Amsterdam, 13 augustus 2007
ABN AMRO Biedingsupdate 13 augustus
ABN AMRO neemt kennis van de mededeling die het Ministerie van Financiën vandaag heeft gedaan
met betrekking tot het bod van Barclays op alle uitstaande aandelen ABN AMRO. De Minister heeft
besloten Barclays een Verklaring van Geen Bezwaar te verlenen voor haar bod.
De Verklaring is gebonden aan bepaalde voorwaarden. Deze voorwaarden zijn opgenomen in de
mededeling van het Ministerie van Financiën op: www.minfin.nl. Deze beslissing is gebaseerd op een
positief advies van De Nederlandsche Bank, de Nederlandse Centrale Bank, dat beschikbaar is op:
www.dnb.nl. Barclays heeft een mededeling gedaan over deze beslissing die gevonden kan worden op
haar website www.merger.barclays.com.
Perscontacten: (020) 6 28 89 00
IR contacten: (020) 6 28 78 35
This is an announcement pursuant to article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision
Decree (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995).
This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor
shall there be any sale of securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements
that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. Any statement in this
announcement that expresses or implies our intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions (and the
assumptions underlying them) is a forward-looking statement. These statements are based on plans,
estimates and projections, as they are currently available to the management of ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
("ABN AMRO"). Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made, and we
take no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.
Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could
therefore cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward
looking statement. Such factors include, without limitation, the outcome of the offers for our business by
Barclays PLC ("Barclays") and the consortium of Fortis, RBS and Santander (the "Consortium"); the
completion of our proposed disposition of LaSalle; the conditions in the financial markets in Europe, the
United States, Brazil and elsewhere from which we derive a substantial portion of our trading revenues;
potential defaults of borrowers or trading counterparties; the implementation of our restructuring including
the envisaged reduction in headcount; the reliability of our risk management policies, procedures and
methods; the outcome of ongoing criminal investigations and other regulatory initiatives related to
compliance matters in the United States and the nature and severity of any sanctions imposed; and other
risks referenced in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information on
these and other factors, please refer to Part I: Item 3.D "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 20-F
filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and to any subsequent reports furnished or filed
by us with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in
this announcement are made as of the date hereof, and the companies assume no obligation to update
any of the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement.
Additional Information
On July 30, 2007, ABN AMRO filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with
the US Securities and Exchange Commission in which it advised the ABN AMRO shareholders
that the ABN AMRO Managing Board and the ABN AMRO Supervisory Board are not currently in a
position to recommend either the offer launched by the Consortium or the potential offer by Barclays and
that ABN AMRO will further engage with both parties with the aim of continuing to ensure a level playing
field and minimizing any of the uncertainties currently associated with the offers and with a view to
optimizing the attractive alternatives available to ABN AMRO's shareholders.
Barclays has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form
F-4 (as amended) which contains a prospectus. Barclays expects to file with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission additional amendments to such Registration Statement as well as a Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO and other relevant materials. In addition, ABN AMRO expects that it will file
with the US Securities and Exchange Commission a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on
Schedule 14D-9 in respect of the potential offer by Barclays and other relevant materials. Such
documents, however, are not currently available.
INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ ANY DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL
TRANSACTIONS IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Investors will be able to obtain a free copy of such filings without charge, at the SEC's website
(http://www.sec.gov) once such documents are filed with the SEC. Copies of such documents may also
be obtained from Barclays and ABN AMRO, without charge, once they are filed with the SEC.
The publication and distribution of this document and any separate documentation regarding the intended
offer, the making of the intended offer and the issuance and offering of Barclays ordinary shares may, in
some jurisdictions, be restricted by law. This document is not being published and the intended offer is
not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into any jurisdiction in which the publication of this
announcement and the making of the intended offer would not be in compliance with the laws of that
jurisdiction. Persons who come into possession of this announcement should inform themselves of and
observe any of these restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation
of the securities laws of that jurisdiction.
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