Additional information 338 Actions necessary to change the rights of shareholders Conditions under which meetings are held Limitation on the right to own securities Provisions that would have the effect of delaying a change of control Threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed Material differences between Dutch law and US law with respect to the items above Special conditions governing changes in the capital There are no conditions more stringent than what is required by law. Reference is made to the paragraph “Differences in company law practices for domestic companies” included in the Corporate  Governance section. There are no such provisions in the Articles of Association. Dutch law requires public disclosure to an Authority for Financial Markets  with respect to the ownership of listed shares when the following thresholds are met: 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%,  50%, 60%, 75% and 95%. In the event a “special cause” occurs (such as the acquisition of 15% of Aegon’s voting shares, a tender offer for Aegon’s shares or a  proposed business combination by any person or group of persons, whether individually or as a group, other than in a transaction  approved by the Executive Board and Supervisory Board), Vereniging Aegon will be entitled to exercise its full voting rights of one vote  per each common share B for up to six months per “special cause”, thus increasing its current voting rights to 32.64%. A resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to suspend or dismiss a member of the Executive Board or a member of the  Supervisory Board, other than pursuant to a proposal by the Supervisory Board, shall require at least two-thirds of the votes cast  representing more than one-half of the issued capital.  There are no limitations, either under the laws of the Netherlands or in Aegon’s Articles of Association, on the rights of non-residents  of the Netherlands to hold or vote Aegon common shares or common shares B. For admittance to and voting at the meeting, shareholders must produce evidence of their shareholding as of the record date. The  Dutch law determines that the record date is twenty-eight days prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders. Shareholders must notify  Aegon of their intention to attend the meeting. Annual General Meetings and extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders shall be convened by public notice. Notice must be given  no later than forty-two days prior to the date of the meeting. The notice must contain a summary agenda and indicate the place where  the complete agenda together with the documents pertaining to the agenda may be obtained. The agenda is also sent to shareholders  registered with the Company Register. New York Registry shareholders or their brokers receive a proxy solicitation notice. Furthermore, a resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to amend the Articles of Association which has the effect of reducing  the rights attributable to holders of a specific class shall be subject to the approval of the meeting of holders of such class. A change to the rights of shareholders would require an amendment to the Articles of Association. The General Meeting of  Shareholders (annual General Meeting or extraordinary General Meeting) may only pass a resolution to amend the Articles of  Association pursuant to a proposal of the Executive Board with the approval of the Supervisory Board. The resolution requires a  majority of the votes cast at the meeting in order to pass. The actual changes to the text of the Articles of Association will be executed  by a civil law notary. Annual Report 2013