Announcement of NatWest Markets N.V. Transfer

RNS Number : 1886V

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

29 November 2019

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

Announcement of NatWest Markets N.V. transfer

29 November 2019

NatWest Markets Plc (NWM Plc) has today purchased RBS Holdings N.V. (RBSH), NatWest Markets N.V.'s (NWM NV) immediate parent, from RFS Holdings B.V. (RFSH). All entities are wholly owned by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBSG).

NWM Plc has acquired all the shares in RBSH for a value of €2.165bn (c. £1.9bn). The purchase is funded by an equity contribution of €2.165bn (c. £1.9bn) from RBSG to NWM Plc.

NWM Plc details

·    NWM Plc will consolidate the results of RBSH/NWM NV with immediate effect.

·    The impact on the NWM Plc solo CET1 ratio is accretive by c.30bps.

RBSG details

·    There is no impact to RBSG balance sheet or RWAs at a consolidated level.

·    The transfer, and subsequent liquidation of RFSH, will result in RBSG recording a FX recycling gain of approximately £1.2bn; this will be capital and TNAV neutral.

Entity structure post transfer

Please see a link to the new entity structure here:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1886V_1-2019-11-29.pdf

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations

Alexander Holcroft

Head of Investor Relations

[phone]

RBS Media Relations

[phone]

Legal Entity Identifiers
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc	2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
NatWest Markets Plc	RR3QWICWWIPCS8A4S074
NatWest Markets N.V.	X3CZP3CK64YBHON1LE12

Forward-looking statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements that include, without limitation, the words 'expect', 'estimate', 'project', 'anticipate', 'commit', 'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'plan', 'could', 'probability', 'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target', 'goal', 'objective', 'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects' and similar expressions or variations on these expressions. These statements concern or may affect future matters, such as RBSG, NWM Plc or NWM NV's future economic results, business plans and current strategies.  In particular, this document may include forward-looking statements relating to RBSG, NWM Plc or NWM NV in respect of, but not limited to: regulatory capital positions and related requirements, financial positions, profitability and financial performance (including financial, capital and operational targets), access to adequate sources of liquidity and funding, increasing competition from new incumbents and  disruptive technologies, exposure to third party risks, ongoing compliance with the UK ring-fencing regime and ensuring operational continuity in resolution, impairment losses and credit exposures under certain specified scenarios, substantial regulation and oversight, ongoing legal, regulatory and governmental actions and investigations, LIBOR, EURIBOR and other benchmark reform and exposure to economic and political risks (including with respect to Brexit and climate change), operational risk, conduct risk, cyber and IT risk, key person risk and credit rating risk.  Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences in current expectations include, but are not limited to, the final number of PPI claims and their amounts, legislative, political, fiscal and regulatory developments, accounting standards, competitive conditions, technological developments, interest and exchange rate fluctuations and general economic conditions. These and other factors, risks and uncertainties that may impact any forward-looking statement or RBSG, NWM Plc or NWM NV's actual results are discussed in each of RBSG, NWM Plc and NWM NV's respective 2018 Annual Report and Accounts and their respective Interim Results for H1 2019, and materials filed with, or furnished to, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, RBSG's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and Reports on Form 6-K. The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as of the date of this document and RBSG, NWM Plc and NWM NV do not assume or undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

 

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