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Notice Of A Substantial Shareholder's Interest

BackSep 24, 2009
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 23/09/2009
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder ING Groep N.V.
3. Notice Type Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder's interest.
Part II
1. Date of change of Interest 15/04/2009
2. Name of Registered Holder The units are held by funds managed or advised by, or investment advisory clients of, the following subsidiaries of ING Groep N.V., or the respective custodians or nominees of such funds or clients: 1) ING Fund Management B.V. 2) ING Investment Management Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Limited 3) ING Clarion Real Estate Securities LLC 4) ING Investments LLC 5) ING Securities Investment & Trust Company Limited
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest Open Market Purchase

ING Groep N.V. is deemed interested in the units that its subsidiaries have interests in. Certain of its subsidiaries have acquired units on the open market on a discretionary basis for the account of their respective investment advisory clients or the funds that they manage.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
 
No. of Shares held before the change 83,392,228
As a percentage of issued share capital 4.954 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice 1,243,099
As a percentage of issued share capital 0.073 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received 1.452
No. of Shares held after the change 84,635,327
As a percentage of issued share capital 5.027 %
Part III - Not Required
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 83,392,228
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 4.954 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 84,635,327
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 5.027 %
Footnotes I. Where reference is made to shares, it refers to units in Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust.
II. The above percentages were computed based on 1,683,473,034 units in issue as at 15 April 2009.