Wednesday, October 3, 2012

SNS REAAL notes the announcements made today by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and De Nederlandsche Bank (the Dutch Central Bank) regarding the final assessment of the capital exercise and fulfilment of the EBA December 2011 Recommendation. At the end of June 2012, SNS Bank met the threshold of a core Tier 1 ratio including the sovereign buffer of 9% as stated in the EBA December 2011 Recommendation.

More information on the final assessment of the capital exercise, the fulfilment of the EBA December 2011 Recommendation and the underlying results can be found on the website of the EBA: http://www.eba.europa.eu/capitalexercise.aspx

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Roland Kroes
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Jeroen de Graaf
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Jacob Bosscha
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