AEGON to Publish Preliminary Q4 Results on February 17, 2009
February 06 2009 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Full Financial Calendar for 2009 and 2010 Also Detailed THE HAGUE,
The Netherlands, February 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AEGON will
release estimated preliminary results for the fourth quarter of
2008 on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 07:30 AM CET. Complete
fourth quarter and full year 2008 results will be published, as
scheduled, on Thursday, March 12, 2009. AEGON, meanwhile, has
brought forward the release of its fourth quarter 2009 results from
March to February 25th, 2010 - part of broader efforts to ensure
information is provided to financial markets in a more timely and
effective manner. Today, AEGON is also publishing details of its
financial calendar for 2009 and 2010. Please note that all
quarterly earnings will be published at 07:30 AM CET. 2009 February
17 Preliminary fourth quarter 2008 results March 12 Fourth quarter
2008 results March 23 Record date for attending / voting at the
April 22 AGM March 31 Annual Report 2008 available on corporate
website April 22 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders*) May 14
First quarter 2009 results and Embedded Value 2008 June 9 - 10
Analyst & Investor Conference - London August 13 Second quarter
2009 results November 12 Third quarter 2009 results December 2
Investor Day - New York *) As announced in the press release of
October 28, 2008 regarding the capital agreement with the Dutch
state, AEGON will forego the final dividend to shareholders for
2008 2010 February 25 Fourth quarter 2009 results March 29 Annual
Report 2009 available on corporate website April 29 Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders May 12 First quarter 2010 results and
Embedded Value 2009 August 12 Second quarter 2010 results November
11 Third quarter 2010 results AEGON's regular quarterly and annual
earnings will be published on the company's website on the day of
their release. Details on the scheduled news conferences and
analysts' meetings will be published on AEGON's corporate website
(http://www.aegon.com/). All dates mentioned above are preliminary
dates and may be subject to change. As an international life
insurance, pension and investment company based in The Hague, AEGON
has businesses in over twenty markets in the Americas, Europe and
Asia. AEGON companies employ nearly 32,000 people and have over 40
million customers across the globe. Key figures 2007 First nine
months 2008 Underlying earnings EUR 2.64 billion EUR 1.75 billion
before tax New life sales EUR 3.27 billion EUR 2.03 billion Gross
deposits EUR 44.53 billion EUR 28.82 billion Revenue generating EUR
371 billion EUR 351 billion investments (end of period)
Forward-looking statements The statements contained in this press
release that are not historical facts are forward-looking
statements as defined in the US Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The following are words that identify such
forward-looking statements: believe, estimate, target, intend, may,
expect, anticipate, predict, project, counting on, plan, continue,
want, forecast, should, would, is confident, will, and similar
expressions as they relate to our company. 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 merely reflect company
expectations at the time of writing. Actual results may differ
materially from expectations conveyed in forward-looking statements
due to changes caused by various risks and uncertainties. Such
risks and uncertainties include but are 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, such as with regard to: - 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
the 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 impact the profitability of
our insurance products; - Changes affecting interest rate levels
and continuing low or rapidly changing interest rate levels; -
Changes affecting currency exchange rates, in particular 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, acts of war and pandemics; - Changes in the policies of
central banks and/or 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; and - The impact our adoption of the International
Financial Reporting Standards may have on our reported financial
results and financial condition. Group Corporate Communications
& Investor Relations Media relations Investor relations Greg
Tucker Gerbrand Nijman +31(0)70-344-8956 +31(0)70-344-8305 or
E-mail: 877-548-9668 - toll free USA only E-mail: Website
http://www.aegon.com/ DATASOURCE: AEGON N.V. CONTACT: Group
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations: Media relations,
Greg Tucker, +31(0)70-344-8956, E-mail: ; Investor relations,
Gerbrand Nijman, +31(0)70-344-8305 or, 877-548-9668 - toll free USA
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