Division g)
United Kingdom
For restoring viability, the Netherlandscommits that ING will adhere to the following:
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ING will continue to orientate its non-deposit funding towards longer-term funding by issuing more debt instruments with a maturity more than one year. This will imply that the relative share of outstanding long-term funding (with maturity of more than one year) in the non-deposit part of its balance sheet will continue to increase. The success of this does depend on markets reverting to less stressed conditions
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ING commits to eliminate double leverage. To that end, as insurance divestments take place, divestment proceeds will be used to reduce double leverage - to the extent that proceeds are not needed to keep the leverage of the remaining insurance business at an acceptable level - ultimately leading to the full elimination of double leverage. Separately, to the extent that surplus capital is being generated in excess of what is needed to satisfy Basel III or Solvency 2 needs, dividends to the group holding company can form an additional source to help accelerate the elimination of double leverage.