KEY EVENTS 2003 IMPORTANT DATES 2004 January 15 ICA Ahold and AEGON end talks on joint venture March 6 Release results year 2002 March  20 AEGON announces proposed changes to its corporate governance  April 16 AEGON N.V. issues 4$^{5}$⁄8% EUR 1 billion five year Eurobonds April 17 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders May 6 Release results first three months 2003 May 6 AEGON-CNOOC life insurance company starts activities in China May 6 Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders May 9 AEGON concludes change in corporate governance  May 20 AEGON N.V. issues 4.75% USD 750 million ten year senior notes May 20 AEGON N.V. issues USD 250 million two year floating rate senior notes June 3 AEGON receives license for life insurance activities in Slovakia  August 5  AEGON announces to sell most of Transamerica Finance Corporation’s commercial lending business to GE Commercial Finance August 7 Release results first six months 2003 August 7 AEGON discloses its embedded value 2002 October 2 Sale of Transamerica Finance Corporation’s real estate tax services and flood hazard companies to  The First American Corporation concluded October 29 AEGON opens life insurance operations in Slovakia November 6 Release results first nine months 2003 November  26 CAM and AEGON announce to agree on partnership  April 22  Annual General Meeting of Shareholders April 23 Dividend record date April 26 Ex-dividend date in the Netherlands;  start of election period for cash or stock option final dividend 2003 April 21 Ex-dividend date in the USA May  4 Calculation period for dividend value in shares (up to and including May 10) May  12 Release results first three months 2004 May  18 Start payment of final dividend 2003  June 7 Release embedded value report August 12 Release results first six months 2004 August 13 Interim dividend record date September 24 Interim dividend payable November 11 Release results first nine months 2004 AEGON GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2003 155 FINANCIAL CALENDAR