Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

 
  

ING GROEP N.V., 
 Issuer 

and 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
LONDON BRANCH, 
 Trustee 
  

 
 FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of March 29, 2017 
  

 
 To the Senior
Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2017, 
 Between ING Groep N.V. 

and 
 The Bank of New York Mellon,
London Branch, Trustee 
 $1,500,000,000 3.150% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2022 

$1,500,000,000 3.950% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2027 

$1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022 
  

 
  

 ING GROEP N.V. 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and Indenture, as supplemented by this First
Supplemental Indenture, each dated as of March 29, 2017. 
  

					
	 Trust Indenture Act Section
	  	 Indenture Section

			
	§310	 	 (a)(1)
	  	6.09
		 	 (a)(2)
	  	6.09
		 	 (a)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (a)(4)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (b)
	  	 6.08
 6.10

	§311	 	 (a)
	  	6.13
		 	 (b)
	  	6.13
	§312	 	 (a)
	  	 7.01
 7.02(a)

		 	 (b)
	  	7.02(b)
		 	 (c)
	  	7.02(c)
	§313	 	 (a)
	  	7.03(a)
		 	 (b)
	  	7.03(a)
		 	 (c)
	  	1.06,7.03(a)
		 	 (d)
	  	7.03(b)
	§314	 	 (a)
	  	7.04, 10.06
		 	 (b)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (c)(1)
	  	1.02
		 	 (c)(2)
	  	1.02
		 	 (c)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (d)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (e)
	  	1.02
		 	 (f)
	  	Not Applicable
	§315	 	 (a)
	  	6.01, 6.03
		 	 (b)
	  	6.02
		 	 (c)
	  	5.04, 6.01
		 	 (d)(1)
	  	6.01, 6.03
		 	 (d)(2)
	  	6.01, 6.03
		 	 (d)(3)
	  	6.01, 6.03
		 	 (e)
	  	5.14
	§316	 	 (a)(1)(A)
	  	5.02, 5.12
		 	 (a)(1)(B)
	  	5.13
		 	 (a)(2)
	  	Not Applicable
		 	 (a)(last sentence)
	  	1.01
		 	 (b)
	  	5.08
	§317	 	 (a)(1)
	  	5.03
		 	 (a)(2)
	  	5.04
		 	 (b)
	  	10.03
	§318	 	 (a)
	  	1.07

 NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this First Supplemental Indenture or
the Base Indenture. Section references are to Base Indenture. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

									
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	ARTICLE I	 
	
	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	 
				
	 Section 1.01
	  		  	 Definitions
	  	 	1	 
	 Section 1.02
	  		  	 Effect of Headings
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 1.03
	  		  	 Separability Clause
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 1.04
	  		  	 Benefits of Instrument
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 1.05
	  		  	 Relation to Base Indenture
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 1.06
	  		  	 Construction and Interpretation
	  	 	4	 
	
	ARTICLE II	 
	
	FORM AND TERMS OF THE SECURITIES; INTEREST AND PAYMENTS	 
				
	 Section 2.01
	  		  	 Establishment of Securities; Form and Certain Terms of Securities
	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.02
	  		  	 Interest
	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.03
	  		  	 Determination of Interest Calculation Agent
	  	 	6	 
	
	ARTICLE III	 
	
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	 
				
	 Section 3.01
	  		  	 Effectiveness
	  	 	6	 
	 Section 3.02
	  		  	 Original Issue
	  	 	6	 
	 Section 3.03
	  		  	 Ratification and Integral Part
	  	 	6	 
	 Section 3.04
	  		  	 Priority
	  	 	6	 
	 Section 3.05
	  		  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	 	6	 
	 Section 3.06
	  		  	 Counterparts
	  	 	7	 
	 Section 3.07
	  		  	 Governing Law
	  	 	7	 
				
	 EXHIBIT A-1
	  	 –
	  	 Form of 2022 Note
	  			
	 EXHIBIT A-2
	  	 –
	  	 Form of 2027 Notes
	  			
	 EXHIBIT A-3
	  	 –
	  	 Form of Floating Rate Note
	  			

  
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 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of
March 29, 2017 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”) between ING GROEP N.V., a holding company duly organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands (herein called the “Company”), having
its corporate seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and its principal office at Bijlmerplein 888, 1102 MG Amsterdam, P.O. Box 1800, 100 BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at One Canada Square, London E14
5AL, United Kingdom, to the SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES INDENTURE, dated as of March 29, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee, as amended from time to time (the “Base
Indenture” and, together with this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). 
 RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY 
 The Company and the Trustee are parties to the Base Indenture, which provides
for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Senior Debt Securities in one or more series. 
 Section 9.01(f) of the Base
Indenture permits supplements thereto without the consent of Holders of Senior Debt Securities to establish the form or terms of Senior Debt Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture. 

As contemplated by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company intends to issue three new series of Senior Debt Securities to be
known as the Company’s “$1,500,000,000 3.150% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2022” (the “2022 Notes”), the Company’s “$1,500,000,000 3.950% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2027” (the “2027
Notes” and, together with the 2022 Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes”) and the Company’s “$1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022” (the “Floating Rate Notes” and, together with the Fixed Rate
Notes, the “Securities”) under the Indenture. 
 The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION 
 Section 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires, all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Base Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture. The following terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture have the following
respective meanings with respect to the Securities only: 
 “Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in
the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Business Day” means any day other than a
Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in London, England, Amsterdam, the Netherlands or in the City of New York, United States. 

 “Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, London
Branch, or its successor appointed by the Company pursuant to the Calculation Agent Agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, dated as of the date hereof. 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture, and includes
any successor entity. 
 “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

 “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b). 

“Floating Rate Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b). 

“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture. 

“Interest Determination Date” means March 27, 2017 in respect of the first Interest Period and,
thereafter, the second London banking day preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date. 
 “Initial Floating Rate
Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b). 
 “Interest Period” means the period
from and including a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date or a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, as applicable, (or the Issue Date, in the case of the initial Interest Period) to but excluding the next succeeding Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date or
Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, as applicable. 
 “Interest Reset Date” means every March 29,
June 29, September 29 and December 29 in each year, commencing on June 29, 2017; provided that the Floating Rate Interest Rate in effect from (and including) March 29, 2017 to, but excluding, the first Interest Reset Date
will be equal to the Initial Floating Rate Interest Rate. If any Interest Reset Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if that Business Day
falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Reset Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. 

“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 

“LIBOR” means the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of
three months commencing on the related Interest Reset Date that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date. If no such rate appears, then LIBOR, in respect of the relevant Interest
Determination Date, will be determined in accordance with the following provisions. With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which no rate appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of
each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected and identified by the Issuer, to provide its offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three months,
commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in
U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, then LIBOR on that Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the fourth decimal place with 0.00005 being rounded upwards) of
those quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, then LIBOR on the Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates (as communicated to the Calculation Agent at its request) at which the reference banks were offered
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three months, commencing on the relevant Interest Rest Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time, by leading banks in the London inter-bank market. If at least two such rates are so provided, LIBOR on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the
fourth decimal place with 0.00005 being rounded 

  
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upwards) of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are provided, then LIBOR on the Interest Determination date will be the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three
months, commencing on the related Interest Payment Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time (or arithmetic mean of such rates, rounded as provided above, if more than
one rate is provided), at which, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, any one or more banks (which bank or banks is or are in the opinion of the Issuer suitable for such purpose) informs the Calculation
Agent it is quoting to leading banks in the London inter-bank market. If LIBOR cannot be determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, LIBOR on such Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the
immediately preceding Interest Determination Date. 
 “Margin” means 1.15% per annum. 

“Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01. 

“Regular Record Date” means the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (or, if the
Securities are issued in the form of definitive Securities, the fifteenth (15th) Business Day preceding each Interest Payment Date). 

“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 or any page as may replace such
page on such service (or any successor service) for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks for U.S. dollars. 

“Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 1.02 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 1.03 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this First Supplemental
Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 1.04 Benefits of Instrument. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give
to any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture. 

Section 1.05 Relation to Base Indenture. This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of
the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this First Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of 

  
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the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Senior Debt Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be
deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Securities. 
 Section 1.06
Construction and Interpretation. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
 the words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this First Supplemental Indenture, refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this First Supplemental Indenture;

 the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa; 

references herein to a specific Section, Article or Exhibit refer to Sections or Articles of, or an Exhibit to, this First Supplemental
Indenture; 
 wherever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this First Supplemental
Indenture, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” 
 references to a Person are also to its
successors and permitted assigns; 
 the use of “or” is not intended to be exclusive unless expressly indicated otherwise; and

 references to any act or statute or any provision of any act or statute shall be deemed also to refer to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof or any statutory instrument, order or regulation made thereunder or under such modification or re-enactment. 

ARTICLE II 
 FORM
AND TERMS OF THE SECURITIES; INTEREST AND PAYMENTS 

Section 2.01 Establishment of Securities; Form and Certain Terms of
Securities. 
 There are hereby established three new series of Senior Debt Securities under the Base Indenture entitled the
“$1,500,000,000 3.150% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2022”, the “$1,500,000,000 3.950% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2027” and the “$1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022.” The 2022 Notes, 2027 Notes and
Floating Rate Notes shall be executed and delivered in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2 and Exhibit
A-3, respectively. The Securities shall be initially issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. The Company hereby designates DTC as the Depositary for the Securities. 

The Company shall issue the 2022 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000, the 2027 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of
$1,500,000,000 and the Floating Rate Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000 on March 29, 2017 (the “Issue Date”). The Company may issue additional Securities from time to time after the Issue Date in the
manner and to the extent permitted by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture. 
 Principal shall be payable on March 29, 2022 in
respect of the 2022 Notes, March 29, 2027 in respect of the 2027 Notes and March 29, 2022 in respect of the Floating Rate Notes (each such date a “Maturity Date”). The Securities shall not have a sinking fund and are not
redeemable at the option of the Holders. 

  
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 Interest shall be payable on the Securities as provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 and Additional
Amounts shall be payable in respect of the Securities in accordance with Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture. 
 The Company hereby
appoints the Trustee, acting through its office at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, to act as Paying Agent for the Securities. 
 The
Securities shall be subject to the Dutch Bail-In Power as provided in Section 12.01 of the Base Indenture. 

The Securities constitute the unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking pari passu without any preference among
themselves and equally with all of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations from time to time outstanding, save as otherwise provided by law. 

The events of default and remedies with respect to the Securities shall be limited as provided in Article 5 of the Base Indenture. 

The Securities shall be issued in denominations of $200,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

Section 2.02 Interest. 

(a) The interest rate on the 2022 Notes shall be 3.150% per annum. The interest rate on the 2027 Notes shall be
3.950% per annum. Interest on the principal amount of each Fixed Rate Notes shall be payable semiannually in arrear on March 29 and September 29 of each year (each, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”),
commencing on September 29, 2017, and shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each. If any scheduled Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, interest
shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date. If the Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment is not a
Business Day, interest and principal and/or any amount payable upon redemption of the Fixed Rate Notes shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after such Maturity
Date or date of redemption or repayment. The first date on which interest may be paid in respect of the Fixed Rate Notes will be September 29, 2017 for the period commencing on (and including) March 29, 2017, and ending on (but excluding)
September 29, 2017. 
 (b) The interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes for the first Interest Period shall be equal to
LIBOR, as determined on March 27, 2017, plus the Margin (the “Initial Floating Rate Interest Rate”). Thereafter, the interest rate for the Floating Rate Notes shall be LIBOR, as determined on the applicable Interest
Determination Date, plus the Margin (the “Floating Rate Interest Rate”). The Floating Rate Interest Rate shall be reset quarterly on each Interest Reset Date. Interest on the principal amount of each Floating Rate Note shall be
payable quarterly in arrear on March 29, June 29, September 29 and December 29 of each year (each, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 29, 2017, and shall be computed on the basis of
the actual number of days in each interest period and a year of 360 days. If any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, other than the Maturity Date, is not a Business Day, the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next
succeeding Business Day, except that if that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date or date of redemption

  
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or repayment is not a Business Day, interest and principal and/or any amount payable upon redemption of the Floating Rate Notes shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest
on that payment shall not accrue during the period from and after such Maturity Date or date of redemption or repayment. The first date on which interest may be paid in respect of the Floating Rate Notes will be June 29, 2017 for the period
commencing on (and including) March 29, 2017 and ending on (but excluding) June 29, 2017. 
 Section 2.03
Determination of Calculation Agent. All determinations and calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the Securities, the Company and the Trustee, absent manifest error.

 ARTICLE III 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 3.01 Effectiveness. This First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon its execution and delivery. 

Section 3.02 Original Issue. The Securities may, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the
Company and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall, upon delivery of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in such Company Order provided. 

Section 3.03 Ratification and Integral Part. The Base Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental
Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, including without limitation all the rights, immunities and indemnities of the Trustee, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed an integral part of the Base Indenture in the manner
and to the extent herein and therein provided. 
 Section 3.04 Priority. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part
of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Securities and subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Base
Indenture to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith. 
 Section 3.05 Successors and Assigns. All
covenants and agreements in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

  
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 Section 3.06 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

Section 3.07 Governing Law. This First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions in the Securities, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with, Dutch law. 

ARTICLE IV 
 DUTCH
BAIL-IN POWER 
 Section 4.01 Agreement
with Respect to Exercise of Dutch Bail-in Power. 

(a) Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the
Securities, by acquiring any Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In
Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority that may result in the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities and/or the conversion of all, or a portion of, the principal amount of, or
interest on, the Securities into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person, including by means of a variation to the terms of the Securities or any expropriation of the Securities, in each case to give effect
to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of such Dutch Bail-In Power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of
Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, so as to give effect to, the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. In
addition, by acquiring any Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of any power to suspend any
payment in respect of the Securities for a temporary period. 
 (b) By its acquisition of the Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner:

 (i) acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the
Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities shall give rise to a default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; 

(ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to
initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities; 

(iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by
the Relevant Resolution Authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities under Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture and (b) the Indenture shall impose no
duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. If Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities have given a

  
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direction to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture prior to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution
Authority, such direction shall cease to be of further effect upon such exercise of any Dutch Bail-in Power and shall become null and void at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the
completion of the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities, the Securities remain outstanding, then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture
shall remain applicable with respect to the Securities following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the Base Indenture; and 

(iv) (i) consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power as it may be imposed
without any prior notice by the Relevant Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Securities and (ii) authorizes, directs and requests DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through
which it holds the Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power with respect to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further
action or direction on the part of such Holder and such Beneficial Owner or the Trustee. 
 (c) No repayment of the principal amount of the
Securities or payment of interest on the Securities shall become due and payable after the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority unless such repayment or payment would be
permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of The Netherlands and the European Union applicable to the Company. 

(d) Upon the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to
the Securities, the Company shall provide a written notice of such event to DTC (if the Securities are then held by DTC in the form of Global Securities) for the purposes of notifying Holders of Securities of such occurrence, with a copy to the
Trustee for information purposes, as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power. 

(e) The Company’s obligations to indemnify and reimburse the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture hereof
shall survive any exercise of the Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Senior Debt Securities, but shall be subject to Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture. 

(a) The exercise of the Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the
Securities shall not constitute an Event of Default or a Default. 
 (f) Each Holder and Beneficial Owner that acquires its Securities or
any interest therein other than upon the initial issuance of the Securities shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture and any amendment thereof to the
same extent as the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of
the Securities, including in relation to the provisions contained in Article 5 of the Base Indenture and this Section 4.01. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the day and year above written. 
  

					
	ING GROEP N.V.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ K.I.D. Tuinstra

		 	Name:	 	K.I.D. Tuinstra
		
	By:	 	 /s/ P.G. van der Linde

		 	Name:	 	P.G. van der Linde
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS TRUSTEE
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Marco Thuo

		 	Name:	 	Marco Thuo
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 Signature Page to the First Supplemental Indenture 

 Exhibit A-1 

Form of Security 
 [THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CHANGE IN LAW OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL RULING TO THE CONTRARY, THE HOLDER AGREES TO CHARACTERIZE THIS
SECURITY FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS PROVIDED ON THE FACE OF THIS SECURITY.] 
 ING GROEP N.V. 

3.150% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2022 
  

			
	No. [    ]	  	$500,000,000                    

 CUSIP NO. 456837AG8 

ISIN NO. US456837AG88 
 ING GROEP
N.V., a holding company duly organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to                 , or registered assigns, the principal sum of $            
(                 Dollars), on March 29, 2022, and to pay interest thereon from March 29, 2017 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrear on March 29 and September 29 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on September 29, 2017 at the rate of 3.150% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each. 

The interest so payable, and paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (whether or not
a Business Day). 
 Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. If any payment of principal of or interest on this Security is scheduled to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day, payment may be made on the following day without adjustment. 
 This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions referred to herein and in Section 5.06(c) of the Base Indenture, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with,
Dutch law. 

 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A
DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE NETHERLANDS. 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, directly or through an
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	ING GROEP N.V.
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:

 Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the Indenture. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH
		 		 		 	As Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 (Reverse of Security) 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities” and each, a
“Security”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under and governed by the Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2017 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29,
2017 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Insofar as the provisions of the Indenture may conflict with the provisions set forth in this Security, the former shall control for purposes of this Security. 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited to a principal amount of $1,500,000,000, which amount may be
increased at the option of the Company without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this Series. References herein to “this series” mean the series designated on the face hereof. 

This Security may be redeemed in certain circumstances at the option of the Company as set forth in the Indenture. 

Subject to applicable law, neither any Holder nor Beneficial Owner of this Security may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company in respect of or arising under, or in connection with, this Security or the Indenture and each Holder and Beneficial Owner of
this Security, by virtue of its holding of this Security shall be deemed to have waived all such rights of set-off, compensation or retention. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts due and payable to
any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security by the Company in respect of, or arising under, this Security or the Indenture are discharged by set-off, such Holder or Beneficial Owner shall, subject to
applicable law, immediately pay an amount equal to the amount of such discharge to the Company (or, in the event of its winding-up or administration, the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case
may be) and, until such time as payment is made, shall hold an amount equal to such amount in trust or otherwise for the Company (or the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case may be) and, accordingly, any such discharge shall be
deemed not to have taken place. By its acquisition of this Security, each Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to be bound by these provisions relating to waiver of set-off. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default (as defined
below) occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Security, together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall become immediately due and payable, without the need of any further action on the part of the Holder of this Security;
provided that the Holder’s right to receive payment upon acceleration of the outstanding principal amount of this Security shall be subject to the Company’s obtaining the permission of the Relevant Resolution Authority and/or
Competent Authority, as appropriate, as set forth in Section 11.09 of the Base Indenture, provided that at the relevant time and in the relevant circumstances such permission is required. For the avoidance of doubt, no failure by the Company to
pay any interest when due or to comply with any other term, obligation or condition binding upon the Company under this Security or the Indenture shall entitle the Holder to accelerate the principal amount of this Security. 

“Event of Default,” means (a) the Company is declared bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction in The Netherlands
(or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized), or (b) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the Company, unless such order is made
or such resolution is passed in relation to a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (i) that is permitted pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture or (ii) with respect to which Holders of the Securities have, pursuant to
Section 10.07 of the Base Indenture, waived the requirement of the Company to comply with Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture in connection with such merger, consolidation or other transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of
the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority shall not be an Event of Default. 
 As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of this series then Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Default as Trustee and offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole
discretion against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series then Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. 

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in this Security, nothing shall impair the right of a Holder of this Security under the Trust
Indenture Act, absent such Holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but unpaid with respect to this Security. 
 As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any
place where the principal of this Security is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

This Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. 

  
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 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to
due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 All terms
used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 By acquiring the
Securities, the Holder and each Beneficial Owner of this Security, or any interest therein, acknowledges and agrees with and for the benefit of the Company and the Trustee as follows: 

 

	 	(i)	Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner: 

  

	 	(a)	notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company and such Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities
or any interest therein acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority that may result in the reduction or
cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities and/or the conversion of all, or a portion of, the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person, including by means of a variation to the terms of the Securities or any expropriation of the Securities, in each case to give effect to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of such Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities are subject to, and will be
varied, if necessary, so as to give effect to, the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. In addition, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of
Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of any power to suspend any payment in respect of the Securities for a temporary period;

  

	 	(b)	acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities shall give rise to a default for purposes
of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; 

  

	 	(c)	 to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not
to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee 

  
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takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect
to the Securities; 

  

	 	(d)	acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further
directions from Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities under Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture and (b) the Indenture shall impose no duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. If Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities have given a direction to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture hereof prior to the
exercise of any Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, such direction shall cease to be of further effect upon such exercise of any Dutch Bail-in
Power and shall become null and void at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to
the Securities, the Securities remain outstanding, then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Securities following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the First Supplemental Indenture; and 

  

	 	(e)	(i) consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the Relevant Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Securities and (ii)
authorizes, directs and requests DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds the Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power with respect
to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder and such Beneficial Owner or the Trustee. 

  

	 	(ii)	Subsequent Investors’ Agreement. Holders or Beneficial Owners of Securities that acquire them in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions
specified herein to the same extent as the Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and
consent to the terms of the Securities, including in relation to the Dutch Bail-in Power and the limitations on remedies specified in the Base Indenture. 

 

	 	(iii)	Waiver of Claims. Such Holder or Beneficial Owner unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to each and every provision of the Indenture and this Security and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act and any other applicable law, any and all claims against the Trustee arising out of its acceptance of its trusteeship for the Securities. 

  

	 	(iv)	Successors and Assigns. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by the Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators,
trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of such Holder or Beneficial Owner. 

  
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 Exhibit A-2 

Form of Security 
 [THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CHANGE IN LAW OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL RULING TO THE CONTRARY, THE HOLDER AGREES TO CHARACTERIZE THIS
SECURITY FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS PROVIDED ON THE FACE OF THIS SECURITY.] 
 ING GROEP N.V. 

3.950% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2027 
  

			
	No. [    ]	  	$500,000,000                    

CUSIP NO. 456837AH6 
 ISIN NO.
US456837AH61 
 ING GROEP N.V., a holding company duly organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands (herein called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
                , or registered assigns, the principal sum of $            
(                 Dollars), on March 29, 2027, and to pay interest thereon from March 29, 2017 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrear on March 29 and September 29 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on September 29, 2017 at the rate of 3.950% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (30) days each. 

The interest so payable, and paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (whether or not
a Business Day). 
 Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. If any payment of principal of or interest on this Security is scheduled to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day, payment may be made on the following day without adjustment. 
 This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions referred to herein and in Section 5.06(c) of the Base Indenture, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with,
Dutch law. 

 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A
DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE NETHERLANDS. 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, directly or through an
Authenticating Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	ING GROEP N.V.
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:
		 		 		 	Title:

 Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the Indenture. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH
		 		 		 	As Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 (Reverse of Security) 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities” and each, a
“Security”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under and governed by the Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2017 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29,
2017 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Insofar as the provisions of the Indenture may conflict with the provisions set forth in this Security, the former shall control for purposes of this Security. 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited to a principal amount of $1,500,000,000, which amount may be
increased at the option of the Company without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this Series. References herein to “this series” mean the series designated on the face hereof. 

This Security may be redeemed in certain circumstances at the option of the Company as set forth in the Indenture. 

Subject to applicable law, neither any Holder nor Beneficial Owner of this Security may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company in respect of or arising under, or in connection with, this Security or the Indenture and each Holder and Beneficial Owner of
this Security, by virtue of its holding of this Security shall be deemed to have waived all such rights of set-off, compensation or retention. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts due and payable to
any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security by the Company in respect of, or arising under, this Security or the Indenture are discharged by set-off, such Holder or Beneficial Owner shall, subject to
applicable law, immediately pay an amount equal to the amount of such discharge to the Company (or, in the event of its winding-up or administration, the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case
may be) and, until such time as payment is made, shall hold an amount equal to such amount in trust or otherwise for the Company (or the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case may be) and, accordingly, any such discharge shall be
deemed not to have taken place. By its acquisition of this Security, each Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to be bound by these provisions relating to waiver of set-off. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default (as defined
below) occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Security, together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall become immediately due and payable, without the need of any further action on the part of the Holder of this Security;
provided that the Holder’s right to receive payment upon acceleration of the outstanding principal amount of this Security shall be subject to the Company’s obtaining the permission of the Relevant Resolution Authority and/or
Competent Authority, as appropriate, as set forth in Section 11.09 of the Base Indenture, provided that at the relevant time and in the relevant circumstances such permission is required. For the avoidance of doubt, no failure by the Company to
pay any interest when due or to comply with any other term, obligation or condition binding upon the Company under this Security or the Indenture shall entitle the Holder to accelerate the principal amount of this Security. 

“Event of Default,” means (a) the Company is declared bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction in The Netherlands
(or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized), or (b) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the Company, unless such order is made
or such resolution is passed in relation to a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (i) that is permitted pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture or (ii) with respect to which Holders of the Securities have, pursuant to
Section 10.07 of the Base Indenture, waived the requirement of the Company to comply with Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture in connection with such merger, consolidation or other transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of
the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority shall not be an Event of Default. 
 As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of this series then Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Default as Trustee and offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole
discretion against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series then Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. 

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in this Security, nothing shall impair the right of a Holder of this Security under the Trust
Indenture Act, absent such Holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but unpaid with respect to this Security. 
 As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any
place where the principal of this Security is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

This Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. 

  
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 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to
due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 All terms
used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 By acquiring the
Securities, the Holder and each Beneficial Owner of this Security, or any interest therein, acknowledges and agrees with and for the benefit of the Company and the Trustee as follows: 

 

	 	(v)	Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner: 

  

	 	(a)	notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company and such Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities
or any interest therein acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority that may result in the reduction or
cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities and/or the conversion of all, or a portion of, the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person, including by means of a variation to the terms of the Securities or any expropriation of the Securities, in each case to give effect to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of such Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities are subject to, and will be
varied, if necessary, so as to give effect to, the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. In addition, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of
Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of any power to suspend any payment in respect of the Securities for a temporary period;

  

	 	(b)	acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities shall give rise to a default for purposes
of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; 

  

	 	(c)	 to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not
to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee 

  
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takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect
to the Securities; 

  

	 	(d)	acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further
directions from Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities under Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture and (b) the Indenture shall impose no duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. If Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities have given a direction to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture hereof prior to the
exercise of any Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, such direction shall cease to be of further effect upon such exercise of any Dutch Bail-in
Power and shall become null and void at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to
the Securities, the Securities remain outstanding, then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Securities following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the First Supplemental Indenture; and 

  

	 	(e)	(i) consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the Relevant Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Securities and
(ii) authorizes, directs and requests DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds the Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power with respect to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder and such Beneficial Owner or the Trustee. 

 

	 	(vi)	Subsequent Investors’ Agreement. Holders or Beneficial Owners of Securities that acquire them in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions
specified herein to the same extent as the Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and
consent to the terms of the Securities, including in relation to the Dutch Bail-in Power and the limitations on remedies specified in the Base Indenture. 

 

	 	(vii)	Waiver of Claims. Such Holder or Beneficial Owner unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to each and every provision of the Indenture and this Security and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act and any other applicable law, any and all claims against the Trustee arising out of its acceptance of its trusteeship for the Securities. 

  

	 	(viii)	Successors and Assigns. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by the Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators,
trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of such Holder or Beneficial Owner. 

  
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 Exhibit A-3 

Form of Security 
 [THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CHANGE IN LAW OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL RULING TO THE CONTRARY, THE HOLDER AGREES TO CHARACTERIZE THIS
SECURITY FOR ALL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS PROVIDED ON THE FACE OF THIS SECURITY.] 
 ING GROEP N.V. 

Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022 
  

			
	No. [    ]	  	$500,000,000                    

CUSIP NO. 456837AJ2 
 ISIN NO.
US456837AJ28 
 ING GROEP N.V., a holding company duly organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands (herein called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
                , or registered assigns, the principal sum of $            
(                 Dollars), on March 29, 2022, and to pay interest thereon from March 29, 2017 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrear on March 29, June 29, September 29 and December 29 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 29, 2017, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in each Interest Period and a year of 360 days. 

The interest rate on the Securities for the first Interest Period (as defined on the reverse of this Security) will be LIBOR (as defined on
the reverse of this Security), as determined on March 27, 2017, plus 1.15% per annum. Thereafter, the interest rate on the Securities for any Interest Period will be LIBOR, as determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (as defined
on the reverse of this Security), plus 1.15% per annum. The interest rate on the Securities will be reset quarterly on each Interest Reset Date (as defined on the reverse of this Security). 

The interest so payable and paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (whether or not
a Business Day). 
 Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. If any payment of principal of or interest on this Security is scheduled to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day, payment may be made on the following day without adjustment. 

 This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, except for the waiver of set-off provisions referred to herein and in Section 5.06(c) of the Base Indenture, which are governed by, and construed in accordance with, Dutch law. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE NETHERLANDS. 
 Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, directly or through an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature of an authorized signatory, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

									
	Date:	 		 	ING GROEP N.V.
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:	 	
		 		 		 	Title:	 	
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:	 	
		 		 		 	Title:	 	

 Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the Indenture. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH
		 		 		 	As Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 (Reverse of Security) 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities” and each, a
“Security”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under and governed by the Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2017 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 29,
2017 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Insofar as the provisions of the Indenture may conflict with the provisions set forth in this Security, the former shall control for purposes of this Security. 

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited to a principal amount of $1,000,000,000, which amount may be
increased at the option of the Company without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this Series. References herein to “this series” mean the series designated on the face hereof. 

The rate at which interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of this Security for each Interest Period shall be LIBOR on the
Interest Determination Date plus 1.15% (the “Interest Rate”). The Interest Rate will be reset quarterly on each Interest Reset Date. 

“Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, or its successor appointed by the Company pursuant to
the Calculation Agent Agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, dated March 29, 2017. 

“Interest Determination Date” means March 27, 2017 in respect of the first Interest Period and, thereafter, the second
London banking day preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date. 
 “Interest Period” means the period from and including
an Interest Payment Date (or March 29, 2017, in the case of the initial Interest Period) to but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. 

“Interest Reset Date” means every March 29, June 29, September 29 and December 29 in each year,
commencing on June 29, 2017; provided that the Interest Rate in effect from (and including) March 29, 2017 to, but excluding, the first Interest Reset Date will be equal to the initial Interest Rate. If any Interest Reset Date would fall
on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Reset Date will be the immediately
preceding Business Day. 
 “LIBOR” means the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars having
a maturity of three months commencing on the related Interest Reset Date that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date. If no such rate appears, then LIBOR, in respect of the relevant
Interest Determination Date, will be determined in accordance with the following provisions. With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which no rate appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London
offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected and identified by the Issuer, to provide its offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three
months, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the 

 
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in
that market at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, then LIBOR on that Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the fourth decimal place with 0.00005 being rounded upwards) of those quotations.
If fewer than two quotations are provided, then LIBOR on the Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates (as communicated to the Calculation Agent at its request) at which the reference banks were offered at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three months, commencing on the relevant Interest Rest Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S.
dollars in that market at that time, by leading banks in the London inter-bank market. If at least two such rates are so provided, LIBOR on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded if necessary to the fourth decimal
place with 0.00005 being rounded upwards) of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are provided, then LIBOR on the Interest Determination date will be the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three months, commencing on the
related Interest Payment Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time (or arithmetic mean of such rates, rounded as provided above, if more than one rate is provided), at
which, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, any one or more banks (which bank or banks is or are in the opinion of the Issuer suitable for such purpose) informs the Calculation Agent it is quoting to leading
banks in the London inter-bank market. If LIBOR cannot be determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, LIBOR on such Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR in effect with respect to the immediately preceding Interest
Determination Date. 
 “Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 or any page as may
replace such page on such service (or any successor service) for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks for U.S. dollars. 

This Security may be redeemed in certain circumstances at the option of the Company as set forth in the Indenture. 

Subject to applicable law, neither any Holder nor Beneficial Owner of this Security may exercise, claim or plead any right of set-off, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company in respect of or arising under, or in connection with, this Security or the Indenture and each Holder and Beneficial Owner of
this Security, by virtue of its holding of this Security shall be deemed to have waived all such rights of set-off, compensation or retention. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts due and payable to
any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security by the Company in respect of, or arising under, this Security or the Indenture are discharged by set-off, such Holder or Beneficial Owner shall, subject to
applicable law, immediately pay an amount equal to the amount of such discharge to the Company (or, in the event of its winding-up or administration, the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case
may be) and, until such time as payment is made, shall hold an amount equal to such amount in trust or otherwise for the Company (or the liquidator or administrator of the Company, as the case may be) and, accordingly, any such discharge shall be
deemed not to have taken place. By its acquisition of this Security, each Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to be bound by these provisions relating to waiver of set-off. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series then Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of

  
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all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent
or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the
Indenture, if an Event of Default (as defined below) occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Security, together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall become immediately due and payable, without the need of any further action
on the part of the Holder of this Security; provided that the Holder’s right to receive payment upon acceleration of the outstanding principal amount of this Security shall be subject to the Company’s obtaining the permission
of the Relevant Resolution Authority and/or Competent Authority, as appropriate, as set forth in Section 11.09 of the Base Indenture, provided that at the relevant time and in the relevant circumstances such permission is required. For the
avoidance of doubt, no failure by the Company to pay any interest when due or to comply with any other term, obligation or condition binding upon the Company under this Security or the Indenture shall entitle the Holder to accelerate the principal
amount of this Security. 
 “Event of Default,” means (a) the Company is declared bankrupt by a court of competent
jurisdiction in The Netherlands (or such other jurisdiction in which the Company may be organized), or (b) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the
Company, unless such order is made or such resolution is passed in relation to a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (i) that is permitted pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture or (ii) with respect to which Holders
of the Securities have, pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Base Indenture, waived the requirement of the Company to comply with Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture in connection with such merger, consolidation or other transaction. For the
avoidance of doubt, any exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority shall not be an Event of Default. 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Default
with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series then Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Default as Trustee and offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole discretion against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series then Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. 
 Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in this Security, nothing shall impair the right of
a Holder of this Security under the Trust Indenture Act, absent such Holder’s consent, to sue for any payments due but unpaid with respect to this Security. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the
Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of this Security is payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for
the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

  
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 This Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $200,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

By acquiring the Securities, the Holder and each Beneficial Owner of this Security, or any interest therein, acknowledges and agrees with and
for the benefit of the Company and the Trustee as follows: 
  

	 	(ix)	Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner: 

  

	 	(a)	notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company and such Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities
or any interest therein acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority that may result in the reduction or
cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities and/or the conversion of all, or a portion of, the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities into shares or other securities or other obligations
of the Company or another person, including by means of a variation to the terms of the Securities or any expropriation of the Securities, in each case to give effect to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of such Dutch Bail-In Power. Such Holder and Beneficial Owner of Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities are subject to, and will be
varied, if necessary, so as to give effect to, the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. In addition, by acquiring any Securities, such Holder and Beneficial Owner of
Securities or any interest therein further acknowledges, agrees to be bound by, and consents to the exercise by the Relevant Resolution Authority of any power to suspend any payment in respect of the Securities for a temporary period;

  

	 	(b)	acknowledges and agrees that no exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities shall give rise to a default for purposes
of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; 

  
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	 	(c)	to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable
for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to the Securities;

  

	 	(d)	acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further
directions from Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities under Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture and (b) the Indenture shall impose no duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority. If Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities have given a direction to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Base Indenture hereof prior to the
exercise of any Dutch Bail-in Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority, such direction shall cease to be of further effect upon such exercise of any Dutch Bail-in
Power and shall become null and void at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the Dutch Bail-In Power by the Relevant Resolution Authority with respect to
the Securities, the Securities remain outstanding, then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Securities following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the First Supplemental Indenture; and 

  

	 	(e)	consents to the exercise of any Dutch Bail-In Power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the Relevant Resolution Authority of its decision to exercise such power with
respect to the Securities and (ii) authorizes, directs and requests DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds the Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise
of any Dutch Bail-In Power with respect to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder and such Beneficial Owner or the Trustee. 

 

	 	(x)	Subsequent Investors’ Agreement. Holders or Beneficial Owners of Securities that acquire them in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge, agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions
specified herein to the same extent as the Holders or Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and
consent to the terms of the Securities, including in relation to the Dutch Bail-in Power and the limitations on remedies specified in the Base Indenture. 

 

	 	(xi)	Waiver of Claims. Such Holder or Beneficial Owner unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to each and every provision of the Indenture and this Security waives, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act and any other applicable law, any and all claims against the Trustee arising out of its acceptance of its trusteeship for the Securities. 

  
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	 	(xii)	Successors and Assigns. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by the Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Security shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators,
trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of such Holder or Beneficial Owner. 

  
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  Exhibit 10.1
 THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
 THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 28, 2017, is made and entered into by and among SCM SPECIALTY FINANCE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Lender”) and TRANS-LUX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Trans-Lux”), TRANS-LUX DISPLAY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“TDC”), TRANS-LUX MIDWEST CORPORATION, an Iowa corporation (“TMC”), TRANS-LUX ENERGY CORPORATION, a Connecticut corporation (“TEC”, and together with Trans-Lux, TDC, and TMC, individually and collectively, “Borrower”).
 WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender are parties to that certain Credit and Security Agreement dated as of July 12, 2016 (as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, collectively, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Lender has made certain credit facilities available to Borrower.  The Credit Agreement and all instruments, documents and agreements executed in connection therewith, or related thereto are referred to herein collectively as the “Existing Loan Documents.”
 WHEREAS, Borrower has requested and Lender has agreed to, among other things, amend the terms and conditions of the Existing Loan Documents pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
 1.               Defined Terms.  Initially capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby).
 2.               Amendments to Credit Agreement.  Effective as of July 12, 2016, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
 (a)                The definition of “EBITDA” set forth on Annex I of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
 “EBITDA” shall mean, for any Test Period, the sum, without duplication, of the following, on a consolidated basis:  Net Income, plus, (a) Interest Expense, (b) taxes on income, whether paid, payable or accrued, (c) depreciation expense, (d) amortization expense, (e) all other non-cash, non-recurring charges and expenses, excluding accruals for cash expenses made in the ordinary course of business, (f) loss from any sale of assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of business, and (g) extraordinary fees, costs, charges and expenses actually paid during such Test Period in connection with the buyback of certain bonds during the calendar month of July 2016 in the aggregate amount of $462,065, all of the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (a) gains from any sale of assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of business and (b) other extraordinary or non-recurring gains. 
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 (b)               The EBITDA Worksheet attached to Exhibit B (Compliance Certificate) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the EBITDA Worksheet attached hereto as Exhibit A.
 3.                  Representations and Warranties.  Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that, before and after giving effect to this Agreement:
 (a)                  All warranties and representations made to Lender under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents are accurate in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Agreement.
 (b)                 The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Agreement and any assignment, instrument, document, or agreement executed and delivered in connection herewith and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite action of the appropriate Credit Party and have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Credit Party; (ii) do not violate any provisions of (A) applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance or tariff, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority binding on any Credit Party or any of the Credit Parties’ respective properties the effect of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or any other equivalent governing agreement or document) of each Credit Party, or any agreement between any Credit Party and its shareholders, members, partners or equity owners or among any such shareholders, members, partners or equity owners; (iii) are not in conflict with, and do not result in a breach or default of or constitute an Event of Default, or an event, fact, condition, breach, Default or Event of Default under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any Credit Party is a party, or by which the properties or assets of any Credit Party are bound, the effect of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) except as set forth herein, will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon any of the properties or assets of any Credit Party, and (v) do not require the consent, approval or authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority or Credit Party unless otherwise obtained.
 (c)                This Agreement and any assignment, instrument, document, or agreement executed and delivered in connection herewith constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each respective Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms.
 (d)                 No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist under the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, before and after giving effect to this Agreement.
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 4.               Conditions Precedent.  The amendments set forth in Section 2 shall be effective upon completion of the following conditions precedent (with all documents to be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel):
 (a)                 Lender shall have received this Agreement duly executed by Borrower;
 (b)                 Payment of all fees, charges and expenses payable to Lender on or prior to the date hereof, if any.  Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to charge such fees, charges and expenses against the Borrowing Base.
 5.               Miscellaneous.
 (a)                 Reference to the Effect on the Credit Agreement.  Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference in (i) the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of similar import or (ii) the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement” shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement.
 (b)               Ratification.  Borrower hereby restates, ratifies and reaffirms each and every term and condition set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents effective as of the date hereof.
 (c)                Release.  By execution of this Agreement, Borrower acknowledges and confirms that Borrower does not have any actions, causes of action, damages, claims, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses and/or demands of any kind whatsoever, at law or in equity, matured or unmatured, vested or contingent arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Released Party (as defined below), whether asserted or unasserted.  Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document, to the extent that such actions, causes of action, damages, claims, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses and/or demands may exist, Borrower voluntarily, knowingly, unconditionally and irrevocably, with specific and express intent, for and on behalf of itself, its managers, members, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, representatives, accountants, attorneys, successors and assigns and their respective Affiliates (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), hereby fully and completely releases and forever discharges Lender, its Affiliates and its and their respective managers, members, officers, employee, Affiliates, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, accountants and attorneys (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) and any other Person or insurer which may be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of any of the Indemnified Persons, or who may be liable for the injury or damage resulting therefrom (collectively, with the Indemnified Persons, the “Released Parties”), of and from any and all actions, causes of action, damages, claims, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses and demands of any kind whatsoever, at law or in equity, matured or unmatured, vested or contingent, that any of the Releasing Parties has against any of the Released Parties, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents which Releasing Parties ever had or now have against any Released Party, including, without limitation, any presently existing claim or defense whether or not presently suspected, contemplated or anticipated.
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 (d)                 Security Interest.  Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that all security interests and liens granted to Lender continue in full force and effect and shall continue to secure the Obligations.  All Collateral remains free and clear of any liens other than liens in favor of Lender and Permitted Liens.  Nothing herein contained is intended to in any way impair or limit the validity, priority and extent of Lender’s existing security interest in and liens upon the Collateral.
 (e)                 Costs and Expenses.  Borrower agrees to pay on demand all usual and customary costs and expenses of Lender and/or its Affiliates in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and enforcement of this Agreement and all other agreements and instruments executed in connection herewith, including, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses of Lender’s counsel.
 (f)                  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
 (g)                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same respective agreement.  Signatures sent by facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed originals for all purposes and shall bind the parties hereto.
 (h)                 Loan Document.  This Agreement and any assignment, instrument, document, or agreement executed and delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a “Loan Document” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement for all purposes.
 [Signature Pages Follow.]
  
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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first hereinabove written.
 BORROWER:                                              TRANS-LUX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation 
 TRANS-LUX DISPLAY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation 
 TRANS-LUX MIDWEST CORPORATION, an Iowa corporation 
 TRANS-LUX ENERGY CORPORATION, a Connecticut corporation
  
  
  By:/s/ Todd Dupee                             
  Name: Todd Dupee
  Title: Vice President and Controller
   As Vice President and Controller of each of the 
  above entities and, in such capacity, intending by
  this signature to legally bind each of the above entities
 Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement
  
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  LENDER:                                                       SCM SPECIALTY FINANCE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P., 
 a Delaware limited partnership

  By: /s/ Nicole DonVito                                                
  Name: Nicole DonVito                                              
  Title: Authorized Signatory

   
  
 Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement
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 EXHIBIT A
 EBITDA Worksheet (Attachment to Compliance Certificate)
 	 1.  Net Income as of the end of the Test Period:
	 $___________

	 2.         (a) Interest Expense  $______________
 (b) taxes on income, whether paid, payable or accrued $____________
 (c) depreciation expense $__________________
 (d) amortization expense $________________
 (e) all other non-cash, non-recurring charges and expenses, excluding accruals for cash expenses made in the ordinary course of business $_________________
 (f) loss from any sale of assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of business, all of the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP $________________
 (g) extraordinary fees, costs, charges and expenses actually paid during such Test Period in connection with the buyback of certain bonds during the calendar month of July 2016 in the aggregate amount of $462,065
 Total of (a) through (g):
	  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 $___________

	 3.         (a) gains from any sale of assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of business $_____________
 (b) other extraordinary or non-recurring gains $______________
 Total of (a) and (b):
	  $____________

	 4.  EBITDA (line 1, plus lines 2(a) through (g), minus lines 3(a) and (b):
	 $____________

	 5.  In compliance:
	 YES   -   NO

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