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Notice Of Cessation Of Substantial Shareholding

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 Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest.
Part II - Not Required
Part III
1. Date of change of Interest 27/05/2009
2. The change in the percentage level From 5.025 % To 4.786 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest Sales in Open Market at Own Discretion

ING Groep N.V. is deemed interested in the units that its subsidiaries have interests in. Certain of its subsidiaries have disposed of 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. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions: The change in the percentage level is the result of a series of transactions.
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
 
  Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 0 84,592,336
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 5.025 %
No. of shares held after the change 0 80,577,983
As a percentage of issued share capital 0 % 4.786 %
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 27 May 2009.