The 63,298,394 newly issued ordinary shares by ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) have been delivered to Aegon N.V. (Aegon) as part of the transaction with Aegon (the “Consideration shares”) and will be listed and admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam as of 6 July 2023.
The delivery of the shares to Aegon is part of the total consideration following the agreement on the business combination of a.s.r. and Aegon Nederland, which has been announced on 27 October 2022. Completion of the transaction took place on 4 July 2023.
With the issuance of the new share capital, the amount of issued and outstanding shares of a.s.r. is 211,065,001 ordinary shares, of which Aegon holds 29.99%.
The prospectus related to the listing of the consideration shares has been approved by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on 4 July 2023 and is available on the website of a.s.r.
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