Company: INGVF
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-056511
Chunk: 170

Company: ING GROEP NV
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: 424B5
Chunk 170
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 the appointment of the external auditor; |

| · |     | an amendment of the Articles of Association, a legal merger or division of ING Groep N.V., and winding-up of ING Groep 
 N.V., all subject to a proposal made by the Executive Board with approval by the Supervisory Board;                    |

| · |     | the issuance of shares or rights to subscribe for shares, the restriction or exclusion of pre-emptive rights of                                                    
 shareholders, and delegation of these powers to the Executive Board, subject to a proposal by the Executive Board that has been approved by the Supervisory Board; |

| · |     | the authorization of a repurchase of outstanding shares and/or a cancellation of shares. In addition, the approval of the general meeting is required for 
 Executive Board decisions that would be expected to have a material effect on the identity or nature of ING Groep N.V. or its enterprise.                 |

Reporting Resolutions adopted at a general meeting are generally published on the website of ING Group (www.ing.com) within one week following the meeting. In accordance with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, the draft minutes of the general meeting are made available to shareholders on the website of ING Group (www.ing.com) no later than three months after the meeting. Shareholders may react to the draft minutes in the -72-

following three months, after which the final minutes are adopted by the chairman of the meeting in question and by a shareholder appointed by that meeting. The final minutes are made available on the website of ING Group (www.ing.com). By exception to the provisions of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, shareholders will not have the opportunity to react to the minutes of a general meeting if a notarial report of the meeting is made, as this would be in conflict with laws applicable to such notarial report. Capital and shares Capital structure The authorized capital of ING Groep N.V. consists of ordinary shares and cumulative preference shares. Currently, only ordinary shares are issued, while a call option to acquire cumulative preference shares has been granted to the ING Continuity Foundation (Stichting Continuïteit ING). The acquisition of cumulative preference shares pursuant to the call option is subject to the restriction that, immediately after the issuance of cumulative preference shares, the total amount of cumulative preference shares outstanding may not exceed one third of the total issued share capital of ING Group. The purpose of this call option is to protect the independence, continuity and identity of ING Group