**Exhibit 12.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I,Jan de Ruiter, certify that:

 

1.      Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of RBS Holdings N.V.;

 

2.      Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.      Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.      Thecompany’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company andhave:

 

|   | (a) | Designed such disclosure  controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to  be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information  relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made  known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period  in which this report is being prepared; |
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|   | (b) | Designed such internal  control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over  financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide  reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the  preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with  generally accepted accounting principles; |
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|   | (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness  of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and  procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such  evaluation; and |
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|   | (d) | Disclosed in this report any  change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that  occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially  affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s  internal control over financial reporting; and |
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5.      Thecompany’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’sauditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 

|   | (a) | All significant deficiencies  and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over  financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the  company’s ability to record, process, summarise and report financial  information; and |
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|   | (b) | Any fraud, whether or not  material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role  in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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| April 30, 2014                  |   |
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| /s/ Jan de Ruiter               |   |
| Jan de Ruiter                   |   |
| Chairman of the Managing  Board |   |

 

 

 

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