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ageas SA/NV AGM Information 2013

Apr 24, 2013

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AGM Information

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PRESS RELEASE

Brussels, 24 April 2013 - 17:40 (CET)

Regulated information – Resolutions of the General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV on 24 April 2013 in Brussels

The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV have approved all the proposals submitted to it by the Board of Directors.

31.28% of the share capital was represented.

The General Meetings of Shareholders have approved:

  • the company's statutory annual accounts for the financial year 2012;
  • the payment of a gross cash dividend of EUR 1.20 per Ageas share1 ;
  • the remuneration report;
  • the cancellation of the shares bought back (programme announced on 6 August 2012; cancellation of all shares bought back up to and including 15 February 2013);
  • the reappointment of Mr Bart De Smet as a member of the Board of Directors, for a period of 4 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2017;
  • the nomination of Mrs Jane Murphy and Mr Steven Broughton as independent non-executive members of the Board of Directors for a period of 3 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2016.

No voting occured on agenda point 4.4 regarding the reappointment of Mr Shaoliang Jin. Mr Shaoliang Jin withdrew his candidacy for re-election as a non-executive director between publication of the agenda and today's meeting of shareholders.

The Meetings have also approved the other agenda points, including the amendments to the Articles of Association.

Lastly, the Meetings approved the proposal to discharge the members of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2012.

The video shown during the meeting and reviewing the key events of 2012 as well as the results of the votes are available on www.ageas.com, in the section "Investor Relations/ General meeting of shareholders".

1 Dividend: the meeting declared a gross cash dividend of EUR 1.2 per Ageas share for the financial year 2012. The timetable is as follows:

  • 26 April 2013: ex-dividend date - 6 May 2013: payment date (coupon no.1)

More information of the fiscal treatment of the dividend can be found on http://www.ageas.com/en/Pages/dividend.aspx

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Ageas is an international insurance group with a heritage spanning more than 180 years. Ranked among the top 20 insurance companies in Europe, Ageas has chosen to concentrate its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market. These are grouped around four segments: Belgium, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia and served through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors around the world. Ageas operates successful partnerships in Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand and has subsidiaries in France, Hong Kong and UK. Ageas is the market leader in Belgium for individual life and employee benefits, as well as a leading non-life player through AG Insurance. In the UK, Ageas has a strong presence as the fourth largest player in private car insurance and the over 50's market. Ageas employs more than 13,000 people and has annual inflows of more than EUR 21 billion.