X0202 4/A 2005-08-01 2005-08-02 1 0001132651 AMES NATIONAL CORP ATLO 0001168438 STAFFORD ROBERT W PO BOX 846 AMES IA 50010 0 0 0 1 former 10% owner Common stock 2005-08-01 4 S 0 2800 37 D 273446 D The beneficial ownership of issuer stock by the Reporting Person named herein has been reduced below 10% and, consequently, the Reporting Person is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a). In addition, certain indirect holdings of stock attributed to the Reporting Person on previously-filed Form 3 and Form 4s with respect to stock owned by the Richard C. Stafford Family Trust and the Charlotte H. Stafford Trust were inadvertently included, as the Reporting Person has never had a pecuniary interest in any of the stock held by either Trust. Robert W. Stafford 2005-09-26