· EBA stress test confirms strong capital position of ING Bank. Strong profit and capital generation enable balance sheet to absorb adverse shocks
· Under adverse stress test scenario the estimated consolidated Core Tier 1 capital ratio of ING would decline to 8.7% in 2012 compared to 9.6% as of end of 2010
· ING would remain well above hurdle rate of 5% Core Tier 1 ratio with surplus Core Tier 1 capital of EUR 14.8 billion in 2012.

ING Bank was subject to the 2011 EU-wide stress test conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA), in cooperation with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission (EC) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).

ING Bank notes the announcements made today by the EBA and DNB on the EU-wide stress test and fully acknowledges the outcomes of this exercise.

The EU-wide stress test, carried out across 90 banks covering over 65% of the EU banking system total assets, seeks to assess the resilience of European banks to severe shocks and their specific solvency to hypothetical stress events under certain restrictive conditions.

The assumptions and methodology were established to assess banks' capital adequacy against a 5% Core Tier 1 capital benchmark and are intended to restore confidence in the resilience of the banks tested. The adverse stress test scenario was set by the ECB and covers a two-year time horizon (2011-2012). The stress test has been carried out using a static balance sheet assumption as at December 2010. The stress test does not take into account future business strategies and management actions and is not a forecast of ING Bank profits.

As a result of the assumed shock, the estimated consolidated Core Tier 1 capital ratio of ING would change to 8.7% under the adverse scenario in 2012 compared to 9.6% as of end of 2010.

Details on the results observed for ING Bank:
The EU-wide stress test requires that the results and weaknesses identified, which will be disclosed to the market, are acted on to improve the resilience of the financial system. Following completion of the EU-wide stress test, the results determine that:

ING Bank meets the capital benchmark set out for the purpose of the stress test. The bank will continue to ensure that appropriate capital level must be maintained. In the adverse scenario, ING Bank remains well above this benchmark of 5% Core Tier 1 ratio with surplus Core Tier 1 capital of EUR 14.8 billion in 2012.

Following table as per EBA instructions
Results of the 2011 EBA EU-wide stress test: Summary (1-3)
Name of the bank: ING Bank N.V.
Actual results at 31 December 2010 million EUR, %
Operating profit before impairments 7.999
Impairment losses on financial and non-financial assets in the banking book
-2.332
Risk weighted assets (4) 321.103
Core Tier 1 capital (4) 30.895
Core Tier 1 capital ratio, % (4) 9,6%
Additional capital needed to reach a 5 % Core Tier 1 capital benchmark

Outcomes of the adverse scenario at 31 December 2012, excluding all mitigating actions taken in 2011
%
Core Tier 1 Capital ratio 8,7%

Outcomes of the adverse scenario at 31 December 2012, including recognised mitigating measures as of 30 April 2011
million EUR, %

2 yr cumulative operating profit before impairments 12.278
2 yr cumulative impairment losses on financial and non-financial assets in the banking book -8.276
2 yr cumulative losses from the stress in the trading book -1.052
of which valuation losses due to sovereign shock -237
Risk weighted assets 391.282
Core Tier 1 Capital 33.860
Core Tier 1 Capital ratio (%) 8,7%

Additional capital needed to reach a 5 % Core Tier 1 capital benchmark

Effects from the recognised mitigating measures put in place until 30 April 2011 (5)

Equity raisings announced and fully committed between 31 December 2010 and 30 April 2011 (CT1 million EUR)

Effect of government support publicly announced and fully committed in period from 31 December 2010 to 30 April 2011 on Core Tier 1 capital ratio (percentage points of CT1 ratio)

Effect of mandatory restructuring plans, publicly announced and fully committed in period from 31 December 2010 to 30 April 2011 on Core Tier 1 capital ratio (percentage points of CT1 ratio)

Additional taken or planned mitigating measures
percentage points contributing to capital ratio

Use of provisions and/or other reserves (including release of countercyclical provisions)

Divestments and other management actions taken by 30 April 2011

Other disinvestments and restructuring measures, including also future mandatory restructuring not yet approved with the EU Commission under the EU State Aid rules 0,7

Future planned issuances of common equity instruments (private issuances)

Future planned government subscriptions of capital instruments (including hybrids) -0,8

Other (existing and future) instruments recognised as appropriate back-stop measures by national supervisory authorities

Supervisory recognised capital ratio after all current and future mitigating actions as of 31 December 2012, % (6) 8,6%

Notes
(1) The stress test was carried using the EBA common methodology, which includes a static balance sheet assumption and incorporates regulatory transitional floors, where binding (see http://www.eba.europa.eu/EU-wide-stress-testing/2011.aspx for the details on the EBA methodology).

(2) All capital elements and ratios are presented in accordance with the EBA definition of Core Tier 1 capital set up for the purposes of the EU-wide stress test, and therefore may differ from the definitions used by national supervisory authorities and/or reported by institutions in public disclosures.

(3) Neither baseline scenario nor the adverse scenario and results of the stress test should in any way be construed as a bank's forecast or directly compared to bank's other published information.

(4) Full static balance sheet assumption excluding any mitigating management actions, mandatory restructuring or capital raisings post 31 December 2010 (all government support measures and capital raisings fully paid in before 31 December 2010 are included).

(5) Effects of capital raisings, government support and mandatory restructuring plans publicly announced and fully committed in period from 31 December 2010 to 30 April 2011, which are incorporated in the Core Tier 1 capital ratio reported as the outcome of the stress test.

(6) The supervisory recognised capital ratio computed on the basis of additional mitigating measures presented in this section. The ratio is based primarily on the EBA definition, but may include other mitigating measures not recognised by the EBA methodology as having impacts in the Core Tier 1 capital, but which are considered by the national supervisory authorities as appropriate mitigating measures for the stressed conditions. Where applicable, such measures are explained in the additional announcements issued by banks/national supervisory authorities. Details of all mitigating measures are presented in the worksheet "3 - Mitigating measures).