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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has grown from small beginnings nearly 300 years ago to become one of the largest financial services groups in the world. With the acquisition of ABN AMRO, the RBS group is now a truly global business, numbering over 170,000 people, working in more than 50 countries across five continents for 40 million customers.

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The company, headquartered in the UK, has in just a few years become a global bank with high diversification in terms of products and geographic markets positions and ranks among the largest financial service providers in the world with more than 36 million customers (December 2007).

Since 2000, the RBS group made several acquisitions, such as the purchase of National Westminster Bank (NatWest), the acquisition of Charter One in America and the takeover of ABN AMRO by a consortium led by RBS.

In October 2007, a bank consortium consisting of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Banco Santander and Fortis acquired a majority stake in the ABN AMRO group.

As a result of this acquisition RBS is now the parent company of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (ABN AMRO). It is envisaged that certain divisions of ABN AMRO will be transferred to the consortium. The marketindex platform sits in the portfolio of the business acquired by RBS and will be moved from ABN AMRO to the RBS group. The acquisition should be completed by the end of 2009.

ABN AMRO remains market maker. You can view financial reports about ABN AMRO on the website www.abnamro.com. ABN AMRO is a subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (as defined in Section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales).