PARIS (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 2, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had lowered its issue rating to 'A+' from 'AA-' on the €40 million floating rate medium-term notes, due Feb. 16, 2017 (ISIN XS0485718836), issued in February 2010 by Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. Due to an error the notes were identified in our database as obligations of Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. (AA-/Negative/A-1+) although they were in fact initially issued by Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V., who subsequently merged later in 2010 with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (A+/Negative/A-1). RELATED CRITERIA AND RESEARCH Banks: Rating Methodology And Assumptions, Nov. 9, 2011 RATINGS LIST Downgrade To From ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Senior Unsecured A+ AA-
