25th Sep 2007 14:20
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC25 September 2007 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC PLANS MULTI CURRENCY OFFERING OF PREFERED SECURITIES 25th September 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("the Group") is pleased to announce thatit intends to launch multiple currency offers of prefered securities. The Grouphas mandated Merrill Lynch and RBS as joint bookrunners for this transaction.The multi-tranche, multi-currency issue will be launched in the near future,subject to market conditions. Copies of this announcement may not be published, distributed or transmitted inor into the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer tosell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Securities may not beoffered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption fromregistration. Any public offering of securities in the United States will bemade by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer and that willcontain detailed information about the issuer, its management and its financialstatements. For further information, please contact: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Guy Whittaker Ron HuggettGroup Finance Director Director, Capital Management and SecuritisationExecutive House G 280 BishopsgateRBS Gogarburn LondonPO Box 1000 EC2M 4RBEdinburgh Tel: 020 7085 4925EH12 1HQ RBSTel: 0131 523 2028 David CarmaltMerrill Lynch International 135 BishopsgateSiddharth Prasad LondonMerrill Lynch Financial Centre EC2M 3UR2 King Edward Street Tel: 020 7085 6754LondonEC1A 1HQTel: 020 7996 5320 This announcement is not an invitation nor is it intended to be an inducement toengage in investment activity for the purpose of Section 21 of the FinancialServices and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom (the "FSMA"). To the extentthat this announcement does constitute an inducement to engage in any investmentactivity included within this announcement, it is directed only at (i) personswho are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who are investmentprofessionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services andMarkets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) of the UnitedKingdom (the "Financial Promotion Order"); (iii) persons who fall withinArticles 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associationsetc.") of the Financial Promotion Order; and (iv) any other persons to whom thisannouncement for the purposes of Section 21 of FSMA can otherwise lawfully bemade (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"), andmust not be acted on or relied upon by persons other than relevant persons. Anyinvitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity included withinthe announcement is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged inonly with relevant persons. Anyone other than a relevant person must not rely onthis announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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