Agreement with Respect to the Exercise of the Dutch Bail-in Power: |
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Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between ING and any holder or beneficial owner of the notes, by
acquiring the notes, each holder and beneficial owner of the notes or any interest therein acknowledges, accepts, recognizes, 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 (including to zero), cancellation or write-down (whether on a permanent basis or subject to a write-up by the resolution authority) of all, or
a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the notes and/or the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the notes into shares or claims which may give right to shares or other instruments of ownership
or other securities or other obligations of ING or obligations of another person (whether or not at the point of non-viability and independently of or in combination with a resolution action), including by
means of a variation to the terms of the notes (which may include amending the interest amount or the maturity or interest payment dates, including by suspending payment for a temporary period), or that the notes must otherwise be applied to absorb
losses, or any expropriation of the notes, in each case, to give effect to the exercise by the relevant resolution authority of such Dutch Bail-in Power (whether at the point of
non-viability or as taken together with a resolution action). Each holder and beneficial owner of a note or any interest therein further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of holders and beneficial owners
of a note or any interest therein 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 notes, each holder and beneficial owner of a note 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 notes for a temporary period. For these purposes, Dutch Bail-in Power means any statutory write-down and/or conversion power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of banks, banking group companies,
credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in The Netherlands in effect and applicable in The Netherlands to ING or other members of the group comprising ING Groep N.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including but not limited to
any such laws, regulations, rules or requirements (including, |