Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
September 04 2015 - 6:06AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For 4 September, 2015
Commission File Number 1-14642
ING Groep N.V.
Bijlmerplein 888
1102 MG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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This Report contains a copy of the following:
The Press Release issued on 4 September, 2015
Change in ING Supervisory Board
ING announced today that Carin Gorter has resigned as a Member of the Supervisory Board
of ING Group, following the proposal to appoint her as Chief Risk Officer at Rabobank. Carin Gorter was appointed to the ING Group
Supervisory Board in May 2013. Within the Supervisory Board she was a member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the
Corporate Governance Committee.
In the same context, Bas Brouwers will leave his position as CFO in the management
team of ING Netherlands, following his proposed appointment as Chief Financial Officer at Rabobank. Both Carin Gorter and Bas
Brouwers will observe a 'cooling down' period before starting at their new employer.
"We understand and appreciate the opportunity
offered to Carin Gorter and Bas Brouwers. We want to thank them for their contribution to ING and wish them well in their new
positions," said Jeroen van der Veer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ING Group.
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ING Profile
ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base,
offering banking services through its operating company ING Bank and holding a significant stake in the listed insurer NN Group
NV. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank's more than 52,000 employees
offer retail and commercial banking services to customers in over 40 countries.
ING Group shares are listed (in the form of depositary receipts) on
the exchanges of Amsterdam (INGA NA, ING.AS), Brussels and on the New York Stock Exchange (ADRs: ING US, ING.N).
Sustainability forms an integral part of ING's corporate strategy,
which is evidenced by ING Group shares being included in the FTSE4Good index and in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Europe
and World) where ING is the industry leader in the diversified financials group.
Important legal information
Certain of the statements contained in this document are not historical
facts, including, without limitation, certain statements made of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that
are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that 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) ING's implementation of the restructuring
plan as agreed with the European Commission, (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.
Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of ING speak only
as of the 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. |
PDF version of press release: http://hugin.info/130668/R/1949743/708702.pdf
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