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ING announced today the release of the 2012 Annual Report of ING Group providing
extensive information on the company, its strategy, businesses, financial
performance and governance. ING also published the 2012 'ING in Society' Report
today, highlighting progress, achievements and priorities in the area of social
and environmental responsibility and describing the sustainability policies and
practices that are most material to ING's business as a financial services
provider.

The Corporate Governance section in the Annual Report includes information on
changes in the Supervisory Board and an update on the composition of the
Executive Board, both in the context of the upcoming 2013 annual General Meeting
(AGM) which is scheduled for 13 May 2013.

Piet Klaver has decided to resign from the Supervisory Board at the AGM. Piet
Klaver was appointed to the   Supervisory Board at the 2006 AGM and was
reappointed in 2010. He will resign because other commitments are increasingly
demanding his time and attention. "I want to thank Piet Klaver for his very
valuable contributions during his many years on the Supervisory Board and wish
him well for the future," said Jeroen van der Veer, chairman of the Supervisory
Board of ING Group.

Lodewijk de Waal has decided not to apply for reappointment at the AGM. Lodewijk
de Waal was appointed to the Supervisory Board at the 2009 AGM as one of the two
state nominees in the context of the financial support the Dutch State extended
to ING. "I want to express my gratitude to Lodewijk de Waal for his important
contributions to ING, especially in light of the special and delicate position
he had as a state nominee. We wish him well for the future," said Jeroen van der
Veer.

Tineke Bahlmann is recommended for reappointment  at the 2013 AGM by the Dutch
State. She was also appointed to the Supervisory Board at the 2009 AGM as one of
the two state nominees. The Dutch State has indicated not to use its right to
recommend a second candidate for appointment as a member of the Supervisory
Board at this moment.

With regard to the composition of the Executive Board, the Supervisory Board
will propose to the AGM to reappoint Patrick Flynn as a member of the Executive
Board for a consecutive period of four years. Patrick Flynn was appointed tot
the Executive Board at the 2009 AGM and has since served as chief financial
officer of ING Group.

As announced on 22 February 2013, the Supervisory Board will propose to appoint
Ralph Hamers as a member of the Executive Board per the AGM. At 1 October 2013,
Ralph Hamers will succeed Jan Hommen as chairman of the Executive Board and CEO.
In that context the Supervisory Board will propose to the AGM to reappoint Jan
Hommen for the period until 1 October 2013.

The full proxy materials relating to the AGM on 13 May 2013 will be made
available on the ING website (www.ing.com) as of 28 March 2013.

The Annual Report of ING Groep N.V. as well as the Annual Reports of ING Bank
N.V. and ING Verzekeringen N.V. (ING Insurance) are available on the ING website
(www.ing.com/annualreports). The printed version of the ING Group Annual Report
in English will be available as of 4 April 2013.

ING will also today file its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31
December 2012 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The 2012 Form 20-F can be downloaded as of later today from the SEC website
(www.sec.gov) and at www.ing.com.


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investments, life insurance and retirement services to meet the needs of a broad
customer base. Going forward, we will concentrate on our position as an
international retail, direct and commercial bank, while creating an optimal base
for an independent future for our insurance and investment management operations


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without limitation, certain statements made of future expectations and other
forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and
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may differ materially from those in such statements due to, without limitation:
(1) changes in general economic conditions, in particular economic conditions in
ING's core markets, (2) changes in performance of financial markets, including
developing markets, (3) consequences of a potential (partial) break-up of the
euro, (4) the implementation of ING's restructuring plan to separate banking and
insurance operations, (5) 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, (6) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (7)
changes affecting mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (8) changes
affecting persistency levels, (9) changes affecting interest rate levels, (10)
changes affecting currency exchange rates, (11) changes in investor, customer
and policyholder behaviour, (12) changes in general competitive factors, (13)
changes in laws and regulations, (14) changes in the policies of governments
and/or regulatory authorities, (15) conclusions with regard to purchase
accounting assumptions and methodologies, (16) changes in ownership that could
affect the future availability to us of net operating loss, net capital and
built-in loss carry forwards, (17) changes in credit-ratings, (18) ING's ability
to achieve projected operational synergies and (19) the other risk factors and
uncertainties detailed in the Risk Factors section contained in the most recent
annual report of ING Groep N.V.
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