We have audited the accompanying company financial statements 2013 of Aegon N.V., The Hague (as set out on pages 291 to 305),  which comprise the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2013, the income statement for the year then ended and the  notes, comprising a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these company financial statements and for the preparation of  the Report of the Executive Board, both in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code. Furthermore management is  responsible for such internal control as it determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the company financial statements that  are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in  accordance with Dutch law, including the Dutch Standards on Auditing. This requires that we comply with ethical requirements and plan  and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the company financial statements are free from material  misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the company financial  statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement  of the company financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the  company financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of  expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of  accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall  presentation of the company financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. In our opinion, the company financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Aegon N.V. as at December 31,  2013 and of its result and for the year then ended in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code. Pursuant to the legal requirement under Section 2:393 sub 5 at e and f of the Dutch Civil Code, we have no deficiencies to report as a  result of our examination whether the Report of the Executive Board, to the extent we can assess, has been prepared in accordance  with Part 9 of Book 2 of this Code, and whether the information as required under Section 2:392 sub 1 at b-h has been annexed.  Further we report that the Report of the Executive Board, to the extent we can assess, is consistent with the company financial  statements as required by Section 2:391 sub 4 of the Dutch Civil Code. Ernst & Young Accountants LLP signed by R.J.W. Lelieveld To: The Supervisory Board, the Executive Board and Shareholders of Aegon N.V. Other information Independent auditor’s report Report on the company financial statements  Management’s responsibility Auditor’s responsibility Opinion with respect to the company financial statements  Report on other legal and regulatory requirements The Hague, the Netherlands, March 19, 2014 Other information  Independent auditor’s report 306 Annual Report 2013