Following the launch of the public offer by Barclays there will be two competing offers for ABN Amro shares as of Tuesday 7 August 2007.
ABN Amro intends to hold an informative Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 20 September 2007 to discuss the offer by Barclays and by the Consortium of RBS, Santander and Fortis.
ABN Amro and the Consortium of RBS, Santander and Fortis have noted and discussed the recent media reports about the current offer situation.
The Consortium accepts the assurances by ABN Amro that Mr Groenink was misquoted as having given advice how to vote to Fortis Shareholders which in fact he did not.