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ASR Nederland N.V.’s (a.s.r.) shareholders approved all proposed resolutions at today's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), including the adoption of the financial statements and the payment of a dividend of € 2.70 per share for the 2022 financial year.

a.s.r. announces partnership with Energiebespaarders (“Energy savers”). From 1 June, new mortgage customers of a.s.r. can work with Energiebespaarders for free customised energy advice and to have energy-saving measures implemented. In this way, a.s.r. helps homeowners throughout the entire process, from information to realisation. In the future, a.s.r. will be offering this to all existing mortgage customers as well. The cooperation with Energiebespaarders is in line with a.s.r.’s ambition to remove or lower all barriers to making homes more sustainable and thereby reduce CO2 emissions from homes in the Netherlands.

Today, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) publishes the convocation and the accompanying documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) that is scheduled for Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 10:00. The AGM will be held on that day at a.s.r.’s offices in Utrecht.

DSM and ASR Dutch Science Park Fund team up to further develop the Biotech Campus Delft (BCD) to world-leader in bioscience. They will engage in a long-term collaboration to grow the bioscience ecosystem in Delft, the Netherlands, into a unique, world-leading campus for biosciences that will fuel the Dutch knowledge sector, sustainable food innovations and the bio-based economy. To that end, ASR Dutch Science Park Fund invests hundreds of millions of euros in the open innovation campus, among others by building new offices, shared facilities and laboratories and through purchasing some of the existing buildings.

Starters on the housing market can increase their choice by 35% if they include houses with a lower energy label in their search and take out an additional mortgage share to make them more sustainable. Yet first-time buyers hardly take advantage of this opportunity, Hypotheken Data Netwerk (“Mortgage Data Network”) results show. Results from a.s.r. confirm this view: in 2022, 13% of first-time buyers who took out a mortgage with a.s.r., made use of an additional sustainability mortgage. This additional mortgage gives first time buyers the means to finance energy-saving measures, making it more attractive to consider homes with a lower energy label as well.

a.s.r. joins 185 international investors to sign a collective statement against the use of plastics. Coordinated by the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), the investors, with combined assets under management of US$10 trillion, are joining forces and calling for more action to address the plastics crisis. Investors are raising concerns about the threat of plastics to the environment, climate, biodiversity, human rights and public health. The signatories are asking companies in the Fast Mover Consumer Goods (FMCG) and retail sector to make additional efforts to adopt a more radical approach to reduce their reliance on plastics.

Chief Executive Officer a.s.r. asset management, Jack Julicher, will hand over his tasks and responsibilities to his colleague Patrick Klijnsmit on 1 April. Patrick has held various roles at a.s.r. since September 1999. For the past few weeks, Patrick has been accompanying Jack to ensure a smooth transition and to be prepared for his new role.

As from Monday 20 March 2023, ASR Nederland N.V. (a.s.r.) will be included in the AEX index. Euronext, the leading stock exchange in the eurozone, announced the results of the annual review of their main equity indices.