ING Group: Progress on share buyback programme

Progress on share buyback programme

ING announced today that, as part of our €2.5 billion share buyback programme announced on 2 November 2023, the company repurchased 22,777,914 shares during the week of 27 November 2023 up to and including 1 December 2023.

The shares were repurchased at an average price of €12.78 for a total amount of €291,049,616.02. For detailed information on the daily repurchased shares, individual share purchase transactions and weekly reports, see the ING website at www.ing.com/investorrelations.

In line with the purpose of the programme to reduce the share capital of ING, the total number of shares repurchased under this programme to date is 93,562,112 ordinary shares at an average price of €12.53 for a total consideration of €1,172,310,567.38. To date approximately 46.89% of the maximum total value of the share buyback programme has been completed.

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