ING completes sale of 49% stake in KB Life to KB Financial Group
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ING announced today it has completed the sale of its 49% stake in Korean
insurance venture KB Life Insurance Company Ltd. (KB Life) to joint venture
partner KB Financial Group, one of Korea's leading financial institutions.
As announced on 19 April 2013, the divestment of the stake in KB Life does not
have a material impact on ING Group results. ING received a total cash
consideration of KRW 166.5 billion (approximately EUR 115 million) for its 49%
stake in KB Life.
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ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin, offering banking,
investments, life insurance and retirement services to meet the needs of a
broad customer base. Going forward, we will concentrate on our position as an
international retail, direct and commercial bank, while creating an optimal
base for an independent future for our insurance and investment management
operations
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Certain of the statements contained herein are not historical facts,
including, without limitation, certain statements made of
future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on
management's current views and assumptions and
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results, performance or events to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual results,
performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due
to, without limitation: (1) changes in general economic conditions, in
particular economic conditions
in ING's core markets, (2) changes in performance of financial markets,
including developing markets, (3) consequences of a
potential (partial) break-up of the euro, (4) the implementation of ING's
restructuring plan to separate banking and insurance
operations, (5) changes in the availability of, and costs associated with,
sources of liquidity such as interbank funding, as well as
conditions in the credit markets generally, including changes in borrower and
counterparty creditworthiness, (6) the frequency
and severity of insured loss events, (7) changes affecting mortality and
morbidity levels and trends, (8) changes affecting persistency levels, (9)
changes affecting interest rate levels, (10) changes affecting currency
exchange rates, (11) changes in investor, customer and policyholder behaviour,
(12) changes in general competitive factors, (13) changes in laws and
regulations, (14) changes in the policies of governments and/or regulatory
authorities, (15) conclusions with regard to purchase accounting assumptions
and methodologies, (16) changes in ownership that could affect the future
availability to us of net operating loss, net capital and built-in loss carry
forwards, (17) changes in credit-ratings, (18) ING's ability to achieve
projected operational synergies and (19) the other risks and uncertainties
detailed in the Risk Factors section contained in the most recent annual
report of ING Groep N.V. Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf
of ING speak only as of the date they are made, and, ING assumes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information or for any other reason. This document does not
constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any
securities.
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