ING to appeal against specific elements of EC decision

(Thomson Reuters ONE) - * Appealagainst calculation of amount of State aid and price leadership restrictions * Process toseparate banking and insurance operations continues as plannedING announced today that it will file an appeal with the General Court of theEuropean Union against specific elements of the European Commission's decisionregarding ING's restructuring plan. ING stands firmly behind its strategicdecision to separate Banking and Insurance operations and divest the latter.These processes are on track and will continue as planned.In its appeal, ING will contest the way the Commission has calculated the amountof State aid ING received. ING and the State agreed upon a reduction of therepayment premium for the first EUR 5 billion tranche of Core Tier 1 securitieswhich provided the Dutch State with an early repayment and at an attractivereturn. The Commission views this reduction as additional State aid ofapproximately EUR 2 billion.Both ING and the Dutch State contest this point as it could hamper discussionsbetween ING and the State on repayment terms of the remaining Core Tier 1securities. The repayment of the first tranche of the Core Tier 1 securities wasexecuted in December 2009 and the terms of this transaction will remainunaltered.In light of the need to maintain a level playing field in the European financialsector, ING is also appealing against the disproportionality of the priceleadership restrictions. ING believes it is in the interest of all itsstakeholders to use the opportunities provided by law to let the General Courtassess elements of the European Commission's decision.During the course of the appeal before the General Court, ING is committed toexecuting its restructuring plan as announced on 26 October 2009. As the matteris now subject to legal proceedings, ING is not in a position to comment anyfurther on the appeal. Press enquiries Investor enquiries Raymond Vermeulen ING Group Investor Relations +31 20 541 5682 +31 20 541 5460 Raymond.Vermeulen(at)ing.com Investor.relations(at)ing.com ING PROFILE ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services. As of 30 September 2009, ING served more than 85 million private, corporate and institutional clients in more than 40 countries. With a diverse workforce of about 110,000 people, ING is dedicated to setting the standard in helping our clients manage their financial future. IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION Certain of the statements contained herein are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements. These expectations are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due to, among other things, (i) general economic conditions, in particular economic conditions in ING's core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, including developing markets, (iii) the implementation of ING's restructuring plan to separate banking and insurance operations, (iv) changes in the availability of, and costs associated with, sources of liquidity, such as interbank funding, as well as conditions in the credit markets generally, including changes in borrower and counterparty creditworthiness, (v) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (vi) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (vii) persistency levels, (viii) interest rate levels, (ix) currency exchange rates, (x) general competitive factors, (xi) changes in laws and regulations, (xii) changes in the policies of governments and/or regulatory authorities, (xiii) conclusions with regard to purchase accounting assumptions and methodologies, (xiv) changes in ownership that could affect the future availability to us of net operating loss, net capital loss and built-in loss carryforwards, and (xv) ING's ability to achieve projected operational synergies.  ING assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this document.[HUG#1377992] pdf version of press release: http://hugin.info/130668/R/1377992/338677.pdf

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