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

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Further to the initiation of the share buy-back programme announced on 6 August 2012, Ageas
reports the purchase of 250,832 Ageas shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels in the period from 17 until
21 December 2012.

Date Number of shares Total amount (EUR) Average price (EUR) Lowest price (EUR) Highest price (EUR)
17/12/2012 50,000 1,102,105 22.04 21.95 22.18
18/12/2012 50,000 1,104,005 22.08 21.91 22.19
19/12/2012 50,000 1,109,910 22.20 22.02 22.35
20/12/2012 50,000 1,121,410 22.43 22.20 22.57
21/12/2012 50,832 1,130,743 22.24 22.12 22.42
Total 250,832 5,568,173 22.20 21.91 22.57

Since the start of the share buy-back programme on 13 August 2012, Ageas has bought back 6,856,209
shares for a total amount of EUR 132,565,843. This corresponds to 2.82% of the total shares
outstanding.

The overview relating to the share buy-back programme is available on:
http://www.ageas.com/en/Pages/share_information.aspx
http://www.ageas.com/en/Pages/share_information.aspx .

The next Ageas reports on the progress of the share buy-back programme will be published
respectively on Wednesday 2 January and Monday 7 January 2013.

Ageas is an international insurance group 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, 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 fourth largest player in private car insurance and
the over 50's market. It employs more than 13,000 people and has annual inflows of more than EUR
17 billion.

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