Publication of Prospectus and

RNS Number : 4594H

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

05 November 2008

 



NOT FOR RELEASE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA

5 November 2008

Publication of Circular and Prospectus

Further to the announcement yesterday regarding the launch of the Placing and Open Offer of new Ordinary Shares and issue of Preference Shares to raise a total of £19.7bn net of expenses, the UK Listing Authority has approved both a prospectus for the new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing and Open Offer (the 'Prospectus'), and a circular to shareholders (the 'Circular'), both dated 4 November 2008. 

The Circular and notice convening a General Meeting on 20 November (the 'Notice') to seek approval to increase RBS's authorised share capital, to give its directors authority to allot shares in connection with the Placing and Open Offer and approval of the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers from the potential requirement for HM Treasury to make a mandatory offer for the Company under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers have been posted to shareholders. 

The Circular, Notice and Prospectus are available on the RBS website (http://www.investors.rbs.com), and will shortly be available to the public for inspection during normal London business hours at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Contacts

Richard O'Connor          Head of Investor Relations              020 7672 1758

For media enquiries:

Andrew McLaughlin      Group Director, Communications     0131 626 3868

Steven Blaney                Media Relations                              020 7085 7617

This document is not a Prospectus but an advertisement and investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this document (the 'Securities') except on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus.

This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe for, Securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

This document is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and dependencies, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), Canada, Australia, Japan or South Africa. This document does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities Act'). The Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of the Securities in the United States. 

Neither the content of RBS plc's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on RBS plc's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this document.

The distribution of this document and/or the Prospectus and/or the Application Forms and/or the transfer or offering of New Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

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