ABN AMRO Capital Funding Trust V ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
ABN AMRO Capital Funding Trust V ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
ABN AMRO Capital Funding Trust V ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
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circumstances the property trustee and the Delaware trustee), provided, that if<br />
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any proposed amendment provides for, or the regular trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would<br />
materially adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the trust securities, whether by way of amendment to<br />
the trust agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding up or termination of the <strong>Trust</strong> other than pursuant to the terms<br />
of the trust agreement, then the holders of the trust securities voting together as a single class will be entitled to vote on<br />
such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of at least a<br />
majority of the outstanding trust securities affected thereby; provided, further that if any amendment or proposal referred to in<br />
clause (i) above would adversely affect only the trust preferred securities or the trust common securities, then only the<br />
affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be<br />
effective except with the approval of a majority of such class of trust securities outstanding.<br />
The trust agreement may be amended without the consent of the holders of the trust securities to (i) cure any<br />
ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision in the trust agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with any other<br />
provision of the trust agreement, (iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of <strong>Holding</strong> or AANAH, (iv) conform to<br />
any change in the 1940 Act, the <strong>Trust</strong> Indenture Act or the rules or regulations of either and (v) modify, eliminate and add to<br />
any provision of the trust agreement to such extent as may be necessary or desirable; provided that no such amendment<br />
shall have a material adverse effect on the rights, preferences or privileges of the holders of the trust securities.<br />
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification may be made to the trust agreement if such amendment<br />
or modification would (i) cause the <strong>Trust</strong> to fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax<br />
purposes, (ii) cause the LLC to be classified as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for<br />
such purposes, (iii) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the property trustee, (iv) cause the <strong>Trust</strong> or the LLC<br />
to be required to register under the 1940 Act or (v) permit the contingent distribution to be made to anyone other than the<br />
holders of the trust securities to the extent that any claims of such holders under the guarantees have not been paid in full<br />
pursuant to the terms of the guarantees and the contingent guarantee.<br />
Book- Ent ry Only Issuance<br />
DTC will act as securities depositary for the trust preferred securities and, to the extent distributed to the holders of trust<br />
preferred securities, the LLC preferred securities. The trust preferred securities will be issued only as fully registered<br />
securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's nominee). One or more fully- registered global trust preferred<br />
certificates, which we will refer to as the "global certificates," representing the total aggregate number of trust preferred<br />
securities, will be issued and will be deposited with a custodian for DTC.<br />
Persons acquiring beneficial ownership interests in the global certificates, whom we will refer to as "beneficial owners,"<br />
will hold their interests through DTC in the United States, or Clearstream or Euroclear in Europe as indirect participants of<br />
DTC. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants through customers' securities<br />
accounts in Clearstream's and Euroclear's names on the books of their respective depositaries which in turn will hold such<br />
positions in customers' securities accounts in the depositaries names on the books of DTC. In this prospectus supplement,<br />
we refer to each of Euroclear and Clearstream as a "relevant depositary," and to them collectively as the "European<br />
depositaries." Unless and until certificated securities are issued, it is anticipated that the only "security holder" of the trust<br />
preferred securities will be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Beneficial owners are only permitted to exercise their rights<br />
indirectly through DTC and its participants.<br />
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DTC is a limited- purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within<br />
the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the<br />
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of<br />
Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the<br />
settlement among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through<br />
electronic computerized book- entry changes in participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement<br />
of securities certificates. Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing<br />
corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock<br />
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC<br />
system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or<br />
maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its<br />
participants are on file with the SEC.<br />
Clearstream is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary. Clearstream holds securities<br />
for its participating organizations and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream<br />
participants through electronic book- entry changes in accounts of Clearstream participants, thereby eliminating the need for