NU Online News Service, March 26, 2003, 4:50 p.m. EST – AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands, says it would have reported the equivalent of a net loss of $2.3 billion for 2002 if it had followed the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
The company reported $1.6 billion in net income in March when it released 2002 financial statements prepared in compliance with Dutch accounting rules.