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Proposal for profit appropriation


Appropriation of profit will be determined in accordance with the articles 31 and 32 of the Articles of Incorporation of AEGON N.V. The relevant provisions read as follows:

  1. The General Meeting of Shareholders shall adopt the annual accounts.
  2. If the adopted profit and loss account shows a profit, the Supervisory Board may decide, upon the proposal of the Executive Board, to set aside part of the profit to augment and/or form reserves.

  3. From the net profit as reflected in the profit and loss account, if it is sufficient to this end after a part of the profit has been set aside for augmenting and/or forming reserves in accordance with 2, first of all the holders of preferred shares shall receive, on the amount paid on their preferred shares, a dividend the percentage of which, on an annual basis, shall be equal to the European Central Bank’s fixed interest percentage for basic refinancing transactions, to be increased by 1.75 percentage points, all applicable to the first trading day on Euronext Amsterdam in the financial year to which the dividend relates. Apart from this, no other dividend is to be paid on the preferred shares.
  4. The profits remaining after application of the above shall be put at the disposal of the General Meeting of Shareholders. The Executive Board, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board, shall make a proposal for that purpose. A proposal to pay a dividend shall be dealt with as a separate agenda item at the General Meeting of Shareholders.
  5. The Executive Board may, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board, make one or more interim distributions to the holders of common shares and/or to the holders of preferred shares, the latter subject to the maximum dividend amount set forth under 3.
  6. The Executive Board may, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board, decide that a distribution on common shares shall not take place as a cash payment but as a payment in common shares, or decide that holders of common shares shall have the option to receive a distribution as a cash payment and/or as a payment in common shares, in all cases out of the profit and/or at the expense of reserves. Subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board, the Executive Board shall also determine the conditions applicable to the aforementioned choices.
  7. The company’s policy on reserves and dividends shall be determined and can be amended by the Supervisory Board, upon the proposal of the Executive Board. The adoption and thereafter each amendment of the policy on reserves and dividends shall be discussed and accounted for at the General Meeting of Shareholders under a separate agenda item.

It is proposed to the annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 23, 2008, to pay a dividend for the year 2007 of EUR 0.62 per common share of EUR 0.12 par value which, after taking into account the EUR 0.30 interim dividend, leads to a final dividend of EUR 0.32 per common share. It is also proposed that the final dividend will be made available entirely in cash or entirely in shares, at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend will be approximately 5% lower than the value of the cash dividend and will be paid out of the paid-in surplus fund. Shareholders can elect to receive a dividend in cash or in shares up to and including May 16, 2008.

In order to reflect the prevailing market price of AEGON N.V. common shares fully within the indication provided, the number of dividend coupons that gives entitlement to a new common share of EUR 0.12 will be determined on May 16, 2008, after 5:30 p.m., based on the average share price quoted by Euronext Amsterdam in the five trading days from May 12, 2008 up to and including May 16, 2008.

In accordance with article 32, paragraph 3 of the Articles of Incorporation, a cash dividend equal to 5.25% of the amount paid on the preferred shares will be distributed.

Upon approval of this proposal, profit will be appropriated as follows:

2007

2006 1

Dividend on preferred shares

85

85

Interim dividend on common shares (cash portion)

281

208

Final dividend on common shares

302

491

Earnings to be retained

1,883

2,385

Net income

2,551

3,169
  1. In 2007, AEGON changed its accounting poicy regarding the valuation of minimum guarantees applied by AEGON The Netherlands. Further reference is made to note 2.2.