ING MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL - ING DIRECT Public Takeover Bid For Germany's Interhyp

ING Group (NYSE:ING) Dear all,

ING DIRECT N.V. announced today its plan to launch a public tender offer for Interhyp AG, Germany's largest independent residential mortgage distributor, at EUR 64 per share, valuing the company at EUR 416 million.

We would like to invite you to a Media Conference Call, hosted by Dick Harryvan, ING Group Executive Board member and CEO of ING DIRECT today at 11:45 am CET.

To participate in the call via the Q&A-mode, please dial the telephone number below 5 minutes before the start of the conference call:

From the Netherlands: +31 207 94 85 00 From Germany: +49 69 58 999 07 02 From the United Kingdom: +44 20 71 90 15 37

Kind regards,

Peter Jong Media Relations ING Group

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