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Relationship Agreement Including Amendment No FULL TEXT INCLUDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 FULL TEXT RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT INCLUDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 BETWEEN STICHTING ADMINISTRATIEKANTOOR BEHEER FINANCIËLE INSTELLINGEN AND ABN AMRO BANK N.V. (AS SUCCESSOR OF ABN AMRO GROUP N.V.) 10 NOVEMBER 2015 INCLUDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED 27 JUNE 2019 CONTENTS Clause Page 1 Interpretation ......................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Entry into Effect .................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Applicability of the Large Company Regime; Corporate Governance ................................................. 3 4 Executive Board .................................................................................................................................... 3 5 Supervisory Board ................................................................................................................................. 4 6 General Meeting and its Proceedings .................................................................................................... 4 7 Further Sales of Shares/Depositary Receipts ......................................................................................... 4 8 Issue of Shares/Depositary Receipts ..................................................................................................... 4 9 Acquisition of Shares/Depositary Receipts ........................................................................................... 5 10 Articles of Association, Supervisory Board Rules and Dutch Corporate Governance Code ................ 5 11 Information ............................................................................................................................................ 5 12 Defence Measures ................................................................................................................................. 6 13 Dividend and Reservation Policy .......................................................................................................... 6 14 Policies and Procedures ......................................................................................................................... 6 15 Duration and Termination ..................................................................................................................... 7 16 Severability ............................................................................................................................................ 7 17 Notices ................................................................................................................................................... 7 18 Assignment ............................................................................................................................................ 8 19 No Rescission ........................................................................................................................................ 8 20 Entire Agreement................................................................................................................................... 8 21 Publication ............................................................................................................................................. 8 22 Governing Law ...................................................................................................................................... 8 23 Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................................................ 9 24 No Third Party Rights ........................................................................................................................... 9 25 Language ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Schedule 1 ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 [SCHEDULE DELETED AFTER AMENDMENT NO. 1] ............................................................................ 10 Schedule 2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 NLFI Reserved Matters .................................................................................................................................... 11 Shareholders Reserved Matters ........................................................................................................................ 12 Schedule 3 ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Orderly Market Arrangements.......................................................................................................................... 14 Schedule 4 ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 AAB Articles of Association ............................................................................................................................ 17 Schedule 5 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 [SCHEDULE DELETED AFTER AMENDMENT NO. 1] ............................................................................ 33 Schedule 6 ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 Deviations from Dutch Corporate Governance Code ....................................................................................... 34 Schedule 7 ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 Information Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 36 Schedule 8 ........................................................................................................................................................ 40 Trust Conditions ............................................................................................................................................... 40 Schedule 9 ........................................................................................................................................................ 50 Dividend and Reservation Policy ..................................................................................................................... 50 Schedule 10 ...................................................................................................................................................... 51 Interpretation .................................................................................................................................................... 51 THIS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is originally made on 10 November 2015, as amended by the amendment no. 1 to the Agreement made on 27 June 2019 (the Amendment Agreement) BETWEEN: (1) STICHTING ADMINISTRATIEKANTOOR BEHEER FINANCIËLE INSTELLINGEN, a foundation (stichting) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands whose statutory seat is in the Hague, the Netherlands and whose principal office is at Lange Houtstraat 26, 2511 CW The Hague, the Netherlands, registered in the Dutch commercial register under number 53082230 (NLFI); and (2) ABN AMRO BANK N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands whose statutory seat is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and whose principal office is at Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, 1082 PP Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered in the Dutch commercial register under number 34334259 (AAB) as legal successor of ABN AMRO GROUP N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands whose statutory seat is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and whose principal office is at Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, 1082 PP Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered in the Dutch commercial register under number 34370515 (AAG). The parties listed under numbers (1) and (2) will collectively hereinafter also be referred to as the Parties and individually as a Party. WHEREAS: (A) NLFI and AAG have entered into a relationship agreement, dated as of 10 November 2015 (the Relationship Agreement), providing for, among other things, arrangements with respect to (a) AAG’s corporate governance, (b) defence measures, (c) AAG’s dividend and reservation policy, (d) the orderly disposition of AAG shares and the offering of Depositary Receipts by NLFI, and (e) exchange of information, including information that NLFI requires to perform its statutory duties, also in view of NLFI’s obligations towards the Dutch Central Bank and the Dutch Audit Office (De Algemene Rekenkamer). Prior to entering into the Relationship Agreement, the Parties entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (Memorandum van Overeenstemming), which has since been terminated on 24 November 2015. (B) The executive boards of AAG and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (AAB) have
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