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 February 25, 2010

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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The following information was issued as a Company announcement in London, England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K:

 

 
 
 
 
Appendix 4
 
 
Businesses outlined for disposal
 
                                                    
                                                 


 
Appendix 4 Businesses outlined for disposal
 
 
To comply with EC State Aid requirements the Group agreed to make a series of divestments to be completed within four years from December 2009: the sale of RBS Insurance, Global Merchant Services and RBS Sempra Commodities. The Group also agreed to dispose of the RBS branch based business in England and Wales, the NatWest branch network in Scotland, along with the Direct SME customers across the UK (termed below 'UK Retail and UK Corporate businesses outlined for disposal').  The disposal of UK Retail and UK Corporate business banking businesses will reduce the Group's market share by 2% of the UK retail market, 5% in the SME market and 5% of the mid-corporate market.
 
RBS Insurance is being prepared for disposal by way of a trade sale or public flotation targeted for 2012. It will continue to be managed and reported as a separate division for the foreseeable future.
 
The sale of Global Merchant Services has already attracted considerable interest.  We anticipate a sale during the second half of this year, and the transfer of the business to Non-Core division during the first half of 2010.
 
Negotiations for the sale of RBS Sempra Commodities were well advanced at the end of 2009 and the business was transferred to the Non-Core division from GBM in December 2009. On 16 February the Group announced that RBS Sempra Commodities had reached the agreement to sell the Oil, Metals, European Power and Gas businesses to JP Morgan Chase. Alternatives for the remaining North American Power and Gas businesses are being considered.
 
The UK retail and business banking businesses are currently being structured for disposal; we do not expect to complete a sale until 2011. These activities will continue to be included in
UK Retail and UK Corporate
as appropriate.
It is estimated that the income of these businesses for the year ended 31
 
December 2009 was approximately £946 million and that, broadly, they broke even during the year before the allocation of Business Services and Central costs. Estimated loans and deposits as at 31 December 2009 for these businesses are £23.5 billion and £22.5 billion respectively.
 
The table below shows the estimated Total income and Operating profit of RBS Insurance, Global Merchant Services, RBS Sempra Commodities and the UK Retail and UK Corporate businesses that have been outlined for disposal. 
 


Total income
Operating profit before impairments
Operating profit/(loss)

2009 
2008 
2009 
2008 
2009 
2008 
Businesses outlined for disposal
£m 
£m 
£m 
£m 
£m 
£m 







RBS Insurance (1)
4,460 
4,430 
66 
626 
58 
584 
Global Merchant Services (2)
527 
535 
266 
281 
249 
267 
RBS Sempra Commodities (3)
746 
765 
52 
212 
52 
209 
UK Retail and UK Corporate        
  businesses outlined for disposal (4)
946 
1,082 
468 
567 
(146)
347 







Total
6,679 
6,812 
852 
1,686 
213 
1,407 

 

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Appendix 4 Businesses outlined for disposal
 
 
The table below shows the estimated associated risk-weighted assets, total assets and estimated capital of the businesses currently identified for disposal.
 


RWAs
Total assets
Estimated capital


2009 
2008 

2009 
2008 

2009 
2008 
Businesses outlined for disposal
£bn 
£bn 
£bn 
£bn 
£bn 
£bn 







RBS Insurance (1)
n/m 
n/m 
11.8 
10.8 
4.1 
3.6 
Global Merchant Services (2)
1.6 
1.5 
1.6 
1.5 
0.1 
0.1 
RBS Sempra Commodities (3)
10.2 
10.7 
14.2 
17.8 
1.0 
1.0 
UK Retail and UK Corporate
  businesses outlined for disposal (4)
18.2 
14.5 
23.5 
24.2 
1.5 
1.2 







Total
30.0 
26.7 
51.1 
54.3 
6.7 
5.9 


 
Notes:

(1)
As reported in the Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2009 and excluding non-core business. Estimated capital includes approximately £1.0 billion of goodwill.
(2)
Global Merchant Services business units are reported within the Global Transaction Services, Ulster Bank and Non-Core divisions.
Estimated notional capital based on 7% of RWAs.
(3)
Sempra Commodities was acquired in April 2008 and the 2008 income statement data are from the date of acquisition.  The figures shown, other than total income, are net of the minority interest attributable to Sempra for the years ended 31 December 2009 and 2008.  The operating profit before minority interest of the business was £286 million and £373 million respectively for the periods shown. Estimated capital is based on the Group's cost of its 51% interest.
(4)
Estimated notional equity based upon 8% of RWAs.


 
The full income statement of RBS Sempra Commodities business is set out below.


2009

2008 

Q1 
Q2 
Q3 
Q4 

Q4 
Income statement
£m 
£m 
£m 
£m 

£m 







Net fees and commissions payable
(6)
(3)
(2)
(2)

(3)
 Income from trading activities
248 
206 
156 
160 

404 
Other operating income
5 
4 
(40)
20 

3 







Total income
247 
207 
114 
178 

404 







Direct expenses






- staff
(113)
(82)
(39)
(111)

(160)
- other
(26)
(27)
(21)
(41)

(24)







Total expenses
(139)
(109)
(60)
(152)

(184)







Operating profit before impairment losses
108 
98 
54 
26 

220 
Impairment losses
- 
- 
- 
- 

(3)







Operating profit
108 
98 
54 
26 

217 


 
See also Appendix 5 for the effect on previously published data of the transfer of RBS Sempra Commodities from GBM to Non-Core in December 2009.

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Appendix 4 Businesses outlined for disposal
 
 
 
Other measures required by the EC include:
 
·     
Prohibition of the payment of dividends or coupons on existing capital instruments until 2012, unless there is a legal obligation to pay them.
·     
GBM to rank no higher than fifth in the combined global all debt league table for three years.
·     
Implementation of leading edge reforms to remuneration policy.
·     
Unless the cumulative purchase price is less than £500 million, RBS will not acquire any financial institution and will not make any other acquisitions that expand RBS's activities outside its business model until the later of 31 December 2012 or the date on which the last of its divestments has been completed.
·     
RBS will not restart (including by acquisition) any activity that it only carries on by virtue of the Non-Core activities.
·     
RBS will not restart or re-acquire any interest that competes with the businesses that it is required to divest until 2014, and will not engage as a principal in any business that competes with these businesses for a two year period following their disposal.
 
·     
If either:
·     
RBS misses its targeted balance sheet reduction (as planned within the RBS Strategic Review) by 2013 by more than £30 billion; or
·     
The RBS Core Tier 1 capital ratio falls below 5% at any time before 31 December 2014,
RBS will be required to divest a further £60 billion of RWAs from its balance sheet.
 
The European Commission will appoint a Monitoring Trustee to ensure compliance with EU restructuring requirements and behavioural conditions. We expect this appointment to be completed by March.
 
 
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Signatures



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



Date: 25 February 2010

  THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc (Registrant)


  By: /s/ A N Taylor

  Name:
Title:		 A N Taylor
Head of Group Secretariat