Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0468Z

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

06 January 2011

 

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					x
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty's Treasury
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31 December 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		5 January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Fallen below 68%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0007547838

39,644,835,194

39,644,835,194

39,644,835,194

39,644,835,194

67.81%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Series 1 class B shares

£0.50 (subject to adjustment)

-

Any time

Up to 51,000,000,000 (depending on extent of conversion into ordinary shares)

Nominal

Delta

Up to 46.6% (on a diluted basis - see section 13 below)

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

90,644,835,194

82.81%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
UKFI Financial Investments Limited, a company wholly-owned by Her Majesty's Treasury, is entitled to exercise control over the voting rights which are the subject of this notification (pursuant to certain management arrangements agreed with Her Majesty's Treasury). The solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty's Treasury is acting as nominee for Her Majesty's Treasury.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	On 31 December 2010 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc issued 486,666,612 ordinary shares in relation to the conversion of 7.387% non-cumulative sterling preference shares into ordinary shares. The conversion of the non-voting series 1 class B shares into ordinary shares will be effected by the issue by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc of new ordinary shares. The total percentage of voting rights is therefore shown in this form on a diluted basis.
14. Contact name:	Andy Donald, UKFI Financial Controller and Compliance Officer
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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