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ageas SA/NV Share Issue/Capital Change 2015

May 28, 2015

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Share Issue/Capital Change

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PRESS RELEASE

Brussels, 29 April 2015 - 18:30 (CET)

Regulated information - Ageas communicates on revised total number of issued shares

Following the cancellation of 7,217,759 Ageas shares bought back in 2014, the total number of issued shares (the 'denominator') has declined to 223,778,433.

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV today approved the cancellation of 7,217,759 shares (result of the shares bought-back in 2014). As a result, the total number of issued shares is reduced to 223,778,433. This number (the 'denominator') will be used to calculate the percentage of shareholdings.

As a further consequence, and in accordance with the rules on financial transparency, Ageas confirms that its interest in the capital of ageas SA/NV fell below the statutory threshold of 5% on 29 April 2015 and amounts to 3.08 %.

The transparency information is available on the Ageas website under "Investors – Shareholders structure" (http://www.ageas.com/en/investors/shareholders-structure).

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 3 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 25 billion.

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