Ultimate Law Guide Case study: Royal Bank of Scotland Consortium Takeover of ABN Amro Interesting aspects to discuss at interview Background to the RBS Consortium acquisition of ABN Amro In April 2007‚ the European Commission ordered Dutch regulators to allow the takeover of ABN Amro (ABN). Soon after‚ ABN received a €66bn takeover bid from Barclays Bank. Two days later a consortium (the RBS Consortium)‚ led by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and including Fortis Bank and Banco Santander‚ made
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Background: ABN AMRO had come to a crossroads in the beginning of 2005. The bank had still not come close to its own target of having a return on equity that would put it among the top 5 of its peer group‚ a target that the CEO‚ Rijkman Groenink had set upon his appointment in 2000. From 2000 until 2005‚ ABN AMRO’s stock price stagnated. Financial results in 2006 added to concerns about the bank’s future. Operating expenses increased at a greater rate than operating revenue‚ and the efficiency
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opportunities to get in touch with customers and helping to achieve a certain goal. With this‚ we create additional value for our customers through the products and services available that suit them. About Abn Amro ABN AMRO has an international presence in 27 countries and territories. ABN AMRO is an organization with ambition‚ and therefore constantly
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ABN AMRO reserve exchangeable securities ABN AMRO bank is issuing Reverse Exchangeable Securities (RES) that are valued based on dell shares and mature in 1.5 years with a principal payoff that does not exceed the initial principal amount. Given in the case is that the current price of a Dell share is $25.72. If an investor would like to invest $1000‚ the investor would be able to own 38.88 ($1000/$25.72) shares of Dell. The coupon rate is semi annually paid at 12%. The investors payment structure
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factors that affect supply and demand. Since‚ I will be talking about ABN AMRO Clearing operations‚ let’s consider demand as various type of activities that people have to perform daily. For instance‚ handling External deadlines‚ Ex-dates‚ & Pay-dates; attending meetings‚ & trainings‚ entertaining urgent client request‚ mailbox checking‚ etc. Most of the terms that we use here are specific to clearing functions of banks (and ABN AMRO). For the sake of simplicity‚ let us call them events. On the supply
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Oxford Brookes University Research and Analysis Report The financial and operational consequences of the acquisition of ABN AMRO by RBS By: Anwar ACCA Number: 1276528 September 2011 Word Count Report: 5‚656 Words Key Skills Statement: 1‚984 Words Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background .........................................................
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manner. 3. ABN Amro ABN AMRO was‚ in the period of 1991 to 2007‚ one of the largest banks in Europe and had operations in more than 60 countries around the world. ABN AMRO was the result of a merger in 1990-91‚ of two
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it sold the whole company back to the ’Phoenix Four’ for £10 in 2000. Rover went bust 2005. 7. Royal Bank of Scotland - ABN Amro The Royal Bank of Scotland and two other European banks paid Euros 71 billion for part of the Dutch lender ABN Amro‚ which RBS’s arch-rival Barclays had agreed to buy. RBS may have to write-down up to £45 billion on the value of ABN-Amro and RBS is now owned by the UK government. 8. France Télécom - Orange In 2000‚ France Telecom bought Orange for Euros 45
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acquisition may be affected by (a) agreement with the persons holding majority interest in the company management like members of the board or major shareholders commanding majority of voting power; (b) purchase of shares in open market; (c) to make takeover offer to the general body of shareholders; (d) purchase of new shares by private treaty; (e) acquisition of share capital or one company may be either all or any one of the following form of considerations viz. means of cash‚ issuance of loan capital
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Xavier Perry 5/22/2015 Section B Takeover (2) In a globalized world‚ learning a foreign language has become increasingly important. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer‚ and use facts‚ statistics and studies to supplement your views. Learning a foreign language has become almost a necessity in today’s modern society.Technological advances have greatly increased our ability to being able to connect with a vast array of different people from different parts of the world. Millions
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