ING publishes proxy materials for 2019 AGM
March 12 2019 - 9:22AM
Amsterdam- ING Groep N.V. today published the proxy materials
for its Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held on Tuesday 23
April 2019, in Amsterdam. The proxy materials, including the agenda
for the AGM, are available on the ING website
(www.ing.com/agm).
The agenda includes the proposal to appoint Tanate Phutrakul as
member of the Executive Board, which was announced on 4 December
2018. Tanate Phutrakul has been serving as CFO and member of the
Management Board Banking since 7 February 2019. The proposed
appointment of Tanate Phutrakul has been approved by the European
Central Bank.
As announced on 11 March 2019, it is proposed to the AGM to
appoint Mike Rees and Herna Verhagen as members of the Supervisory
Board. Upon decision by the AGM, the appointment of Mike Rees will
be effective as of the end of the AGM on 23 April 2019 and of Herna
Verhagen as per 1 October 2019. The proposed appointments to the
Supervisory Board of Mike Rees and Herna Verhagen have been
approved by European Central Bank.
As also announced on 11 March 2019, it will be proposed to the
AGM to reappoint Mariana Gheorghe for a next term of four years as
member of the Supervisory Board. Henk Breukink will retire from the
Supervisory Board at the end of the AGM 2019, having completed his
third four year term since his first appointment in 2007.
The agenda also includes the proposal to the AGM to reappoint
KPMG Accountants N.V. as auditor of ING Group. KPMG was appointed
as ING's auditor at the 2015 AGM, starting its audit services with
the financial year 2016.
Full details of all voting items, including the aforementioned
proposals, are included in the proxy materials published today. The
proxy materials also include the 2018 Annual Report of ING,
including the Annual Accounts and the reports of the Executive
Board and the Supervisory Board, as published on 7 March 2019, as
well as other information and documents as required by law.
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strong European base, offering banking services through its
operating company ING Bank. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering
people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank's
more than 52,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking
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factors, including, without limitation: (1) changes in general
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including developing markets, (3) potential consequences of the
United Kingdom leaving the European Union or a break-up of the
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performance of the US including potential consequences of a
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and capital markets generally, including changes in borrower and
counterparty creditworthiness, (8) changes affecting interest rate
levels, (9) inflation and deflation in our principal markets,
(10) changes affecting currency exchange rates, (11) changes in
investor and customer behaviour, (12) changes in general
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'benchmark' indices, (14) changes in laws and regulations and the
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us of net operating loss, net capital and built-in loss carry
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privacy, (24) the inability to protect our intellectual property
and infringement claims by third parties, (25) the inability to
retain key personnel, (26) business, operational, regulatory,
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