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All issued common and preferred shares are fully paid. Repayment of capital can only be initiated by the Executive Board, is subject to approval of the Supervisory Board and must be resolved by the General Meeting of Shareholders. Moreover, repayment on preferred shares needs approval of the related shareholders. Refer to Other information for further information on dividend rights. 

There are restrictions on the amount of funds that companies within the Group may transfer in the form of cash dividends or otherwise to the parent company. These restrictions stem from solvency and legal requirements. Refer to note 46 for a description of these requirements. 

Vereniging AEGON, based in The Hague, holds all of the issued preferred shares. 

Vereniging AEGON, in case of an issuance of shares by AEGON N.V., may purchase as many class B preferred shares as would enable Vereniging AEGON to prevent or correct dilution to below its actual percentage of voting shares, unless Vereniging AEGON as a result of exercising these option rights would increase its voting power to more than 33 percent. Class B preferred shares will then be issued at par value (EUR 0.25), unless a higher issue price is agreed. In the years 2003 through 2007, 35,170,000 class B preferred shares were issued under 

these option rights. In 2008, no option rights were exercised. In 2009, Vereniging AEGON exercised its option rights to purchase in aggregate 33,860,000 class B preferred shares at par value to correct dilution caused by AEGON’s EUR 1 billion equity issue as completed in August 2009. 

AEGON N.V. and Vereniging AEGON have entered into a preferred shares voting rights agreement, pursuant to which Vereniging AEGON has voluntarily waived its right to cast 25/12 vote per class A or class B preferred share. Instead, Vereniging AEGON has agreed to exercise one vote only per preferred share, except in the event of a ‘special cause’, such as the acquisition of a 15% interest in AEGON N.V., a tender offer for AEGON N.V. shares or a proposed business combination by any person or group of persons, whether individually or as a group, other than in a transaction approved by the Executive Board and Supervisory Board. If, in its sole discretion, Vereniging AEGON determines that a ‘special cause’ has occurred, Vereniging AEGON will notify the General Meeting of Shareholders and retain its right to exercise the full voting power of 25/12 vote per preferred share for a limited period of six months. 

With regard to granted share appreciation rights and option rights and their valuation refer to note 38. 

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