FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
December 4, 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-14624
ABN
AMRO HOLDING N.V.
Gustav
Mahlerlaan 10
1082 PP
Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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TABLE
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Press
release dated 4 December 2009 – ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (the future RBS
Holdings N.V.) and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc – Accession to the
Asset Protection Scheme with Her Majesty’s Treasury and State Aid
Commitments
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Press
Release
Amsterdam, 4 December 2009
ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (the future RBS Holdings
N.V.) and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc – Accession to the Asset
Protection Scheme with Her Majesty’s Treasury and State Aid
Commitments
On 26 November
2009, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (‘RBS Group’) and The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc (‘RBS’) signed an accession agreement to the UK Government’s Asset
Protection Scheme (’APS’). As previously announced by ABN AMRO Group in the
quarterly results press release on 25 November 2009, this scheme is expected to
cover a pool of assets within the RBS acquired businesses in ABN AMRO Holding
N.V. (the future RBS Holdings N.V.). This will help to further strengthen the
capital position and de-risk the earnings of the future RBS N.V. Group
businesses.
On 26 November
2009, RBS Group also entered into a State Aid Commitment Deed with HM Treasury
containing commitments and undertakings given by RBS Group to HM treasury that
are designed to ensure that HM Treasury is able to comply with the commitments
to be given by it to the European Commission for the purpose of obtaining State
aid approval.
As part of these
commitments, and unless the European Commission agrees otherwise, the hybrid
capital instruments existing on 24 November 2009 which are retained in the
future RBS Holdings N.V. Group after separation is complete will be subject to a
restriction on the payment of dividends and coupons and on the exercise of any
call rights, unless in any such case there is a legal obligation to do so, for
an effective period of two years after the proposed capital restructuring of RFS
Holdings B.V. (which is intended to take place soon after separation) and
following the expiry of any “pusher” periods (which will last for 12 months)
following separation and such capital restructuring.
For
further information, please refer to RBS Group press release published on 27
November 2009 (www.rbs.com) or please contact:
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RBS
Group Investor Relations
Investor.relations@rbs.com
+44 207 672
1758
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RBS
Group Media Relations
+44 131 523
4414
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Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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ABN
AMRO HOLDING N.V.
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Date:
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4
December 2009
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By:
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/s/
Petri Hofsté
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Name:
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Petri
Hofsté
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Title:
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Group
Controller & Deputy Chief Financial Officer
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By:
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Mark Boyle
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Name:
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Mark
Boyle
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Title:
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Head
of Reporting & Policy
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