11 June 2019
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 conditional deferred awards over ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company (Shares) (ISIN: GB00B7T77214) vested on 7 June 2019 to the PDMRs set out below. The conditional deferred awards were granted under the RBS 2014 Employee Share Plan (the Plan) in March 2019. The number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities arising on vesting and the number of vested Shares retained by each PDMR is set out below:-
| Name of PDMR | Position of PDMR | No. of Shares vested | No. of Shares withheld to satisfy associated tax liability | No. of vested Shares retained |
| Andrew McLaughlin1 | CEO, RBS International | 46,922 | Nil | 46,922 |
| Katie Murray | Chief Financial Officer | 28,801 | 13,537 | 15,264 |
| 1. The award was granted when the PDMR 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. | ||||
The above transactions took place outside of a trading venue. The market price used to meet associated tax liabilities was £2.145. Vested Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities will be subject to a retention period of twelve months.
Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
For further information contact:-
RBSG Investor Relations
Alexander Holcroft
Head of Investor Relations
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