US$ pref share issue price

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 21 September 2007 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC AGREES PRICE FOR US$1.45 BILLION PREFERENCE SHARE ISSUE 21st September 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ('the Group') is pleased to announce the pricing on 20th September, 2007 of 58,000,000 Category II Non-cumulative Dollar Preference Shares to be designated Series T ('the Series T Dollar Preference Shares'), which will be issued in the form of American Depositary Receipts ('the Series T ADRs') in the United States, at a subscription price of US$25.00 per share, with an annual dividend rate of US$1.8125 per share. Non-cumulative preferential dividends on the Series T Dollar Preference Shares will be payable in US dollars quarterly in arrears on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December, at a rate of US$1.8125 annually per Series T Dollar Preference Share. The first dividend is payable on 31 December 2007. The Series T Dollar Preference Shares can be redeemed in whole, but not in part, by the Group, at any time on or after 31 December 2012 at US$25.00 per share, plus accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period. The Group is being advised in connection with the issue by Merrill Lynch & Co., RBS Greenwich Capital, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities. For further information, or to obtain a copy of the related prospectus, please contact; The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Guy Whittaker Ron Huggett Group Finance Director Director, Executive House G Capital Management and Securitisation RBS Gogarburn 280 Bishopsgate PO Box 1000 London Edinburgh EC2M 4RB EH12 1HQ Tel: 020 7085 4925 Tel: 0131 523 2028 Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch International Alexandra MacMahon Siddharth Prasad 20 Bank Street Merrill Lynch Financial Canary Wharf Centre 2 King Edward Street London London E14 4AD EC1A 1HQ Tel: 020 7677 5099 Tel: 020 7996 5320 Wachovia Securities UBS Investment Bank Stuart Aylward Gary Abrahams 1 Plantation Place 100 Liverpool Street 30 Fenchurch Street London London EC2M 2RH EC3M 3BD Tel: 020 7567 2661 Tel: 020 7149 8485 For a copy of the prospectus, please call 1-866-289-1262. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Series T Dollar Preference Shares in any State of the US in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State. This announcement is not an invitation nor is it intended to be an inducement to engage in investment activity for the purpose of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom (the 'FSMA'). To the extent that this announcement does constitute an inducement to engage in any investment activity included within this announcement, it is directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who are investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) of the United Kingdom (the 'Financial Promotion Order'); (iii) persons who fall within Articles 49(2)(a) to (d) ('high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.') of the Financial Promotion Order; and (iv) any other persons to whom this announcement for the purposes of Section 21 of FSMA can otherwise lawfully be made (all such persons together being referred to as 'relevant persons'), and must not be acted on or relied upon by persons other than relevant persons. Any invitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity included within the announcement is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Anyone other than a relevant person must not rely on this announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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