Ageas completed on Friday 3 August 2018 the share buy-back programme announced on 9 August 2017. Between 21 August 2017 and 3 August 2018, Ageas has bought back 4,772,699 shares corresponding to 2.35% of the total shares outstanding and totalling EUR 200 million.

The 1,924,024 shares bought back until 31 December 2017 within the 2017-2018 programme, were cancelled following the decision of the General meeting of shareholders held on 16 May 2018. Ageas currently holds the 2,704,795 shares bought back since 31 December 2017 as treasury shares, taking into account deducted shares used for senior management share-plans. Together with other treasury shares held by Ageas, the total number of shares now owned amounts to 3.29% of shares issued.

Ageas's Board will propose to its shareholders at the next shareholders meeting the cancellation of all the shares bought back, after deduction of the shares to cover the commitment to share-plans granted to senior management.

The overview of the completed share buy-back programme is available on our website .

The final transactions in the period 30-07-2018 until 03-08-2018 are the following:

Date Number of Shares Total amount (EUR) Average price (EUR) Lowest price (EUR) Highest price (EUR)
30-07-2018 30,000 1,376,457 45.88 45.74 46.04
31-07-2018 28,000 1,293,253 46.19 45.94 46.44
01-08-2018 30,000 1,382,862 46.10 45.82 46.32
02-08-2018 30,446 1,381,603 45.38 45.16 45.50
03-08-2018 4,383 199,791 45.58 45.49 45.60
Total 122,829 5,633,966 45.87 45.16 46.44

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning 190 years. It offers Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance products designed to suit their specific needs, today and tomorrow. As one of Europe's larger insurance companies, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the major part of the global insurance market. It operates successful insurance businesses in Belgium, the UK, Luxembourg, France, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and the Philippines through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of over 50,000 people and reported annual inflows close to EUR 34 billion in 2017 (all figures at 100%).

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