The consolidated financial statements of a.s.r. have been prepared in accordance with IFRS – including the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and Interpretations – as adopted by the EU (EU-IFRS), and with the financial reporting requirements included in Title 9, Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, where applicable. a.s.r.'s interpretation of EU-IFRS is included in the a.s.r. accounting manual. The accounting policies included in section 7.3 are a summary of the relevant accounting policies of the a.s.r. accounting manual. a.s.r. applies fair value hedge accounting for portfolio hedges of interest rate risk (macro hedging) under the EU ‘carve out’ of IFRS.

EU-IFRS differs from International Financial Reporting Standards Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS). Under EU-IFRS, a.s.r. applies fair value hedge accounting for portfolio hedges of interest rate risk (macro hedging) under the EU ‘carve out’ of IFRS. This is the only difference between EU-IFRS as applied by a.s.r. and IFRS.

Pursuant to the options offered by Section 362, Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, a.s.r. has prepared its company financial statements in accordance with the same principles as those used for the consolidated financial statements.