Mountaintop/Loparex

Proposal whereby ABN AMRO Holding B.V. (ABN AMRO), through its wholly owned indirect subsidiary Mountaintop Investments B.V., would acquire all of the shares of The Loparex Group, which consists of four separate companies: a)Loparex Oy, organised under the laws of Finland; b) Loparex B.V., organised under the laws of The Netherlands; c) Loparex Inc., organised under the laws of Illinois, United States of America; and d) Loparex Ltd., organised under the laws of England and Wales.