US$ PREF SHARE ISSUE

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 19 September 2007 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC PLANS US DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARE ISSUE 19th September 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ('the Group') is pleased to announce that it intends to issue Category II Non-cumulative Dollar Preference Shares to be designated Series T ('the Series T 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. The Series T Preference Shares will be issued under a Form F-3 Shelf Registration Statement which the Group has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and which provides for the offer and sale from time to time of, among other things, the Group's dollar preference shares. Application will be made to list the Series T ADRs on the New York Stock Exchange. 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. The net proceeds from the sale of the Series T Preference Shares will be used to fund in part the cash portion attributable to the Group of the offer by a consortium, including the Group, to acquire ABN AMRO Holding N.V., to strengthen the Group's capital base and for general corporate purposes. For further information, or to obtain a prospectus, please contact: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Guy Whittaker Ron Huggett Group Finance Director Director, Capital Management and Securitisation Executive House G 280 Bishopsgate RBS Gogarburn London PO Box 1000 EC2M 4RB Edinburgh Tel: 020 7085 4925 EH12 1HQ Morgan Stanley Tel: 0131 523 2028 Alexandra MacMahon Merrill Lynch International 20 Bank Street Siddharth Prasad Canary Wharf Merrill Lynch Financial London Centre 2 King Edward Street E14 4AD London Tel: 020 7677 5099 EC1A 1HQ Wachovia Securities Tel: 020 7996 5320 Stuart Aylward UBS Investment Bank 1 Plantation Place Gary Abrahams 30 Fenchurch Street 100 Liverpool Street London London EC3M 3BD EC2M 2RH Tel: 020 7149 8485 Tel: 020 7567 2661 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 Preference Shares or the Series T ADRs in any state 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 this 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 MSCGUURUBUPMGGB
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