AMERUS GROUP CO/IA

expiry = 2004-12-15...l and consult with your advisers, if any, to make that decision based on your own financial position and requirements. Expiration date; extension; termination The exchange offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2004, or any subsequent time or date to which the exchange offer is extended. We may extend the expiration date or amend any of the terms or conditions of the exchange offer for any reason. In the case of an extension, we will issue a press rel...

listed = True...the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Existing OCEANs. Holders whose Existing OCEANs are accepted for exchange will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any interest accrued on the Existing OCEANs. Trading Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AMH”. Information agent Georgeson Shareholder is the information agent for this exchange offer. Its address and telephone numbers are located in the section “The Exchange Offer — Information Agent” and on the back cover of this offering circular. Exchange agent BNY Midwest Trust Company. Financial advisor Credit Suisse...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFER...by book-entry transfers through The Depository Trust Company. We will determine in our sole discretion whether and if Existing OCEANs have been validly tendered. Existing OCEANs may be tendered by electronic transmission of acceptance through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program, or ATOP, procedures for transfer or by delivery of a signed letter of transmittal pursuant to the instructions described herein. Custodial entities that are participants in DTC must tender Existing OCEANs through DTC’s ATOP, by which the custodial entity and the beneficial owner on whose behalf the custodial entity is acting agr...