How they do it at Aegon

The Dutch almost invented the modern multinational corporation. Royal Dutch/Shell and Unilever combined Dutch and UK capital – and moved to the NYSE long enough ago to be grandfathered onto the American indices. Aegon, the Dutch insurance giant, is following in their footsteps – without the benefit of grandparentage despite its 150-year history. With this year's takeover of TransAmerica, 33 percent of Aegon's free float of stock will now be held by shareholders in the US, where