Natwest Group PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 17, 2018

16 July 2018

Allotment and Issue of New Ordinary Shares

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (the "Company") announces the allotment and issue of 20,000,000 new ordinary shares (the "New Ordinary Shares") of the Company at a subscription price of 253.5641 pence per New Ordinary Share. The shares have been sold in the market. The subscription price was determined by reference to the average market price during a period since the Company's first quarter 2018 results on 27 April 2018.

The shares being issued are for the purposes of partly neutralising the impact of 2018 coupon payments on discretionary hybrid capital from a Common Equity Tier 1 capital perspective, as explained in the Company's Full Year 2017 results announcements.

Based on this subscription price, the gross proceeds of the issue are approximately £50.7 million. The New Ordinary Shares being issued represent an increase of approximately 0.17% in the Company's current issued ordinary shares. The New Ordinary Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

Applications will be made for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading (together "Admission") on (i) the main market of the London Stock Exchange and (ii) the New York Stock Exchange ("the NYSE"). American Depositary Shares ("ADS") will also be listed with the NYSE in addition to the New Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs. It is expected that Admission will take place at 8.00 a.m. on 20 July 2018.

For further information, please contact:

RBS Investor Relations Matt Waymark Head of Investor Relations +44 20 7672 1958

RBS Media Relations +44 131 523 4205

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