Interhyp AG (FRA:IYP): Final Acceptance Ratio For ING DIRECT Reaches 91.21
percent

Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin ASA.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    (Munich, 18 August  2008) With  the end of  the statutory  additionalacceptance period, which ran  until 13 August  2008, ING DIRECT  N.V.achieved a  final acceptance  ratio of  91.21 percent  with its  cashoffer of EUR 64 per Interhyp share - and thus the declared goal of  asolid majority  in  Interhyp AG.  Therewith,  the transaction  is  asannounced closed in the course of the third quarter 2008.ING DIRECT, the direct banking unit  of ING Group N.V., announced  on19 May 2008 that it would  submit a voluntary public takeover  offer.With a cash price of EUR 64 per share ING DIRECT had offered -  underconsideration of a  dividend amounting  to a  total of  EUR 4.10  pershare - a  42 per cent  premium over Interhyp's  Xetra closing  shareprice on 16 May 2008. The original acceptance period ran from 20 Junethrough 24 July 2008, the statutory additional acceptance period from31 July through 13 August 2008. Closing of this offer was not subjectto a minimum acceptance ratio. Interhyp's founders and Co-CEOs RobertHaselsteiner and Marcus Wolsdorf  supported the transaction from  thebeginning.About InterhypWith EUR  5.7 billion  in new  residential mortgage  volume in  2007,Interhyp is Germany's leading  residential mortgage broker.  Interhypcombines the power of the Internet with high quality mortgage advice.More than 250 mortgage consultants can choose independently among theproducts of more than 70  mortgage lenders to provide borrowers  withrates that are significantly below those of traditional  branch-basedretail banks. In addition to its direct channel, Interhyp offers faceto face advice in its offices in Augsburg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen,Cologne, Dortmund,  Dusseldorf, Essen,  Frankfurt, Hamburg,  Hanover,Karlsruhe,  Leipzig,  Mannheim,  Munich,  Nuremburg,  Stuttgart   andWiesbaden. Interhyp AG shares are listed at Frankfurt Stock  Exchange(SDAX) with the code IYP and the ISIN: DE 00005121701.Press contactChristian Kraus, SVP Corporate Communications, Telephone +49 89 20 307 13 01 --- End of Message ---Interhyp AGMarcel-Breuer-Str. 18 Munich GermanyWKN: 512170; ISIN: DE0005121701; Index: CDAX, CLASSIC All Share, Prime All Share, GEX, SDAX;Listed: Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;Interhyp AGhttp://www.interhyp.deISIN: DE0005121701Stock Identifier: XFRA.IYP