Share Price and Dividends

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  4. Equity Ownership Statistics

View and search for dividend titles, dates and payments since 1998.

Ordinary Shares Dividend Dates

Dividend
Title
Ex Date Record Date Pay Date Div Rate (p) DRIP
acquisition
cost
Final 2009 n.a. n.a. n.a. See note 1 n.a.
Interim 2009 n.a. n.a. n.a. See note 1 n.a.
Final 2008 n.a. n.a. n.a. See note 1 n.a.
Interim 2008 15 Sept 2008 12 Sept 2008 15 Sept 2008** View FAQ n.a.
Final 2007 5 Mar 2008 7 Mar 2008 23 May 2008 23.1 n.a.
Interim 2007 * 15 Aug 2007 17 Aug 2007 5 Oct 2007 10.1 £ 5.65
Final 2006 7 Mar 2007 9 Mar 2007 8 Jun 2007 22.1 £ 6.53
Interim 2006 16 Aug 2006 18 Aug 2006 6 Oct 2006 8.1 £6.25
Final 2005 8 Mar 2006 10 Mar 2006 9 Jun 2006 17.7 £5.93
Interim 2005 10 Aug 2005 12 Aug 2005 7 Oct 2005 19.4 n.a.

Note 1: There has been no proposed dividend. As part of the state aid commitments, RBSG has agreed that, unless otherwise agreed, neither RBSG nor any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries will pay investors any dividends or coupons on existing hybrid capital instruments (including preference shares, B shares and upper and lower tier-2 instruments) from a date starting not later than 30 April 2010 and for a period of two years thereafter.

*Prior period data, up to and including the Final 2005 Dividend, have been restated to reflect the two for one bonus issue of ordinary shares in May 2007

**15 Sept 2008 - shares begin trading (effective date). 19 Sept 2008 - Share Certificates posted


Preference Share Dividend Dates

Preferred Dividend Dates

Please note that following discussions with the European Commission RBS has agreed to the deferral of coupons and payments on certain hybrid capital securities for a period of two years. This two year deferral period commenced on 30 April 2010. For a list of affected securities refer to the Schedule (pdf 35kb). The relevant announcements surrounding the deferral can be found in our announcements on 27 November 2009 supplemented by the announcement dated 20 October 2009.

Royal Bank of Scotland Series F - U Non Cumulative Preference Shares
21 May 2010 3 months to 30 June 2010 - Payment
22 Feb 2010 3 months to 31 March 2010 - Payment
NatWest Series A and C Non Cumulative Dollar Preference
21 May 2010 3 months to 16 July 2010 - Payment
22 Feb 2010 3 months to 16 April 2010 - Payment