ABN AMRO Bank N.V. The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. ABN AMRO Holding N.V. RBS Holdings N.V. ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

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1 Op 6 februari 2010 is de naam ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel onder nummer ) gewijzigd in The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. Op 1 april 2010 is de naam van ABN AMRO Holding N.V. gewijzigd in RBS Holdings N.V. Alle verwijzingen in het bijgevoegde document naar "ABN AMRO Bank N.V." moeten gelezen worden als verwijzingen naar "The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V." en alle verwijzingen naar "ABN AMRO Holding N.V." moeten worden gelezen als verwijzingen naar "RBS Holdings N.V.". Deze naamswijzigingen hebben geen wijziging tot gevolg van de juridische entiteit van de uitgevende instelling, van de juridische entiteit van de garantiegever of van de productvoorwaarden van uw effecten. Voor meer informatie over The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., RBS Holdings N.V. of hun financiële status raadpleeg het Registratie Document van RBS Holdings N.V. en The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. dat verkijgbaar is via als ook de documenten gedeponeerd via Sinds 6 februari 2010 wordt de naam ABN AMRO Bank N.V. gebruikt door een andere juridische entiteit (geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel onder nummer ) die op 1 april 2010 eigendom wordt van de Nederlandse Staat. Deze nieuwe entiteit, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., noch de Nederlandse Staat zal, op enigerlei wijze, de verplichtingen ten aanzien van effecten uitgegeven door The Royal Bank of Scotlan N.V. (voorheen ABN AMRO Bank N.V. genoemd en geregistreerd bij de Kamer van Koophandel onder nummer ) garanderen of op een andere wijze ondersteunen. **** On 6 February 2010 ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number ) changed its name to The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. and on 1 April 2010 ABN AMRO Holding N.V. changed its name to RBS Holdings N.V. and all references in the attached document to "ABN AMRO Bank N.V." should be read as references to "The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V." and all references to ABN AMRO Holding N.V., should be read as references to RBS Holdings N.V.. These name changes are not changes to either the legal entity which issued your securities or the guarantor of them and they do not affect any of the terms and conditions of your securities. For further information on The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. or RBS Holdings N.V., and their financial status please refer to the current Registration Document for RBS Holdings N.V. and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., which is available at and to the documents on file at Since 6 February 2010 the name ABN AMRO Bank N.V. has been used by a separate legal entity (registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number ), this entity became wholly owned by the State of the Netherlands on 1 April Neither the new entity named ABN AMRO Bank N.V. nor the State of the Netherlands will, in any way, guarantee or otherwise support the obligations under your securities, issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (formerly ABN AMRO Bank N.V.), registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., established in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Registered with the Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands, no Authorised by De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. and regulated by the Authority for the Financial Markets in The Netherlands. The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. is an authorised agent of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

2 DATED 11 MARCH 2010 OFFICIAL NOTICE TO HOLDERS: CHANGE OF NAME OF UNDERLYING INDEX NOTICE TO HOLDERS CHANGE OF NAME OF DOW JONES STOXX UNDERLYING INDICES RBS N.V., London Branch, 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA, as issuer (the Issuer ), hereby gives notice, in accordance with Condition 4 of the General Conditions of the below mentioned securities (the Securities ), of the following change to the Conditions of the Securities: All Dow Jones STOXX indices, are being rebranded to remove the name Dow Jones with effect from the 1 March 2010 (the Rebranding Date ). For a complete list of new index names and corresponding symbols, please visit For the avoidance of doubt, this is a name change only. The content, calculation and components of the Index will not change as a result of the rebranding on the Rebranding Date, and the relevant index will continue to be calculated in accordance with its rules and methodology: With effect on and from the Rebranding Date, all references in the Conditions of the Securities to the relevant Dow Jones STOXX Index will be renamed as specified in the attached notification from Dow Jones STOXX and will affect the below RBS N.V. issued Securities: ISIN Code Underlying Index NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL ISIN Code NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL Underlying Index DJ Stoxx Bank Index DJ Stoxx Auto Index 1

3 NL NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Utilities Index NL DJ Stoxx Utilities Index NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL NL DJ Stoxx Utilities Index NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Utilities Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Auto Index NL NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL NL NL NL NL DJ Stoxx Utilities Index NL DJ Stoxx Bank Index NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL XS XS XS XS XS XS DJ Stoxx Bank Index DJ Stoxx Auto Index DJ Stoxx Utilities Index Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 DVP DJ Stoxx Utilities Index 2

4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOXX INDICES TO BE RENAMED ZURICH (March 1, 2010) - STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indices, today announced that the Dow Jones prefix will be removed from the names of all of its indices, effective immediately. Additionally, name changes have been made to the regional indices for Europe, as well as to the theme indices. With its innovative approach to regional indexing, STOXX has become the leading European index provider. While the Dow Jones brand contributed to this success in early days, STOXX now finally has the opportunity to grow globally. We are certain that our heritage of innovation and quality will help us repeat the European success on a global level, said Hartmut Graf, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. Today, we are taking the first step towards the future with the removal of the Dow Jones prefix and the restructuring of our index naming conventions. The Dow Jones prefix is being removed from all STOXX indices to reflect the entity s new ownership structure: In December 2009, Deutsche Börse and SIX Group acquired the share of STOXX Limited previously owned by Dow Jones & Company. The use of the Dow Jones brand in the names of licensed financial products is permitted until the end of In addition to this change, all regional STOXX indices covering the European markets will include Europe in their names. Examples are the STOXX Total Market Index, STOXX 50 Index or STOXX 600 Index and their respective sector indices, which will be renamed STOXX Europe Total Market Index, STOXX Europe 50 Index and STOXX Europe 600, respectively. Index names for indices covering the Euro-zone, Asia/Pacific or American regions -- like the flagship index EURO STOXX 50, the STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index and their respective sector indices;

5 as well as the global STOXX Global 1800 Index, remain unchanged. Furthermore all theme indices will include a regional description to reflect their composition, e.g. the STOXX Grand Prix Index and STOXX Football Index will become the STOXX Global Grand Prix Index and STOXX Europe Football Index, respectively. The new naming conventions are meant to provide better regional identification of indices as the STOXX index family will be enhanced globally. For a complete list of new index names and corresponding symbols, please visit # # # Media contact: Andrea Weidemann, andrea.weidemann@stoxx.com, Phone: Note to Editors: About STOXX Limited STOXX Ltd. is a global index provider, currently calculating a global, comprehensive index family of over 2,500 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50 and STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Ltd. maintains and calculates the global STOXX Global 1800 Index including its sub-indices for the American and Asia/Pacific regions. The STOXX indices are licensed to over 400 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures & Options, Structured Products and passively-managed investment funds. Three of the top Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe and 30 percent of all assets under management are based on STOXX indices. STOXX Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number three position in the derivatives segment. STOXX Ltd. is owned by Deutsche Boerse AG and SIX Group AG.