Find out more about Aegon's dividend policy and history.
2020 Interim Dividend Schedule
EUR 0.06 per common share
USD 0.071049
Aegon proposed a 2020 interim dividend per share of EUR 0.06 at the 1H 2020 results on August 13, 2020. This was paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend was approximately equal to the cash dividend.
Those shareholders who elected stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 39 common shares held. The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 7 up to and including September 11, 2020. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 2.3264. The dividend was payable as of September 18, 2020.
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 13, 2020 |
Ex-dividend | August 21, 2020 |
Record date | August 24, 2020 |
Election period | August 26 - September 11, 2020 |
Stock fraction published on website (after business hours) |
September 11, 2020 |
Payment dividend | September 18, 2020 |
After investments in new business to generate organic growth, capital generation in Aegon's operating subsidiaries is available for distribution to the holding company, while maintaining a capital and liquidity position in the operating subsidiaries in line with Aegon's capital management and liquidity risk policies.
Aegon uses cash flows from the operating subsidiaries to pay for holding expenses, including funding costs. The remaining cash flow is available to execute Aegon's strategy and to fund dividends on its shares, subject to maintaining the holding company targeted capital.
Depending on circumstances, future prospects and other considerations, Aegon’s Executive Board may elect to deviate from this target. Aegon’s Executive Board will also take capital position, financial flexibility, leverage ratios and strategic considerations into account when declaring or proposing dividends on common shares.
Under normal circumstances, Aegon would expect to declare an interim dividend when announcing Aegon’s second quarter results and to propose a final dividend at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for approval.
Dividends would normally be paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The relative value of cash and stock dividends may vary. Stock dividends paid may, subject to capital management and other considerations, be repurchased in order to limit dilution.
When determining whether to declare or propose a dividend, Aegon’s Executive Board has to balance prudence versus offering an attractive return to shareholders, for example in adverse economic and/or financial market conditions. Also, Aegon's operating subsidiaries are subject to local insurance regulations which could restrict dividends to be paid to the holding company.
There is no requirement or assurance that Aegon will declare and pay any dividends.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and DNB, Aegon's principal regulator, published statements on April 2, 2020 urging insurers to temporarily postpone all dividend distributions. Aegon N.V. confirmed on April 3, 2020, in a press release issued to convene the 2020 AGM that it would comply with these requests. As a result, the company will forego its 2019 final dividend of EUR 0.16 per common share. Aegon N.V. re-confirmed on August 13, 2020, in a press release issued about the results of the first half of 2020, that it will not pay a 2019 final dividend. Taking into account the interim dividend paid in September 2019, this results in a total dividend for the financial year 2019 of EUR 0.15 per common share.
2019 Interim Dividend*
EUR 0.15 per common share
USD 0.166208
Aegon proposed a 2019 interim dividend per share of EUR 0.15 at the 1H 2019 results on August 15, 2019. This was paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend was approximately equal to the cash dividend.
Those who elected stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 25 common shares held. The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 9 up to and including September 13, 2019. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 3.7570. The dividend was payable as of September 20, 2019.
2019 Interim Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 15, 2019 |
Ex-dividend | August 23, 2019 |
Record date | August 26, 2019 |
Election period | August 28 – September 13, 2019 |
Stock fraction published on website (after business hours) | September 13, 2019 |
Payment dividend | September 20, 2019 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
2018 Final Dividend*
EUR 0.15 per common share
USD 0.167475
Aegon proposed a 2018 final dividend per share of EUR 0.15 at the 2H 2018 results on February 14, 2019. This was paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend was approximately equal to the cash dividend.
2018 Final Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | February 14, 2019 |
AGM | May 17, 2019 |
Ex-dividend | May 21, 2019 |
Record date | May 22, 2019 |
Election period | May 28 - June 14, 2019 |
Stock fraction announced | June 19, 2019 |
Payment dividend | June 21, 2019 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
2018 Interim Dividend
EUR 0.14 per common share (proposed)
At the 1H 2018 results on August 16, 2018, Aegon announced an interim dividend for 2018 of EUR 0.14 (USD 0.162050) per common share.
The interim dividend was paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend was approximately equal to the cash dividend.
2018 Interim Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend | August 16, 2018 |
Ex-dividend | August 24, 2018 |
Record date | August 27, 2018 |
Election period | August 29 - September 14, 2018 |
Stock fraction announced | September 19, 2018 |
Payment dividend | September 21, 2018 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Final Dividend
EUR 0.14 per common share (proposed)
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 18, 2018, the Supervisory Board proposed a final dividend for 2017 of EUR 0.14 (USD: 0.164507) per common share.
The final dividend was paid in cash or stock at the election of the shareholder. The value of the stock dividend was approximately equal to the cash dividend.
2017 Final Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | February 15, 2018 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | May 22, 2018 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | May 22, 2018 |
Record date | May 23, 2018 |
Election period | May 29 - June 15, 2018 |
Stock fraction announced | June 20, 2018 |
Payment dividend | June 22, 2018 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Interim Dividend
EUR 0.13 per common share
USD 0.152653
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the 2017 interim dividend either entirely in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or entirely in new common shares to be paid out of the share premium reserve (free of withholding tax in the Netherlands).
2017 interim dividend stock fraction
43% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend. Those who elected a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 36 common shares held.
The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 4 up to and including September 8, 2017. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 4.7033.
Share buyback program
Commencing October 2, 2017, Aegon repurchased 51,864,626 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2016 final and 2017 interim dividends paid in shares. These shares were held as treasury shares, and were to be used to pay future stock dividends. Details of share buybacks are available on our share buyback page.
2017 Interim Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 10, 2017 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | August 17, 2017 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | August 18, 2017 |
Record date | August 21, 2017 |
Election period | August 23 - September 8, 2017 |
Stock fraction announced | September 13, 2017 |
Payment dividend | September 15, 2017 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Final Dividend
EUR 0.13 per common share
USD 0.146231
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the 2016 final dividend either entirely in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or entirely in new common shares to be paid out of the share premium reserve (free of withholding tax in the Netherlands).
2016 final dividend stock fraction
46% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend. Those who elected for a stock dividend will receive one Aegon common share for every 35 common shares held.
The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from June 12 up to and including June 16, 2017. The average share price was calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 4.5254.
Share buyback program
Commencing October 2, 2017, Aegon repurchased 51,864,626 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2016 final and 2017 interim dividends paid in shares. These shares were to be held as treasury shares, and were to be used to pay future stock dividends. Details of share buybacks are available on our share buyback page.
2016 Final Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | February 17, 2017 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | May 22, 2017 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | May 23, 2017 |
Record date | May 24, 2017 |
Election period | May 30 - June 16, 2017 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | June 20, 2017 |
Payment dividend | June 23, 2017 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Interim Dividend
EUR 0.13 per common share
USD 0.147264
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the 2016 interim dividend either entirely in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or entirely in new common shares to be paid out of the share premium reserve (free of withholding tax in the Netherlands).
2016 interim dividend stock fraction
42% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend. Those who elected for a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 28 common shares held.
The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 5 up to and including September 9, 2016. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 3.6190. The stock dividend and the cash dividend were approximately equal in value.
Share buyback program
Aegon repurchased 30,765,224 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2016 interim stock dividend. Details of share buybacks are available on our share buyback page.
2016 Interim Dividend Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 11, 2016 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | August 18, 2016 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | August 19, 2016 |
Record date | August 22, 2016 |
Election period | August 24 - September 9, 2016 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | September 14, 2016 |
Payment dividend | September 16, 2016 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Final Dividend
EUR: 0.13 per common share
USD 0.145795
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the 2015 final dividend in cash or in stock. The cash dividend amounts to EUR 0.13 per common share. 43% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend.
2015 final dividend stock fraction
Those who elected for a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 30 common shares held.
The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from June 13 up to and including June 17, 2016. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 3.9057. The stock dividend and the cash dividend are approximately equal in value.
Share buyback
Aegon repurchased 29,258,662 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2015 final stock dividend. Further details are available on our share buyback page.
2015 final dividend schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | January 13, 2016 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | May 23, 2016 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | May 24, 2016 |
Record date | May 25, 2016 |
Election period | May 31 - June 17, 2016 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | June 22, 2016 |
Payment dividend | June 24, 2016 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Interim Dividend
EUR: 0.12 per common share
USD: 0.134196
Shareholders could elect to receive the interim 2015 dividend either entirely in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or entirely in new common shares to be paid out of the share premium reserve (free of withholding tax in the Netherlands).
2015 interim dividend stock fraction
43% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend. Those who elected for a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 45 common shares held.
The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 7 up to and including September 11, 2015. The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 5.40. The stock dividend and the cash dividend were approximately equal in value.
Share buyback program
Aegon repurchased 20,136,673 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2015 interim stock dividend. Further details are available on our Share Buyback page.
2015 interim dividend schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 13, 2015 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | August 20, 2015 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | August 21, 2015 |
Record date | August 24, 2015 |
Election period | August 26 - September 11, 2015 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | September 15, 2015 |
Payment dividend | September 18, 2015 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Final 2014 Dividend
EUR 0.12
USD 0.133596
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the final dividend of EUR 0.12 per common share in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or in stock. 42% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend.
2014 final dividend stock fraction
Those who elected a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 55 common shares held. The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from June 8 up to and including June 12, 2015.
The average share price calculated on this basis amounted to EUR 6.62. The stock dividend and the cash dividend were approximately equal in value.
Share buyback program
Aegon repurchased 16,279,933 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2014 final stock dividend. Visit our Share Buyback page for further information.
Schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | February 19, 2015 |
Dividend resolution by Annual General Meeting | May 20, 2015 |
Aegon NY registered shares quoted ex-dividend | May 21, 2015 |
Aegon Euronext-listed shares quoted ex-dividend | May 22, 2015 |
Record date Euronext-listed shares | May 25, 2015 |
Record date NY registered shares | May 26, 2015 |
Election period | May 28 - June 12, 2015 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | June 17, 2015 |
Payment dividend | June 19, 2015 |
* All references to the payment of (interim) dividends are subject to any relevant board or shareholders resolution to distribute such (interim) dividend. Please refer to the disclaimer.
Interim Dividend
EUR:0.11
USD:0.146124
Shareholders were given the opportunity to choose between receiving the interim dividend of EUR 0.11 per common share in cash (minus 15% withholding tax) or in stock. 45% of shareholders elected to receive the stock dividend.
2014 interim dividend stock fraction
Those who elected for a stock dividend received one Aegon common share for every 58 common shares held. The stock fraction was based on Aegon's average share price as quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange, using the high and low of each of the five trading days from September 8 up to and including September 12, 2014.
The average share price calculated on this basis during this period amounted to EUR 6.37. The stock dividend and the cash dividend were approximately equal in value.
Share buyback program
Aegon repurchased 16,319,939 common shares to neutralize the dilutive effect of the 2014 interim dividend paid in shares. Visit our Share Buyback page for further information .
2014 interim dividend schedule
Activity | Date |
Dividend proposal | August 14, 2014 |
Aegon shares quoted ex-dividend | August 21, 2014 |
Record date | August 25, 2014 |
Election period | August 27 - September 12, 2014 |
Stock fraction | September 8-12, 2014 |
Stock dividend ratio announced | September 17, 2014 |
Payable | September 19, 2014 |
Interim Dividend
EUR:0.11
USD:0.145673
Final Dividend
EUR:0.11
USD:0.150348
Interim Dividend
EUR:0.10
USD:0.122760
Final Dividend
EUR: 0.11
USD:0.141790
Interim Dividend
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Final Dividend
EUR:0.10
USD:0.126820
No dividends were declared in 2010.
No dividends were declared in 2009.
Interim Dividend
EUR: 0.30
USD: 0.45222
Final Dividend
EUR: 0.32
USD: 0.504608
Interim Dividend
EUR: 0.30
USD: 0.4095
Final Dividend
EUR: 0.32
USD: 0.504608
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