AEGON NV | CIK:0000769218 | 3

  • Filed: 3/23/2018
  • Entity registrant name: AEGON NV (CIK: 0000769218)
  • Generator: Donnelley Financial Solutions
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    1 General information

    Aegon N.V., incorporated and domiciled in the Netherlands, is a public limited liability company organized under Dutch law and recorded in the Commercial Register of The Hague registered under number 27076669 and with its registered address at Aegonplein 50, 2591 TV, The Hague, the Netherlands. Aegon N.V. serves as the holding company for The Aegon Group and has listings of its common shares in Amsterdam and New York.

    Aegon N.V. (or ‘the Company’) and its subsidiaries (‘Aegon’ or ‘the Group’) have life insurance and pensions operations in more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia and are also active in savings and asset management operations, accident and health insurance, general insurance and to a limited extent banking operations. Headquarters are located in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Group employs over 28,000 people worldwide (2016: over 29,000).