THE HAGUE, The Netherlands,
April 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Aegon N.V. today published the agenda for its
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) on
Friday, May 19, 2017.
The agenda includes proposals to adopt the Annual Accounts 2016,
and to approve the final dividend for 2016 of EUR 0.13 per common share, bringing the total
dividend for 2016 to
EUR 0.26 per common share.
Also included in the agenda is the proposal to appoint Mr.
Matthew Rider as Chief Financial
Officer and member of the Executive Board of Aegon N.V. Mr. Rider
joined Aegon on January 1, 2017,
after 25 years in various roles within the financial services
industry. Most recently, he was Chief Administration Officer and a
member of the Management Board at ING Insurance, based in
the Netherlands. In this role he
was responsible for all of ING's insurance and asset management
operations, and specifically for Finance and Risk Management. Prior
to being on the Management Board of ING Insurance, Mr. Rider held
various other management positions at ING, Merrill Lynch Insurance
Group, Transamerica and Banner Life Insurance Company. His proposed
appointment has been approved by DNB.
The Supervisory Board proposes to reappoint Mrs. Dona Young as a member of the Supervisory Board
for an additional term of four years as of May 19, 2017. Mrs. Young was appointed to Aegon's
Supervisory Board in 2013 and she is a member of the Audit
Committee and Risk Committee.
Furthermore, the agenda includes a proposal to appoint Mr.
William Connelly and Mr.
Mark Ellman as members of the
Supervisory Board for a term of four years as of May 19, 2017. Mr. Connelly is a former member of
the Management Board of ING Bank. Mr. Ellman is former Vice
Chairman of Global Origination at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and
a member of the Non-Executive Board of Aegon US for which his
membership will be terminated if he is appointed as member of the
Supervisory Board at the AGM. Their proposed appointments have been
approved by DNB.
Further details of the proposed (re)appointments can be found in
the AGM agenda, on aegon.com.
About Aegon
Aegon's roots go back more than 170 years - to the first half of
the nineteenth century. Since then, Aegon has grown into an
international company, with businesses in more than 20 countries in
the Americas, Europe and
Asia. Today, Aegon is one of the
world's leading financial services organizations, providing life
insurance, pensions and asset management. Aegon's purpose is to
help people achieve a lifetime of financial security. More
information on aegon.com/about.
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