euro pref share pricing

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 27 September 2007 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC PRICES EUR 1.3 BILLION PREFERENCE SHARE ISSUE 27th September 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ('the Group') has priced EUR 1.3 billion Non-cumulative EUR Preference Shares to be designated Series 3 ('EUR Preference Shares'). The EUR Preference Shares will pay a fixed 7.0916% dividend per annum, payable annually in arrear on September 30 until September 29, 2017. The EUR Preference Shares are redeemable at the option of the Group in whole but not in part on September 29, 2017 and on any dividend payment date thereafter at par. After September 29, 2017 the dividend rate will adjust to 3-month Euribor + 2.33%. The EUR Preference Shares have a liquidation preference of EUR 50,000 each. The Group is being advised in connection with the issue by Merrill Lynch International and The Royal Bank of Scotland. For further information 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 Merrill Lynch International RBS Siddharth Prasad David Carmalt Merrill Lynch Financial Centre 135 Bishopsgate 2 King Edward Street London London EC2M 3UR EC1A 1HQ Tel: 020 7085 6754 Tel: 020 7996 5320 This announcement is not directed at persons in the United States or U.S. persons within the meaning of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ('U.S. Persons'). This announcement does not constitute an offer for sale in the United States or to U.S. Persons. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons. 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 announcement is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the 'Directive') and/or Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. A prospectus will be prepared and made available to the public in accordance with the Directive. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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