New York Menlo Park Washington DC São Paulo London Paris Madrid Tokyo Beijing Hong Kong Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 212 450 4000 tel 212 701 5800 fax December 20, 2012Registration Statement • December 20th, 2012 • Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC • Commercial banks, nec
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland (the “Issuer”), and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland (the “Guarantor”) are filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form F-3 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), debt securities to be issued from time by the Issuer and guaranteed by the Guarantor (such debt securities, together with the corresponding guarantees, the “Shelf Securities”). The Shelf Securities are comprised of securities designated either as RBS NotesSM (the “RBS Notes”) or as Retail Corporate Notes (the “Retail Corporate Notes”), and are to be issued on or after the date hereof. The RBS Notes are to be issued pursuant to either (i) the Amended and Restat
New York Menlo Park Washington DC São Paulo London Paris Madrid Tokyo Beijing Hong Kong Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 212 450 4000 tel 212 701 5800 fax December 20, 2012Registration Statement • December 20th, 2012 • Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC • Commercial banks, nec
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland (the “Issuer”), and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland (the “Guarantor”), have filed a registration statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-184147 (the “Registration Statement”), for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), securities (the “Shelf Securities”) to be issued from time to time by the Issuer and the Guarantor. The Shelf Securities include the notes offered pursuant to the pricing supplements identified in Annex A attached hereto (the “Notes”), which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor (the “Guarantees,” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities have been issued, or are to be issued, pursuant to the indenture (the “NV Base Indenture”) among The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (f/k/a ABN AMRO BANK N.V.) as issuer, RBS Holding
