AMSTERDAM - ABN Amro said in a notice published Wednesday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on November 1 in the next step following last week successful takeover of the company by a banking consortium.
It was expected that ABN Amro board chairman Rijkman Groenink would then step down after Groenink last week said he would resign his post after the next shareholders meeting.
ABN Amro bank published a notice in the financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad announcing the November 1 date for the meeting.
Royal Bank of Scotland’s board member Mark Fisher will succeed Rijkman Groenink.
Last week the banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis NV and Banco Santander successfully managed to take over the biggest bank of the Netherlands.
The official transfer of ownership is set to take place on Wednesday, October 17.