26th Apr 2007 11:13
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC26 April 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plcBonus Issue 26 April 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that it has applied to the LondonStock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority to increase, as a result of a twofor one Bonus Issue, which is expected to take effect on 8 May 2007, theapproved but unallotted shares held under existing blocklistings in respect ofthe following Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc employee share schemes: Scheme Current Balance Increase Revised Balance (Ordinary Shares of 25 Applied for pence) (Ordinary (Ordinary Shares of 25 Shares of 25 pence) pence) The RoyalBankof ScotlandGroup plc1997 12,819,588 25,639,176 38,458,764SharesaveScheme The RoyalBankof ScotlandGroup plc1999Executive 7,967,395 15,934,790 23,902,185ShareOptionScheme The 1999NatWestGroupSharesave 2,134,657 4,269,314 6,403,971Scheme TheNationalWestminsterBank plc1994Executive 1,048,596 2,097,192 3,145,788ShareOptionScheme The RoyalBankof ScotlandGroup plcOption 2000 4,564,800 9,129,600 13,694,400Scheme The RoyalBankof ScotlandGroup plcEmployeeShareOwnershipPlanand TheRoyalBank ofScotlandGroup 5,229,460 10,458,920 15,688,380plcEmployeeShareOwnershipPlan(Buy As YouEarn Plan) The FirstActive plc1998 SAYEScheme 247,946 495,892 743,838 The FirstActive plc2001 SAYEScheme 214,923 429,846 644,769 The FirstActive plc1998 ShareOption 245,218 490,436 735,654Scheme The FirstActive plc2002ApprovedShare 230,884 461,768 692,652OptionScheme The RoyalBankof ScotlandGroup plcMedium-termPerformance 903,944 1,807,888 2,711,832Plan The new shares rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary sharesof the Company. Application has been made for the new shares to be admitted tothe Official List and approval of the application is expected on 1 May 2007. Further copies of this announcement are available at the Company's Offices at 36St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YB and at the Company Announcement'sDepartment, The Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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