Further to the initiation of the share buy-back programme announced on 10 August 2016, Ageas reports the purchase of 95,160 Ageas shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 19-12-2016 until 23-12-2016.

Since the start of the share buy-back programme on 15 August 2016, Ageas has bought back 2,328,617 shares for a total amount of EUR 76,256,988. This corresponds to 1.08% of the total shares outstanding.

The overview relating to the share buy-back programme is available on our website.

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, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam 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 40,000 people and reported annual inflows close to EUR 30 billion in 2015 (all figures at 100%).

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