Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0004O

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

14 May 2018

 

14 May 2018

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs") in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014

1.   The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the "Company") announces that ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company ("Shares") (ISIN: GB00B7T77214) were delivered to PDMRs on 11 May 2018, as set out below. 

The Shares delivered represent payment of a fixed share allowance for the six month period ending 30 June 2018 and have been calculated using a share price of £2.7064.

The number of Shares delivered, the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities and the number of Shares retained by each PDMR is as follows:-

Name of PDMR	No. of Shares delivered	No. of Shares withheld to satisfy associated tax liability	No. of Shares retained
Mark Bailie	73,899	34,733	39,166
Helen Cook	20,207	9,498	10,709
Chris Marks	83,137	39,075	44,062
Les Matheson	55,425	26,604	28,821
Ross McEwan	184,748	86,832	97,916
Simon McNamara	60,043	28,821	31,222
Alison Rose	71,590	33,648	37,942
David Stephen	64,662	30,392	34,270
Ewen Stevenson	147,798	69,466	78,332
David Wheldon	20,785	9,769	11,016

The above transactions took place outside of a trading venue.  The market price used to determine the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities was £2.941.  Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities will be held on behalf of PDMRs in the Computershare Retained Share Nominee account and will be released in instalments over a three year period.

2.   The Company announces that on 11 May 2018 Ross McEwan, transferred 27,602 Shares to charity for nil consideration.  The transfer is in line with the commitments Mr McEwan made in February 2015 and February 2016 to transfer all of his 2015 fixed share allowance and half of his 2016 fixed share allowance to charity.  Following the transfer to charity, Mr McEwan has relinquished all legal and beneficial rights to such Shares.  The transfer took place outside of a trading venue.

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90

For further information contact:-

RBS Investor Relations
Alexander Holcroft
Head of Equity Investor Relations
[phone]

RBS Media Relations  

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