As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2016 Registration No. 333-149577

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

RBS Holdings N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

The Netherlands

 

Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

Gustav Mahlerlaan 350, 1082 ME Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

ABN AMRO Global Key Employee Retention Plan

 


(Full title of the plan)

 

 

 CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Ave.

New York, NY 10011

(212) 894-8940]

 

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Sonia Gilbert, Esq.

Clifford Chance, London

10 Upper Bank Street

London, E14 5JJ
DX:149120 Canary Wharf 3
United Kingdom

+(44) (20) 7006 1000

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 126-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ¨

 

 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-149577, filed on March 6, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”), registering units issuable pursuant to the ABN AMRO Global Key Employee Retention Plan (the “Plan”) for a maximum aggregate offering price of $79 million.

 

RBS Holdings N.V., formerly known as ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (the “Registrant”), is no longer issuing securities pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with the Registrant's undertaking in Part II, Item 9 of the Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing this amendment to remove from registration by means of this post-effective amendment any and all securities originally reserved for issuance under the Plan and registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold or unissued as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such securities.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, RBS Holdings N.V., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on the 28th day of November, 2016.

 

 

RBS HOLDINGS N.V.

(Registrant)

 
     
     
  By:    /s/ Cornelis Visscher  
   

Name: Cornelis Visscher

Title: Board member

       
  By:    /s/ Gino Gorter  
   

Name: Gino Gorter

Title: Company secretary

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in New York, New York on November 28, 2016.

 

  By: /s/ Caitlin Behrens  
    Caitlin Behrens as the duly authorized  
    representative of the Registrant  
    in the United States  

 

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 of the Securities Act.