As part of its European medium term note (EMTN) program, Argenta has issued today a senior non-preferred bond for professional investors. A total of € 500 million was placed with investors from the Benelux, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia. The issue has a maturity of 7 years and a coupon of 1 % at an issue price of 99.53 %, which yields a return of 1.07% for investors.

Argenta Assuranties N.V. in the Netherlands (Argenta) and Waard Leven N.V. (Waard) have reached agreement for Waard to take over Argenta's run-off portfolio of Dutch life insurance products. For the holders of the existing 44,000 life insurance policies, the policies and policy conditions remain unchanged.

Argenta confirms its strong position in the Belgian banking and insurance landscape and on the Dutch mortgage market by again presenting healthy growth figures in the first half of 2019.