17th Dec 2007 16:51
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC17 December 2007 Royal Bank of Scotland plc - Corporate Loans Securitisation THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP COMPLETES ITS PLANNED SECURITISATION OFCORPORATE LOANS 17 December 2007 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is pleased to announce that The Royal Bank ofScotland plc will synthetically securitise part of its UK, US and Europeancorporate loan portfolio under the funding programme known as Arran CorporateLoans . The transaction, a partially funded synthetic securitisation with a senior CDS,has a total size of US$9.6bn. For the funded part, 6 classes of credit linked notes rated by Moody's will beissued in US Dollars. The CLN issue has been privately placed. This announcement should not be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy orsell the Securities or any other securities, or any interest in any securities,and nothing herein should be construed as a recommendation or advice to investin any securities. The investments and investment services referred to hereinare available only to persons to whom this material may be lawfully delivered inaccordance with applicable securities laws. This includes any sale of Securitiesin any State of the United States in which such an offer, solicitation or salewould be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the SecuritiesLaws of any such State. This material is not available to private customerswithin the meaning of the rules of the Financial Services Authority. For further information, please contact: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Richard O'Connor Head of Investor Relations 280 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4RB Tel: +44 (0)20 7672 1758 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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