14 May 2020 13:00
14 May 2020
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMRs) in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014
1. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the Company) announces that ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company (Shares) (ISIN: GB00B7T77214) were delivered to PDMRs on 13 May 2020, as set out below.
The Shares delivered represent payment of a fixed share allowance (FSA) for the three month period ending 30 June 2020, unless otherwise indicated below, and have been calculated using a share price of £1.111.
The number of Shares delivered, the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities and the number of Shares retained by each PDMR is as follows:-
Name of PDMR | Position of PDMR | No. of Shares delivered | No. of Shares withheld to satisfy associated tax liability | No. of Shares retained |
Vanessa Bailey | Chief Risk Officer, NatWest Holdings | 56,241 | 26,473 | 29,768 |
Helen Cook | Chief HR Officer | 27,558 | 12,972 | 14,586 |
Bruce Fletcher | Chief Risk Officer, RBS Group | 67,489 | 31,768 | 35,721 |
Peter Flavel | CEO, Private Banking | 50,649 | 23,841 | 26,808 |
Les Matheson | CEO, Personal Banking | 67,489 | 32,444 | 35,045 |
Andrew McLaughlin1 | CEO, RBS International | 33,745 | - | 33,745 |
Simon McNamara | Chief Administrative Officer | 73,113 | 35,147 | 37,966 |
Katie Murray2 | Chief Financial Officer | 337,443 | 158,837 | 178,606 |
Alison Rose3 | Chief Executive Officer | 269,955 | 127,070 | 142,885 |
John Paul Thwaite
| CEO, Commercial Banking | 50,617 | 23,826 | 26,791 |
1. The FSA was delivered when Andrew McLaughlin was resident in Jersey and therefore is taxable in Jersey only and not in the UK. No employer tax withholding is required under Jersey law. The Jersey income tax payable in respect of the vesting of the award will be paid by the PDMR directly to the Jersey tax authority. 2. Katie Murray's FSA represents payment for the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020. 3. Alison Rose's FSA represents payment for the period from 1 January 2020 to 8 April 2020. Alison Rose has waived her entitlement to 25% of her total fixed pay for the period 9 April 2020 to 31 December 2020 and this is being effected through a reduction in the number of shares she receives by way of FSA. | ||||
The above transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange (XLON). The market price used to determine the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities was £1.065. Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities will be held on behalf of PDMRs in the Computershare Retained Share Nominee account and will be released in instalments over a three year period.
Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
For further information contact:-
RBSG Investor RelationsAlexander Holcroft
Head of Investor Relations+44(0)20 7672 1758
RBSG Media Relations
+44(0)131 523 4205