Tuesday, April 17, 2007

ABN AMRO agrees to talk to RBS, Fortis, Santander

(Reuters) - ABN AMRO said in a statement it received a letter from the three banks on April 13 and "has invited all signatories to a meeting in Amsterdam early next week to seek clarification of their intentions and interests".

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Belgian-Dutch group Fortis and Spain's Santander asked the Dutch bank last week to consider takeover talks, which would entail a break-up of ABN's extensive global retail and wholesale banking operations.


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