Prospectus supplement US007924AH66 - Aegon

physical movement of securities certificates. Participants in DTC include Clearstream, Luxembourg and
Euroclear, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain
other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Access
to the DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust
companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC participant, either
directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.
Pursuant to DTC’s procedures, upon the sale of debt securities represented by a global certificate
to underwriters, DTC will credit the accounts of the participants designated by the underwriters with
the principal amount of the debt securities purchased by the underwriters. Ownership of beneficial
interests in a global certificate will be shown on DTC’s records (with respect to participants), by the
participants (with respect to indirect participants and certain beneficial owners) and by the indirect
participants (with respect to all other beneficial owners). The laws of some states require that certain
persons take physical delivery in definitive form of the securities that they own. Consequently, the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global certificate may be limited.
We will wire to DTC’s nominee principal and interest payments with respect to global certificates.
We and the trustees under the indenture will treat DTC’s nominee as the owner of the global
certificates for all purposes. Accordingly, we, the trustee and the paying agent will have no direct
responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the global certificates to owners of beneficial interests
in the global certificates.
It is DTC’s current practice, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest, to credit
participants’ accounts on the payment date according to their beneficial interests in the global
certificates as shown on DTC’s records. Payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in
the global certificates will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices between the
participants and the owners of beneficial interests in the global certificates, as is the case with securities
held for the account of customers registered in ‘‘street name’’. However, payments will be the
responsibility of the participants and not of DTC, the trustee or us.
Debt securities of any series represented by a global certificate will be exchangeable for debt
securities in definitive form with the same terms in authorized denominations only if:
• DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary, or DTC is no longer
eligible to act as depositary, and we do not appoint a successor depositary within 90 days; or
• we determine not to have the debt securities of a series represented by global certificates and
notify the trustee of our decision.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner and holder of the global notes, DTC or its
nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the senior notes
represented by the global notes for all purposes under the indenture. Except as provided below, you, as
the beneficial owner of interests in the global notes, will not be entitled to have senior notes registered
in your name, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of senior notes in definitive
form and will not be considered the owner or holder thereof under the indenture. Accordingly, you, as
the beneficial owner, must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if you are not a DTC participant, on
the procedures of the DTC participants through which you own your interest, to exercise any rights of
a holder under the indenture.
Neither we, the trustee, nor any other agent of ours or agent of the trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of,
beneficial ownership interests in global notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to the beneficial ownership interests. DTC’s practice is to credit the accounts of DTC’s direct
participants with payment in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in principal amount of
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