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Brussels / Utrecht, 23 January 2012 - 17:45

Regulated information - Ageas reports on the progress of share buy- back programme

Further to the initiation of the share buy-back programme announced on 24 August 2011, Ageas reports the purchase of 4,409,305 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels/Amsterdam in the period 16-20 January 2012.

Date

Number of shares

Total amount

(EUR)

Average price

(EUR)

Lowest price

(EUR)

Highest price

(EUR)

16/01/2012

970,679

1,254,117

1.2920

1.266

1.314

17/01/2012

900,044

1,203,269

1.3369

1.320

1.349

18/01/2012

895,021

1,190,109

1.3297

1.313

1.348

19/01/2012

715,086

978,524

1.3684

1.341

1.400

20/01/2012

928,475

1,288,723

1.3880

1.376

1.404

Total

4,409,305

5,914,742

1.3414

1.266

1.404

Since the start of the share buy-back programme on 24 August 2011, Ageas has bought back

189,526,565 shares for a total amount of EUR 246,213,197. This corresponds to 7.2245% of the total shares outstanding.

Ageas will publish a separate press release upon completion of the buy-back programme, when the maximum amount of EUR 250.000.000 will have been reached.

The overview relating to the share buy-back programme is available on:

http://www.ageas.com/en/Pages/share_information.aspx .
Ageas is an international insurance company with a heritage spanning more than 180 years. Ranked among the top 20 insurance companies in Europe, Ageas has chosen to concentrate its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market. These are grouped around four segments: Belgium, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia and served through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors around the world. Ageas operates successful partnerships in Belgium, UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand and has subsidiaries in France, Germany, Hong Kong and UK. It is the market leader in Belgium for individual life and employee benefits, as well as a leading non-life player, through AG Insurance, and in the UK, it has a strong presence as the third largest player in private car insurance and the over 50's market. It employs more than 13,000
people and has annual inflows of almost EUR 18 billion.
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