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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For May
30, 2018
Commission
File Number: 001-10306
The
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
RBS,
Gogarburn, PO Box 1000
Edinburgh
EH12 1HQ
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F X Form 40-F
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to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
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The following information was issued as Company announcements
in London, England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction
B to the General Instructions to Form
6-K:
FINAL RNS - 30 May 2018
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Director Change
RBS
announces that Ewen Stevenson has resigned from his role as
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director to take up an
opportunity elsewhere.
The
effective date of his departure will be confirmed in due course but
he will remain in his position to oversee an orderly handover of
his responsibilities. The search for a successor will
commence immediately.
Chairman
Howard Davies said:
"The Board and I are sorry to learn that Ewen has decided to move
elsewhere. He will go with our thanks for a job well done and
our good wishes."
Chief
Executive Ross McEwan added:
"For the past four years Ewen has worked tirelessly with me and my
executive team to make RBS a much simpler, safer and more customer
focussed business and to resolve a number of major legacy
challenges. When Ewen leaves RBS he will go with my enormous
thanks and best wishes, he has been a fantastic CFO."
For
further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Matt
Waymark
Head of
Investor Relations
+44 (0)
207 672 1758
RBS Media Relations
+44 (0)
131 523 4205
Forward-looking statements
This
document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including (but not limited to) those related to RBS and its
subsidiaries' regulatory capital position and requirements,
financial position, future pension funding and contribution
requirements, ongoing litigation and regulatory investigations,
profitability and financial performance (including financial
performance targets), structural reform and the implementation of
the UK ring-fencing regime, the implementation of RBS's
restructuring and transformation programme, impairment losses and
credit exposures under certain specified scenarios, increasing
competition from new incumbents and disruptive technologies and
RBS's exposure to political risks, operational risk, conduct risk,
cyber and IT risk and credit rating risk. In addition,
forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, the
words 'expect', 'estimate', 'project', 'anticipate', 'commit',
'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'plan', 'could', 'probability',
'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target', 'goal', 'objective',
'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects' and
similar expressions or variations on these expressions. These
statements concern or may affect future matters, such as RBS's
future economic results, business plans and current strategies.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties that might cause actual results and performance to
differ materially from any expected future results or performance
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause or contribute to differences in current
expectations include, but are not limited to, legislative,
political, fiscal and regulatory developments, accounting
standards, competitive conditions, technological developments,
interest and exchange rate fluctuations and general economic
conditions. These and other factors, risks and uncertainties that
may impact any forward-looking statement or RBS's actual results
are discussed in RBS's UK 2017 Annual Report and Accounts (ARA).
The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak
only as of the date of this document and RBS does not assume or
undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any of the
forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to
the extent legally required.
MAR - Inside Information
This
announcement contains information that qualified or may have
qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR). For the
purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Matt Waymark, Head of
Investor Relations for The Royal Bank of Scotland
Group.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
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National Westminster Bank Plc
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Date: 30
May 2018
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THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc (Registrant)
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By: /s/
Jan Cargill
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Name:
Jan Cargill
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Title:
Deputy Secretary
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