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ABN AMRO ranks eighth in Europe and seventeenth in the world based on tier 1 capital, with over 3,400 branches in more than 60 countries, a staff of 110,000 full-time equivalents and total assets of EUR 597.4 billion (as per 2001).

The goal of ABN AMRO is to create value for its clients. Key in our relationship approach is a constant focus on the financial services needs of our chosen client segments. It is through the professionalism and motivation of our staff across the globe that we realise this value. By strict adherence to financial targets these efforts produce maximum economic value for our shareholders. The ABN AMRO Values and Business Principles provide the framework within which we carry out our operations. We operate in three principal customer segments, namely Consumer & Commercial Clients, Wholesale Clients and Private Clients & Asset Management. The objective is to maximise the value of each of these businesses as well as the synergies between them.

On 29 March 1824 King Willem I issued a royal decree creating the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij with the aim of reviving trade between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. In 1964 NHM merged with De Twentsche Bank to form Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) while Amsterdamsche Bank and Rotterdamsche Bank joined to become Amsterdam-Rotterdam (Amro) Bank. In 1991 these two banks merged as ABN AMRO Bank. Today ABN AMRO is a powerful presence in world markets, building on a tradition of stimulating international trade.