ageas SA/NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Aug 5, 2014

PRESS RELEASE

Brussels, 5 August 2014 - 17:40 (CET)

Regulated information - Ageas and Schroders Plc: notification

In accordance with the rules on financial transparency, Schroders Plc sent a notification on 1/8/2014 advising that, on 30/7/2014, its interest has exceeded the statutory threshold of 3% of the shares issued by Ageas and reached 3.05%.

The notifications received by Ageas are available on the website.

Ageas is an international insurance group with a heritage spanning 190 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, the UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand and has subsidiaries in France, Hong Kong and the 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 is the sixth largest Non-Life insurer with a number 2 position in cars insured and has a strong presence in the over 50's market. Ageas employs more than 13,000 people in the consolidated entities and over 30,000 in the non-consolidated partnerships, and has annual inflows of more than EUR 23 billion.

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