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
October 5, 2007
Commission
File Number: 001-14624
ABN
AMRO
HOLDING N.V.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Gustav
Mahlerlaan 10
1082
PP
Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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under
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| Press Release |
Amsterdam,
5 October
2007
Barclays
withdraws Offer for ABN
AMRO
ABN
AMRO notes the announcement today
from Barclays regarding its Offer for all of ABN AMRO’s
shares.
As
at 4 October 2007, 4,410,136 ordinary
shares in the share capital of ABN AMRO were tendered under the Barclays
Offer,
as well as 782,945 American Depositary Shares.
In addition 5,260
formerly convertible preference shares and 8,466,875 DR preference shares
were
tendered under the Offer.
Barclays’
Offer for ABN AMRO was, in particular,
conditional on obtaining at least 80% of the issued ordinary share capital of ABN
AMRO as at the Closing
Date of the Offer on 4 October 2007. This condition was not fulfilled
and, as a
result, Barclays has announced it has withdrawn its Offer with immediate
effect.
In
its reasoned opinion of 16 September
2007, ABN AMRO refrained
from recommending the Barclays Offer to its shareholders. As a consequence
of
this and in accordance with its obligations under the merger protocol
of 23
April 2007, as amended on 23 and 30 July 2007, ABN AMRO will pay Barclays
a
break fee of EUR 200
mln.
The
tender offer of the consortium will
expire at 1500 CET today.
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.
Press
contact: +31 20
6288900
IR
contact: +31 20
6287835
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Press
Relations Department
Head
Office:
Gustav Mahlerlaan 10 (HQ 9140), 1082 PP Amsterdam, tel. +31 (0)20
6288900,
fax +31 (0)20 6295486
London
Office:
250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA, tel. +44 207 6788244, fax +44
207
6788245
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The
information contained in this report is incorporated by reference into
the
registration statements on Form S-8 with Registration Nos. 333-81400, 333-84044,
333-128621, 333-128619, 333-127660 and 333-74703, and the registration
statements on Form F-3 with Registration Nos. 333-137691 and 333-104778.
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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.
| ABN AMRO HOLDING N.V. | |||
| Date: October 5, 2007 | By: | /s/ Dies Donker | |
| Name: | Dies Donker | ||
| Title: |
Head
of Investor Relations
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| By: | /s/ Petri Hofste | ||
| Name: |
Petri
Hofste
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| Title: |
Group
Accounting Officer
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