AEGON LTD. 
By THE HAGUE, January 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
AEGON completed a EUR 2 billion syndicated credit facility agreement with a syndicate of international banks led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets.
The revolving standby facility has a term of five years with two one-year extension options. AEGON maintains back-up credit facilities with international banks to support outstanding amounts under AEGON's commercial paper programs and to serve as additional liquidity sources. The facility also allows AEGON to issue letters of credit for an amount up to EUR 1 billion.
The new facility replaces AEGON's current USD 3 billion syndicated letter of credit and revolving credit facilities, which would have expired in September 2012.
About AEGON
As an international life insurance, pension and asset management company based in The Hague, AEGON has businesses in over twenty markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. AEGON companies employ approximately 26,000 people and have some 40 million customers across the globe.
Third quarter Full year
Key figures - EUR 2011 2010
Underlying earnings
before tax 361 million 1.8 billion
New life sales 405 million 2.1 billion
Gross deposits 10.5 billion 33 billion
Revenue-generating
investments (end of
period) 404 billion 413 billion
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: aim, believe, estimate, target, intend, may, expect, anticipate, predict, project, counting on, plan, continue, want, forecast, goal, 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, persistence 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;
- changes in the availability of, and costs associated with, liquidity sources
such as bank and capital markets funding, as well as conditions in the credit markets
in general
- 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;
- lowering of one or more of our debt ratings issued by recognized rating
organizations and the adverse impact such action may have on our ability to raise
capital and on our liquidity and financial condition;
- lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings of our insurance
subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the premium writings,
policy retention, profitability of its insurance subsidiaries and liquidity;
- the effect of the European Union's Solvency II requirements and other
regulations in other jurisdictions affecting the capital we are required to maintain;
- 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;
- the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product
withdrawals and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate acquisitions
and to obtain the anticipated results and synergies from acquisitions;
- our failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or operational
efficiencies as well as other cost saving initiatives.
Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the company are described in the company's filings with Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Contact information
Media relations:
Greg Tucker
+31(0)70-344-8956
gcc-ir@aegon.com
Investor relations:
Willem van den Berg
+31(0)70-344-8305
877-548-9668 - toll free USA only
ir@aegon.com
http://www.aegon.comPRN NLD
SOURCE AEGON N.V.
