Filed
pursuant to Rule 433
July
10, 2008
Relating
to Preliminary Pricing Supplement No 701 to
Registration
Statement Nos. 333-137691,
333-137691-02
Dated
September 29, 2006
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
S-NOTESSM
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Pricing Sheet – July 10,
2008
8.50% SIX MONTH SELECT BASKET K
NOCK-IN SECURITIES
LINKED TO 3 COMMON STOCKS AND
2
EXCHANGE
TRADED FUNDS
DUE JANUARY 15, 2009
SUMMARY
INFORMATION |
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Issuer:
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ABN AMRO Bank
N.V. (Senior Long Term Debt Rating: Moody’s Aa2, S&P
AA-)
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Lead
Agent:
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ABN AMRO
Incorporated
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Offerings:
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8.50% Six
Month Select Basket Knock-In Securities Linked to 3 Common Stocks and 2
Exchange Traded Funds due January 15, 2009
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Coupon:
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8.50% per
annum (30/360), payable monthly in arrears on the 15th
of each month commencing on August 15, 2008 and ending on the maturity
date
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Coupon
Breakdown:
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Interest Rate:
2.99% per
annum
Put Premium: 5.51%
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Underlying
Shares:
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Stock or Exchange Traded
Fund*
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Ticker
Symbol
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Knock-in
Level
% of Initial
Price
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Weight
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Winn-Dixie Stores,
Inc.
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WINN
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85%
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20%
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Cintas Corporation
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CTAS
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85%
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20%
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DISH Network
Corporation
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DISH
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85%
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20%
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The Consumer Staples Select
Sector SPDR
Fund
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XLP
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85%
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20%
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The Health Care Select Sector
SPDR Fund
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XLV
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85%
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20%
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*We refer to
shares of each of the stocks and shares of each of the exchange traded
funds as an Underlying Share. We refer to all five Underlying
Shares as the Underlying Basket.
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Denomination/Principal:
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Each Security
has a principal amount of $1,000. The Securities will be issued in
integral multiples of $1,000
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Issue
Price:
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100%
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Initial
Price:
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For each
Underlying Share, 100% of the closing price per share on the pricing
date
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Final
Price:
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For each
Underlying Share, 100% of the closing price per share on the determination
date
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Payment
at Maturity:
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The payment at
maturity, if any, is based on the performance of each of the five
Underlying Shares, and will consist of an amount in cash equal to the sum
of:
(i) for each
of the five Underlying Shares on the primary U.S. exchange or market for
such Underlying Share where the closing price has not fallen below the
applicable knock-in level on any trading day from but not including the
pricing date to and including the determination date, $200,
plus
(ii) for each
of the five Underlying Shares on the primary U.S. exchange or market for
such Underlying Share where the closing price has fallen below its
knock-in level on any trading day from but not including the pricing date
to and including the determination date:
a) if the
closing price of any such Underlying Share on the determination date is at
or above the initial price of such Underlying Share, $200; or
b) if the
closing price of any such Underlying Share on the determination date is
below the
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initial price of such Underlying
Share, an amount calculated as follows:
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$200 X Price
Final
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Price Initial
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If the closing prices of one or
more of the Underlying Shares has fallen below its knock-in level on any
trading day from but not including the pricing date to and including the
determination date and the final price of any such Underlying
Share is less than its initial price, you will lose some or all of your
initial principal investment
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Indicative
Secondary
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• Internet at:
www.s-notes.com
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Pricing:
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• Bloomberg at: PIPN
<GO>
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Status:
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Unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the
Issuer
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CUSIP:
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00083GYF5
ISIN: US00083GYF52
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Trustee:
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Wilmington Trust
Company
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Securities
Administrator:
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Citibank,
N.A.
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Settlement:
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DTC, Book Entry,
Transferable
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Selling
Restrictions:
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Sales in the European Union must comply with the
Prospectus Directive
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Pricing
Date:
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July 10, 2008, subject to certain
adjustments as described in the related pricing
supplement
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Settlement
Date:
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July 15,
2008
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Determination
Date:
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January 12, 2009, subject to
certain adjustments
as described in the related pricing supplement
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Maturity
Date:
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January 15, 2009 (Six
Months)
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ABN
AMRO has filed a registration statement (including a Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement) with the SEC for the offerings to which this communication relates.
Before you invest, you should read the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement in
that registration statement and other documents ABN AMRO has filed with the SEC
for more complete information about ABN AMRO and the offerings of the
Securities.
You
may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at
www.sec.gov or by visiting ABN AMRO Holding N.V. on the SEC website at
<http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&CIK=abn&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=include&action=get
company>. Alternatively, ABN AMRO, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement if you request it by calling toll free (888)
644-2048.
These
Securities may not be offered or sold (i) to any person/entity listed on
sanctions lists of the European Union, United States or any other applicable
local competent authority; (ii) within the territory of Cuba, Sudan, Iran and
Myanmar; (iii) to residents in Cuba, Sudan, Iran or Myanmar; or (iv) to Cuban
Nationals, wherever located.
SUMMARY
The
following summary does not contain all the information that may be important to
you. You should read this summary together with the more detailed information
that is contained in the related Pricing Supplement and in its accompanying
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement. You should carefully consider, among other
things, the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” in the related Pricing
Supplement, which are summarized on page 5 of this document. In
addition, we urge you to consult with your investment, legal, accounting, tax
and other advisors with respect to any investment in the
Securities.
What
are the Securities?
The Securities
are interest paying, non-principal protected senior notes of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by our parent company, ABN AMRO
Holding N.V. The Securities have a maturity of six months. These
securities combine certain features of debt and equity by offering a fixed
interest rate on the principal amount while the payment at maturity on the
Securities is determined based on the performance of the five Underlying Shares,
which we refer to as the Underlying Shares, on the determination date as
described below under “What
will I receive at maturity of the Securities and how is this amount calculated?”
At maturity, the payment, if any, that you receive will be calculated based on
the closing prices of the Underlying Shares on the determination date and could
be less than the principal amount of $1,000 per security and could be
zero.
What will I receiv at
maturity of the Securities and how is this amount
calculated?
The payment, if any,
you will receive at maturity for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, is
based on the performance of each of the five Underlying Shares, and will consist
of a cash payment equal to the sum of:
(1)
for each Underlying Share where the closing price has not fallen below the
applicable knock-in level on the primary U.S. exchange or market for such
Underlying Share on any trading day from but not including the pricing date to
and including the determination date, $200, plus
(2)
for each Underlying Share where the closing price has fallen below its knock-in
level on the primary U.S. exchange or market for such Underlying Share on any
trading day from but not including the pricing date to and including the
determination date:
a)
if the closing price of such Underlying Share on the determination date is at or
above the initial price of such Underlying Share, $200; or
b) if the closing
price of such Underlying Share on the determination date is below the initial
price of such Underlying Share, an amount calculated as follows:
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$200
X
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Final
Price
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Initial
Price
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If
one or more of the closing prices of the Underlying Shares has fallen below its
knock-in level on any trading day from but not including the pricing date to and
including the determination date and the final price of any such Underlying
Share is less than its initial price, you will lose some or all of your
principal.
Why
is the interest rate on the Securities higher than the interest rate payable on
your conventional debt securities with the same maturity?
The Securities offer
a higher interest rate than the yield that would be payable on a conventional
debt security with the same maturity issued by us or an issuer with a comparable
credit rating. This is because we are paying you a premium to assume
the risk that at maturity we may deliver cash to you in an amount less than the
principal amount of each Security depending on the performance of the Underlying
Shares. As explained above under "What will I receive at maturity of
the Securities and how is this amount calculated?" if the closing price
for any Underlying Share on the primary U.S. exchange or market for such
Underlying Share has fallen below the applicable knock-in level on any trading
day from but not including the pricing date to and including the determination
date and the closing price of that Underlying Share on the determination date is
below the initial price, we will pay you an amount in cash which will be less
than the principal amount of the Securities and could be zero. Therefore your
are not guaranteed to receive any return of principal at maturity.
Will
I receive interest payments on the Securities?
Yes. The interest
rate is fixed at issue and is payable in cash on each interest payment date,
irrespective of the amount, if any, you receive at maturity.
Will
I get my principal back at maturity?
You are not guaranteed to receive any
return of principal at maturity. If the closing price of one or more of
the Underlying Shares has fallen below its knock-in level at any time on any
trading day from but not including the pricing date to and including the
determination date and the final price of any such Underlying Share is less than
its initial price, you will lose some or all of your principal. Subject to the
credit of ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. as the issuer of the Securities and ABN AMRO
Holding N.V. as the guarantor of the issuer’s obligations under the Securities,
you will receive at maturity any cash payment to which you are entitled, to
under the terms of the Securities.
However, if you sell the Securities
prior to maturity, you will receive the market price for the Securities, which
may or may not include any return and could be zero. There may
be little or no secondary market for the Securities. Accordingly, you should be
willing to hold your securities until maturity.
Can
you give me examples of the payment I will receive at maturity depending on the
performance of the Underlying Shares?
If, for example, in
a hypothetical offering, the interest rate was 10% per annum, the initial price
of one of the Underlying Shares was $45.00 per share and the knock-in level for
such offering was 80% then the knock-in level would be $36.00 or 80% of the
initial price.
If the Underlying
Share whose initial price was $45.00 per share were the only one of the
Underlying Shares where the closing price had fallen below its knock-in level of
$36.00 on any trading day from but not including the pricing date to and
including the determination date, then payment at maturity would depend on the
closing price of that Underlying Share on the determination date. In
this case, if the closing price of that Underlying Share on the determination
date is $33.00 per share, which is below the initial price, your payment at
maturity would be calculated as follows:
$200 x 4 (the number
of Underlying Shares which did not fall below their respective knock-in levels)
= $800
plus
$200 x 33.00 = $146.67
45.00
Therefore your total
payment at maturity would be $946.67.
If, on the other
hand, the closing price on the determination date of the Underlying Share that
knocked-in was $50.00 per share, which is above its initial price, you will
receive payment at maturity of $200 cash for such Underlying Share regardless of
the knock-in level having been breeched. In addition, over the life
of the Securities you would have received interest payments at the rate of 10%
per annum.
Alternatively, if
the closing price of each of the Underlying Shares never falls below its
respective knock-in price on any trading day from but not including the pricing
date to and including the determination date, at maturity you will receive
$1,000 in cash for each Security you hold regardless of the closing prices of
the Underlying Shares on the determination date. In addition, over
the life of the Securities you would have received interest payments of 10% per
annum.
These
examples are for illustrative purposes only. It is not possible to
predict the closing price of any of the Underlying Shares on the determination
date or at any time during the life of the Securities. For each offering we will
set the initial price and knock-in level on the pricing date.
Do
I benefit from any appreciation in any of the Underlying Shares over the life of
the Securities?
No. The amount paid
at maturity for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities will not exceed
$1,000.
What
are the Exchange Traded Funds?
The Exchange Traded
Funds, which we refer to as the Underlying Funds included in the Underlying
Basket are The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund and The Health Care
Select Sector SPDR Fund. The Underlying Funds are exchange traded index funds
that seek investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the
price and yield performance of the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index, and the
Health Care Select Sector Index, respectively, which we refer to as the
Underlying Indices. There is no assurance that the price and yield performance
of the Underlying Indices can be fully matched by their respective Underlying
Funds.
The Underlying
Indices are two of nine Select Sector Indices that collectively represent all of
the companies in the S&P 500 Index. The Underlying Indices are compiled by
the Index Compilation Agent, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, which
assigns certain constituent stocks of the S&P 500 to each of the Underlying
Indices. The Underlying Funds hold a portfolio of all of the equity securities
that comprise each of the Underlying Indices.
The Underlying Funds
are called exchange traded funds because their shares trade on the American
Stock Exchange, which we refer to as the AMEX, like other equity securities. The
price quotation from market information services for the ticker symbol "XLP" is
the price of one share of The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund. The
price quotation from market information services for the ticker symbol "XLV" is
the price of one share of The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund. The shares of
each of the Underlying Funds trade on the AMEX at market prices that may differ
to some degree from their net asset values.
You should read
"Public Information Regarding the Underlying Funds" in the accompanying Pricing
Supplement for additional information about the Underlying Funds.
What
if I have more questions?
You
should read “Description of Securities” in the related Pricing Supplement for a
detailed description of the terms of the Securities. ABN AMRO has
filed a registration statement (including a Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.
Before you invest, you should read the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement in
that registration statement and other documents ABN AMRO has filed with the SEC
for more complete information about ABN AMRO and the offering of the
Securities. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on
the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, ABN AMRO, any
underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you
the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement if you request it by calling toll free
(888) 644-2048.
RISK
FACTORS
You
should carefully consider the risks of the Securities to which this
communication relates and whether these Securities are suited to your particular
circumstances before deciding to purchase them. It is important that prior to
investing in these Securities you read the Pricing Supplement related to such
Securities and the accompanying Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement to
understand the actual terms of and the risks associated with the Securities. In
addition, we urge you to consult with your investment, legal, accounting, tax
and other advisors with respect to any investment in the
Securities.
Credit Risk
The Securities are issued by ABN AMRO
Bank N.V. and guaranteed by ABN AMRO Holding N.V., ABN AMRO’s parent. As a result, you assume the
credit risk of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and that of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. in the event that ABN
AMRO defaults on its obligations under the Securities. Any obligations or
Securities sold, offered, or recommended are not deposits of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
and are not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank or thrift, nor are they insured by the FDIC or any
governmental agency.
Principal Risk
The Securities are not ordinary debt
securities: they are not principal protected. In addition, if the closing price
of any Underlying Share falls below the applicable knock-in level on any trading day during the
Knock-In Period, you will be exposed to any decline in the price of the
applicable Underlying Share below the closing price of such Underlying Share on
the date the Securities were priced. Accordingly, you may
lose some or all of your initial
principal investment in the Securities.
Limited Return
The amount payable under the Securities
will never exceed the original principal amount of the Securities plus the
applicable aggregate fixed coupon payment investors earn during the term of the Securities. This means
that you will not benefit from any price appreciation in the Underlying Shares,
nor will you receive dividends paid on the Underlying Shares, if any.
Accordingly, you will never receive at maturity an amount greater than a predetermined amount per
Security, regardless of how much the price of the Underlying Shares increases
during the term of the Securities or on the determination date. The return of a
Security may be significantly less than the return of a direct investment in the Underlying Shares to
which the Security is linked during the term of the
Security.
The Underlying Shares May Not Correlate
with Each Other
Price movements in the Underlying Shares
may not correlate with each other. At a time when the price of one or more of the Underlying
Shares increases, the price of one or more of the other Underlying Shares may
not increase as much or may decrease. Therefore, in calculating, on
the determination date, the payment at maturity, increases in the
price of one or more of the Underlying Shares
may be moderated, or be wholly offset, by lesser increases or declines in the
price of one or more of the other Underlying Shares. If the closing
price of only one of the Underlying Shares has fallen below its knock-in level on any trading day from but
not including the pricing date to and including the determination date and the
final price of such Underlying Share on the determination date is less than its
initial price, you will lose some or all of your initial principal investment even if the other
Underlying Shares have appreciated.
Liquidity Risk
ABN AMRO does not intend to list the
Securities on any securities exchange. Accordingly, there may be little or no
secondary market for the Securities and information regarding independent market pricing
of the Securities may be limited. The value of the Securities in the secondary
market, if any, will be subject to many unpredictable factors, including then
prevailing market conditions.
It is important to
note that many factors will
contribute to the secondary market value of the Securities, and you may not
receive your full principal back if the Securities are sold prior to maturity.
Such factors include, but
are not limited to, time to maturity, the price of the Underlying Shares, volatility and
interest rates.
In addition, the price, if any, at which
we or another party are willing to purchase Securities in secondary market
transactions will likely be lower than the issue price, since the issue price
included, and secondary
market prices are likely to exclude, commissions, discounts or mark-ups paid
with respect to the Securities, as well as the cost of hedging our obligations
under the Securities.
Tax Risk
Pursuant to the terms of the Securities,
we and every investor agree
to characterize the Securities as consisting of a cash-settled knock-in Put
Option and a Deposit of cash with the issuer. Under this
characterization, a portion of the stated interest payments on each Security is
treated as interest on the Deposit and will be subject to the
federal income tax rules governing short-term debt instruments, and the
remainder is treated as attributable to a sale by the investor of the Put Option
to ABN AMRO (referred to as Put Premium). Receipt of the Put
Premium will not be taxable upon
receipt.
If the Put Option expires unexercised
(i.e., a cash payment of the principal amount of the Securities is made to the
investor at maturity), the investor will recognize short-term capital gain equal
to the total Put Premium
received. If the Put Option is exercised (i.e., a cash payment of
less than the principal amount of the Securities is made to the investor at
maturity), the investor will recognize short-term capital gain or loss in
respect of the Put Option in an amount equal to the difference between
(1) the sum of the Put Premium paid to the investor and the cash payment made to
the investor at maturity and (2) the principal amount of the
Security.
Significant aspects of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of
the Securities are
uncertain, and no assurance can be given that the Internal Revenue Service will
accept, or a court will uphold, the tax treatment described
above.
This summary is limited to the federal
tax issues addressed herein. Additional issues may exist that are not addressed in this
summary and that could affect the federal tax treatment of the
transaction.
This tax summary was written in
connection with the promotion or marketing by ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and the
placement agent of the Securities, and it cannot be used by any person for
the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be asserted under the Internal
Revenue Code. Taxpayers should seek their own advice based on their particular
circumstances from an independent tax advisor.
On December 7, 2007, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal
Revenue Service released a notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of
“prepaid forward
contracts” and similar
instruments. While it is not entirely clear whether the Securities are among
the instruments described in the notice,
it is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance issued after
consideration of the issues raised in the notice could materially and adversely
affect the tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the Securities, possibly on a
retroactive basis.
The notice indicates that it is possible
the IRS may adopt a new position with respect to how the IRS characterizes
income or loss (including, for example, whether the option premium might be
currently included as
ordinary income) on the Securities for U.S. holders of the
Securities.
Investors should consult their own tax
advisor regarding the notice and its potential implications for an investment in
the Securities.