RBS Group declares certain discretionary dividends
Note that The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS Group) recently announced that it is in a position to recommence discretionary coupons and dividend payments on RBS Group hybrid capital instruments, which have been deferred for two years from April 30, 2010. This does not include deferred discretionary coupons on RBS Holdings N.V. (formerly ABN AMRO Holding N.V.) securities.
The Directors have declared the discretionary dividends on Series M, N, P, Q, R, S and T non-cumulative dollar preference shares of US $0.01 each for the three months to June 30, 2012, and the discretionary dividend on the Series 2 non-cumulative Euro preference shares of €0.01 for the 12 months to June 30, 2012. These discretionary dividends as well as the discretionary distributions on the RBS Group innovative securities RBS Capital Trust A, RBS Capital Trust B, RBS Capital Trust D, RBS Capital Trust I, RBS Capital Trust II and RBS Capital Trust IV will be paid on their scheduled payment dates in June 2012. Future coupons and dividends on RBS Group hybrid capital instruments will only be paid, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms of the relevant instruments.
The above information should be read in the context of the following documents that RBS Group has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Interim Report on Form 6-K of RBS Group for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, filed on May 11, 2012:
Annual Report on Form 20-F of RBS Group for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed on March 27, 2012:
Report on Form 6-K of RBS Group filed on March 27, 2012:
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