ABN Amro has noted the announcement of the Ministry of Finance today regarding the Barclays offer for all outstanding ABN Amro shares.
The Minister has decided to grant Barclays a declaration of no objection for its offer. This decision is based on positive advice from De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch Central Bank.
This is an announcement pursuant to article 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree.
On July 30 ABN Amro advised 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.