2013-02-01 10:08:32 -
In the interest of stability in the Dutch financial sector, ING welcomes the
measures presented today by the Dutch Finance Ministry to nationalise SNS REAAL.
As a consequence of the arrangements made by the Dutch government, ING and the
other Dutch banks will be required to pay a one-time levy of EUR 1 billion in
2014. For ING, based on current limited information, this is estimated to result
in a charge of EUR 300-350 million.
ING Bank's core Tier 1 ratio remains strong. The levy is estimated to correspond
to an impact of approximately 12 basis points on ING Bank's core Tier 1 ratio
based on the 11.8% pro-forma core Tier 1 ratio as reported after the EUR 1.125
million repayment to the Dutch State in November 2012.
ING will
carefully assess further details on form, amount and timing of the levy
as they become available.
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ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin, offering banking,
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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including, without limitation, certain statements made of future expectations
and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's current
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could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from
those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual results, performance or
events 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
risks and uncertainties detailed in the risk factors section contained in the
most recent annual report of ING Groep N.V.
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date they are made, and, ING assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or for
any other reason. This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities.
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