Published on 24 Apr 2008 • United Kingdom |
20 March 2007 | ABN Amro and Barclays announce talks. |
13 April 2007 | Consortium writes to ABN Amro seeking talks, meeting subsequently arranged for 23 April 2007. |
23 April 2007 | ABN Amro and Barclays announce agreed offer and sale of LaSalle to Bank of America. |
25 April 2007 | Consortium announces indicative offer. |
3 May 2007 | Dutch Enterprise Court rules that sale of LaSalle cannot go ahead without shareholder approval. |
29 May 2007 | Consortium announces proposed offer of €71.1 billion, conditional on Dutch Supreme Court upholding Dutch Enterprise Court decision regarding LaSalle. |
13 July 2007 | Dutch Supreme Court reverses decision of Dutch Enterprise Court. |
16 July 2007 | Consortium announces revised offer, removing the LaSalle condition. |
23 July 2007 | Consortium offer formally opens, Barclays raises its offer to €67.5 billion. |
27 July 2007 | Santander gains shareholder approval for its financing. |
6 August 2007 | Fortis gains shareholder approval for the transaction and financing. |
10 August 2007 | RBS gains shareholder approval for the transaction. |
1 October 2007 | Bank of America absorbs LaSalle. |
4 October 2007 | Barclays withdraws offer at closing date, acceptance condition not met. |
10 October 2007 | Consortium declares ABN Amro offer wholly unconditional. |
17 October 2007 | Settlement of offers. |
2 November 2007 | Consortium announces that approximately 98.8% of ABN Amro ordinary shares have been tendered. |
25 March 2008 | ABN Amro applies for de-listing of ordinary shares, expected to be effective 25 April 2008. |