25th Feb 2008 13:09
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC25 February 2008 Company Announcement The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Employee Share Schemes The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that it has applied to the LondonStock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority for a new block listing of ordinaryshares of 25 pence each. These shares are being allotted to trade on the LondonStock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon allotment pursuantto the Company's obligations under the following employee share schemes: (i) 70,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc 2007 Sharesave Plan; (ii) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc 2007 Irish Sharesave Plan; (iii) 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc 2007 Executive Share Option Plan; (iv) 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc 1997 Sharesave Scheme; (v) 30,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme; (vi) 30,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bankof Scotland Group plc, Employee Share Ownership Plan. Participants in these employee share schemes have or will become entitled tothese new shares following the exercise of share options or allocation of shareawards. The shares will rank equally with the existing ordinary shares of theCompany. Application has been made for the 205,000,000 new shares to be admittedto the Official List and approval of the block listing application is expectedon 29 February 2008. Further copies of this announcement are available at the Company's offices atRBS Gogarburn, Edinburgh and at the Company Announcements Department, The StockExchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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