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Progress on share buyback programme

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Progress on share buyback programme Progress on share buyback programme ING announced today that, as part of our €1.1 billion share buyback programme announced on 30 October 2025, in total 2,528,615 shares were repurchased during the week of 23 February up to and including 27 February 2026…
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  • ING's management of ESG material risk is 'Strong' with an ESG risk rating of 18.0 (low risk)

    80% confidence
  • Approximately 73.24% of the maximum total value of the share buyback programme has been completed

    80% confidence
  • The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business

    80% confidence
  • ING aims to put sustainability at the heart of what we do

    80% confidence
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Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.
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