Business overview  Selected financial data 14 EUR 0.11 per common share (at each shareholders option in  cash or in stock), which will bring the total dividend for 2013 to  EUR 0.22. Dividends in US dollars are calculated based on the  foreign exchange reference rate as published each working day  at 14:15 hours by the European Central Bank on the business  day following the announcement of the interim dividend or on  the business day following the General Meeting of Shareholders  approving the relevant final dividend. Aegon declared interim and final dividends on common shares  for the years 2010 through 2013 in the amounts set forth in the  following table. The 2013 interim dividend amounted to EUR  0.11 per common share. The interim dividend was paid in cash  or stock at the election of the shareholder. The interim dividend  was payable as of September 13, 2013. At the General Meeting  of Shareholders on May 21, 2014, the Supervisory Board will,  absent unforeseen circumstances, propose a final dividend of  resulted in a rate of 2.75% for the year 2012. Applying this  rate to the weighted average paid-in capital of its preferred  shares during 2012, the total amount of annual dividends Aegon  made in 2013 on its preferred shares for the year 2012 was  EUR 59 million. In addition, Aegon paid a 2013 interim dividend  on the preferred shares of EUR 24 million, covering the period  from January 1, 2013 until the cancellation of all preferred  shares in May 2013. From May 2003 to May 2013, Aegon had common shares and  class A and class B preferred shares. The annual dividend on  Aegon’s class A and class B preferred shares was calculated on  the basis of the paid-in capital on the preferred shares using  a rate equal to the European Central Bank’s fixed interest  percentage for basic refinancing transactions plus 1.75%, as  determined on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam’s first working day  of the financial year to which the dividend relates. Apart from  this, no other dividend was paid on the preferred shares. This  1  Paid at each shareholder's option in cash or in stock. 2  Proposed. Annual Report 2013 EUR per common share  1) USD per common share  1) Year Interim Final Total Interim Final Total 2009 - - - - - - 2010 - - - - - - 2011 - 0.10 0.10 - 0.13 0.13 2012 0.10 0.11 0.21 0.12 0.14 0.26 2013 0.11 0.11 2) 0.22 0.15 - - Dividends Number of common shares B In thousands 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Balance at January 1 - - - - - Share issuance 579,005 - - - - Stock dividends - - - - - Share withdrawal - - - - - Balance at end of period 579,005 - - - - Number of common shares In thousands 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Balance at January 1 1,972,030 1,909,654 1,736,049 1,736,049 1,578,227 Share issuance 120,713 - 173,605 - 157,822 Stock dividends 38,716 62,376 - - - Balance at end of period 2,131,459 1,972,030 1,909,654 1,736,049 1,736,049