Saudi Hollandi Bank, the first bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1926 as the Netherlands Trading Society, and was originally established with one office in Jeddah to serve the pilgrims from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

For some time, as the only operating bank in the kingdom, Saudi Hollandi Bank served as the kingdom's central bank, maintaining the gold stock of the country, and processing the first oil-related transactions.

In 1964, the Netherlands Trading Society became the Algemene Bank Nederland (or ABN). Today, Saudi Hollandi Bank is a Saudi joint stock company, established by Royal Decree in 1976, with a capital of SR 420 million ($112 million).

The bank's global affiliation with ABN AMRO gives access to international financial markets and instruments as well as to a global branch banking network. More than 850 employees work kingdomwide.Saudi Hollandi Bank is a full-service bank, headquartered in Riyadh with regional offices in Jeddah and Al-Khobar.

The bank has 36 branch offices in the kingdom, a network of 68 in-branch and stand-alone ATMs, and a representative office in Beirut, Lebanon. Its affiliation with the Saudi Payments Networks (SPAN) 1,600 ATMs in the kingdom and its own arrangements with VISA and the PLUS networks provide customers with more than 381,000 cash access points worldwide.

Saudi Hollandi Bank is a joint venture bank, 60 per owned by Saudi nationals, and 40 per cent by ABN AMRO, the largest bank in the Netherlands. The bank is rated by four ratings agencies: Capital Intelligence, Moody's Investors Service, Thomson BankWatch, and Standard and Poor's.

In 1999, the bank reported a 2.9 per cent rise in total assets to SR 19,665 million ($5,244 million), making it the seventh largest of the nine commercial banks in the kingdom.

Individuals	N/A
Institutions	67%
Floating	N/A
Government	N/A

	2004	2003	2002
Total Assets	33,443,557	27,964,611	26,899,265
Shareholder's Equity	2,890,167	2,550,702	2,302,942
NIAT	742,691	600,880	555,167
Dividends	N/A	302,400	444,150

	2004	2003	2002
Assets Growth	19.59%	3.96%	6.88%
Earning Growth	23.60%	8.23%	12.48%
ROaA	2.42%	2.19%	2.13%
ROaE	27.30%	24.76%	25.45%
No. Of Shares	25,200,000	18,900,000	18,900,000
EPS	29.47	31.79	29.37
EPS Growth	23.60%	8.23%	12.48%
Payout Ratio	N/A	50.326	80.003

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