RBS agrees sale of Priory Gro

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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

18 January 2011

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

18 January 2011

RBS agrees sale of Priory Group to Advent International

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("RBS") announces today it has reached agreement for the sale of the Priory Group to Advent International for an enterprise value of up to £925 million. After the settlement of outstanding debt, RBS expects to receive gross equity proceeds of up to £133 million in cash from the sale of its minority equity stake in the Priory Group.

The sale of this legacy private equity asset marks further progress in the execution of the asset reduction element of RBS's strategic plan announced in February 2009.  The sale remains subject to certain conditions and is expected to complete in Q1 2011.

Contacts

Richard O'Connor
Head of Investor Relations
[phone]

Michael Strachan
Media Relations
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