Pierre-Paul Verelst

ING Investment Management (Belgium) (INGIM-BE) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Belgique SA, ultimately part of Netherlands-based ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING). The firm is located in Brussels. INGIM-BE provides a combination of retail and private banking financial services. The firm is the local distributor for the group's diverse range of investment products, and also distributes the Belgium- and Luxembourg-domiciled funds globally. In Europe the investment management center is in the Netherlands.

ING Bank NV (Broker) (ING Bank-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of ING Bank NV, an investment bank headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Groep N.V. (AMS: INGA; NYSE: ING), a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation. The firm was founded in 1991 through the merger of Nationale-Nederlanden and NMB Postbank Groep. ING Bank-Broker provides brokerage services to institutions, large corporations, and medium-sized companies.