AEGON Global Institutional Markets Issues €600 Million in Secured Notes

AEGON Global Institutional Markets plc successfully placed a €600 million, five-year fixed rate offering. The secured notes will pay a fixed coupon rate of 4.25 percent and will mature on January 23, 2012.

The notes are rated Aa1 by Moody's and AA by Standard and Poor's.

ABN AMRO and Citigroup were joint book-running managers of the transaction.

About AEGON Global Institutional Markets
AEGON Global Institutional Markets plc (AGIM) is an Ireland-domiciled operating company, based in Dublin, whose purpose is to issue secured notes to European investors. 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 AGIM notes are rated Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service and AA by Standard & Poor's.