In accordance with the rules on financial transparency, Norges Bank sent a notification on
22 August 2012 advising that, on 20 August 2012, its interest has fallen below the statutory threshold of 3% of the shares issued by Ageas and reached 2.98%.
The notifications received by Ageas are available on the Ageas website under "Investor relations - The share - Transparency requirements" (http://www.ageas.com/en/Pages/transparency_requirements.aspx).
