AEGON N.V. – AEGON shares to be delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange

AEGON shares to be delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange   THE HAGUE - AEGON's common shares are scheduled to be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 27th, 2010. All trading in AEGON common shares will cease from that date.  This follows the Tokyo Stock Exchange's decision to approve AEGON's application for a delisting, which was filed in February.  AEGON shares continue to be listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.  As previously announced, AEGON applied for a delisting after deciding the volume of shares traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange did not justify the related expense.     Contact information  Media relations: Greg Tucker  +31(0)70 344 8956  [email protected]  Investor relations: Gerbrand Nijman  +31 (0)70 344 8305  877 548 9668 - toll free USA only  [email protected]  www.aegon.com  About AEGON  As an international life insurance, pension and investment company based in  The Hague, AEGON has businesses in over twenty markets in the Americas,  Europe and Asia. AEGON companies employ approximately 28,000 people  and have more than 40 million customers across the globe.  Key figures - EUR         Full year  Full year                                2009       2008  Underlying earnings             1.2        1.6 before tax                  billion    billion  New life sales                  2.0        2.6                             billion    billion  Gross deposits (excl.          23.6       22.4 inst. guar. prod.)          billion    billion  Revenue generating              361        332 investments                 billion    billion (end of period)  Forward-looking statements  The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following are words that identify such forward-looking statements: aim, believe, estimate, target, intend, may, expect, anticipate, predict, project, counting on, plan, continue, want, forecast, goal, should, would, is confident, will, and similar expressions as they relate to our company. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which merely reflect company expectations at the time of writing. Actual results may differ materially from expectations conveyed in forward-looking statements due to changes caused by various risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the following:    * Changes in general economic conditions, particularly in the United States,     the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;    * Changes in the performance of financial markets, including emerging     markets, such as with regard to:    * The frequency and severity of defaults by issuers in our fixed income     investment portfolios; and    * The effects of corporate bankruptcies and/or accounting restatements on the     financial markets and the resulting decline in the value of equity and debt     securities we hold;    * The frequency and severity of insured loss events;    * Changes affecting mortality, morbidity and other factors that may impact     the profitability of our insurance products;    * Changes affecting interest rate levels and continuing low or rapidly     changing interest rate levels;    * Changes affecting currency exchange rates, in particular the EUR/USD and     EUR/GBP exchange rates;    * Increasing levels of competition in the United States, the Netherlands, the     United Kingdom and emerging markets;    * Changes in laws and regulations, particularly those affecting our     operations, the products we sell, and the attractiveness of certain     products to our consumers;    * Regulatory changes relating to the insurance industry in the jurisdictions     in which we operate;    * Acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war and pandemics;    * Effects of deliberations of the European Commission regarding the aid we     received from the Dutch State in December 2008;    * Changes in the policies of central banks and/or governments;    * Lowering of one or more of our debt ratings issued by recognized rating     organizations and the adverse impact such action may have on our ability to     raise capital and on our liquidity and financial condition;    * Lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings of our     insurance subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the     premium writings, policy retention, profitability of its insurance     subsidiaries and liquidity;    * Litigation or regulatory action that could require us to pay significant     damages or change the way we do business;    * Customer responsiveness to both new products and distribution channels;    * Competitive, legal, regulatory, or tax changes that affect the distribution     cost of or demand for our products;    * The impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product     withdrawals and other unusual items, including our ability to integrate     acquisitions and to obtain the anticipated results and synergies from     acquisitions;    * Our failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or operational     efficiencies as well as other cost saving initiatives; and    * The impact our adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards     may have on our reported financial results and financial condition.  Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the company are described in the company's filings with Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.  Press release  FEBRUARY 26, 2010     END