AEGON Global Institutional Markets plc (AGIM) is an Ireland-domiciled operating company, based in Dublin, which was set up to issue secured notes. Notes are guaranteed by AEGON Financial Assurance Ireland Limited (AFA), a non-life insurance company incorporated in Ireland under the auspices of the Financial Regulator in Ireland. The notes are rated A1 by Moody's Investors Service and AA- by Standard & Poor's. As a result of a decision by AEGON N.V. in the first quarter of 2009 to seek to reduce spread based balances in its U.S.-based Institutional Markets Division, AGIM will not issue any new notes.

AGIM and AFA were established in Ireland using expertise from AEGON Institutional Markets, based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Through AEGON's insurance companies in the U.S., AEGON Institutional Markets has been a leading provider of products and services to U.S. institutional investors for nearly a quarter-century.

AGIM and AFA leverage AEGON Institutional Markets' established expertise in serving the needs of institutional investors, extending this expertise to the European marketplace and allowing us to build relationships directly with dealers and investors in Europe.

AGIM, AFA, and AEGON Institutional Markets are members of the AEGON Group of companies whose ultimate parent is AEGON N.V., based in The Hague, the Netherlands. AEGON N.V. is one of the largest insurance organisations in the world with operations across the globe.

AGIM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Dutch incorporated company, which in turn is (ultimately) wholly owned by AEGON N.V.