in the New York area.

Friday September 14 2001
Aegon and quoted ex-dividend 2002
In 2002, AEGON N.V. will convene its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 18. The meeting will commence at 2.00 p.m. at the headquarters of AEGON in The Hague. AEGON shares will be quoted ex-dividend on April 22, 2002, caused by the expiry of quoted options on Euronext on April 19, 2002.

Monday September 10 2001
Stock Fraction interim dividend 2001 Aegon determined at 1/82
On 9 August 2001 AEGON N.V. declared an interim dividend for the fiscal year 2001 of Eur 0.37 per common share of Eur 0.12 par value, or a fraction of a common share of Eur 0.12 par value. Using the average price on the Euronext Amsterdam over the period from 4 September 2001 up to and including 10 September 2001, the stock fraction was determined at 1/82 share.

Thursday August 9 2001
Aegon 15% ahead and raises its earnings target
Aegon on Thursday reported a 15% rise in first-half net profits to E1.16bn (USD 1.03 bn) and said it was upgrading its earnings forecast for the full year. The Dutch-based insurer said that earnings in 2001 would rise by between 12 and 17%, rather than the 10-to-15% originally expected. Shares rose by 2% to E32.8 in late morning trading.

Monday July 2 2001
Aegon completes hedging 2001 stock-option plan
Aegon N.V. has finalized the hedging measures for the obligations related to its management and employees stock option plan 2001. In April of this year Aegon announced that it would purchase up to 11.2 million of its own shares. Over the past few months these shares have been acquired. To finalize the hedging measures for the option plan for 2001 Aegon N.V.

Monday June 25 2001
Aegon running out of options in UK
Aegon may be running out of options in its two-year quest to buy a British life insurer after a fourth potential target was bought by a rival. General Electric Co's finance unit agreed on Friday to buy UK-based National Mutual Life Assurance Society for GBP 570 mln (USD 1.55 bn), gaining about 250,000 customers and GBP 4.8 bn in assets.

Tuesday June 19 2001
Aegon completes acquisition of DMS Operations from JC Penney
AEGON N.V., the parent company of AEGON USA,., announced that it has, through a subsidiary, completed the purchase of J.C. Penney's Direct Marketing Services (DMS) operations. This finalizes the transaction that was previously announced on March 8th of this year. The purchase price was USD1.3 billion paid in cash at the time of closing.

Wednesday June 6 2001
Aegon reduces stake in Rodamco Europe
Aegon Vastgoed Holding B.V. ('Aegon') has announced the secondary offering of up to 3,619,545 Rodamco Europe ordinary shares. ABN AMRO Rothschild and Kempen & Co will arrange this secondary offering. The shares in question represent approximately 5% of Rodamco Europe's issued share capital. On completion of the transaction, Aegon's stake in Rodamco Europe will have been reduced from approximately 21.8% to approximately 16.8%.

Thursday May 31 2001
Aegon prices USD 1.5 bn international offering of ordinary shares
AEGON N.V. on Thursday announced that it has successfully placed an aggregate of 55,000,000 new ordinary shares (par value EUR 0.12), representing approximately 4% of its ordinary share capital, at a price of €31.00 per share. Proceeds from the equity offering will be used to finance the acquisition of the Direct Marketing Services operations of J.C. Penney Company,. by an AEGON USA entity, previously announced on 8 March 2001 and expected to close in June 2001.

Wednesday May 30 2001
Aegon seeks to raise Dollars 1.5 bn
Aegon, the Dutch insurance group, on Wednesday increased the size of its share issue to fund the Dollars 1.3bn purchase of the direct marketing operations of JC Penney, the US retail chain. It said it would raise Dollars 1.5bn by issuing 55m new shares, representing about 4% of its existing capital - more than it had indicated would be the case when the acquisition was announced in March.

Friday May 18 2001
Stock fraction final dividend Aegon determined at 1-79
During the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held on May 3 of this year, a total dividend for 2000 was approved of EUR 0.74 (NLG 1.63) per common AEGON share of EUR 0.12 par value. After taking the interim dividend of EUR 0.30 (NLG 0.66) into account, this represents a final dividend for 2000 of EUR 0.44 (NLG 0.97) per common share.

Thursday May 17 2001
Aegon: Integration of Banacci as a member of Citigroup
We learned on Thursday, that Citigroup and Grupo Financiero Banamex Accival ("Banacci") have reached an agreement that will result in the integration of Banacci as a member of Citigroup, which involves the acquisition by Citigroup of 100% of the shares of Banacci. AEGON believes that both Banacci and Citigroup are world class organizations, which have been highly successful in serving their respective markets.

Thursday March 8 2001
Aegon acquires Direct Marketing Services operations from J.C. Penny
AEGON N.V. through a US subsidiary, and the retail group J.C. Penney Company,. (NYSE symbol: JCP) headquartered in Plano, Texas (USA) have entered into a binding agreement providing for AEGON's acquisition of J.C. Penney's Direct Marketing Services operations for USD 1.3 bn in cash. As part of the agreement, J.C.

Aegon increases 6 7/8% perpetual subordinated cumulative bonds 2000 to EUR 700 m
After a well-received 6.875% Perpetual Subordinated Cumulative Bonds 2000 in December, AEGON increased the transaction to EUR 700 mln to satisfy the continuing strong demand from predominantly Dutch retail investors. This issue has the same structure as the EUR 450 mln 6.875% perpetual bonds originally issued on 15 December 2000: the coupon is fixed at 6.875% and AEGON has the right to call the bonds for redemption at par after five years and every year thereafter.

Friday March 2 2001
Aegon share rose due to higher free float
The considerable price increase of the share of Dutch insurance company Aegon at the beginning of this week is according to market places due to the change of the free float by Euronext on 26 January. Between Monday and Wednesday, the Aegon share price rose by nearly 10%. The change of the free float from 50 to 75% went unnoticed by a large number of market parties.

Tuesday February 27 2001
Aegon denies reported knowledge of fraud by intermediary
Aegon denied a report in Dutch daily De Volkskrant that the company was aware of fraudulent activities on a bank account at one of its selling intermediaries, Drentse Bouwman Groep. "The story is absolutely untrue", Aegon Nederland spokesman Jan Driessen told AFX News, adding "the paper is comparing apples and oranges." "Drentse Bouwman Groep has an insurance arm and an asset management arm, which was totally separate from the insurance arm", he said, noting that Aegon was solely involved in the company's insurance activities.

Monday February 19 2001
Aegon does not feel responsible for broker fraud
Aegon does not feel responsible for the damages running into millions of guilders incurred by broker Bouwman Group, which has been suspectedd of fraud. Bouwman did not have a licence for capital management and this fraud came to light when some clients demanded their money back. Aegon says Bouwman owes the group Fl 12m, but it has already been refunded several millions, whereas private clients are estimated to have lost Fl 6.5m and are still waiting for their money.

Tuesday February 6 2001
Aegon increases 6 7/8% Perpetual Subord.
After a well-received 6.875% Perpetual Subordinated Cumulative Bonds 2000 in December, AEGON increased the transaction to EUR 700 mln to satisfy the continuing strong demand from predominantly Dutch retail investors. This issue has the same structure as the EUR 450 mln 6.875% perpetual bonds originally issued on 15 December 2000: the coupon is fixed at 6.875% and AEGON has the right to call the bonds for redemption at par after five years and every year thereafter.

Thursday January 25 2001
Aegon increase 6 7/8% perpetual subordinated Cumulative Bonds
In view of strong demand for the 6.875% Perpetual Subordinated Cumulative Bonds 2000 from predominantly Dutch retail investors, AEGON N.V., The Hague, The Netherlands, on Thursday reopens this bond issue. This issue has the same structure as the EUR 450 mln 6.875% perpetual bonds originally issued on 15 December 2000: the coupon is fixed at 6.875% and AEGON has the right to call the bonds for redemption at par after five years and every year thereafter.

Monday January 22 2001
Aegon close to takeover of Equitable Life
UK business daily The Financial Times reports that Dutch insurer Aegon is about to finalise the takeover of ailing UK insurer Equitable Life. A definitive announcement is expected to be made next month. An Aegon spokesman in The Hague declined to comment. Aegon reportedly wants to take over Equitable Life's 450 sales staff in addition to the capital management division and administrative operations.

Wednesday December 13 2000
Aegon launches EUR 450 mln perpetual subordinated cumulative bonds
AEGON N.V. on Wednesday launched a perpetual subordinated cumulative bond issue of EUR 450 mln principal amount. This issue is the seventh public perpetual cumulative bond launched by AEGON N.V. The proceeds will be used to refinance outstanding short-term debt. Additionally, this bond issue will further strengthen AEGON's balance sheet.

Tuesday November 28 2000
Aegon unit issues EUR 931 mln mortgage-backed bond
Aegon unit Aegon Nederland said SAECURE 2000-I BV will issue EUR 931 mln worth of mortgage-backed bonds. Aegon Nederland noted SAECURE I, a company set up specifically for this issue, will use the proceeds to acquire a portfolio of mortgages granted by Aegon Nederland. The bonds will be sold by a banking syndicate led by ABN Amro Bank and JP Morgan Securities, it noted.

Thursday November 9 2000
Results of Aegon for first 9 months
Net income increased 39% to EUR 1,530 mln (EUR 1.16 per share). The autonomous increase in net earnings and net earnings per share amounted to 13% and 14% respectively. The 12% difference between the autonomous increase and the total increase in earnings per share comprises a positive effect of 9% due to higher average currency exchange rates to the euro and the remainder being the net effect from acquisition and divestitures.

Thursday October 19 2000
Aegon to shift to Edinburgh
Aegon, one of the world's largest insurers, is expected to shift billions of pounds of assets currently managed in the Netherlands to the control of Scottish Equitable Asset Management, its Edinburgh-based subsidiary that is soon to be rebranded as Aegon Asset Management. The move, which is likely before the year-end, follows a three-year internal review at the Dutch group aimed at rationalising its asset management operations.

Wednesday September 20 2000
Aegon to bid for Equitable Life
Aegon has entered the bidding for Equitable Life, the life insurer forced to put itself up for sale after a defeat in the House of Lords over pension rights. The group is understood to have appointed Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, to advise it on tabling a bid for Equitable Life, which is valued at up to GBP 5 bn.

Monday September 11 2000
Aegon sells loan portfolio to Goldman
Aegon said on Monday its subsidiary Transamerica Finance Corporation has sold a USD 530 mln portfolio of consumer loans to a US-based subsidiary of Goldman Sachs approximately at book value. Transamerica will use the proceeds of the sale to redeem outstanding debt, Aegon said in a statement. The transaction would have an immaterial effect on Aegon's shareholders' equity and earnings, the company added.

Thursday August 10 2000
Aegon damps bid rumours
Aegon, the large Dutch insurer, on Thursday damped expectations that it would mount a strong bid to win Equitable Life, the UK mutual assurer that put itself up for sale last month. Kees Storm, chairman, said his company was "not a great player when it comes to auctions", because prices often exceeded what it was willing to pay.

Aegon H1 net profit up 48%
Aegon reported on Friday net profit for the first-half of 2000 increased 48% to EUR 1,008 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 679 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1999. Turnover increased 64% from EUR 9,379 mln to EUR 15,355 mln. Income before taxes increased 56% from EUR 913 mln to EUR 1,420 mln. Earnings per share for the first-half of 2000 increased 29% to EUR 0.76, compared with earnings per share of EUR 0.59 for the first-half of 1999.

Wednesday August 2 2000
Aegon sells US unit to First American
Aegon said on Wednesday it had sold the Intellitech real estate information business of its US unit Transamerica Corp to First American Corp in a combined cash plus shares deal. Intellitech will be merged with First American's Real Estate Solutions (RES) division to create the nation's largest database of property information.

Friday July 28 2000
Aegon sells US unit
Aegon said on Friday the sale of its US unit North American Intermodal to Interpool would generate a "modest" profit. Earlier on Friday, Interpool said it had bought the unit from Aegon's US subsidiary Transamerica Leasing for about USD 675 mln in cash. Aegon bought Transamerica in July 1999.

Tuesday July 25 2000
Aegon fails to sell US unit
Aegon said it had failed to find a buyer for most of the non-life operations of Transamerica, the US insurer it bought for USD 10.8 bn a year ago, but said its shareholders would nonetheless benefit. However, the group's decision to retain Transamerica's real estate activities led Standard & Poor's, the ratings agency, to lower its long term credit and insurer strength ratings from triple A to double A-plus.

Monday July 24 2000
Aegon fails to sell US non-life units
Aegon, the Dutch insurance group, said it had failed to find a buyer for most of the non-life operations of Transamerica, the US insurer it bought for USD 10.8 bn a year ago, but said its shareholders would nonetheless benefit. However, the group's decision to retain Transamerica's real estate activities led Standard & Poor's, the ratings agency, to lower its long term credit and insurer strength ratings from triple A to double A-plus.

Aegon in earnings upgrade
Aegon, the Dutch insurer, said it expected to upgrade full year earnings when it presented its interim results on August 10 to reflect a stronger dollar and inclusion of the non-insurance operations of Transamerica Corporation. The company did not give any indication of how much it expected to raise its earnings forecast.

Thursday July 6 2000
Aetna attracts six bidders
At least six companies are considering bidding for parts of Aetna., the largest US health insurer, which until recently was negotiating exclusively with ING Groep, according to a report Thursday. Aetna has answered preliminary expressions of interest from at least four of them, including American International Group and Citigroup of the United States, Allianz of Germany and Aegon of the Netherlands, the Financial Times said, citing people close to the situation.

Wednesday July 5 2000
China mulling Aegon life insurance licence
Aegon Chief Executive Kees Storm said on Wednesday that China was considering giving Aegon's Transamerica unit a life insurance licence to operate in China. Transamerica was taken over by Aegon in 1999. Storm said that the Chinese prime minister Zhu Rongji said he is now considering giving Transamerica a licence. The Chinese prime minister is on an official visit to the Netherlands.

Thursday June 29 2000
Aegon announces bond of USD 250 mln
AEGON Funding on Thursday announced the issue of USD 250 mln principal amount of bonds. The bonds will be redeemed on July 25, 2005. The coupon of the bonds is 7.375% and the issue price is 101.456%. The bonds carry a full guarantee from AEGON N.V., The Hague, the Netherlands. The lead manager is UBS Warburg and the bonds are targeted at Swiss retail investors. The proceeds will be used to refinance short-term debt.

Tuesday June 20 2000
ING sells stake in Aegon
ING Groep said Tuesday it will sell its entire stake in the rival Dutch insurer Aegon to help finance its USD 5.1 bn purchase of the US-based finance company ReliaStar. ING's stake of 88.7 million shares represents 6.6% of Aegon. The stake was worth USD 3.2 bn at Tuesday's closing prices. Aegon's holding company, Vereniging Aegon, said it would repurchase around 44.4 million of those shares at the same price at which ING sells its shares.

Monday May 29 2000
Aegon maybe buyer for British insurer
Aegon has been tipped as a possible buyer for British insurer Scottish Provident. Informed sources said Aegon had made a bid for Scottish Provident at the beginning of this year. The British insurer is due on Monday to decide whether to lose its cooperative structure and become a listed company or look for a buyer.

Thursday May 4 2000
Aegon 1Q net up 54%
Aegon unveiled a forecast-beating 54% leap in first quarter 2000 net profit on Thursday and said full-year results would come in at the top end of its earlier-announced expectations. Net earnings at the world's eighth largest insurer came in at EUR 502 mln, far above analysts' estimates of between 417 million and EUR 476 mln.

Tuesday March 14 2000
Aegon sells Labouchere to Dexia
Dexia unit Banque Internationale a Luxembourg (BIL) will acquire Aegon's Banque Labouchere for EUR 896 mln subject to the approval of the respective boards and regulatory authorities, Dexia said. Labouchere, focusing on private banking and asset management, has its headquarters in Amsterdam and employs 700 people.

Friday March 10 2000
Aegon net profit up 26%
Aegon reported on Friday net profit for 1999 increased 26% to EUR 1,570 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 1,247 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1998. Revenues increased 30% from EUR 17,179 mln to EUR 22,374 mln. Income before taxes increased 33% from EUR 1,634 mln to EUR 2,181 mln.

Aegon chief in online warning
Aegon chairman Kees Storm warned investors about putting their money into internet stocks on Friday. Citing World Online, the Dutch-based internet provider set for a public listing next week, he said: "I accept it is a fact of life that its share price gets more attention than ours, but Aegon's is the share investors can trust.

Thursday March 9 2000
Aegon sees little effect of WJC boycott
Aegon said the boycott of the products of its US Transamerica unit by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) was having little effect on the business of the group. Aegon and the WJC have been at loggerheads over the Dutch insurer's conditions to joining an international commission on Holocaust-era restitution.

Thursday March 2 2000
Aegon US chairman Herringer to resign
Aegon said on Thursday Frank Herringer would step down as Chairman of Aegon USA and member of Aegon's executive board as of the annual general meeting on May 4. Herringer, who was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Transamerica when it was bought by Aegon in July 1999, will remain a non-executive member of the boards of the combined US operations until the end of this year, Aegon said in a statement.

Wednesday March 1 2000
Aegon to divest non-core Transamerica unit
Aegon said on Wednesday it would divest the non-core non-insurance activities of its US Transamerica unit. Aegon will consider asset or business unit sales in whole or in part as well as joint ventures for the Transamerica Finance Corporation (TFC), which has managed assets of around USD 16 bn, it said in a statement.

Tuesday February 15 2000
KBC acquires 75% of Labouchere Clearing
KBC Bank and Insurance Holding said it reached an agreement to acquire 75 pct of Aegon's Labouchere Clearing. KBC will acquire 51 pct from Labouchere and 11.67 pct from each of the three other shareholders, AOT, Delta Holding and Cross Options. The three shareholders will each maintain a 8.33 pct stake in the clearing house.

Monday February 14 2000
Aegon to join holocaust panel
Aegon has promised to join an international Holocaust restitution panel after being pressured to do so at US Congressional hearings last week, the World Jewish Congress said on Monday. Last week, US Treasury Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstat told the House of Representatives Banking Committee that a number of European insurers should join the panel. Aegon was the only one he singled out by name.

Thursday January 20 2000
Dutch jews contest WJC's Aegon boycott
A Dutch Jewish organisation said on Thursday it wanted to persuade the World Jewish Congress to scrap its threat to boycott Dutch insurer Aegon. The WJC said in its latest newsletter it was asking members to cancel policies with Aegon's San Francisco-based unit, Transamerica, because Aegon has failed to join a Holocaust restitution panel on the WJC's terms.

Wednesday January 12 2000
Aegon owns five insurance brokers
Aegon owns a total of five insurance brokers with a combined workforce of 1,600 it emerged yesterday. Last week it transpired that Aegon owned the Meeus group, which is planning to merge with its competitor Kamerbeek. However, yesterday Aegon confirmed that the company also owned the Van Calcar group in Groningen, Kentron from Woerden, Crab Noomen in Leiden and TSA in Enschede.

Monday January 10 2000
Aegon, ING Canada in marketing deal
Aegon said on Monday its unit Transamerica Life Insurance of Canada had struck a strategic marketing alliance with ING Canada, part of Dutch financial services company ING Group. Transamerica will take over ING Canada's life insurance subsidiary NN Life Insurance Co while ING Canada will distribute Transamerica's life insurance products.

Wednesday January 5 2000
Aegon finances Kamerbeek, Meeus
Aegon announced on Wednesday that it has financed the merger of insurance and real estate brokers Kamerbeek Groep and Meeus Groep. The combined group will have sales of around NLG 300 mln with 100 branches in the Netherlands. Aegon will have a majority stake in the group. Financial details weren't disclosed.

Thursday December 23 1999
Aegon buys Spanish Generali unit
Aegon announced onThursday its Spanish unit Aegon Union Aseguradora has agreed to acquire life insurer Covadonga SA, part of Italy's Generali Group for about EUR 28 mln. Covadonga SA is part of Alleanza Assicurazioni, which in turn is a unit of Italy's Assicurazioni Generali. Aegon said that Covadonga's premium income during the current year is expected to amount to about EUR 22 mln.

Thursday December 16 1999
Aegon tries to ward off WJC boycott threat
Aegon said on Thursday that it was considering to join a panel to that is to investigate if European insurers robbed holocaust survivors, a move that could ward off a boycott threat by the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The WJC has been threatening to launch a consumer boycott against Aegon subsidiary Transamerica if it did not join the panel, which Aegon has been refusing until the commission agrees that it had no unpaid holocaust claims.

Friday December 3 1999
Aegon issues GBP 250 mln bond
AEGON on Friday announced the issue of bonds with a total principal amount of GBP 250 mln. The bonds will be redeemed on December 15, 2031. The coupon of the bonds is 6.125% and the issue price is 98.46%. The bonds are targeted at institutional investors in the United Kingdom. The lead managers are Warburg Dillon Read and Barclays.

Monday November 29 1999
Labouchere to divest clearing operations
Aegon subsidiary Bank Labouchere said on Monday it wants to sell its Labouchere Clearing unit, which it says has reached its growth potential and drains too much from capital. Labouchere Clearings handles financing for options traders and transaction processing. J.Kluft, a minority shareholder in Labouchere Clearings, confirmed he is in talks with a financial institution which has no presence in the Netherlands but wants to offer clearing services throughout Europe.

Wednesday November 24 1999
Aegon given deadline to join Holocaust commission
Insurers Aegon and Munich were given a deadline of December 16 to join a panel investigating whether insurers cheated Holocaust survivors out of policy payments, sources close to the issue said on Wednesday. The International Commission on Holocaust-era Insurance Claims is probing charges by Holocaust survivors and heirs that Europe's insurers failed to honor prewar policies their families had purchased.

Friday November 19 1999
Aegon to testify at California Holocaust hearing
Aegon and three other European insurance firms volunteered to testify at a California hearing on whether they will follow a new law and reveal details of unpaid Holocaust claims, the World Jewish Congress said on Friday. The WJC recently attacked the Dutch insurer because it refused to join an international panel investigating whether Europe's insurers cheated Holocaust survivors and heirs by not paying policies.

Friday November 12 1999
Spanish claims dented Aegon's earnings
A pile-up in Spanish motor claims has dented Aegon, the large Dutch insurer, but the group said yesterday it remained on course for net profit growth of 22-25% this year. Aegon's operation in Spain incurred a nine-month net loss of EUR 49 mln, and the group had to strengthen non-life reserves there.

Thursday November 11 1999
Aegon 9-month net up 22%
Aegon announced on Thursday net profit for the first nine months of 1999 increased 21.7% to EUR 1,099 mln, compared with EUR 903 mln for the year-ago period. Total revenues increased from EUR 8.78 bn to EUR 10.29 bn. Earnings per share increased from EUR 1.56 to EUR 1.84. Aegon reiterated it expected 1999 profits to rise by 22-25% and earnings per share to grow by 15-18%.

Tuesday November 9 1999
Dutch Jews back Aegon against WJC
An influential Dutch Jewish group on Tuesday lent its support to insurer Aegon, saying calls by the World Jewish Congress for consumers to boycott the Dutch firm's products in the US were unfair. There is no reason for a boycott. Aegon has been fully cooperative, said Joop Sanders, Secretary of the Central Jewish Board of the Netherlands (CJO), an umbrella organisation.

Aegon 9-month net seen up 20%
Aegon will post substantially stronger nine-month net profit on Thursday, fuelled by the consolidation of this year's acquisition of Transamerica. Analysts expect nine-month net profit to come in at EUR 1.09 bn, a rise of some 20% compared to the EUR 903 mln posted in the same period last year. Earnings per share were slated to rise 17% to EUR 1.83.

Monday November 8 1999
Jewish group aims at 10 of Aegon's U.S. units
The World Jewish Congress on Monday said it plans to push a consumer boycott against 10 big US units of Aegon as a tactic to compel the giant Dutch insurer to join a Holocaust restitution panel. The Jewish advocacy group estimated the U.S operations of Aegon - the world's seventh-biggest insurer when measured in assets - had a total of USD 191 bn of insurance in force.

Friday November 5 1999
Jewish group steps up attack on Aegon
Aegon's fight with the World Jewish Congress over Holocaust policies intensified on Friday when the congress unexpectedly stepped up its threats against the company because it is refusing to join a restitution panel. The World Jewish Congress widened the scope of threatened punishments to include divestiture and asking US states not to do business with Aegon's huge US operations, Elan Steinberg, WJC executive director, told reporters.

Thursday November 4 1999
Aegon threatened with boycott by Jewish group
Dutch insurance giant Aegon was threatened on Thursday with US state insurance sanctions and a consumer boycott if it fails to join a panel probing claims that Holocaust survivors were blocked from collecting insurance policies. The Dutch insurer was selected as the first of at least eight firms that have been asked to join the International Commission on Holocaust-era Claims because the Dutch insurer in July bought California-based Transamerica.

Tuesday October 26 1999
Aegon sponsors colleges in China
Aegon is sponsoring a university in the Chinese capital of Beijing as part of efforts to obtain an insurance permit in that country. The sponsorship of USD 1 mln is designed to win favour with the Chinese authorities, which take at least two years to decide on a permit request. Aegon has had a representative office in China since the beginning of 1998 and is now seeking to obtain an official permit.

Thursday October 21 1999
Aegon issues USD 250 mln bond
Aegon Funding announced on Thursday the issuance of a bond of USD 250 mln principal amount. The bond will be redeemed on November 15, 2002. The coupon of the bond is 6.75% and the issue price is set at 101.015%. The bond carries a full guarantee from AEGON N.V., the Netherlands. The issue is targeted at Swiss retail investors.

Friday October 15 1999
Brokers threaten to boycott Aegon
Independent insurance brokers are threatening to boycott Aegon if the insurer goes ahead with its plans to sell insurance in Albert Heijn supermarkets. 'This is like a smack in the face,' said Tom Hausel, chairman of the Noord-Holland branch of the national insurance brokers association NBVA. Earlier, Albert Heijn said it is moving into financial services, following trends set in the UK by supermarket chain Sainsbury's and drugstore chain Boots.

Tuesday October 12 1999
Albert Heijn, Aegon eyes financial services
Dutch supermarkets group Albert Heijn, a unit of Ahold, said on Tuesday it was in talks with Aegon Nederland on cooperation in financial services. The parties expect to reach an agreement before the end of the year, Albert Heijn said. Albert Heijn said earlier it was interested in offering financial services to its customers, and that Aegon was looking for new distribution channels.

Thursday October 7 1999
Aegon acquires Guardian UK ops
Aegon said on Thursday it had completed the acquisition of the UK life insurance operations of Guardian Royal Exchange (GRE). "Aegon has paid Sun Life and Provincial Holdings approximately GBP 700 mln (1,080 million euros) to acquire GRE's life insurance operations", Aegon said in a statement. The acquisition, annouced at the firm's half-year results in August, is expected to have an additional small positive effect on Aegon's earnings and earnings per share in 1999.

Monday September 20 1999
Aegon shares boosted by Morgan Stanley upgrade
Shares in Aegon were pushed higher on Monday after Morgan Stanley Dean Witter upgraded its rating on Aegon to "outperform" from "neutral." Aegon, the third most actively traded share on the Amsterdam bourse, rose almost 2% to EUR 83.80, having risen to as high as EUR 83.85 earlier. The overall market was around 1.2% higher.

Tuesday August 31 1999
Aegon to sell small Dutch unit NOWM
Dutch insurer Aegon said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement in principle to sell unit NOWM Verzekeringen to unlisted Erasmus Verzekeringen. NOWM is active in the niche sector of fire insurance for industrial clients. The unit, which is based in northern Netherlands, posts annual premium income of NLG 78 mln and has 48 employees.

Tuesday August 24 1999
Aegon and ING silent on GA
Insurers ING and Aegon both declined to comment on Tuesday on market talk they were interested in acquiring US life insurer General American. On Monday evening, sources in the US said General American could be sold for around USD 1.5 bn by the end of this week. Both ING and Aegon were named as potentially interested parties.

Thursday August 19 1999
Aegon places 8.3 mln shares at EUR 82.04
Aegon said on Thursday it issued 8,300,829 new common shares as previously announced, in connnection with its purchase of the UK life operations of Guardian Royal Exchange (GRE). The shares were issued in a private placement to the association Vereniging Aegon at EUR 82.04 each. The price was based on the average of the opening and closing prices of Aegon common shares on the Amsterdam stock exchange for the three trading days ending on Wednesday.

Tuesday August 17 1999
Aegon declines comment on takeover talk
Aegon declined comment on Tuesday on rumours it might be interested in taking over British insurers Prudential Corp or Equitable Life. A spokesman for Aegon said Aegon had never made a secret of its plans to expand further in the UK, after last week's announcement it would buy the life insurance operations of Guardian Royal Exchange from Sun Life & Provincial.

Aegon issues public bond
Aegon has issued a public bond of CHF 300 million principal amount. The bonds will be redeemed on September 27, 2004. The coupon of the bonds is 3.125% and the issue price is 101.65. The joint lead-managers are ABN Amro Bank and Warburg Dillon Read. The proceeds of the bond will be used to redeem outstanding short-term debt. This Swiss francs-issue is targeted mainly at domestic retail investors.

Thursday August 12 1999
Aegon's Transamerica total H1
Dutch insurer Aegon said on Thursday recently acquired Transamerica posted total revenue in the first six months of 1999 of about USB 9 bn. Of that amount, about USD 3.7 bn are classed as revenues according to US GAAP accounting procedures, Transamerica's former chairman said. Frank Herringer, now chairman of Aegon US and Transamerica, said insurance revenues totalled US 2.1 bn, while other activities, including commercial lending, leasing and real estate services contributed USD 1.6 bn, giving a total first half GAAP revenue of USD 3.7 bn.

Aegon Funding issues Bond
Aegon Funding, a fully guaranteed subsidiary of Aegon, on Thursday announced the issue of an Euro Dollar Bond of USD 300 mln principal amount. The bonds will be redeemed on September 10, 2004. The coupon of the bonds is 7.0% and the issue price is 101.429. The lead-manager is Warburg Dillon Read. The proceeds will be used to finance a part of the Transamerica acquisition price.

Aegon says eyes more Britsh buys
Dutch insurer Aegon, which announced on Thursday the USD 1.1 bn takeover of Guardian Royal Exchange's (GRE) life insurance business, said it would seek further acquisitions in the British market. We have not exhausted the UK market yet, Aegon Chairman Kees Storm told a news conference. He said more life insurance acquisitions would be a "natural choice", adding Aegon was interested in both large and small buys.

Aegon H1 net profit up 14%
Aegon reported on Thursday net profit for the first-half of 1999 increased 14% to EUR 679.0 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 595.4 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1998. Turnover increased 4% from EUR 8,988.5 mln to EUR 9,379.0 mln. Income before taxes increased 17% from EUR 777.3 mln to EUR 913.0 mln. Earnings per share for the first-half of 1999 increased 15% to EUR 1.18, compared with earnings per share of EUR 1.03 for the first-half of 1998.

Tuesday August 10 1999
Aegon outlook, U.S. strategy eyed in H1 figures
Few surprises are expected when Dutch insurer Aegon unveils first half profits on Thursday, with analysts more interested in the outlook and strategy for the group's US operations. Aegon is slated to post first half net of EUR 670 mln, up around 13% from 595 mln in the year ago period, according to a poll.

Monday August 9 1999
Aegon declines to confirm interest in GRE
Aegon on Monday declined to confirm or deny a newspaper report it was interested in buying the life insurance business of Guardian Royal Exchange (GRE) from Britain's Sun Life & Provincial Holdings. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal said an announcement on the sale, believed to be worth around GBP 600 mln (USD 963.5 mln), could be made at Aegon's first-half results presentation on Thursday.

Friday July 30 1999
Aegon's Transamerica to buy reinsurer MFC
Transamerica, a unit of Dutch insurer Aegon, said on Friday it planned to buy US firm MFC Re from Management Facilities The transaction is expected to be finalised by early September, Transamerica said in a statement made available in the Netherlands. No financial details were disclosed. MFC Re is active in the group accident and health reinsurance market.

Tuesday July 20 1999
Transamerica stockholders apprrove merger with Aegon
Transamerica Corporation announced on Tuesday that its stockholders voted to approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Transamerica, Aegon, N.V. and Tony Merger (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aegon, N.V.) The vote cast in favor of the merger was 96.9% of the shares represented at the meeting, and 70.4% of the outstanding shares of Transamerica.

Thursday July 8 1999
Aegon shrugs off higher guilder tag on US deal
Aegon said on Thursday it was unfazed by the strength of the dollar, even though it will have to fork out some NLG 1.8 bn (USD 831.4 mln) more for its takeover of Transamerica as a result. Aegon sealed a deal to buy Transamerica for USD 9.7 bn on February 18 when the dollar closed at NLG 1.9671. On Wednesday, the dollar closed at NLG 2.1575, inflating the price tag on Transamerica to almost NLG 20.9 bn versus just over NLG 19.1 bn in February.

Aegon tries to join Holocaust commission
An international commission that has paved the way for insurers to make quick interim payments to Holocaust survivors has spurned a bid by Aegon to join as a partial member, saying that would be unfair to the firms that already have signed on. Aegon on June 21 wrote to the International Commission of Holocaust Era Claims.

Wednesday June 30 1999
Aegon says no need to renegotiate US deal
Dutch insurer Aegon said on Wednesday that comments it and Transamerica may talk again over their planned merger if the Dutch company's share price fell still further were purely hypothetical. We don't have any need to renegotiate as long as the share price is above USD 61.88, told Ewold de Bruijne.

Monday June 28 1999
Aegon considers counterbid for Widows Fund & Life
Aegon would consider a counterbid for Scottish Widows Fund & Life, according to British newspaper The Independent on Monday. Aegon would be preparing to bid more than the GBP 7 bn offered by Lloyds for Widows Fund & Life. Aegon declined to comment.

Thursday June 24 1999
Tabaksblat to head Aegon supervisory board
Dutch insurer Aegon said on Thursday it planned to appoint Morris Tabaksblat as chairman of its supervisory board in the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held on May 4, 2000. Tabaksblat, who retired as chief executive of food to detergents group Unilever in May, has been a member of Aegon's supervisory board since 1990.

Monday June 21 1999
Aegon to pay USD 378 mln bonus to Transamerica execs
Aegon will pay USD 378 mln in bonus packages to Transamerica's top five executives as part of its USD 9.7 bn takeover of the US financial group, according to Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. A total of USD 851 mln, or about 9% of the total takeover price, will be paid to Transamerican employees through option and stock plans, the paper said.

Wednesday June 9 1999
EU clears Aegon buy of Transamerica
The European Commission said on Wednesday it had cleared the acquisition by Dutch insurer Aegon of US financial group Transamerica Corporation. The EU said in a statement that the proposed concentration does not create or strengthen a dominant position.

Thursday May 20 1999
Stock fraction final dividend AEGON determined at 1/141
During the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 29 of this year, a total dividend for 1998 was approved of EUR 1.01 (NLG 2.23) per common AEGON share of NLG 0.50 par value. After taking the interim dividend of EUR 0.42 (NLG 0.93) into account, this represents a final dividend for 1998 of EUR 0.59 (NLG 1.30) per common share.

Wednesday May 19 1999
ABN, Aegon to enter social security market
ABN Amro and Aegon are considering setting up a new company to administer social security benefits when the government plans to open the sector up to competition in 2002. ABN Amro and Aegon want a commitment from the government that all stakeholders would benefit equally from the savings resulting from the privatisation. The two financial institutions claim that they can work more efficiently than the current semi-government administrators and would cut the costs by 30%.

Wednesday May 12 1999
Aegon Q1 net profit up 11%
Aegon reported on Wednesday net profit for the first-quarter of 1999 increased 11% to EUR 327 mln, compared with net profit of EUR 294 mln the company booked in the comparible period of 1998. Revenues increased 4% from EUR 4,794 mln to EUR 4,993 mln. Income before taxes increased 14% from EUR 383 mln to EUR 438 mln.

Thursday April 29 1999
Transamerica Q1 net up 10%
Insurance and financial services group Transamerica, is currently in the process of merging with Aegon, on Thursday reported a 10% increase in first-quarter net income to USD 169.4 mln behind record earnings in its life insurance group. The San Francisco-based company earned USD 1.30 per share in the quarter, up from net income of USD 1.17 a share, or USD 153.7 mln, in the same quarter one year ago.

Friday March 26 1999
Aegon buys own home address
In The Hague, the city council has approved to rename the current Mariahoeveplein into Aegonplein (Aegon square), the location of Aegon's headquarters in The Hague. In exchange for the name change, Aegon will invest NLG 4 mln in renovating the square and is to pay for the clean-up for the square for 20 years.

Wednesday March 3 1999
Aegon net profit of NLG 2.75 bn
Aegon posted a 1998 net profit of NLG 2.75 bn, compared with NLG 2.2 bn a year earlier. The figure was broadly in line with analysts' forecasts. Aegon, which announced the multi-billion dollar takeover of Transamerica last month, said the rise included a 13% increase generated by organic growth. Earnings per share were 20% up at NLG 4.75 or EUR 2.16. The company's total premium income went up by 21% to NLG 25.45 bn and investment income rose by 25% to 11.02 bn.

Friday February 19 1999
Insider trading on Transamerica-Aegon deal?
Business Week said that it looks as if there was insider trading in Transamerica in advance of the February 18 announcement that the San Francisco-based insurance company is being bought by Aegon. Call options on Transamerica shares shot up in heavy trading on Wednesday, February 17, the day before the deal was revealed.

Thursday February 18 1999
Aegon buys Transamerica for USD 9.7 bn
Aegon said Thursday it agreed to buy Transamerica, a U.S. provider of life insurance and financial services, for USD 9.7 bn in cash and stock. With the acquisition, Aegon will become the third-largest life insurer in the United States in terms of assets and premiums written, the company said. The deal also consolidates Aegon's position as the third-largest insurance company in the world in terms of market value.

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