Interim dividend
September 17 2003 - 4:32AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8513P
Aegon N.V.
17 September 2003
STOCK FRACTION INTERIM DIVIDEND 2003 AEGON N.V. DETERMINED AT 1/56
On 7 August 2003 AEGON N.V. declared an optional interim dividend for the fiscal
year 2003, thereby giving the shareholders the choice to receive the interim
dividend in either cash or in stock.
The interim dividend in cash is EUR 0.20 per common share of EUR 0.12 par value
and will be made payable as from 19 September 2003.
Shareholders who elected an interim dividend in stock will receive a stock
fraction of 1/56 per common share. The stock fraction has been determined by the
average stock price on Euronext Amsterdam over the period from 9 September up to
and including 15 September 2003.
Holders of New York shares will be contacted by AEGON's US Transfer Agent,
Citibank.
Disclaimer
The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe", "estimate", "intend", "may", "
expect", "anticipate", "predict", "project", "counting on", "plan", "continue",
"want", "forecast", "should", "would", "is confident" and "will" and similar
expressions as they relate to us are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. 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 speak only as of their dates.
All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations,
including, but 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, including:
* 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 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
affect the profitability of our insurance products;
* Changes affecting interest rate levels and continuing low interest
rate levels;
* Changes affecting currency exchange rates, including 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 and acts of war;
* Changes in the policies of central banks and/or foreign 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.
The Hague, 15 September 2003
Inquiries:
AEGON N.V.
Group Communications Investor Relations
Phone : +31 (0)70 344 83 44 NL +31 (0)70 344 83 05
USA +1 410 576 45 77
Web site: http://www.aegon.com/
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