Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2206F)

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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

10 November 2015

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

10 November 2015

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs") IN ACCORDANCE WITH DTR 3.1.2R AND DTR 3.1.4R

1. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the "Company") announces that ordinary shares of GBP1 each in the Company ("Shares") were delivered to the PDMRs on 10 November 2015, as set out below.

The Shares delivered represent payment of a fixed share allowance for the six month period ended 31 December 2015.

The number of Shares delivered, the number of Shares sold to meet associated tax liabilities and the number of Shares retained by each PDMR is as follows:-

 
       PDMR         No. of Shares    No. of Shares     No. of Shares 
                      delivered      sold to satisfy      retained 
                                       associated 
                                      tax liability 
 Elaine Arden          44,888            21,130           23,758 
 Mark Bailie           124,906           58,795           66,111 
 Chris Marks           124,906           58,795           66,111 
 Leslie Matheson       85,873            40,421           45,452 
 Ross McEwan           156,133           73,493           82,640 
 Simon McNamara        93,680            44,096           49,584 
 Jonathan 
  Pain                 46,839            22,048           24,791 
 Alison Rose           93,680            44,096           49,584 
 David Stephen         101,486           47,771           53,715 
 Ewen Stevenson        124,906           58,795           66,111 
 David Wheldon         35,130            16,536           18,594 
 

The market price used to determine the number of Shares delivered was GBP3.2024. Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities are held on behalf of PDMRs in the Computershare Retained Share Nominee account and will be released in instalments over a five year retention period.

In February 2015, Mr McEwan confirmed that he did not intend to benefit from his 2015 fixed share allowance. In light of this commitment, he will transfer the net of tax Shares retained to charity when they are released over the course of the five year retention period.

2. The Company also announces that on 9 November 2015 it was notified that Elaine Arden, a PDMR, had sold 62,500 Shares on that date, at a price of GBP3.2277 per share.

For further information contact:-

RBS Media Relations - [phone]

Person responsible for making notification:-

Aileen Taylor, Company Secretary

This information is provided by RNS

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