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
February 28, 2020
Commission
File Number: 001-10306
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
RBS,
Gogarburn, PO Box 1000
Edinburgh
EH12 1HQ
(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):_________
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as 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
If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
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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:
FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F WITH THE US SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the "Company") announces
that, on 27 February 2020, it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F
with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The
document is available for viewing on the SEC website
at www.sec.gov and
also on the Company's website at www.rbs.com.
The Company will send any holder of the Company's securities, upon
request, a hard copy of the Company's complete audited financial
statements free of charge. Requests may be made by writing to
the Chief Governance Officer and Company Secretary, The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc, RBS Gogarburn, PO Box 1000, Edinburgh EH12
1HQ.
The Company's XBRL data is also available to view on the Company's
website at www.rbs.com.
Jan Cargill
Chief Governance Officer and Company Secretary
28 February 2020
Legal Entity Identifier
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
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Forward-looking statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, such as statements that include, without limitation,
the words 'expect', 'estimate', 'project', 'anticipate', 'commit',
'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'plan', 'could', 'probability',
'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target', 'goal', 'objective',
'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects' and
similar expressions or variations on these expressions. These
statements concern or may affect future matters, such as the
Company's future economic results, business plans and
strategies. In particular, this document may include
forward-looking statements relating to the Company in respect of,
but not limited to: its regulatory capital position and related
requirements, its financial position, profitability and financial
performance (including financial, capital and operational targets),
its access to adequate sources of liquidity and funding, increasing
competition from new incumbents and disruptive technologies,
its exposure to third party risks, its ongoing compliance with the
UK ring-fencing regime and ensuring operational continuity in
resolution, its impairment losses and credit exposures under
certain specified scenarios, substantial regulation and oversight,
ongoing legal, regulatory and governmental actions and
investigations, the transition of LIBOR and IBOR rates to
alternative risk free rates and the Company's exposure to economic
and political risks (including with respect to terms surrounding
Brexit and climate change), operational risk, conduct risk, cyber
and IT risk, key person risk and credit rating risk.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties that might cause actual results and performance to
differ materially from any expected future results or performance
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause or contribute to differences in current
expectations include, but are not limited to, the final number of
PPI claims and their amounts, legislative, political, fiscal and
regulatory developments, accounting standards, competitive
conditions, technological developments, interest and exchange rate
fluctuations and general economic conditions. These and other
factors, risks and uncertainties that may impact any
forward-looking statement or the Company's actual results are
discussed in the Company's UK 2019 Annual Report and Accounts
(ARA). The forward-looking statements contained in this document
speak only as of the date of this document and the Company does not
assume or undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any
of the forward-looking statements contained in this document,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except to the extent legally required.
Date: 28
February 2020
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THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc (Registrant)
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By: /s/
Jan Cargill
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Name:
Jan Cargill
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Title:
Deputy Secretary
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