FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December 2002
Commission File Number: 001-10306
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
42 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh EH2 2YE
Scotland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ______
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ______
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No x
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ______
The following information was issued as Company announcements, in London,
England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction B to the General
Instructions to Form 6-K:
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc
DIVIDEND ON ADDITIONAL VALUE SHARES
The Directors have declared the specified dividend on the Additional Value
Shares for the period to 1 December 2002. The dividend will be paid on 2
December 2002 at a rate of 30p per share. The record date for the Additional
Value Shares is 15 November 2002 and the shares will be marked ex-dividend on 13
November 2002.
4 November 2002
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Announces Completion of NatWest IT
Integration
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has today announced the successful
completion of the integration of the NatWest customer base onto the RBS Group IT
platform.
Commenting on the achievement, Group Chief Executive, Fred Goodwin said:
"The conversion took place in early October and we have now completed an entire
monthly cycle of operations on the enlarged IT platform. Systems performance has
been excellent, and the IT integration can now be declared complete, and a
success."
"When we acquired NatWest in March 2000, many doubted whether we could migrate a
customer base over three times the size of the Royal Bank of Scotland onto a
single Group technology platform. Whilst the scale and complexity of the
challenge was without obvious precedent, we had every confidence that our people
would deliver - they have done so and completed the task well ahead of
schedule."
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For further information:
Carolyn McAdam - Head of Group Communications - 0131 523 4572
Alan Waite - Head of Group Corporate Finance - 0207 427 9574
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Shareholder and Analyst Conference
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("RBS Group") announces that it is hosting
a conference for shareholders and analysts in Boston, Massachusetts on 13
November 2002. The focus of the conference is Citizens Financial Group, the
Group's US retail banking subsidiary.
The presentation will be available on the RBS Group website: www.rbs.co.uk
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For further information:
Carolyn McAdam - Head of Group Communications - 0131 523 4572
Alan Waite - Head of Group Corporate Finance - 0207 427 9574
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
20th November 2002
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC PLANS TO ISSUE NON-CUMULATIVE TRUST
PREFERRED SECURITIES
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("RBS") intends to issue Non-Cumulative
Trust Preferred Securities ("the Securities") denominated in US Dollars through
RBS Capital Trust B.
Application has been made to list the Securities on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange. It is expected the Securities will qualify as Tier One Capital of RBS.
It is intended that the net proceeds of the offering will be used for general
corporate purposes and to strengthen the capital base of RBS.
RBS is being advised in connection with the issue by Merrill Lynch
International, Goldman Sachs International, UBS Warburg and The Royal Bank of
Scotland.
The Securities have not nor will be registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (The "Securities Act"), or under any state
securities laws and may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States,
or to or for the account or benefit of US persons (as defined under Regulation S
under The Securities Act) unless registered under The Securities Act or an
exemption from the registration requirements of The Securities Act is available.
The Securities are being offered and sold only to certain persons in
transactions outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under The
Securities Act.
Stabilisation FSA
For further information, please contact:
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc;
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Fred Watt Ron Huggett
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Group Finance Director Capital Raising Director
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42 St Andrew Square Drapers Gardens
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Edinburgh 12 Throgmorton Avenue
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EH2 2YE London
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Tel: 0131 523 2028 EC1N 2TH
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Tel: 020 7375 4925
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc - Notice to Stock Exchange Member Firms,
News Agencies and Information Providers.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that the London Stock Exchange
will change the TIDM code used to identify the company's ordinary shares from
"RBOS" to "RBS" with effect from Monday 25th November 2002. Similarly the code
for the Additional Value Shares issued by the Group will change from "RBOA" to
"RBSA".
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Santander Central Hispano
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
Santander Central Hispano
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them
Santusa Holding, S.L. and SCH Medina, S.L.
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
n/a
6. Percentage of issued class
n/a
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
80,685,387 and 6,014,613, respectively (Total 86,700,000)
8. Percentage of issued class
2.989%
9. Class of security
Ordinary 25p Shares
10. Date of transaction
25 November 2002
11. Date company informed
25 November 2002
12. Total holding following this notification
146,187,191
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.04%
14. Any additional information
n/a
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Howard Moody, Group Director Communications - 0131 523 2057
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Hew Campbell, Head of Group Secretariat
Date of notification
25 November 2002
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.
The headline for The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc released today @ 14.33
under RNS number 2969E should read "Non-Cum Trust Pref. Securities". Full text
remains unchanged.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
26 November 2002
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP AND RBS CAPITAL TRUST B WILL ISSUE USD750
MILLION NON-CUMULATIVE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("the Group") will issue USD750,000,000 of
Non-Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities ("the Securities") through RBS Capital
Trust B.
The Securities will be in denominations of USD1,000 and will pay a coupon of
6.80%.
Application has been made to list the Securities on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange.
The Securities have not and will not be registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any state
securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States, or to or
for the account or benefit of US persons (as defined under Regulation S under
the Securities Act) unless registered under the Securities Act or an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. The
Securities are being offered and sold only to certain persons in transactions
outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs International, The Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS
Warburg advised the Group in connection with the issue.
Fred Watt, Group Finance Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group commented:
"We are highly delighted with the response of Asian investors to this issue and
are pleased to be able to increase the size of the issue in response to
excellent demand. Asia is a relatively new market for the Group and as such
provides important investor diversification."
A spokesman for the bookrunners commented:
"We are delighted to have lead managed this transaction which has been launched
with what we believe to be the lowest coupon ever achieved for a Tier I security
in the Asian market. The transaction benefited from strong investor momentum,
driven by RBS name recognition following a recent investor update tour of the
region and its strong credit story. This momentum lead to an oversubscribed
order book and allowed the bookrunners to price US$750mm at a coupon of 6.80%,
which represents the tighter end of initial expectations."
Stabilisation FSA.
For further information, please contact:
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc;
Fred Watt
Group Finance Director
42 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YE
Tel: 0131 523 2028
Ron Huggett
Capital Raising Director
Drapers Gardens
12 Throgmorton Avenue
London
EC2N 2DL
Tel: 020 7375 4925
For Merril Lynch International;
Siddharth Prasad
Managing Director
Merrill Lynch Financial Centre
2 King Edward Street
London
EC1A 1HQ
Tel: 020 7996 5320
For Goldman Sachs International;
Shazia Azim
Executive Director
Peterborough Court
133 Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2BB
Tel: 020 7774 6814
For The Royal Bank of Scotland;
Gordon Taylor
Associate Director
135 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3UR
Tel: 020 7334 1217
For UBS Warburg;
Frank Kennedy
Managing Director
100 Liverpool Street
London
EC2M 2RH
Tel: 020 7567 4458
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc
DIVIDEND ON SERIES 3 NON-CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE SHARES OF US$0.01
The Directors have declared the dividend payable on the Series 3 non-cumulative
convertible preference shares of US$0.01 for the six months to 31 December 2002.
The dividend will be paid on 31 December 2002 at a rate of US$39.08 per share to
holders on the Register at the close of business on 16 December 2002.
27 November 2002
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK Plc
DIVIDEND ON SERIES B and SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARES OF
US$25.00 FOR THE THREE MONTHS TO 16 JANUARY 2003
The Directors have declared the specified dividends on the undernoted Series of
non-cumulative dollar preference shares for the three months to 16 January 2003.
The dividends will be paid on 16 January 2003 at the undernoted rates to holders
on the register at the close of business on 6 December 2002.
Series Dividend payable per share
Series B US$0.4921875
Series C US$0.48519
27 November 2002
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc
DIVIDEND ON 11 PER CENT AND 5.5 PER CENT CUMULATIVE PREFERENCE SHARES FOR
THE HALF YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2002
The Directors have declared a half-yearly dividend on the 11 per cent and 5.5
per cent cumulative preference shares of (pound)1. The dividend will be paid on
31 December 2002 at the rate of 5.5 per cent and 2.75 per cent respectively and
will be paid to those preference shareholders on the register at the close of
business on 6 December 2002.
27 November 2002
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc
DIVIDEND ON SERIES B, SERIES C, SERIES D, SERIES E, SERIES F, SERIES G, SERIES
H, SERIES I, SERIES J AND SERIES K NON-CUMULATIVE DOLLAR PREFERENCE SHARES of
US$0.01 FOR THE THREE MONTHS TO 31 DECEMBER 2002
The Directors have declared the specified dividends on the undernoted Series of
non-cumulative dollar preference shares, all of which are represented by
American Depositary Shares, for the three months to 31 December 2002. The
dividends will be paid on 31 December 2002 at the undernoted rates to holders on
the register at the close of business on 16 December 2002. As at the date of
this announcement all of the undernoted Non-cumulative dollar preference shares
are held by The Bank of New York, N.A. as Depositary who have advised that the
record date for the American Depositary Receipts which evidence the undernoted
American Depositary Shares is 16 December 2002.
Series Dividend payable per share
Series B US$0.63
Series C US$0.534375
Series D US$0.51328125
Series E US$0.50625
Series F US$0.478125
Series G US$0.4625
Series H US$0.453125
Series I US$0.50
Series J US$0.53125
Series K US$0.4921875
27 November 2002
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: 9 December 2002
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc
(Registrant)
By: /s/ H Campbell
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Name: H Campbell
Title: Head of Group Secretariat