Company Announcements

4 August 2000 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the "Group") has received notification that, following the merger of CGU plc and Norwich Union plc, CGNU plc, and certain of its subsidiaries, has an interest in 91,494,387 of the Group's Ordinary Shares of 25 pence representing 3.4 per cent of shares in this class....

28 July 2000 Fred Watt, former Finance Director of Wassall plc has been appointed Group Finance Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Mr Watt will join the Board of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group with effect from 4 September. Grahame Whitehead (50), currently Chief Financial Officer, has been ...

4 July 2000 As announced on 20 June 2000, resolutions in relation to the bonus issue of Additional Value Shares were passed at an EGM of the shareholders of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc held on that date. Ordinary shareholders were given the opportunity ...

20 June 2000 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc held at 11.00 a.m. today, resolutions were passed:   approving and implementing the bonus issue of Additional Value Shares ("AVS's") and amending ...

5 May 2000 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ("Royal Bank Group") today announced that its subsidiary, Ulster Bank Limited ("Ulster Bank"), has agreed the sale of the entire issued share capital of Ulster Bank Investment Managers Limited ("UBIM"), its fund management busin...

19 April 2000 Sir George Mathewson, Executive Deputy Chairman, and Fred Goodwin, Group Chief Executive, of RBS will today report to a meeting of banking analysts progress in the first 30 days of the integration of NatWest. The report will in particular focus upon: ...

Viscount Younger, Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland Group announced today that, by mutual agreement, Richard Delbridge is to leave the organisation and will resign his directorship at National Westminster Bank on 30 April, 2000 as his normal retirement age would preclude him from providing long term leadership to the finance function in the e...

ScottishPower and The Royal Bank of Scotland have joined forces to create an exciting new suite of products for small businesses which is being marketed under the brand of "Work24". This distinct proposition is specifically aimed at small business decision makers with less than 50 employees. ...

8 October 1999Direct Line, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, has exchanged contracts to acquire Green Flag from Cendant Corporation. The consideration for the acquisition will be £220 million, to be paid in cash on completion.The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and it is anticip...

1 October 1999A joint venture owned by the international bureau de change chain Travelex and The Royal Bank of Scotland has purchased Transpay, the foreign currency processing service of Barclays Bank.The joint venture, Travelex Currency Services, is acquiring the retail operation which supplies travel money to Barclays bran...