| Press release
ING announces exercise of underwriters’ option to acquire additional shares in ING U.S.
ING announced today that the underwriters in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of ING U.S., Inc., its U.S.-based retirement, investment and insurance business, have exercised in full their option to purchase approximately 9.8 million additional shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the IPO price of USD 19.50 per share. The sale of additional shares further reduces ING Group’s ownership in ING U.S. from 75% to approximately 71%.