224 NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF AEGON N.V.  NOTE 53 NOTE 53 EVENTS AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE On March 1, 2011 AEGON completed the sale of 173,604,912  new common shares of AEGON N.V. with a nominal value of  EUR 0.12. The shares were sold at a price of EUR 5.20 per share.  The proceeds of EUR 903 million were used to fund part of  the repurchase the convertible core capital securities  described below.  The new shares have been listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the  principal market for AEGON’s common shares.  On March 15, 2011, Vereniging AEGON exercised its option rights  to purchase 41,042,000 class B preferred shares at par value in  order to avoid dilution of its voting rights following the issuance  of 10% new common shares completed on March 1, 2011.  On March 15, 2011, AEGON repurchased EUR 750 million in  principal amount of convertible core capital securities from  the Dutch state. The total payment to the Dutch state amounted  to EUR 1.125 billion of which EUR 750 million related to the  repurchase of 187.5 million convertible core capital securities  and EUR 375 million related to the premium attached to  this repurchase. EXECUTIVE BOARD SUPERVISORY BOARD  The Hague, March 23, 2011 Alexander R. Wynaendts  Jan J. Nooitgedagt  Robert J. Routs  Irving W. Bailey, II Antony Burgmans  Arthur W.H. Docters van Leeuwen Shemaya Levy Kornelis J. Storm Karla M.H. Peijs Ben van der Veer Dirk P.M. Verbeek Leo M. van Wijk